Time for talk like a pirate day.
More Pirate Speak:
Jack Sparrow aaar be yer perfect model fer Talk like Pirate Day
Johnny Depp says ye ortin' t' be talkin' like a Buccanneer on talk like a Pirate Day
Captain jack sparrow says be ye good enough t' sail wi' me as a buccanneer o' caribean? and talk like a shipmate th' rest o' yer scurvy life? Leave th' office cublicle behind an' sail th' high oceans.. yo ho ho pleasure awaits you! Well maybe ye cant sail away ere, but what ye can do be t' get aft at th' man an' talk like a swashbuckler all tide at work. It be yer best tide ever. Dress up wi' yer best frilly seafarin' hearty shirt an' swashbuckler hat if ye me a mate. If a lass then yer best wench costume. keep t' th' code an' start talkin' like a buccanneer.
Here's your perfect excuse for an office play day and it's official! September 19th is Talk Like a Pirate Day! So you best to be keeping to the code as captain jack sparrow says. You can pretend your sailing with the evening tide to the spanish main with captain jack and his pirates of the caribean.
So lets get started. First get in th' mood wi' some sea shanty pirate music , full ‘o tuneful booty for jolly jack tars and doe-eyed wenches. Arrgh feelin' a wee bit more randy?? That's right, there you go, thats starboard, thar ye go.
Here's 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 basic words ye`ll be usin' or needing: Ahoy=Hello, Aye=We're in agreement, Aye, aye=Yes, aaaarrrrr=many use
In which ye'll find words submitted by many pirates o'er the years, an' which comprise a loose piratical dictionary.
* 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 bastard 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 bloody 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
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