Arrr! Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day!

[pzarquon]

As Eric (http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2005/09/19/talk-like-a-pirate-day/) at HawaiiStories reminds us:Arrr! Today be the 11th Annual International Talk Like A Pirate Day (http://www.talklikeapirate.com/), a day t’ swagger and speak as if ‘twere 1700 and Blackbeard still sailed the Spanish Main. Why? There need be no reason. Talkin’ like a pirate be reason a-plenty!

[Fondoo2]

Arrr! Shiver me timbers!!Wheres me winch I needs me splinters sanded from me pegleg arrr!

[adrian]

*downloads from p2p sites*

Oh, I thought you meant be a pirate :LOL:

[pzarquon]

If you're Pirate Deficient like myself, there are some great tools (http://www.talklikeapirate.com/links.html#translators) linked from the Talk Like a Pirate website linked above, from commonly used phrases and terms and a pirate translator (http://talklikeapirate.com/translator.html). You can even try to run a website through this translator (http://www.mediocreminds.com/content.php?articleID=160).

Here's the Star-Bulletin story on the Emmy Awards for "Lost" in piratespeak (http://www.mediocreminds.com/03q3/misc/pirate_translator/pirate_parser.php?target=http%3A%2F%2Fstarbulletin .com%2F2005%2F09%2F19%2Ffeatures%2Fstory1.html&mode=complete&sensitivity=2&submitTarget=AAARRHHH%21%21). :p

[Glen Miyashiro]

Arrr! Shiver me timbers!!Wheres me winch I needs me splinters sanded from me pegleg arrr!Arrr! Matey, methinks ye means yer wench. That is, unless ye be usin' one o' those multi-purpose winches with the sandin' attachments. They be mighty handy in a pinch.

[kimo55]

ya mean talk like a pirate from a saturday morning cartoon.... day!

[scrivener]

"That's possible. I've killed a lot of people, but I can't afford to make exceptions. If word gets out that a pirate has gone soft, then it's work work work all the time."

[Glen Miyashiro]

"That's possible. I've killed a lot of people, but I can't afford to make exceptions. If word gets out that a pirate has gone soft, then it's work work work all the time.""Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning."

[Glen Miyashiro]

Of course, there are other piratical ways of talking, too.

Insult: You fight like a dairy farmer.
Comeback: How appropriate. You fight like a cow.

:D

[helen]

Arrgh! It's time me mateys to pillage the ships for this piece of treasure (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086618/) for this day! And if that doesn't suit you then this might (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117110/) otherwise it's walking the plank for you!

[craigwatanabe]

I can't remember who it was but it was a wahine radio co-host on a local radio station on Oahu many many years ago. She was telling a Halloween joke and it went like this:

A Filipino kid dressed in a Pirate's costume knocks on a door, "Trick or treat" says the little boy.

The lady answers the door, "My what a cute Pirate's costume, but where are your buccaneers" she asks.

Confused, the little boy replies, "On my Buckin' head!" Yes it was on the radio! :eek:

[Fondoo2]

Arrr! Matey, methinks ye means yer wench. That is, unless ye be usin' one o' those multi-purpose winches with the sandin' attachments. They be mighty handy in a pinch.

my spelling errors really should have there own thread :D

oh ya ARRR!!!

[Eric]

Here be photos (http://www.flickr.com/photos/talklikeapirateday/) of folk dressin' (and presumably talkin') like pirates. Arrr!

[MadAzza]

ya mean talk like a pirate from a saturday morning cartoon.... day!


Arrrr, ye buzz kill, ye! Walk the plank!

[sinjin]

The insensitivity shown privateers here is shocking. Stereotyping of this kind has no place in today's multicultural environment. The stereoscopically challenged are people too and the proper term is prosthesis.

Be warned all ye lubbers. Now be the time for the drinkin' of rum drinks.

[kimo55]

The insensitivity shown privateers here is shocking. Stereotyping of this kind has no place in today's multicultural environment. The stereoscopically challenged are people too and the proper term is prosthesis.

Be warned all ye lubbers. Now be the time for the drinkin' of rum drinks.
yea.

uh. wait, rum at nine ayem?!


ok why not. Maybe Pirates did that!
Uh oh! generalization! ALL pirates do that, I guess I am saying.
BTW; how DO we know pirates talked olde english/biblical alla time? and warbled "arrrrr"?
yer right. this is blatant stereotyping and assuming ALL pirates speak with a heavy affectation and superfluous throat clearing. It's like someone from Hawaii (or London, or Michigan, or Manila, or Idaho ) going to, fer example, Narita, Japan, and then going back home and telling everyone, "yes, every single person here, everyone in Asia is like this, I know cuz I met every single person there ..."

[Fondoo2]

Pirate vesion of quiting smoking,wear 2 eye patches then you can't find ye bleedin smokes!

[kimo55]

yea. and as I say with one o my favorite jokes:


A soldier meets a pirate in a bar, and the talk turns to their adventures. The soldier notes that the pirate has a peg leg, a hook and an eye patch.

"How did you end up with a peg leg?" he asks.

The pirate replies, "I was swept overboard into a school of sharks. As my men were pulling me out, a shark bit my leg off."

"Wow!" says the soldier. "What about your hook?"

"Well," answers the pirate, "we were boarding a ship when one of the enemy hacked off my hand."

"Incredible. How’d you get the eye patch?"

