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| | | (...) Ack, yes. I wrote on the Circumnavigation (1577-80) as a lowly undergraduate. ;) I've always wondered if Drake can be considered a true "buccaneer" or pyrate; he was operating under marque from Elizabeth, and was a privateer very much in the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | Re: My pirate lexicon. —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | (...) It's kind like politics: to the English he was a national hero, to the Spanish he was a pirate. :-) Since he had direct or indirect sanction from Elizabeth ("Oooo, I'm sorry about that sea-dog Mister Spanish Ambassador, I'll punish him (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: My pirate lexicon. —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) Somehow I can't imagine too many indifferent pirates. "Plunder, me hardies?" "Nah, maybe later, I dunno." ;) LFB (wiseacre on half an hour of sleep) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: My pirate lexicon. —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | (...) pirate (...) Which is why I typed "indifferent pirate movie" rather than "indifferent pirates" - I sure wouldn't want to give some smart-alec an opening. ;-) Oh alright, I fell off my chair laughing. Satisfied? Bruce (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: My pirate lexicon. —Markus Wolf
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| | | | (...) I've only seen one set of indifferent pirates, on Silly Songs Volume II of the Veggie Tales series. They're a bunch called, "The Pirates that Don't Do Anything" and they sing a song about what that means. IT's worth a looksee, but you need (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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