[net.nlang] Repeated Words

tim (12/06/82)

Long ago, I heard of a case where a word appeared five times in
a row in a sentence.

The story goes that a couple of friends, Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones, had
just started up a new business. Upon seeing the fleshly painted sign
for the "Smith and Jones Ltd." store, Mr. Smith was heard to say:
"I think there should be more space between Smith and and and and and Jones!"

mmt (12/07/82)

An old English puzzle is to punctuate:
 Where Smith had had had Jones had had had had had he had had had
      he had won.
			Martin Taylor (...decvax!utzoo!dciem!rds!mmt)

rogerw (12/08/82)

    That that is, is;
    That that is not, is not.
     ---Roger Wells [tektronix!tekid!rogerw

everett (12/11/82)

#R:tekid:-64100:hp-pcd:7200001:000:186
hp-pcd!everett    Dec 10 15:58:00 1982

From: Everett Kaser
      hplabs!hp-pcd

This was on net.trivia awhile back as a punctuation test. You left off a part:

That that is, is.
That that is not, is not.
Is that it? It is.