in honor of talk like a pirate day!

[birdbrain]

ive decided to break my rule and post a pic of myself:

[luckydog]

Pirate dictonary to help those celebrating talk like a pirate day

Aft - short for "after" or a place toward the end of the ship
Ahoy - Hello
Aloft - up, above
Arrr - a pirate exclamation
Avast - Hey! Could be used as "stop that" or "who goes there"
Becalmed - the state of a sailing ship when it cannot move because there is no wind
Belay - Stop that. "Belay that talk" would mean "shut up"
Bilge - nonsense or foolish talk or the lowest part of the ship, bilge water is the foul, blackish sea water that would collect from seepage in this area
Black Jack - a leather tankard, made stiff with a coating of tar, used by dockside pubs and taverns to serve wine and beer
Blimey - an exclamation of surprise or disgust
Bosun - a petty officer
Bucko - a familiar term. "me bucko" = my friend
Chantey (shanty) - a sailor's song
Chase - the ship being pursued; "the chase is making full sail"
Corsair - a more romantic term for a pirate, but a pirate nonetheless
Crow's Nest - a small platform, sometimes enclosed, near the top of a mast, where a lookout could have a better view when watching for sails or for land
Cutlass - a short, curved thick sword
Davy Jones' Locker - the bottom of the sea
Deadlights - eyes "use yer deadlights, matey"
Dead men tell no tales - standard pirate excuse for leaving no survivors
Doubloon - a Spanish gold coin
Flogging - punishment by caning or by whipping
Fore or forrard - toward the front end of the ship
Freebooter - another term for a pirate
Gangway - move
Hands - the crew of a ship; sailors
Handsomely - quickly
Hold - the cargo area of a ship below the main deck
Jack Tar or tar - a sailor
Jolly Roger - the pirates' skull-and-crossbones flag
Keelhaul - punishment
Lad/Lass - a way to address someone younger than you
Landlubber or lubber - a non-sailor. A landsman
Letters of Marque - proof that a pirate is sponsored by a particular government
Matey - a piratical way to address someone in a cheerful way
Me - a piratical way to say "my"
Me hearties - typical way for a pirate leader to address his crew or friends.
On the Account - the piratical life - a man who "went on the account" was turning pirate
Sail ho! - "I see a ship" The sail of another ship is visible over the horizon
Scurvy - a derogatory adjective suitable for use in a loud voice, as in "Ye scurvy dogs!"
Shiver me timbers - an expression of surprise or strong emotion
Sink me! - An expression of surprise
Spyglass - a telescope
Starboard - the right side of the ship when you are facing toward her prow
Sutler - a merchant in port selling the various things that a ship needed for supplies and repairs
Swab - a disrespectful term for a seaman
Weigh anchor - to haul the anchor up; more generally to leave port
Walk the plank - a piratical execution.
Yo-ho-ho - a very piratical thing to say

The Pirate Alphabet

A: Ehhhh? - "what's that?"
B: Are - as in "be ye ready to surrender?"
C: Si, si! - To a Spanish pirate, "Yes!"
E: Eeeeee! - "Maaaaaybe"
I: Aye - "Yes!"
O: Oh!
Q: Queue - a sailor's pigtail, usually tarred
R: Arrrrrr! - a general expression of glee
T: Tea - a very inferior substitute for grog
Z: Zee - to a French pirate, "the'

from "Long John Silver" web site!!!!!

[Tulsa]

Fish and shrimp special to go please.

[doug]

My pirate name is = Hellbound Hank the Broke what is yours ?http://www.longjohnsilvers.com/pirate/default.htm

[drcrippen324]

Arr laddy and we thanks ya for theat peace of eaight there i finds me tru pirate calling at last

my true name be

Jolly Roger the Bucko

or Andi on my day off

[luckydog]

I be

Black-eyed Bart the Messy!!!!!

Samson be

Flintlock Freddy the Hook!!!!!

[birdbrain]

this one is much better!http://www.piratequiz.com/

[dattia]

I am Dread Pirate Kidd...

[luckydog]

Here be my new name Captain Sam Rackham

Swab that deck mateys or feel the cat of nine!!!!!!

[slothappy144]

Blimey! same me mate LD Black-eyed Bart the Messy Arr
Iron William Kidd
it be time to weigh the anchor.

[dishpan]

Ahoy ye freebooters! Here'd be Mean Capt'n Pan!

Blimey, belay all dat bilge talk. Me fine ship and me hearties be making a lovely proposition for ye. We'd be maties here so so I'd be sharing dis map from Davy Gaku's locker of shiney booty wit ye'all. I'd heared tell o' da noisy magical contraption dat be spitting doubloons. 7777 be marking da spot!

So ye scurvy dogs, weigh anchor or be keelhauled.

[chmer01]

Argg, I be Rotton Gums Morgan the Gutless at your service.

[MrGneiss]

Don't forget T' official Talk Like A Pirate Day Song!!! Arrrrrr!!!

http://www.tomsmithonline.com/freest...reaming064.mp3

[Sid]

Saltwater Sid the Lost



where am I???

[MrGneiss]

Arrrrr, I went asearchin' threw me old email, and I've found me pirate name, Arrrrr!

GANGRENOUS HIDALGO SPARROW

[Tulsa]

Arrr... on the first one I be, Redbeard Rolf the Irritable.

On the second one I be, Captain Tom Flint.

Arrr, all them questions irritated me so I think the first one be the best.

[doug]

Dead men tell no tales We will find you Sid we will have them walk the Plank

[Sid]

Arrrrrrr. the here be me pirate sheep, Cursed by Davy jones himself

nastiest sheep to sail the seven seas...

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[musky]

I be

Black-eyed Bart the Messy!!!!!

Samson be

Flintlock Freddy the Hook!!!!!

That be my name too.....Flintlock Freddy the Hook...... no wonder I be wantin ta chase cats and scratch like a hound? Can't wait fer the mail man to come round sos I can bits him on the arse......Arrrrrr

[johntofva]

Hmmm.....the first one said, "Flintlock Freddy the Hook"

The second one, "Dirty John Kidd". Not sure what to make of that. But since the first is taken, I will keep this one.