"
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." is a
grammatically correct sentence used as an example of how
homonyms and
homophones can be used to create complicated constructs. It has been known to exist since 1972 when the sentence was used by William J. Rapaport, currently an associate professor at the
University at Buffalo.
[1] It was posted to
Linguist List by Rapaport in 1992.
[2] It was also featured in
Steven Pinker's 1994 book
The Language Instinct.
