25 Dec 2017

A question about : Aaarghh me hearties

It be Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Who can shout like a scurvy pirate th' best?

Sorry in advance fer our poor humour on here or on th' Forum twittArrr!

Best answers:

  • Shiver me timbers.. so it is.
    (I don't know why I remember that September 19th is talk like a pirate day. I probably forget more important dates.. )
  • Ahar therr Ye scum! Get a-swabbin' afore I set the cat on Ye!
    Aharr!
  • Why are pirates so scary ?
    Because they just aaaarrrrrrr
  • Actually, many 18th Century seafarers were reasonably well-spoken, as this extract from 'Kidnapped' by R L Stevenson shows:
    "And in the meantime," says he, "keep your heart up. You're not the only one, I'll tell you that. There's many a man hoeing tobacco over-seas that should be mounting his horse at his own door at home; many and many! And life is all a variorum, at the best. Look at me: I'm a laird's son and more than half a doctor, and here I am, man-Jack to Hoseason!", (Mr Riarch, the kidnapper, aboard the Brigantine 'Covenant' in Chapter VII)
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