"Hold the newsreader's nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers." The Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Darmok" features a race that communicates entirely by referencing folklore and stories. While the vessel's universal translator correctly translates the characters and places from these stories, it fails to decipher the intended meaning, leaving Captain Picard unable to understand the alien. See also List of linguistic example sentences Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher Pseudoword Syntax‐semantics interface Comparative illusion, also known as Escher sentences Notes References Semantics Syntax English phrases Noam Chomsky Logic Professional humor 1950s neologisms Nonsense Syntax–semantics interface