Another translation:
Em ar snakes! Em ar not!
Oh es ay ar. See em eedy beedy eyes?
EL, I be… Em ar snakes.
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okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 1 day ago
(The)m (a)r(e) snakes! (The)m (a)r(e) not! O(h), (ye)s (Th)asic (a)r(e) (See)(The)m (itty)b(itty)(eye)s (Wel)l, I b(e) (The)m (a)r(e) snakes!
Bubs@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 23 hours ago
Feels like it would’ve been easier to guess if it’d been clear that it was a conversation. No one expects a sign to be talking to itself.
okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Yeah, exactly. I also don’t know how common it is in other languages for slang/shorthand to match letter/word sounds. This is probably in the same bucket as languages having different animal sounds.
untorquer@quokk.au 16 hours ago
It’s a realistic monologue for a stream of consciousness
jdr@lemmy.ml 4 hours ago
Mister Snakes!
Fucking lib!
yakko@feddit.uk 1 day ago
The quiet rage building inside me as I try and fail to disbelieve you
Kattiydid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 hours ago
I love how your comment has more likes than the post does. XD I grew up in farmland Utah, I speak redneck, and you did a darn good job. 😁
Zagam@piefed.social 22 hours ago
Yeah, ducks here too. And yeah, about 40 years ago.
popularpenguin@piefed.social 1 day ago
The hero we all needed
A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 23 hours ago
i think I’m more confused now
zikzak025@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I also learned a version that was “LMNO Snakes” (Hell, ‘em ain’ no snakes)
essell@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
In Cornish
MR 🕷️ MR
RM
S MR CDBDIS