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Re: My pirate lexicon.
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Mon, 24 Apr 2000 00:48:01 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Markus Wolf writes:
> Today's contribution to the Pirate Lego community... my official pirate
> lexicon. I'm taking a crew to the Bahamas in June and we'll be
> performing/ministering/building at an orphanage with my little skit production
> known as "Swashbuckler's Island." To help my drama team get into character, I
> compiled the below. Any feedback, corrections, are appreciated.
>
> Markus
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> How to Talk Like a Pirate
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> It's easy to be a swashbuckling buccaneer. You only need to understand
> the rules of speech. The vast majority of this material was taken from
> fictional literary sources, videos, internet junk, and etc., implying that
> this is more "Hollywood lingo" or pirate mythos, and not necessarily all that
> historically accurate. I must give credit to Sid Fleischmann, an awesome
> author who wrote alot of cool pirate books that I got lots of colorful
> material from.
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> A Few "Grammar" Rules for Pirate Lingo
> Start with a Cockney accent, the fun English accent
> Say "ye" instead of "you"
> Say "me" instead of "my" e.g. "Taste me steel, ye old shark"
> Drop the "h" frequently in strong "h"-words like him and his e.g. "This
> is 'im, Captain, the thief"
Arrrr, ye be violatin' the rules awready, ye lubber. This be 'im, Cap'n. Ye
be conjugatin' the bloody verb.
> Don't say "no" but say "nay",
Aye! Uh, nay, arrr, this be a trick question.
> Don't say "yes" but say "aye" (pronounced like "eye")
Aye-aye, Cap'n.
> Don't use the word "it" but drop the "i" and attach the "T" to the next word
> e.g. " 'twas quite an evening" , " 'tis time for sleep" (like in
Tisn't! Always be argumentative-like. We pyrates be socialists that flout
authority.
> Christmas songs)
> Use the term "pray" instead of "please" e.g. "Pray, hand me that pistol"
Polite be right out!
> Use "be" instead of "is" e.g. "There be treasure on this island"
Thar be treasure. Pronounce the "arrrrrr" so far back in yer throat that ye
swallow it.
> Use singular case of verb frequently for plural usage e.g. "They wants a fair
> wind"
> Drop the "f" in the word "of" e.g. "bit o' luck", "pack o' thieves"
Bloody Irish pyrates, I be thinkin'. I be havin' a cousin named O'Thief,
methinks.
> Try an "a" and drop the "g" on "ing" verbs e.g. "He's a-scrubbin' the pots"
Yer conjugatin' agin.
> Use "nary" instead of "none" or "zero" or "hardly" e.g. "There be nary a soul
> on board"
> Replace "thought" with the word "thunk" e.g. " 'E thunk 'e left me peg leg in
> the crow's nest"
> When talking numbers, tell the tens place last, e.g. "four and twenty" or "one
> hundred six and forty"
>
> What Pirates Call One Another
> buccaneers
> cutthroats
> sea-dogs
> seafaring men,
> sea men
Ye left off corsair, ye sea-dog! Been samplin' too much grog.
I be a-wading through the rest o'yer list at 8 bells. Splice the mainbrace in
the meantyme...
The Corsair
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| (...) production (...) I (...) soul (...) in (...) or "one (...) Aye, Thanks for the corrections. Sure and certain, I always thought Corsair were a type of ship, but Webster uses the word for both a ship and a pyrate. One quick question regarding me (...) (26 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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