Before anybody thinks I’ve gone crazy, the title of this blog is a grammatically correct sentence. It just takes a little understanding, a little time to work through, and a lot of patience to try and understand. First off, let’s start with part of the lesson, and then we’ll move on to the English class.
Sometimes, life can get a little muddled. The world itself seems to take a turn for what can best be described as a confused mess. It can be very “buffaloing” at times. And a lot of the time, we try to take the whole thing in at once, and only end up making things a whole lot worse. But to paraphrase an old saying “you can’t eat a buffalo in one bite.” You’ve got to take it all in stride. One step at a time, one moment at a time, one day at a time. You’ve got to make the best of it. By beating yourself down because life has beaten you down, you’ve made life extra miserable. To quote Harold Arlen “To commit suicide in Buffalo would be redundant.”
Now, to our English lesson. To understand the title of this blog, you have to understand the three different uses of the word “Buffalo”
Buffalo – A city in NY state (used as a noun adjunct for the purposes of this lesson)
Buffalo – An animal
Buffalo – a verb (To Buffalo) meaning to bully, confuse, deceive, or intimidate
Now that we have all of the word defined, let’s start to put this sentence together.
Buffalo (city) buffalo (animal) Buffalo (city) buffalo (animal) buffalo (verb), buffalo (verb) Buffalo (city) buffalo (animal).
Still confused? Let’s add in some extra words and use some synonyms to help us clarify.
Buffalo-origin bison that other Buffalo-origin bison intimidate, intimidate Buffalo-origin bison.
See, that wasn’t that hard. When you take it one step at a time, think through things, and see things for what they are, they really do make a lot of sense. And you’re not any worse for wear having gone through it.
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