For those whose usual vocabulary is astronomy based, here's a few pointers:
Ya migh be needin a quick short lesson on Pirate talk. Start yer sentence wi’ a “Arr, me hearty,” in a deep, throaty voice — ye’ll find that the rest be comin’ much easier. Double up on all yer adjectives an’ ye`ll be bountifully bombastic wi’ yer phrasin’. Gentleman o’ fortunes nerespeak o’ “a big ship”, they call ‘t a “great, grand ship!” They neresay never, they say “Nay nay ne`er!” * Instead o’ sayin’ “I be”, jacks say, “I be”. Instead o’ sayin’ “Ye be”, jacks say, “Ye be”. Instead o’ sayin’, “They be”, jacks say, “They be”. Ne`er speak in anythin` but th’ present tense!
Some words ya be needin' -
* Ahoy: Hey!
* Avast: Stop!
* Aye: Yes
* Black spot: to be ‘placin’ the black spot’ be markin’ someone for death.
* Booty: treasure
* Buccanneer: a pirate who be answerin’ to no man or blasted government.
* By the Powers!: an exclamation, uttered by Long John Silver in Treasure Island!
* Cat o’ nine tails: whip for floggin’ mutineers
* Corsair: a pirate who be makin’ his berth in the Med-…Medi-…that sea ‘tween Spain and Africa, aye!
* Davy Jones’ Locker: the bottom o’ the sea, where the souls of dead men lie
* Doubloons: pieces of gold…
* Fiddlers Green: the private heaven where pirates be goin’ when they die.
* Furner: a ship which be yer own, not one ye steal an’ plunder.
* Gentlemen o’ fortune: a slightly more positive term fer pirates!
* Go on the account: to embark on a piratical cruise
* Grog: A pirate’s favorite drink.
* Jack: a flag or a sailor
* Jolly Roger: the skull and crossbones, the pirate flag!
* Keelhaul: a truly vicious punishment where a scurvy dog be tied to a rope and dragged along the barnacle -encrusted bottom of a ship. They not be survivin’ this.
* Landlubber: “Land-lover,” someone not used to life onboard a ship.
* Lass: A woman.
* Lily-livered: faint o’ heart
* Loaded to the Gunwales (pron. gunnels): drunk
* Matey: A shipmate or a friend.
* Me hearty: a friend or shipmate.
* Me: My.
* Pieces o’ eight: pieces o’ silver which can be cut into eights to be givin’ small change.
* Privateer: a pirate officially sanctioned by a national power
* Scallywag: A bad person. A scoundrel.
* Scurvy dog!: a fine insult!
* Shiver me timbers!: an exclamation of surprise, to be shouted most loud.
* Son of a Biscuit Eater: a derogatory term indicating a b@$t@Rd son of a sailor
* Sprogs: raw, untrained recruits
* Squadron: a group of ten or less warships
* Squiffy: a buffoon
* Swaggy: a scurvy cur’s ship what ye be intendin’ to loot!
* Swashbucklin’: fightin’ and carousin’ on the high seas!
* Sweet trade: the career of piracy
* Thar: The opposite of “here.”
* Walk the plank: this one be obvious.
* Wench: a lady, although ye gents not be wantin’ to use this around a lady who be stronger than ye.
* Wi’ a wannion: wi’ a curse, or wi’ a vengeance. Boldly, loudly!
* Yo-ho-ho: Pirate laughter.
We put a jolly roger up our flagpole for today! Arrr (um, what do wenches say?)
For those whose usual vocabulary is astronomy based, here's a few pointers:
Ya migh be needin a quick short lesson on Pirate talk. Start yer sentence wi’ a “Arr, me hearty,” in a deep, throaty voice — ye’ll find that the rest be comin’ much easier. Double up on all yer adjectives an’ ye`ll be bountifully bombastic wi’ yer phrasin’. Gentleman o’ fortunes nerespeak o’ “a big ship”, they call ‘t a “great, grand ship!” They neresay never, they say “Nay nay ne`er!” * Instead o’ sayin’ “I be”, jacks say, “I be”. Instead o’ sayin’ “Ye be”, jacks say, “Ye be”. Instead o’ sayin’, “They be”, jacks say, “They be”. Ne`er speak in anythin` but th’ present tense!
Some words ya be needin' -
* Ahoy: Hey!
* Avast: Stop!
* Aye: Yes
* Black spot: to be ‘placin’ the black spot’ be markin’ someone for death.
* Booty: treasure
* Buccanneer: a pirate who be answerin’ to no man or blasted government.
* By the Powers!: an exclamation, uttered by Long John Silver in Treasure Island!
* Cat o’ nine tails: whip for floggin’ mutineers
* Corsair: a pirate who be makin’ his berth in the Med-…Medi-…that sea ‘tween Spain and Africa, aye!
* Davy Jones’ Locker: the bottom o’ the sea, where the souls of dead men lie
* Doubloons: pieces of gold…
* Fiddlers Green: the private heaven where pirates be goin’ when they die.
* Furner: a ship which be yer own, not one ye steal an’ plunder.
* Gentlemen o’ fortune: a slightly more positive term fer pirates!
* Go on the account: to embark on a piratical cruise
* Grog: A pirate’s favorite drink.
* Jack: a flag or a sailor
* Jolly Roger: the skull and crossbones, the pirate flag!
* Keelhaul: a truly vicious punishment where a scurvy dog be tied to a rope and dragged along the barnacle -encrusted bottom of a ship. They not be survivin’ this.
* Landlubber: “Land-lover,” someone not used to life onboard a ship.
* Lass: A woman.
* Lily-livered: faint o’ heart
* Loaded to the Gunwales (pron. gunnels): drunk
* Matey: A shipmate or a friend.
* Me hearty: a friend or shipmate.
* Me: My.
* Pieces o’ eight: pieces o’ silver which can be cut into eights to be givin’ small change.
* Privateer: a pirate officially sanctioned by a national power
* Scallywag: A bad person. A scoundrel.
* Scurvy dog!: a fine insult!
* Shiver me timbers!: an exclamation of surprise, to be shouted most loud.
* Son of a Biscuit Eater: a derogatory term indicating a b@$t@Rd son of a sailor
* Sprogs: raw, untrained recruits
* Squadron: a group of ten or less warships
* Squiffy: a buffoon
* Swaggy: a scurvy cur’s ship what ye be intendin’ to loot!
* Swashbucklin’: fightin’ and carousin’ on the high seas!
* Sweet trade: the career of piracy
* Thar: The opposite of “here.”
* Walk the plank: this one be obvious.
* Wench: a lady, although ye gents not be wantin’ to use this around a lady who be stronger than ye.
* Wi’ a wannion: wi’ a curse, or wi’ a vengeance. Boldly, loudly!
* Yo-ho-ho: Pirate laughter.
We put a jolly roger up our flagpole for today! Arrr (um, what do wenches say?)
Kerrie
Where were you this morning!!?? Could have so used these today!!
Kerrie
Kerrie, you have been busy, very interesting though.
