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It is said by a boy who was straddling on a running pig among other of them.

> せんべいに **なりたかねえ** やつあ おとなしくわきへ どいてろっ。

I think it would mean 「なりたくない」 or 'not to become'. Is it changed because of
dialectal speaking?
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What does the word 「なりたかねえ」 mean?
It looks like very old Japanese, but you are correct it is this 「なりたくない」

Loosely translated.

> せんべいになりたかねえやつあ おとなしくわきへ どいてろっ。
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> Be good and get out of the way if you don't want to get flattened.

EDIT: To clarify in regards to the comment that this dialect/expression is a
current one. This type of dialect was once very much widely used, specifically
in the Edo period, but now it is limited to small specific areas in a few
parts of Japan. I can't comment on the younger generation in those areas using
this type of expression as I don't know how they speak there. But, in
mainstream, modern day Japanese in Japan, it is no longer used and would be
considered out dated.

If anyone thinks otherwise, do your own experiment and say it to a native
speaker that is relatively young and watch the strange expression on their
face while they process what you have just said, then have them fire back a
question "was that what you were trying to say?". In other words , this is not
a typical expression in today's language and will take a little bit to confirm
what you were meaning to say, where as any other expression used today will
not require that thought.

EDIT 2:
[東京方言](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC%E6%96%B9%E8%A8%80)

I must be seeing things, wiki says that Edo dialect among others has **just
about disappeared** in today's Japanese and that it is from a **long time
ago**.

>   * 古くからの「東京」の範囲（「東京市街の変遷」も参照）に存在する方言の総称。
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>   * 江戸言葉はもちろん、標準語成立に大きな影響を与えた山の手言葉も **消滅寸前まで追い詰められている** のが現状である。
>
>

Please let me know where my original statement was incorrect?
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I'm a native Japanese speaker. I can't post a comment to another writing
thanks to a lack of reputation, so I will write here. In my opinion, なりたかねえ is
"oral expression" rather than "tough guy like", and it is sometimes used even
now. Actually I think sophisticated lady never uses this expression, but I
know some girl in a very famous anime often uses almost same phrase. (this is
the anime: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chibi_Maruko-chan>)

Although I don't understand the context, but directly translating is here: If
you don't want to be a rice cracker (probably metaphor of flat one), get aside
from the road without resistance.
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「なりた **かねえ** 」＝「なりた **くはない** 」

The former is an informal and mostly-masculine way of saying the latter
(dictionary form) around Tokyo. One might safely call it the "tough guy
speech". Guys just talk like that around Tokyo when they hang around with
close friends.

Calling this kind of speech old or outdated is sheer nonsense. It is 100%
current. I have lived in central Tokyo over 25 years, so I know it is current
and **_real_**.

kuwa ⇒ kwa ⇒ ka

The ない-to-ねえ change in Kanto is "famous" even among Japanese-learners these
days (and it has been explained many times right here on SE) so that should
require no explanation.

Thus, 「なりたかねえ」 means " ** _to not want to become_** " just as 「なりたくはない」 does.

> 「せんべいになりた **かねえ** やつ **あ** おとなしくわきへ どい **てろっ** 。」

in the "dictionary" form, would be:

> 「せんべいになりた **くはない** やつ **は** おとなしくわきへ どい **ていろ** 。」

Either way, the sentence literally means:

> "Those who don't want to become _senbei_ (flat rice crackers), step aside
> obediently!"

![enter image description here](https://blog-
imgs-51.fc2.com/a/p/g/apg/201205196.jpg)

"I don't wanna heeeaaarrr! A story like that....!", says the gentleman.
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