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Wolf Frankula

(3,668 posts) Sun Oct 20, 2024, 04:00 PM Oct 20

Question for years. In the line 'Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers', which is rubber?

The Baby,
The Baby Buggy,
or
The Baby Buggy Bumpers,
or a combination or all of them?

Wolf

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Question for years. In the line 'Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers', which is rubber? (Original Post) Wolf Frankula Oct 20 OP

Bumpers bucolic_frolic Oct 20 #1

i feel i must disagree... ret5hd Oct 20 #2

Here's another rubber tongue twister just for fun Brother Buzz Oct 20 #3

the bumpers--split it up this way Rubber---Baby Buggy---Bumpers debm55 Oct 20 #4

Babybuggy should be all one word or hyphenated baby-buggy. Srkdqltr Oct 20 #5

The Baby milestogo Oct 20 #6

It would be less stressful for parents... WestMichRad Oct 20 #8

Originally: ''Rugged Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers'' Donkees Oct 20 #7

Bumpers is the noun in the phrase... Wounded Bear Oct 20 #9

Reminds me of an exercise I used to use in grammar classes: Sogo Oct 20 #10

bucolic_frolic

(46,979 posts)

1. Bumpers

Reply to Wolf Frankula (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2024, 04:07 PM

Oct 20

'Baby Buggy' is a noun, as is Bumpers. The Bumpers are Rubber.

ret5hd

(21,320 posts)

2. i feel i must disagree...

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 20, 2024, 04:10 PM

Oct 20

without explaining myself.

that’s just how i roll today.

Brother Buzz

(37,797 posts)

3. Here's another rubber tongue twister just for fun

Reply to Wolf Frankula (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2024, 04:12 PM

Oct 20

debm55

(36,011 posts)

4. the bumpers--split it up this way Rubber---Baby Buggy---Bumpers

Reply to Wolf Frankula (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2024, 04:15 PM

Oct 20

Srkdqltr

(7,660 posts)

5. Babybuggy should be all one word or hyphenated baby-buggy.

Reply to Wolf Frankula (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2024, 04:40 PM

Oct 20

milestogo

(17,813 posts)

6. The Baby

Reply to Wolf Frankula (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2024, 05:05 PM

Oct 20

WestMichRad

(1,810 posts)

8. It would be less stressful for parents...

Reply to milestogo (Reply #6)

Sun Oct 20, 2024, 06:17 PM

Oct 20

… if they bounced when dropped!

Donkees

(32,395 posts)

7. Originally: ''Rugged Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers''

Reply to Wolf Frankula (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2024, 05:19 PM

Oct 20

Wounded Bear

(60,683 posts)

9. Bumpers is the noun in the phrase...

Reply to Wolf Frankula (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2024, 08:40 PM

Oct 20

Baby buggy is an adjective phrase describing the bumpers.

Rubber is another adjective describing the bumpers.

Parse it out and it is rubber, baby buggy, bumpers.

Your welcome.

Sogo

(5,772 posts)

10. Reminds me of an exercise I used to use in grammar classes:

Reply to Wolf Frankula (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2024, 09:53 PM

Oct 20

Where does the comma go?

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

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