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What Say You (37)
oooo hello alt text... randall?
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perfection. i don't think anyone can top a 5.
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
what the eff-alo?
geeeeenius
I think the Matt Pond PA poster on the wall is my favourite part.
"Tunics" and "two hicks" are not perfect homophones: "too'-niks" versus "toon-hiks." Also, two is pronounced "too," but tune can be pronounced "toon" or "tyoon"
@I: haha, yea but if you say it fast enough "tunics" sounds just like "tune hicks"
Sadly not homonyms in British English - none the less pretty brilliant
"Tune hicks" works as a homonym in American English because of a linguistic concept called "deletion". Forming the "h" sound immediately after the "n" is physically awkward for us, so we delete it.
WOE WOAH WOW WOAWWWWZSERZ
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo.
Also valid.
That's why I don't eat buffalo...
Nice. ...And Rudi has a good point about deletion... whether the homonym is perfect in speech relies upon your dialect of English.
MATT POND PA RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hick on left: you like my porn-stache? hick on right: yor geetar's bigger'n mah geetar. i oughtta kick yer commie butt.
To nix two nicks to Nick's two Knicks tunics, tune hicks. (six)
Ooh...nice, but I'd switch the order to make it flow: Two nicks to nix Nick's two Knicks tunics, Tune hicks. ...after all, what are the jerseys worth with the nicks?
Oh, and I'd make Nick a bit angrier--an accusation. :)
Quote Eddie Izzard, transvestite British stand up comedian: "You say "erbs," we say (noticeable vocalization of the H sound) "Herbs," because it has a fucking "H" in it."
Говорит попугай попугаю: Я тебе, папугай, папугаю.
Папугай в ответ попугай: "Папугай, папугай, папугай!"
if i read this page 1 more time, i'm sure my brain will melt
this was pure genuis tunics tune hicks
props to the 'buffalo' comment. there are even better examples of the same principle in other languages, too (spanish, for example). and rudi is right about deletion. nice work, linguistics kids.
Ptoo! Nix!
The buffalo thing, however, is not iambic pentameter.
Therefore, "two nicks to Nick's two nicks tunics, tune hicks" is still at the top.
The buffalo thing, however, is not iambic pentameter.
Therefore, "two nicks to Nick's two nicks tunics, tune hicks" is still at the top.
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IMA FIRIN MAH LAZOR!!!!
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Technically, any number of repetitions of the word Buffalo forms a grammatically correct sentence. This is true, even if you only use one.
Huh?
The meaning of the sentence is not from the beginning all clear for non Americans (or possibly non native english speakers); could someone please explain? I got most of it, and the only thing I still don't quite grasp is what "Two nicks" is supposed to mean... is it cuts, or nickles , or what?
I really appreciate the beauty of the Homonym but I'd like to know more =)
@Joel
Be glad to. :) In American slang, a "nick" can refer to many things, but probably the most obscure interpretation is a small strip of stretchy material, usually elastic, that is sewn to a shirt sleeve or pants leg to mean "peace" or "brotherhood". It was named after Senator Nick Southern of Alabama who stood out from among his openly bigoted peers by advocating the right of minorities to vote and who was also historically notable for wearing elastic cuffs (as is now quite common for sweatshirts and sweaters.) Because elastic on clothing was not common back then, his supporters would sew strips of elastic onto their sleeves. In the 20's, it was a bold political statement about equality for women and blacks which has evolved into a modern day statement of intercultural tolerance.
The young man in this comic is about to cut his socks to get elastic to sew onto his jerseys, emulating the style of Tony "The Bark" Stark of the Nicks. You can clearly see the socks at his feet, the scissors in his hand, and his other hand on the tunics where he plans to sew them. You might have known about a nick being an elastic strip, but you were probably confused because these shirts have no sleeves. Mike probably just overlooked that fact when he drew the comics, making them sleeveless because he wanted to call them "tunics" for the sake of his homonym.
Hope this helps! :D
Ah thanks Teh Devil, now I get it =)
And that's a cool story, I would have liked finding that on urbandictionary instead of the nonsense they have as of now...
I know what you mean Joel. It sometimes seems like there's just so much random information on teh internet (and most of it completely fabricated) that you can't ever find the info you reall yneed. Ironic when you think abou tit...
and can anyone explain what "tune hicks" means here? Everything else thanks to explanations above seems clear but these hicks... Does it mean they're tuned by the fact that the young man wants to sew elastic from socks to tunics? That's the only version I have for now..
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