"I were a spying me first mate up in the crow's nest when a confarm-dadblasted seagull high above went poop, landed in me eye." the pirate replies.

"You lost your eye to seagull stuff?!"

"Well," says the pirate, "it was my first day with the new hook."

[Fondoo2]

hey that was good!

[pzarquon]

The Talk Like A Pirate Day FAQ (http://www.talklikeapirate.com/faq.html) outlines the three fundamental pirate jokes to master. The second two are funny, but probably not family safe if you have to explain them (the ship's wheel, buccaneers). The first "Arrr!" type, though, are a favorite of my daughter.

Q. "What's the pirate movie rated?"
A. "Arrr!"

The explosive popularity of Spongebob Squarepants has definitely brought about a revival of pirate-related (or, yes, one-dimensional stereotypical pirate-related) lanuage and humor...

[kimo55]

How to.... DRESS.. like a pirate:




Long ago lived a seaman named Captain Bravo. He was a manly man who showed no fear in facing his enemies. One day, while sailing the seven seas, a look-out spotted a pirate ship and the crew became frantic. Captain Bravo bellowed, ''Bring me my Red Shirt.'' The First Mate quickly retrieved the captain's red shirt and whilst wearing the bright red frock he led his men into battle and defeated the pirates.

Later on that day, the look-out spotted not one, but two pirate ships. The captain again called for his red shirt and once again, though the fighting was fierce, he was victorious over the two ships. That evening, all the men sat around on the deck recounting the day's triumphs and one of the them asked the captain, ''Sir, why do you call for your red shirt before battle? The captain replied, ''If I am wounded in the attack, the shirt will not show my blood and thus, you men will continue to fight, unafraid.''

All of the men sat in silence and marveled at the courage of such a manly man as Captain Bravo. As dawn came the next morning, the look-out spotted not one, not two, but TEN pirates ships approaching from the far horizon. The crew stared at the captain and waited for his usual reply.

Captain Bravo calmly shouted, ''Get me my brown pants.''

[LikaNui]

uh. wait, rum at nine ayem?!
Well, Sinjin is in Los Angeles, so since he wrote that at 10am (not 9) it was already 1pm there when he wrote that.
And as a sailor yourself, Kimo, you know the saying "It's 5pm somewhere in the world!"
:p

[kimo55]

The explosive popularity of Spongebob Squarepants has definitely brought about a revival of pirate-related (or, yes, one-dimensional stereotypical pirate-related) language and humor...
yea. and popularity of fake Hawaiian luau parties where everyone does a goofy fake hula dressed in a thin cheap "hula skirt" singing to junk like "Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian" by John Prine....
"Kicka puka maka waawaa heenee
Are the words I long to hear
Lay your coconut on my tickie
Whata hecka mooka mooka dear"

or dressing in the Jimmy Buiffett national costume: sunglasses, "Hawaiian shirt", shorts, haraches with a grass skirt over all this, and coconut bra over the shirt, singin, "I'm a sailor sailin the seven seas, makin landfall at a Hawaiian waterfall eatin zuccini, fettuchini, and a hot dog weenie...."


of course, pirates came from many countries, seas, nationalities and they all talked differently. Watch any of the old bucanneer movies, based on historical research and of course, you see none of this spongebob disneyland ride cartoon pirate junk.
I suppose next, we will see "worldwide speak like a bear day". and everyone can choose to emulate either Yogi or Boo Boo.
wheee!

[Fondoo2]

hey boo-boo haaaand me that pic-a- nic basket!

[Glen Miyashiro]

Why aren't there more Asian pirates? :D

[kimo55]

wait. they ARE mostly asian pirates.

[Glen Miyashiro]

Oh. Uh, arrr!

[sinjin]

Well, Sinjin is in Los Angeles, so since he wrote that at 10am (not 9) it was already 1pm there when he wrote that.
And as a sailor yourself, Kimo, you know the saying "It's 5pm somewhere in the world!"
:p

Aye, when the sun be above the yardarm.

Actually I've heard modern sailors say this very thing.

[kimo55]

apropos of nothing;

Funniest radio comment:

when the beachboys sing
i come on the sloop John B
DJ sez:
"do whatcha want, man. It's yer boat!

[scrivener]

Harrrrrrrdly has the day begun, and already there be pirates, where e'er you cast yer stinkin' eye!

[Kalei99]

Shiver me timbers, it's here already! Have a "booty-full" day.... http://www.pub-lib.ci.arlington.tx.us/teens/images/piratesmiley.gif

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070918/od_nm/pirates1_dc


~Kalei~

[sinjin]

A double ration of grog and no swabbin' duty for ye mateys.

[Leo Lakio]

Huzzah! Three "arrrrr"s fer Cap'n Sinjin!

Arrrrrrrrr.
Arrrrrrrrr.
Arrrrrrrrr!

[1stwahine]

Have a "booty-full" day....
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/1stwahine/w-12.gif

Auntie Lynn

[pzarquon]

"Avast!" For me, it's all about that word. "Avast!" Really, it's an expression that should be used more than once a year.

[scrivener]

The link to the great Dave Barry column about Talk Like a Pirate Day (at the Talk Like a Pirate website) be broken, so here's a better one (http://www.miamiherald.com/283/story/100129.html). Great reading! Arrrr!

[infinitypro]

"Arrgh BOOTIE" :D