stermy4u@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat is the greatest sentence ever written in human history?message-squaremessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down11
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the greatest sentence ever written in human history?stermy4u@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square99fedilink
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoThe chinese poem “The Story of Mr. Shi Eating Lions” Shíshì shī shì shǐ shì, shì shǐ, shī shì, shì shí shí shī. Shī sì shì shī. Shǐ shì shè sì, shì shī shì, shǐ shī shì shí shī shī, shì shí shí, shǐ shí shìshì. Shǐ shǐ shì shì shì shì, shì shī shì. Shì shì shì shì. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_Den
minus-squareVazz (He/Him)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoLook at what “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo” needs to mimic a fraction of that power
minus-squareZacryon@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·edit-22 months agoI wouldn’t label it as “the greates sentence ever”, rather as a great example why chinese is a highly cumbersome and impractical language.
The chinese poem “The Story of Mr. Shi Eating Lions”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_Den
Look at what “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo” needs to mimic a fraction of that power
I wouldn’t label it as “the greates sentence ever”, rather as a great example why chinese is a highly cumbersome and impractical language.