Ahoy! Tis time to talk pirate, me hearties

VulcanRider · 09-18-2009, 08:42 PM

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Easy tip number one, if you want to talk like a pirate: Add "me hearties" to the end of any sentence.

The meaning is simple -- "my friends, my mates" -- said John "Ol' Chumbucket" Baur, before offering as way of example, "Turn your head and cough, me hearties. Or, fill it up with regular, me hearties."

Saturday marks "Talk Like a Pirate Day," an observance that has been recognized on all seven continents and beyond. It inspires dress and behavior -- of the Long John Silver variety -- in seedy bars, staid workplaces and even the International Space Station. It has fueled fundraisers, been the topic for a New York Times crossword puzzle and mentioned on various game shows.

It was an idea born in 1995 on an Albany, Oregon, YMCA racquetball court. Baur, 54, and his friend Mark "Cap'n Slappy" Summers, 46, began unleashing insults at one another, as pirates might.

"We just grew up in a time and place where we saw the wrong movies, read the wrong books," Baur said from his current home in St. Croix, Virgin Islands. Putting their deep-thinking noggins together, the two decided the world needed in on this, too.

They selected September 19, simply because Summers had recently divorced, it was his ex-wife's birthday, and he figured "the date was stuck in my head, and I wasn't going to do anything with it anymore."

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Legolas · 09-18-2009, 10:40 PM

Avast ye poxy scallywags, thar be grog ta drink and plunder fer plundring sez I. If it nae be the finest holiday ta grace the seven seas, by the Powers!
Arrr, and thrice Arr to me fella Cap'ns. Smartly me hearties, thar be but scant hours left.

Illumina Drathiran'ar · 09-19-2009, 02:34 AM

Yarr, if ye be comin' by my Staaaarrrrrrrrbucks today, ye may be havin' the fartune of seein' we be observin' this glorious day today!

Wolf Rider2 · 09-19-2009, 02:56 AM

Arrr, ye scurvy dogs! Whar be the rum? Hoist the mains'l and we'll be away ter plunder them landlubbers, scallywags!

And whar be me parrot?

VulcanRider · 09-19-2009, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolf Rider2

And whar be me parrot?

He were delishus!!!

Wolf Rider2 · 09-19-2009, 08:36 PM

Yer rascal! He were not s'posed ter be yer dinner! Draw yer cutlass, lad, and I'll draw yer blood!

Did he taste like chicken, yer scurvy dog?

machinehead · 09-19-2009, 11:31 PM

He tasted like crackers, Ya scurvy dog!

Wolf Rider2 · 09-20-2009, 05:14 AM

Crackers!? My Polly taste like crackers? Ay, that's below the belt, that is, yer jelly-legged pirate!

wellard · 09-21-2009, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolf Rider2

Crackers!? My Polly taste like crackers? Ay, that's below the belt, that is, yer jelly-legged pirate!

LMAO -

- Ho, Ho, Ho me lads if ya were shipshape now it would be a polygon hey?

Late I be, becalmed i was - damn those trade winds.

Wolf Rider2 · 09-21-2009, 05:50 PM

Arr, those fickle winds have disposed of many a pirate in these dangerous waters. Good to see you safe, lad. Now bring us some rum

09-18-2009, 10:40 PM	#2
Legolas Jack Burton Join Date: March 31, 2001 Location: The zephyr lands beneath the brine. Age: 39 Posts: 5,459	Re: Ahoy! Tis time to talk pirate, me hearties Avast ye poxy scallywags, thar be grog ta drink and plunder fer plundring sez I. If it nae be the finest holiday ta grace the seven seas, by the Powers! Arrr, and thrice Arr to me fella Cap'ns. Smartly me hearties, thar be but scant hours left.

09-19-2009, 02:34 AM	#3
Illumina Drathiran'ar Apophis Join Date: July 10, 2002 Location: I can see the Manhattan skyline from my window. Age: 38 Posts: 4,673	Re: Ahoy! Tis time to talk pirate, me hearties Yarr, if ye be comin' by my Staaaarrrrrrrrbucks today, ye may be havin' the fartune of seein' we be observin' this glorious day today! __________________ http://cavestory.org PLAY THIS GAME. Seriously. http://xkcd.com/386/ http://www.xkcd.com/406/ My heart is like my coffee. Black, bitter, icy, and with a straw.

09-19-2009, 02:56 AM	#4
Wolf Rider2 Elminster Join Date: April 15, 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 451	Re: Ahoy! Tis time to talk pirate, me hearties Arrr, ye scurvy dogs! Whar be the rum? Hoist the mains'l and we'll be away ter plunder them landlubbers, scallywags! And whar be me parrot?

09-19-2009, 08:36 PM	#6
Wolf Rider2 Elminster Join Date: April 15, 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 451	Re: Ahoy! Tis time to talk pirate, me hearties Yer rascal! He were not s'posed ter be yer dinner! Draw yer cutlass, lad, and I'll draw yer blood! Did he taste like chicken, yer scurvy dog?

09-19-2009, 11:31 PM	#7
machinehead Drizzt Do'Urden Join Date: April 9, 2001 Location: Massachusetts Age: 68 Posts: 630	Re: Ahoy! Tis time to talk pirate, me hearties He tasted like crackers, Ya scurvy dog!

09-20-2009, 05:14 AM	#8
Wolf Rider2 Elminster Join Date: April 15, 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 451	Re: Ahoy! Tis time to talk pirate, me hearties Crackers!? My Polly taste like crackers? Ay, that's below the belt, that is, yer jelly-legged pirate!

09-21-2009, 05:50 PM	#10
Wolf Rider2 Elminster Join Date: April 15, 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 451	Re: Ahoy! Tis time to talk pirate, me hearties Arr, those fickle winds have disposed of many a pirate in these dangerous waters. Good to see you safe, lad. Now bring us some rum

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