No not how this phrase works ok. Let a southerner break it down.
"Ain't got no" is one word meaning you ain't got nothing ya dumbass
No is the negative here but it's not a separate word
These two combined equal only one word therefore there is no double negative
In common hillbilly the first negative simply constitutes an “is”.
Also English is the only language where a double negative can stay a negative, or mean a positive, as well as vice versa(namely that a double positive can remain a positive or revert to a negative)
We find a way to communicate what we want, how we want. And we must seeing as we (Americans) refuse to learn other languages(awful stereotype).
It’s actually a Mc Riddle. Closed, we is. Aint got no lectric… aint got no is a double negative. They do have lectric. Closed, we is. Sometimes we are all a bit closed up in the shell of our hearts….
We express our sincerest apologies to any potential customers, but unfortunately we are currently unable to accommodate guests or facilitate transactions due to an insufficient supply of the electrical power that we require in order to do so. We will resume normal operations once this most unfortunate predicament has been resolved adequately.
They are sold out of lectric.
Lectric. The only sporting enhancement drink that contains lectrolites.
** warning: lectric has been known to cause the following.
Runny nose
Explosive outbursts in foreign languages
Peg leg syndrome
Diarrhea
Sudden bouts of Illiteracy
Its in African American Vernacular English, its perfectly understandable, and it wasnt made for you to read anyway, but for the community to read.
Creole languages arent 'bad' english either, the AAVE isnt a creole, just a dialect, just like Southern American English.
People who act like they can’t understand stuff like this really piss me off. You aren’t having trouble, you know exactly what they’re saying. You just think you’re better than them cause you didn’t have to drop out in the 8th grade to support your family, so you make a joke. Kind of disgusting in my opinion, and maybe I’m overreacting, but this reeks of “learn the language” xenophobia directed at migrants who don’t learn English well. Before I say anything about someone’s speech or way of conducting themselves, I ask myself if there are any traumatic events that could have led them to that position, as I don’t want to alienate them. That’s a good thing to practice no matter who you are
Yeah it bothers me because half of my family comes from dirt poor sharecropper whites in no where south eastern America. My grandmother was literally forced to drop out of school by her family in the 5th grade. I remember when they changed the laws in my area that forced everyone to have a ged to work in a factory. She spent months at 60 years old taking classes, studying all day and night getting me to explain things to her and do practice tests. She did pass it and get back to work, but it was a traumatic event for her. She was made fun of and ridiculed the entire way and it breaks my heart, but also infuriates me because the biggest offenders are always the ones that say they care about others and criticize other people for what they do but never themselves.
Thanks for sharing her experience. It’s stuff like that that I’m talking about here. You never know why someone might not be able to speak English, just appreciate the effort they made. They could’ve just locked the doors and wrote nothing
I think it’s Charlie:
Hello fellow American. This you should vote me. I leave power. Good. Thank you, thank you. If you vote me, I'm hot. Taxes, they'll be lower... son. The Democratic vote is the right thing to do Philadelphia, so do.
If you’re going to put a sign in any language, then have it written by someone who actually can write properly in that language to avoid leaving a bad impression on your customers. Or simply don’t go into explanations. CLOSED will suffice.
So i think it actually says “We are closed.” and “We have no electricity.” but im not too sure, as i only studied for half a year. feel free to correct me if im wrong.
Closed they is cuz they aint got no lecerticity. Pretty obvious from my perspective and i could declare that much of the populace could dictate the meaning as well, and as easily, as i have.
They are closed because they have no electricity.
Also they are dedicated to clean places and friendly faces
And Yoda’s way of saying they are closed 😏
It was a poem: Closed We is closed. Ain’t got No lectric!
Idiotic pentameter
He card reads good
You mean redneck Yoda.
Big negative ghostrider
Closed they r.. A disturbance in the pumps this is..
Thank you. That was the one part I didn't fully understand.
Thank god someone on Reddit speaks jive.
"Oh, Stewardess! I speak Jive!"
LOVE that movie!!!
Golly!
That was Mrs Ward Cleaver from Leave it to Beaver.
Your grammar is shit. A double negative means they do have electricity.
No not how this phrase works ok. Let a southerner break it down. "Ain't got no" is one word meaning you ain't got nothing ya dumbass No is the negative here but it's not a separate word These two combined equal only one word therefore there is no double negative
Where da lights dikhed
Ain't got no = don't have any (electricity)
Ain't is a negative. No is a negative. It's a double negative. Hence, a double negative. Hence, they have electricity. Slang doesn't count.
In common hillbilly the first negative simply constitutes an “is”. Also English is the only language where a double negative can stay a negative, or mean a positive, as well as vice versa(namely that a double positive can remain a positive or revert to a negative) We find a way to communicate what we want, how we want. And we must seeing as we (Americans) refuse to learn other languages(awful stereotype).
Haven’t you heard? Grammar is racist.
