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I love this sentence, because unlike certain other constructed examples of lexical ambiguity [1][2], it doesn't rely so heavily on the somewhat artificial remov
by peterjmag 13y ago
I love this sentence, because unlike certain other constructed examples of lexical ambiguity [1][2], it doesn't rely so heavily on the somewhat artificial removal of punctuation.
It's also one of my favorite demonstrations of how absurd the English language can be. Another good one is "ghoti"[3].
[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_while_John_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_a_better_effect_on_the_teacher http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_while_John_had_had_had_ha...
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_that_is_is_that_that_is_not_is_not_is_that_it_it_is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_that_is_is_that_that_is_no...
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti
- BerislavLopac 13y agoThank you for pointing me in the direction of the Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_Den http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_D... :-D