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minus-squareokwhateverdude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up246arrow-down1·edit-29 days ago(The)m (a)r(e) snakes! (The)m (a)r(e) not! O(h), (ye)s (Th)a[sic](y) (a)r(e) (See)(The)m (itty)b(itty)(eye)s (Wel)l, I b(e) (The)m (a)r(e) snakes! EDIT: What’s hilarious is that in my neck of the woods I learned this as “ducks” instead of “snakes” almost almost 40 years ago at this point.
minus-squareBubs@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up74·edit-29 days agoAnother translation: Em ar snakes! Em ar not! Oh es ay ar. See em eedy beedy eyes? EL, I be… Em ar snakes.
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up45arrow-down1·9 days agoFeels 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.
minus-squareokwhateverdude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 days agoYeah, 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.
minus-squareuntorquer@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoIt’s a realistic monologue for a stream of consciousness
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·9 days agoThe quiet rage building inside me as I try and fail to disbelieve you
minus-squareKattiydid@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·9 days agoI 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. 😁
minus-squareZagam@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·9 days agoYeah, ducks here too. And yeah, about 40 years ago.
minus-squareN0MAD@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoI still say it out of habit when I see ducks… M R Ducks
minus-squarepopularpenguin@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 days agoThe hero we all needed
minus-squarePeppycito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·9 days agoWhale oil beef hooked! MR ducks!
minus-squaretruxnell@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 days agoApparently growing up rural America is vastly different to rural Australia, this is absoulte gobeldygook to me. I guess that just means I’m fluent in bogan and untested with redneck
minus-squarezikzak025@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoI also learned a version that was “LMNO Snakes” (Hell, ‘em ain’ no snakes)
(The)m (a)r(e) snakes!
(The)m (a)r(e) not!
O(h), (ye)s (Th)a[sic](y) (a)r(e)
(See)(The)m (itty)b(itty)(eye)s
(Wel)l, I b(e)
(The)m (a)r(e) snakes!
EDIT: What’s hilarious is that in my neck of the woods I learned this as “ducks” instead of “snakes” almost almost 40 years ago at this point.
Another translation:
Em ar snakes!
Em ar not!
Oh es ay ar.
See em eedy beedy eyes?
EL, I be…
Em ar snakes.
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.
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.
It’s a realistic monologue for a stream of consciousness
Mister Snakes!
Fucking lib!
The quiet rage building inside me as I try and fail to disbelieve you
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. 😁
Yeah, ducks here too. And yeah, about 40 years ago.
I still say it out of habit when I see ducks… M R Ducks
The hero we all needed
Whale oil beef hooked! MR ducks!
i think I’m more confused now
Apparently growing up rural America is vastly different to rural Australia, this is absoulte gobeldygook to me.
I guess that just means I’m fluent in bogan and untested with redneck
In Cornish
MR 🕷️ MR
RM
S MR CDBDIS
I also learned a version that was “LMNO Snakes” (Hell, ‘em ain’ no snakes)