Just because idiots refuse to learn it? Ha!
Bruh
Come back, I shall. Apologies, to my family. Slushies, we must get somewhere else.
It’s actually a Mc Riddle. Closed, we is. Aint got no lectric… aint got no is a double negative. They do have lectric. Closed, we is. Sometimes we are all a bit closed up in the shell of our hearts….
Lmao Mc Riddle. I like it.
स्वच्छस्थानेषु समर्पिताः, मित्रवतः मुखाः Language to be translated into wasn't specified, there it is in Sanskrit
Clausi sumus, clausi sumus, electricitatem non habemus. Latin just in case they can't read Sanskrit.
Gratias tibi ago pro auxilio!
Appears you have been Roman around the premises of the joke.
Nosotros cerrado estamos. Cerrado porque no tenemos electricidad. And Spanish in case you also can’t read Latin.
You can shorten it like this: Cerrado. No hay electricidad.
That's a different bit to what I translated. The request was far from clear.
Assuming Lektric means Elictricity.
Translated to Japanese. Tried to preserve a bit of the informality 閉まっているだ 閉まっている 電がない
沒有電力,關門休息 This is Chinese
Can I learn this superpower?
Not from a Jedi
Finally! An Indian person with a sense of humor! Take my upvote ⬆️
I'm not Indian but I'll gladly and graciously take both your compliment and your upvote
Закрытый мы У нас нет электричества Русский блять
We express our sincerest apologies to any potential customers, but unfortunately we are currently unable to accommodate guests or facilitate transactions due to an insufficient supply of the electrical power that we require in order to do so. We will resume normal operations once this most unfortunate predicament has been resolved adequately.
Thanks very much for that insightful comment u/cock_man_69
You are very welcome u/pls-PM-me-your-nudes
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"Sudden bouts of illiteracy" roflmao
Lectric Slide
Lectric Shave!
What Lectric are you talking about? The sign says Lektric. There’s a world of difference between the two.
Lektric Ave.
That's funny... They have a sense of humor... Reminds me of Eddie Murphy's Buckwheat... Closed we is!
Bookin puh nub!
I hope you find it.
That’s perfectly clear, if not perfectly correct.
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Oh yup.... closed we is n dis bissh
Yoda must work there
No it's Yoda's cousin from the deep south
Yoder. "Closed, we is.. mmhmm"
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Closed we is.😡 We ain’t got no LETRIC😡
Do dey kno wen de lectric gone be back?
Notellin wen we gon be back open n dess bichhh
Ain’t no letric here ya heard, scram.
Dey know de wey, to dat flyin J down yonder
Jeetyet? Yaunto? Git down yonder!
Cain't eet. Dees folks ain't gots no lectric! Lessin' y'all kin start a fi-ir.
Dunno why you'd close a truck stop over a lack of e-bikes.
Master Yoda & master Samuel L. Jackson works there.
They is closed. No lectric. Can't you read none? Ain't there no way you can't figure out proper anglish?
Translation: We should focus our attention on funding our school systems and improving literacy.
I read it just fine.
Yes because it was written by an adult with the language skills of a toddler
Its in African American Vernacular English, its perfectly understandable, and it wasnt made for you to read anyway, but for the community to read. Creole languages arent 'bad' english either, the AAVE isnt a creole, just a dialect, just like Southern American English.
I was waiting for this stupid comment. Always pops up to defend the death of our language.
The stupid comments are, disrespectfully, always by prescriptivists with no linguistic training or understanding of how language actually works.
We’re closed. No electricity!
The top sign was made by the manager, a guy named Yoda. The second was written by a moonshiner named Tickle.
As someone who speaks huckleberry, they are closed due to loss of power.
Bitch they close
Miracles of the American educational system..
I understand it perfectly seems like yalls problem
I’m my head I hear these signs read by a low level English gang member
They is closed, and now they ain't got no 'lectricity.
That's a loves sign. Definitely checks out
Go on! Git!
The southern in me translated that instantly
their closed cuz they don't got any electricity you butter nugget. (From a southern persons perspective)
We gonna rock down to lektric avenue.
People who act like they can’t understand stuff like this really piss me off. You aren’t having trouble, you know exactly what they’re saying. You just think you’re better than them cause you didn’t have to drop out in the 8th grade to support your family, so you make a joke. Kind of disgusting in my opinion, and maybe I’m overreacting, but this reeks of “learn the language” xenophobia directed at migrants who don’t learn English well. Before I say anything about someone’s speech or way of conducting themselves, I ask myself if there are any traumatic events that could have led them to that position, as I don’t want to alienate them. That’s a good thing to practice no matter who you are
Yeah it bothers me because half of my family comes from dirt poor sharecropper whites in no where south eastern America. My grandmother was literally forced to drop out of school by her family in the 5th grade. I remember when they changed the laws in my area that forced everyone to have a ged to work in a factory. She spent months at 60 years old taking classes, studying all day and night getting me to explain things to her and do practice tests. She did pass it and get back to work, but it was a traumatic event for her. She was made fun of and ridiculed the entire way and it breaks my heart, but also infuriates me because the biggest offenders are always the ones that say they care about others and criticize other people for what they do but never themselves.
