'As with the previous examples you can also initialize the values of the array, the only difference being each row in the matrix must be enclosed in its own braces.
Dim string_matrix As String(,) = {{"I", "swam"}, {"in", "the"}, {"freezing", "water"}}
'or
Dim funny_matrix As String(,) = New String(1, 1) {{"clowns", "are"}, {"not", "funny"}}