Is the sentence grammatically correct? Does "a people" mean "a person" here?

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I'm a people entitled with a metal paddle

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@oristarA,

It sounds like something Steve Redgrave might say after more than a few pints of bitter.

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@oristarA,

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But I think you're reading the wrong kind of stuff!

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@McTag,

McTag wrote:

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But I think you're reading the wrong kind of stuff!

Isn't that Drunken English, as Lord Yas Was points out.

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@oristarA,

It's a kind of patios or street-speak. More context would be more useful. But it appears to mean something very like "I'm a person who gets his authority from this baseball bat I'm carrying", in other words, the "metal paddle" is most probably a weapon. The statement is a veiled threat.

I think.

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@McTag,

McTag wrote:

It's a kind of patios or street-speak. More context would be more useful. But it appears to mean something very like "I'm a person who gets his authority from this baseball bat I'm carrying", in other words, the "metal paddle" is most probably a weapon. The statement is a veiled threat.

I think.

Excellent!

As a threat, the use of "a people" is better to scare people away. Wink

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@oristarA,

I think it probably came from what was said before. (Context, see?)

I'm imagining the dialogue
"What kind of people are you?" (someone addressing a gang maybe)
and the one with the weapon says
"I'm a people who......"

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