ESL Discussion

Posted by A738a on October 29, 2017 in General Discussion

"All the faith he had had had had no effect on the outcome of his life."

"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo."

''The old man the boats.''

''Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.''

- Noam Chomsky

As an English learner and/or speaker, which part of this language makes you say," OK, too much! I got to take a sabbatical or something."?

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A738a October 31, 2017 10:17
A738a October 31, 2017 10:13

It's a noun, a city and a verb.
- A738a November 4, 2017 19:13
  
  The more you know...
- Roman > A738a October 31, 2017 10:53
  
  What? Buffalo is a verb? Now I want to create my own verb that will be noun...
- A738a > Roman October 31, 2017 20:58
  
  It means to intimidate somebody. Ain't that cool?
  
  I want to create my own verb that will be noun
  
  Can't wait. =]
- Roman > A738a November 1, 2017 0:16
  
  The verb "Buffalo" means "to intimidate" ? What a weird language:) Thank you for explanation!
- A738a > Roman November 1, 2017 20:51
  
  Anytime.
- Roman > A738a November 1, 2017 0:14
  
  But how to do that???? I meant real word... One more real word between more than 1 000 000+ english words.
- A738a > Roman November 1, 2017 20:50
  
  The sky's your limit. Get busy.
MARY October 30, 2017 22:02

All makes perfect sense!! XD

Actually, I don't know Chomsky's facet as linguist... but here you showed me how cool he is in this field as well!! :D thanks! ^_^

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