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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