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'Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo' is a grammatically perfect English sentence. Since 'Buffalo' can mean the city, the bison, or 'to bully,' it reads: 'Buffalo bison that Buffalo bison bully, bully Buffalo bison.'
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English speakers use the word 'Ghoti' to mock their language's irregular spelling. Reading 'gh' as in 'tough' (f), 'o' as in 'women' (i), and 'ti' as in 'nation' (sh), 'Ghoti' is pronounced exactly like 'Fish.'
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'Goodbye' originated in the mid-16th century as a contraction of "God be with ye." It was gradually shortened to forms like 'Godbwye,' and under the influence of greetings like 'Good morning,' 'God' shifted to 'Good,' giving us today's word.
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The Korean word '그녀' (geunyeo, meaning 'she') didn't originally exist. It was coined in the early 20th century to translate the English pronoun 'She,' eventually winning out over competitors like '그미,' '궐녀,' and '그히.'
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