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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 3209406" data-attributes="member: 63706"><p>Double Talk</p><p></p><p>Here is the longest correct sentence of ‘thats’ which we have yet seen:</p><p></p><p>‘I assert that that, that that “that,” that that that that person told me contained, implied, has been misunderstood.’</p><p></p><p>It is a string of nine ‘thats’ which may be easily ‘parsed’ by a bright pupil.</p><p></p><p>— <em>Boston Journal of Education</em>, cited in <em>Bizarre Notes & Queries</em>, November 1887</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.futilitycloset.com/2008/07/13/double-talk/" target="_blank">Double Talk - Futility Closet</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 3209406, member: 63706"] Double Talk Here is the longest correct sentence of ‘thats’ which we have yet seen: ‘I assert that that, that that “that,” that that that that person told me contained, implied, has been misunderstood.’ It is a string of nine ‘thats’ which may be easily ‘parsed’ by a bright pupil. — [I]Boston Journal of Education[/I], cited in [I]Bizarre Notes & Queries[/I], November 1887 [URL='https://www.futilitycloset.com/2008/07/13/double-talk/']Double Talk - Futility Closet[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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