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[–] 236 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (15 children)

(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.

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  • [–] 72 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

    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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  • [–] 42 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago

    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

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