And and and and...
Following on from #BJC2013's pub quiz question about had had had had had had had had, I was telling Orinoco on the bus to Scarborough about 21 "and"s in a row in a single sentence.
So - here it is for all of you buffalo from Buffalo (who are buffaloed by other buffalo from Buffalo) who like to buffalo other buffalo from Buffalo.
aka - Buffalo buffalo, Buffalo buffalo buffalo, buffalo Buffalo baffalo.
Wouldn't the sentence "I want to put a hyphen between the words Fish and And and And and Chips in my Fish-And-Chips sign" have been clearer if quotation marks had been placed before Fish, and between Fish and and, and and and And, and And and and, and and and And, and And and and, and and and Chips, as well as after Chips?
Source:
https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4731516.stm
I can't easily top those consecutive ands, but I do recall hearing: How much nicer it is to ride in a taxi thinking how much nicer it is to ride in a taxi than it is to walk than it is to walk thinking how much nicer it is to ride in a taxi than it is to walk.
The buffalo one's better. The "and" sentence is based on modifying a "proper" sentence. I could just as easily modify that second sentence, increasing the number of "and"s by almost 2x. Then I could do it again. And again. And again. And so on. There's no sense of achievement there though, whereas the buffalo sentence is actually quite clever (although it's slightly annoying that some of the "buffalo"s have to be capitalised).
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