It's the tenth (10th!) anniversary of International Talk Like a Pirate Day!
So what is talk like a pirate day? September 19th is a day where you can get your Pirate on.
Somebody make you mad?
Tell them "It's to the gallows for you!" or "I'll watch you hang."
Tell them "It's to the gallows for you!" or "I'll watch you hang."
Want to prevent someone from doing something?
Yell out "Avast!" (stop, hold on, wait.)
Yell out "Avast!" (stop, hold on, wait.)
"Avast ye! Don't ye be wearing that!"
Today you can call someone a rat, scallywag, or scum, and they might take it as a form of affection, or offer to duel you to the death.
And for fun you can even give someone the black spot.
If you love all things Pirate I recommend The Pirate Primer by George Choundas. It's a seriously awesome book filled with 469 pages of pirate commands, threats, oaths, retorts, parts of speech, grammar, etc. And each page looks like old manuscript paper. I own a hardback copy of the book, so I don't know if the pages in the paperback has the same detailing.
There are also a lot of fun websites that get into Pirate lingo as well, and even a page that will translate a sentence into pirate speak if you need a little help (or have a few minutes to burn for amusements sake.)
Here's luck and a fair wind to you,
Sarah
That's funny! I think I would feel too shy to do it in public...
ReplyDeleteAh! I've never done it in public, but with family members it's a lot of fun:0)
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