I won't lose no sleep all night

[Nathan Mckane]

Howdy!

what is the meaning of this sentence?

I won't lose no sleep all night

Does it mean that ''I will lose sleep'' or ''I won't lose sleep''?

Thanks very much.

 

[5jj]

Howdy!

what is the meaning of this sentence?

I won't lose no sleep all night

Does it mean that ''I will lose sleep'' or ''I won't lose sleep''?

Thanks very much.

Logically it would mean "I will lose sleep: or "I will lose some sleep (but not all of it)". I suspect, however that this was uttered either by a non-native speaker, or by a decidedly uneducated native speaker, and that the intention was to express: "I won't lose any sleep."

 

[vil]

I'm not a teacher.

Hi Nathan Mckane,

Knowing the popular connotation “to lose sleep over” = “to worry a great deal about” I suggest the following interpretation of the key sentence "I won't lose any sleep":

“I will have a good night’s sleep.”

Regards,

V.