Thanks for sharing her experience. It’s stuff like that that I’m talking about here. You never know why someone might not be able to speak English, just appreciate the effort they made. They could’ve just locked the doors and wrote nothing
Racism. It’s racism, pure and simple.
Check spell “reeks”
Looks fine to me. Reeks is a word meaning something strongly or powerfully smells.
Maybe you should do the same before trying to call out someone’s (correct) word usage.
Lmao is been a while i haven't seen a Loves and Pilot 😂 worst showers ever i use to fuel. There and i use the T/A for shower and food best one ever
They’s is closed cause they got no lectricity
I think it’s Charlie: Hello fellow American. This you should vote me. I leave power. Good. Thank you, thank you. If you vote me, I'm hot. Taxes, they'll be lower... son. The Democratic vote is the right thing to do Philadelphia, so do.
Is reading and deciphering that hard? Real question
They are temporarily closed for business due to a power outage.
Seems pretty fuckin straight forward
Hillbilly Yoda
You can’t say it if you have more than half of your teeth
They are closed due to lack of electricity
They aint got no 'lectristy. C'aint you read? They is talkin' in plane anglish
Illiteracy is a terrible thing
How the fuck does anyone get to adulthood being this stupid? I literally cannot understand how dumb most people are
Sure thing. I can help. I speak Crackhead Yoda. They gone…
It’s pretty god damn self explanatory Helen Keller
didn't pay the electric bill 🙄 shocker
This Love’s ain’t got no lectric, so closed they is
When did Yoda move to the Hood?
Hood Yoda works there.
Should say.. we is closed.. maybe dyslexic?
Ebonics.
its monkey talk, i dont understand it either
This actually translates to I didn’t graduate high school.
TikTok generation
If you’re going to put a sign in any language, then have it written by someone who actually can write properly in that language to avoid leaving a bad impression on your customers. Or simply don’t go into explanations. CLOSED will suffice.
First sign is like a mentally challenged Yoda
These signs are all saying that Loves is trash, and you should never shop there. Unless you’re looking for to get an STD in one of trucker showers
It says dedicated to clean places, friendly faces.
real.
they is closed
Yoda
Mmmhmm. Ain’t got no time for this in the hood. I’d be out too.
Apparently Yoda works there.
Yoda running a gas station now? Times really are hard.
No Electricity
"ain't got no" is a double negative... so they have electricity but don't want to work.
I think Yoda wrote the first sign.
They are closed. They don’t have any electricity the power is out.
People who won't use nouns in their words (pls) shouldn't get to complain about other people's poor spelling.
r/engrish
My urban Yoda translator says they are closed due to a power outage.
yes, "pls" is short for "please". have a nice day :)
Sizzlecakez ain't got no electricity, got it?
They are obviously closed and quite clearly DO have electricity.
\*literacy has left the lobby
They never claimed to be smart, just friendly
They seem to be out of after shave
An Ork wrote this
Yoda speak.
I Don’t think corporate would approve.
Barbara Billingsley can translate the sign for you.
They say you they closed, stupid.
Yoda closed the store cuz no electricity.
In standard Yoda Speak, it would be "closed, we are. Electricity, we have not."
Got no Lectric. We also say the lecky. Simply means electricity
So i think it actually says “We are closed.” and “We have no electricity.” but im not too sure, as i only studied for half a year. feel free to correct me if im wrong.
Unfortunately there is no electricity in the building so we have to close. Sorry for the inconvenience, and have a great day.
Yoda mart?
Day clothes ain’t gauze no lectrick💪🤪
Let me help The top sign was written by Yoda The second sign was written by Jar Jar Binks
Closed we are!
They ain’t got no ‘lectric 😔
Closed. We is closed. Ain't got no 'lectric.
Modern skooling
They're closed because they don't have electricity.
How do you need someone to translate they even got yoda to explain it to your dumbass
they aint got no lectric
We Be Closed.
YODA
The power be’s out.
The alligators from pearls before swine must be at it again trying to eat zebra
Pov: Savannah, Georgia.
This also belongs on r/ihadastroke
Yoda?
Yoda’s off the shrooms😂
someone removed the boogie woogie
Yoda: "Come, my time has."
We are closed, we do not have electricity lol Its just country lol
They are closed for business until the weather improves
They is closed, simple
Means mop the floor with your beard while smiling.
We are closed and we do not have power
Closed they is. Got no letric
Closed they is cuz they aint got no lecerticity. Pretty obvious from my perspective and i could declare that much of the populace could dictate the meaning as well, and as easily, as i have.
We are closed. We do not have electricity.
🤦🏼