Phx Argh it be National Talk Like a Pirate Day Mateys! Translator/Glossary AND Quiz!

AVAST! and shiver me timbers! National Talk Like A Pirate Day is almost upon us!
Talk Like A Pirate Day 2003
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For ye land lubbers that might not be use to it, here be a few sayings you can use on that day. Now you best be practicing them says I. Properly warned ye be. Or ye may find yourself walking the plank! ARGH!!!


*** For ye lazy land lubbers, here be a translator ARGH!!***
English to Pirate Translator


THE BASICS

Ahoy! - "Hello!"

Avast! - Stop and give attention. It can be used in a sense of surprise, "Whoa! Get a load of that!" which today makes it more of a "Check it out" or "No way!" or "Get off!"

Aye! - "Why yes, I agree most heartily with everything you just said or did."

Aye aye! - "I'll get right on that sir, as soon as my break is over."

Arrr! - This one is often confused with arrrgh, which is of course the sound you make when you sit on a belaying pin. "Arrr!" can mean, variously, "yes," "I agree," "I'm happy," "I'm enjoying this beer," "My team is going to win it all," "I saw that television show, it sucked!" and "That was a clever remark you or I just made." And those are just a few of the myriad possibilities of Arrr!

Bilge rat ? The bilge is the lowest level of the ship. It?s loaded with ballast and slimy, reeking water. A bilge rat, then, is a rat that lives in the worst place on the ship.
On TLAP Day ? A lot of guy humor involves insulting your buddies to prove your friendship. It?s important that everyone understand you are smarter, more powerful and much luckier with the wenches than they are. Since bilge rat is a pretty dirty thing to call someone, by all means use it on your friends.

Lubber ? (or land lubber) This is the seaman?s version of land lover, mangled by typical pirate disregard for elocution. A lubber is someone who does not go to sea, who stays on the land.
On TLAP Day ? More likely than not, you are a lubber 364 days of the year. But not if you?re talking like a pirate! Then the word lubber becomes one of the more fierce weapons in your arsenal of piratical lingo. In a room where everyone is talking like pirates, lubber is ALWAYS an insult.

Smartly ? Do something quickly.
On TLAP Day ? ?Smartly, me lass,? you might say when sending the bar maid off for another round. She will be so impressed she might well spit in your beer.

 

Arrrrrrrrrr......

Properly warned be ye, says I...

I talks like a pirate always, be I talkin' like a land lubber on this day?

Arrrrrrrrr.........

This has been a Public Laser Pirate Announcement

 

argh don't make me get out my sword and start choppin heads off!

 

Will the rest o' ye be celebratin' this glorious day, or will ye be sleepin' with the fishes? Arrr!

 

Sleepin with the fishies....see ?

Name that Movie (In PM only)

 

Legolas: AVAST!!!



Don Juan DeMarco: ....

 

Aye aye!

Avast! (That one's my favorite. )

 

Sleepin with thar fishes? Argh who you think you be matey? Don Corleone? Thar be a gangster not a pirate matey. Allllright ye scurvy land lubbers. You best be celebratin this upcomin day says I. Or you'll be needin a parrot to speak for ye from thar on.

 

Arrr!

 

Yo ho ho, me hotties! Opps, meant me hearties, harties?

 

OMG I FREAKIN LOVE THE BANNER!!! HOLY CRAP! WHOEVER DID THAT RULES FOREVER!!

And is today the 19th already? ARGH? No that be tomorrow says I.

OMG they finally freakin have my orlando icon. it's about damn time. had to change my stuff today, who knows how long the icon will last. argh!

 

ARGH! Thar be a Translator AND a Glossary on here now ye scurvy land lubbers so thar be no excuses not to be talkin like a pirate says I!! properly warned ye be!

 

Best be believein' that I'll be celebratin' this momentous occasion!

Only, since I chose Elizabeth for my icon, shall I speak like a gentle-woman or lower myself to pirate speech?

ARGGGHHHH! A lass can choose for her own these days...pirate speech it be!

 

Ah, man! The next few days are gonna suck for me, aren't they?

 

three cheers for wenchy and her pirate speech!!!
ARGH!
ARGH!
ARGH!

 

Now I havet'choose between Jack Sparrow or Will Turner icons? Why must they give me these difficult choices? It's downstarboard evil I say! I think a compromise be in order.

 

compromisin' not be the pirate way.. gut them both and which hisself lives to tell the tale will be your icon!

 

argh matey tis a good choice indeed. love the icon. somehow i missed that one before. argh tis just as well. i can't be not using the will turner icon when i was complain about not havin one for 3 months argh!!

 

JawaJames, I shall havet'gut you for tellin' this pirate howt'handle her own business!

and thanks for aftin' me up thar, lovero' Will Turner

 

ya be wanting to gut and keelhawl me bones? you'd better watch out for me captain, the fearsome Amy, Vending Machine of the Spanish main.

 

argh. i laughed so hard i soiled meself on that one. argh. anyone have a spare change of satin cap'n pants?

yes, tis true. i be very loyal to me crew, those trusted henchmen and women i call me friends.
perhaps anwelei would like to join our fearsome crew says i. she be a fine matey aboard our trusty ship, the inferno.

what says you Anwelei?

 

aye, happily I say, me capt'n

 

about our trusty ship, the inferno... she be the fastest bit of barnacle bait in the seven seas!

 

argh! tis a good day indeed says i. in no time we be havin a full crew for our trusty ship, the inferno.
any of ye land lubbers that wants to try ye hands at a bit o piratin, just volunteers and we'll show ye the ways of the seven seas says i.
but properly warned ye be. any scurvy cowards and ye be walkin the plank fer sure. argh! avast!

 

AAARrrrrr! I be Capt'n of me own ship this morning. Taught me class in pirate and made 'em move smartly! Lubbers they be!

Arrrrrggghhhhh!!!