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Avast ye mateys. September 19th be International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Arrrrr

Mike,
my vision of you in a ruffled shirt and shiny knee-high boots is not a
pretty one. And playing a mandolin with a hook seems tricky. Blimey!

Ahoy, Cap'n Mike,

Where's me cutlass?

Ron

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Arrr, I almost forgot. Thankee for the 'minder Matey!

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Joe Breault
Merrimack, NH
Perpetual novice

Avast, mateys! Shiver me timbers!

You guys are all silly.....   Arrr!

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Aaaaarrrrrr curses! dat be right ma lads...jst when eye goes an gets meself a new image, evry maaan and is dog is gona be do'in me pirate ting, blaaaaast!

Aaaardy, arrrgghhh, arrg, aaaaahhhh, eye mst be meck'in me escape! Me wenches mongrel is a sniff'in round me wooden leg look'in to releave imself again, aaaaaarrr shiver me timbers.

Cheers

Captain Kim

Arrrrrr, git ye yr new pirit name ere an join me "Canker" Guideon Dread (even sounds like a pirate guitar) for an edventre yer sure to never fergit.

AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

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Arrrr dee aaaaaarrrrrr!... aye been tak'in yer add-vise thar me matey "Canker" Guideon Dread, and eye be pleeesed as a limey ring'in 12 bells wid me bottle-o-rum dat me new monica is none udder dan "Porthole" Rupert Bones

May yer wind be in yer sails and not in yer underpants.

Cheers me arties

Porthole

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

BELAY THAT!! Sayz Aye!

Everyday be speak like a pirate day! AAARRRRGH!!!

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We pillage, we plunder, we rifle, and loot,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot,
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We extort, we pilfer, we filch, and sack,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
Maraud and embezzle, and even high-jack,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We kindle and char, inflame and ignite,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
We burn up the city, we're really a fright,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.

We're rascals, scoundrels, villans, and knaves,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
We're devils and black sheep, really bad eggs,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.

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Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

Rod, i wrote Cap'n Pear in the box and they gave me Eye-gougin' Laszlo Scar! ARRRRRRGHH! Serge Poirier38980.2894444444

Arnt,
This must sound bizzare. I'll try to explain.

British seaman had a unique accent and sprinkled their everyday talk with nautical terms. This is not too suprising since, in England, the accent changes with realtively small changes in geography, class, the high school you attended and perhaps even shoe size.

Robert Louis Stevenson wrote a book called Treasure Island where he tried to capture the sound of this accent. It turns out, in the book, the all the seaman were pirates. In 1934 this book was made into a movie starring Lionel Barrymore and Wallace Beery. Wallace Beery was the pirate Long John Silver. Beery's interpretation of Stevenson's "pirate accent" was quite colorful. So much so that any other pirate themed movie made after that used the same accent.

Most English speaking people have seen Treasure Island or at least several other pirate movies and have developed a sense of the accent. Sometimes people will talk like a pirate when spending time with their friends. As to why there is an international talk like a pirate day, see
this.

[QUOTE=csullivan] Mike,
my vision of you in a ruffled shirt and shiny knee-high boots is not a
pretty one. And playing a mandolin with a hook seems tricky. Blimey![/QUOTE]
It's not hard at all. You just expoy the pick onto the end of the hook. Fancy pirates have a seperate hook made just for mandolin playing. If the hook is on the left hand, you tie a spare finger that you picked up during the last raid to it. You can only play one note at a time, no chords, however.

Aaaaarrrrrrgh!!! I missed it, mateys! Fortunately I talk like a pirate EVERY
day!

By the way, Aaaaarnt, ya gotta great pirate name, even if ya don't get it
and we sound like a bunch a fools!

Yarrrrgh,

Mike Snidaaaargh

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"The Dude abides. I don't know about you but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners. Shoosh." The Stranger

Pirate Song

Mike

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Mike

"The Dude abides. I don't know about you but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners. Shoosh." The Stranger

Thanks, Mike!

Actually, I had a hunch, but thanks for filling me in. I know the book you are referring to, it is well known even in the non English speaking world. Up here it is known as "Skatten pa Sjoroveroya"! And everbody knows pirate language sounds a lot like Swedish...    

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

Yeah, i've read "Skatten pa Sjoroveroya" too and i'm still mesmerized by the story!

List'in up me lads, aye be av'in a li'l Pirate humour for ye.



Q: Why did the Pirate stop the ship?


A:...........because..


yer gonn'a be luv'in this....


because...... (when eya first be hear'in this one, aye laught so ard me leg fell off)....


because, wait for it.....



wait for it.......


because eee got fed up to is wiskers with ev'ry one onboard say'in........Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrr we thar yet? Aaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrr we thar.

Arrrrrrrr dee arrrr dee arrr

I guess ye had ta be be'in thar.

Here's hop'in ya be keep'in the pointy end of ye leg to the deck and yer blunt end of yer ship to tha wind.

Porthole

Porthole, you must have some real pirating experience. Or maybe a pirating dictionary. Anyway, those are very good posts, and very funny.

Ron

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