a cow is a cow is a cow

[welldone]

Dear teachers,

I understand that the title just means "a cow is a cow"

Why could people say it in that way? My friend told me that they just use it to emphasize, which I can hardly imagine a context for...

thanks

 

[Tdol]

It's a paraphrase of 'a rose is a rose is a rose', which is a famous line by Gertrdude Stein. ;-)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&q="+a+rose+is+a+rose+is+a+rose"&spell=1

 

[welldone]

great. Now I think i understand it more.

thank you tdol.