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well evidently tomorrow is talk like a pirate day.. so gets your arghhhs out *G*
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/09/18/talk.like.a.pirate/index.html
Q Why are pirates called pirates?
A Because they aarrrggghhh.
teenybash
18-Sep-09, 23:50
Well shiver me timbers an' hoist that there parrot back on me shoulder..........
greenasiamcabbagelooking
18-Sep-09, 23:54
lol Baz, that's worthy of spongebob !
cheers for the heads up Brandy, am looking forward to this !!
anyone got some pirate phrases so i don't just keep going aarrgghh all day long ?!
(i was thinking of pieces of eight, but of course that's being saved for talk like a parrot day)
greenasiamcabbagelooking
18-Sep-09, 23:56
cheers Teeny !
of course !! 'shiver me timbers' ... keep em coming
i keep coming back to walk the plank.. and ye be with us or again us
Here's some more brandy.
Jolly Roger, Pieces of eight and yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. Thar she blows.
No I wasn't a pirate in a former life, I cheated and got them all from here.:lol: http://www.piratetreasure.org/pirate-phrases.htm
I liked this one.
Three sheets to the wind - someone who is very drunk. One sheet is mildly drunk and four sheets is passed out.
I wonder what state two sheets is. Half-cut perhaps.lol.
redeyedtreefrog
19-Sep-09, 00:17
arrr, pirate day be started already!
Kevin Milkins
19-Sep-09, 00:26
How many copies of that DVD did you ask for? ;)
greenasiamcabbagelooking
19-Sep-09, 00:38
Aaaarrrrgggghhhh! Kevin ye landlubber !!
that be pirate bay you're thinking of !!
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv263/peanutbutterbutty/pirate.gif
http://forum.caithness.org/%5BIMG%5Dhttp://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv263/peanutbutterbutty/pirate.gif%5B/IMG%5D
teenybash
19-Sep-09, 01:03
Aaarrgh..........look 'e here..this be one o' those treasure maps....hoist the sails an' split the main brace me hearties, furr we're goin' asailin' o'er the high seas..........................
Thems that die be the lucky ones.
Kevin Milkins
19-Sep-09, 10:31
Aaaarrrrgggghhhh! Kevin ye landlubber !!
that be pirate bay you're thinking of !!
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv263/peanutbutterbutty/pirate.gif
http://forum.caithness.org/%5BIMG%5Dhttp://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv263/peanutbutterbutty/pirate.gif%5B/IMG%5D
Sorry, I do seem to get confused a lot these days.:roll:
Pssst, here mate, wanna buy some cheap dvd's or cd's? I also have cheap fags-200 for 25 quid. ;)
Jst been informed its "Talk like a pirate" day today - so come on you landlubbers, shiver me timbers with a yo ho ho!!!!
Ur walking that plank,me boyo!!;)
Arrr 'e not be a pirate, but 'e speaks like one......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqN0JHubkzY
ShelleyCowie
19-Sep-09, 18:47
Me and my OH was talking like a pirate this morning! Arrrggggghhh!!
"OooooAAAAAAAhhh shiver me timbers, pieces of eight, walk the plank"
" Who's a pretty boy then, who's a pretty boy?"
Cant make my mind up whether to talk like a pirate or talk like a parrot!!!!! :roll:
Tom Cornwall
19-Sep-09, 19:53
[QUOTE=brandy;596794]well evidently tomorrow is talk like a pirate day.. QUOTE]
so....have you been twittering, me hearty (it's all over twitter):)
ciderally
19-Sep-09, 20:01
here we go.........pirate lingo
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 ##################### 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
Amy-Winehouse
20-Sep-09, 10:59
Shiver me timbers me heartys, Its tha time again arrr, Check out tha bebo page dedicated to Pirates arr . All a bit o fun me lads & lasses
Just one correction, now it be "Pieces of Sixteen"! Inflation, mateys, inflation!
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