The word sleep

yanx said:

Hi A:Would you like to sleep on it a little longer, or are you ready to make this decision?", B:I've slept enough. Or the lack of sleep"

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What does the speaker B mean? Thank you!

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emsr2d2 said:

It's not very good English but the second person probably means that the decision has been keeping them awake at night so the phrase "to sleep on it" probably isn't very apt in this situation.

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tzfujimino said:

Hello.:-D
I think emsr2d2 is saying something like this:
B: I've slept (on it) enough. Or (=In other words) the lack of sleep.

Well, it is just a guess.

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yanx said:

Thanks! I understand now!

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emsr2d2 said:

I think that person B had a bit of a rethink. Initially he said that he had slept on it enough (ie, yes, he had come to a decision). Then he realised that actually in coming to that decision he hadn't slept very much at all so he said "Or [perhaps I should say] lack of sleep!"

It's actually very badly worded because saying "I've slept enough" where sleep is used as a verb, and then following it with "lack of sleep" where it's used as a noun doesn't really work. It would have been better if he had said "I've had enough sleep [to come to a decision]. Or rather I've had enough lack of sleep!"

In order to make some kind of almost-pun on "to sleep on it" he would have to have said something like "I've slept on it enough. Or should I say "I've not slept on it!"?"

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