I think I just found the most ridiculous entry on Wikipedia.
I can’t believe this exists. I also have never ever heard anyone use the word “buffalo” in the third usage described there. Love the images, too.
I laughed out loud for a pretty long time.
Some linguist had too much time on his hands.
Wow. I can’t look at the word “buffalo” anymore without it seeming like some kind of weird mutant. I don’t think the entry’s ridiculous, though; it’s a good example of a limiting case in grammar.
I think I’ll run it past my non-native-English-speaking friends and make their heads explode.
I’ve seen this many times, and I have never been able to parse it. Until just now. I’m no longer buffaloed!
It’s way too early in the morning for this shit.
twicks, completely buffaloed
mushroom Mush-room!
There’s too many fuckin’ buffalos on this fuckin page!
Bison. THe correct term is Bison.
I’ve known the third usage for decades. Can we find any other examples? If there’s a town named Wind (Wynnd?) we could do something with wind (as in breeze) and wind (as in twist). Wikipedia suggests fish, dice and smelt.
I love it. I’m going to have to show this to an English teacher I know.
This has been cited many times on this Board. Two or three times it was cited by me, in fact. I don’t think it’s the most ridiculous entry, by a long shot.
Nothing in the sentence says it’s about bison and not buffalo 
Following an language exam:
Tom, where Bill had had ‘had’ had had ‘had had’. ‘Had had’ had had more marks.
Amateur. 
Little Johnny submitted a story to his teacher. "On Saturday I saw a sign painter at work at the pub, the ‘Rose and Crown’. When he finished work, the landlord came out and complained. ‘You idiot!’ he said, ‘you’ve left uneven spacing between “Rose” and “and” and “and” and “Crown”!’ "
The teacher drew a smily face and noted: "It’s funny that you left uneven spacing between ‘Rose’ and ‘and’ and ‘and’ and ‘and’ and ‘and’ and ‘and’ and ‘and’ and ‘and’ and ‘and’ and ‘and’ and ‘and’ and ‘Crown’. " 
And Little Johnny responded, “But sir, you left…”
(recurse as necessary, quadrupling the number of "and"s and adding one at each stage.)
I achieved semantic saturation by the fifth “buffalo.”
Now the word “buffalo” just makes me giggle.
Buffalo.
Bwaahahaha!
[sub]Buffalo.[/sub]
That that is is; that that isn’t isn’t; that that is isn’t that that isn’t; that that isn’t isn’t that that is!
Alright, I’ve never figured out the entire buffalo[sup]8[/sup] sentence. Can someone please spell it out in little words. I’ve read the wiki article and the other threads on it. Here’s what I can figure out.
Buffalo buffalo buffalo.
Means that bison fool bison.
Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Bison from a city in New York, fool Bison from a city in New York.
The last two I can never figure out. Am I beyond hope?
If you’re looking for the most unusual article on Wikipedia, you should start with the list of unusual articles. There are some real head-scratchers in there. For the record, I think this one is the strangest.
Doing a full substitution, using NY, bison, and fool:
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
NY bison NY bison fool fool NY bison.
or:
NY bison [that] NY bison fool, fool NY bison.
Or in other words:
Bison from NY that fool other bison from NY, fool bison from NY.
It would be easier to understand if it was:
Chigago dogs Chicago dogs bite bite Chicago dogs
and easier still with some extra noise
Chicago dogs that Chicago dogs bite, bite Chicago dogs
But the word “that” is not necessary, and the comma is actually wrong. So leave out the noise, replace “bite” with “buffalo”, “dogs” with “buffalo”, and “Chicago” with “Buffalo”, and you have the sentence originally cited:
Buffalo buffalo… (Buffalo who are from Buffalo…)
Buffalo buffalo buffalo… (whom other Buffalo-based buffalo fool…)
buffalo Buffalo buffalo… (in their turn do the same to still other such ruminants)
SNAKE!! AH!! SNAAAAAKKEEE!!!
Badgers badgers badgers badgers…