What's this? Ye be interested in becomin' a pirate yerself? Well, this job ain't for everyone, landlubber! But if ye want to give it a try, best be readin' up on the Laws o' the Pirate first!
Now, if ye be wonderin' how to talk like a pirate, see below for the "Five A's of Pirating", which I pirated from the Talk Like a Pirate website.
Ahoy! - "Hello!"
Avast! - Stop and give attention. It can be used in a sense of surprise, "Whoa! Get a load of that!" which today makes it more of a "Check it out" or "No way!" or "Get off!"
Aye! - "Why yes, I agree most heartily with everything you just said or did."
Aye aye! - "I'll get right on that sir, as soon as my break is over."
Arrr! - This one is often confused with arrrgh, which is of course the sound you make when you sit on a belaying pin. "Arrr!" can mean, variously, "yes," "I agree," "I'm happy," "I'm enjoying this beer," "My team is going to win it all," "I saw that television show, it sucked!" and "That was a clever remark you or I just made." And those are just a few of the myriad possibilities of Arrr!
If ye be seekin' a piratey tune, there ain't no better theme than the original Pirates of the Caribbean theme. Just click that there link, and you'll be listenin' to it in no time!
ARRRRRRRRRR!
2 comments:
AVAST! I knew ye were aboard with the piratey thing when I saw ye comment on ye olde Who Cares blog. I love yer piratey garb in yer photograph.
Arrr!
(Sorry it was a lame attempt at pirate speak. I apologize!)
Maybe I would have played along if you had told me more in advance. Funny, I said that to someone else this morning! ;)
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