# Unique Sentences **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 27, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-sentences/986195 "2023-06-27T22:36:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Moonrise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonrise/32/14764_2.png) [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-sentences/986195/2 "2023-06-28T11:28:29Z")
I was just mentioning linguistic recursion in [another thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-columbus-coming-to-america-is-the-most-significant-thing-to-happen-in-our-human-species/986066/72), and this is closely related to the concept of unique sentences. Basically, every language has a finite set of words and rules but they yield an infinite number of valid sentences. It was actually a little private joke between my ex and I. Sometimes, one of us would utter a weird, yet perfectly meaningful sentence. We would then pause and then go : “Pretty sure nobody has ever said this”. Unfortunately, I can’t remember any specific examples now… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-sentences/986195)._