TALK Like A PIRATE Day!
September 19, 2009
The Official Text:
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Well Blow Me Down: A Guys Guide to Talking Like a
Pirate (Paperback) by John Baur
(Author), Mark Summers (Author) Published by The Pirate
Guys, LLC 840 Broadway
S.W. http://www.talklikeapirate.com ISBN 1-59571-022-1 |
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Exclamations: 1.
Avast - Stop and give attention 2. Ahoy - Hello 3. Aye - yes 4.
Aye Aye -
“I’ll get right on that, sir” (said to a superior) 5. Arr
- can mean variously “yes”, “I
agree”, “I’m happy” Things a person could
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Do I look Blood Thirsty Here? |
1. Barnacle - This
is a family of hard-shelled sea animals that attach themselves to rocks or ship
hulls. They can cause significant damage
to bottom of a wooden ship and so must be scraped off. In pirate talk, calling a person a barnacle
is, if not a compliment, at least a sign of respect, or even manly affection.
2. Beauty - The best
possible pirate statement to a woman.
Always preceded by “me” as in “C’mere, me
beauty.”
3.
Bilge rat - The bilge is the lowest
level of the ship. It is loaded with
weights to keep the ship from tipping over at sea and slimy water. A bilge rat is a rat that lives in the bilge
of a ship.
4. Boarders -
Pirates with knives clenched in their teeth going from their ship to the deck
of their opponent’s ship.
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5. Bloody - An
adjective indicating disapproval. This
actually is an offensive term in some English-speaking countries. 6. Bosun
- A shortened form of “boatswain”, a ship’s lowest officer. 7. Brethren of the Coast
- A name the pirates of the |
8. Buccaneer - From
a French work, buccanier, literally meaning “one who
hunts wild pork”.
9. Bucko - Friend,
mate, buddy. Works well with the
possessive “me” in front, as in “Well done, me bucko”
10. Cap’n - This is a title of
respect, the rank of a person who commands a ship.
11. Corsair - Another name for a
pirate...possibly more often applied to pirates of the
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12. Freebooter -
Another word for pirate 13. Lubber -
Incompetent sailor or oaf 14.
Laddie - A term of affection with a touch of
paternalism 15.
Lassie
- Diminutive for girl, woman or sweetheart 16.
Matey - A shipmate, a friend or
buddy 17. Me - Used in
place of “my” 18. Salt or salty - Someone who is wise to the ways of the
sea 19. Sea dog - A
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20. Shark bait - A person who has been thrown
overboard without benefit of a life jacket
21. Skipper - Same as cap’n
but with a mocking connotation
22. Swashbuckler - One who engages in showy heroics
23. Wench - A saucy woman, typically of a lower class
24.
Ye - An
archaic form of “you”
You
will have to purchase the book to define the remaining terms below:
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Share the Booty |
Things That Are
Things 1.
Aft 2.
Ale 3.
Belaying Pin 4.
Bilge 5.
Black Spot 6.
Booty 7.
Bowsprit |
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8. Brace 9. Brass monkey 10.
Broadside 11.
Bung hole 12.
Cannon 13.
Cat ‘o’ nine tails 14.
Chantey 15.
Chumbucket 16.
Cutlass 17.
Crow’s nest 18.
Davey Jones Locker 19.
Deadlights 20.
Deck 21.
Doubloon 22.
Dungbie 23.
Fathom 24.
Fugurehead 25.
Foc’s’le 26.
Galley 27.
Gibbet 28.
Glory hole 29.
Grog |
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Gunwales, or gunnels 31.
Hemper halter 32.
Hornpipe 33.
Jack Ketch 34.
Jolly Roger 35.
Kelp 36.
Knot 37.
Kraaken 38.
League 39.
Letter of marque 40.
Lubber hole 41.
Lubber line 42.
43.
Mizzenmast 44.
Moses’ Law 45.
On the account 46.
Piece of eight 47.
Pirate rounds, The 48.
Plank 49.
Plunder 50.
Poop |
51.
Prow 52.
Quarter 53.
Quarterdeck 54.
Rum 55.
Salmagundi 56.
Scut 57.
Scut work 58.
Scuttlebutt 59.
Scurvy 60.
Sealegs 61.
Seven Seas 62.
Skull and crossbones 63.
64.
Spar 65.
Spyglass 66.
Treasure 67.
68.
Yarsarm 69.
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Things you can do: 1. Bass 2. Belay 3. Blow me down 4. Careen 5. Dance the hempen jig 6. Haul a jib 7. Haul in the mainsheet 8.
Heave to 9.
Hornswoggle 10.
Keelhaul 11.
Measure the chains 12.
Plunder 13.
Shiver me timbers 14.
Smartly 15.
Splice the mainbrace |
16.
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Swab 18.
Swing the lead 19.
Tales, dead men tell no 20.
Take a caulk 21.
Walk the Plank 22.
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I
am formerly a member of the crew of the Samuel Bellamy in
National Geographic Channel ran a special called
“Code of the Pirates”. It featured Samuel Bellamy, but some of the facts of the
documentary and what we have posted on our web site differs:
However, I still love to play
Pirate. Can you find me?
At FCCJ’s Family Literacy Festival in 2007:
A mural on the wall of Rum Factory in the
And don’t forget the
