# National Talk-like-a-pirate day! **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [September 2, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/national-talk-like-a-pirate-day/29921 "2003-09-02T02:00:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/national-talk-like-a-pirate-day/29921/21 "2003-09-02T23:05:40Z")
> \*Originally posted by asphaltcowboy \* > \*\*I have no idea _what_ you’re talking about :sure: \*\* > My work here is done. 🙂 So, National Talk Like A Pirate Day… Who thinks these things up, I wonder? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/national-talk-like-a-pirate-day/29921/22 "2003-09-02T23:08:34Z")
real-life pirates would be my guess… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/national-talk-like-a-pirate-day/29921/23 "2003-09-02T23:08:49Z")
there are LOTS of wei- cool people out there who think this stuff up. take one of my sister’s friends for example, he ran a site that streamed videos of sock puppets through his webcam… these kinds of sites are what make the internet fun 🙂 lol ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/national-talk-like-a-pirate-day/29921/24 "2003-09-03T07:50:31Z")
> \*Originally posted by asphaltcowboy \* > \*\*Arrrrh! Scurvy dog! Shiver me timbers! You there … hoist something! :sure: \*\* You have British pirates too? I guess that’s where most of the pirate game started. It’s late. Oh yeah, fell out of my chair again when I got to “you there… hoist something”. :sure: I was just picturing a british guy saying that. Funny stuff. You people kill me. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 8:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/national-talk-like-a-pirate-day/29921/25 "2003-09-03T08:59:37Z")
“You there, hoist something… Then get me a cup of tea, it’s freezing up here.” 😛 Very British pirates. :rock: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/national-talk-like-a-pirate-day/29921/26 "2003-09-03T10:35:12Z")
Arr me heartys! I be the scurviest sea dog that ever sailed these seas, arr! Avast, shiver me timbers, I shall be cutting ye scallywags into ribbons i shall, arr! > **HOW TO TALK LIKE A PIRATE** Any pirate worth his salt needs to be able to talk the talk. To instantly become “pirate-like,” just add “arrr!” at the end of your sentence–it’s the one thing EVERY pirate says. Here are 10 more words any scoundrel-in-training must master: **AVAST:** A nautical term meaning “What’s up?” or “What are you doing?” Example: “Avast, me matey?” **PIECE OF EIGHT:** Spanish silver coin, often cut into pieces to make change. Example: “We be searching the high seas for Long John Silver’s lost Pieces of Eight.” **WALK THE PLANK:** A dire punishment in which one must walk off a wooden board on the side of a ship and fall into the ocean. Example: “The scurvy scoundrel stole me favorite pirate hat; I’m going to make him walk the plank!” **DOUBLOON:** A gold coin minted by Spain or Spanish colonies, worth about seven weeks’ pay for an average sailor. Example: “I’ll be saving my doubloons to buy me own pirate ship. Arrr!” **SHIVER ME TIMBERS!:** An expression of surprise or fear. Example: “Shiver me timbers! I just saw a ghost ship!” **SEA DOG:** Experienced sailor. Example: “Blackbeard is one famous sea dog.” **JOLLY ROGER:** The pirate flag with its skull and crossbones. Example: “After looting the island, we left our Jolly Roger behind, flying high in the sky.” **SCALLYWAG:** Bad person. Example: “Although Sir Francis Drake was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, his fellow pirates thought he was quite a scallywag.” **SEA ROVER:** Pirate ship. Example: “Look! On the horizon, there be a dozen sea rovers heading this way!” **ME HEARTY:** My friend. Example: “Ahoy, me hearty, will ye be helping me look for buried treasure?” ---
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> \*Originally posted by awligon \* > **Oh yeah, fell out of my chair again when I got to “you there… hoist something”. :sure:** > :thumb: No, in theory, the british were always the navy with their flashy ships and fancy wigs, chasing down the evil plunderers o’ the seven seas! strangely… pirates were generally american… [COLOR=silver]gotta tv and cinema ;)[/COLOR] but yes, british pirates would be soooo cool! how about we commandeer a ship and set up a british pirates association (we’re british, we **have** to have an association ;)) then we can set sail for the high seas, taking the ideas of chivelry and proper tea-making to the lawless american sea bandits! Arrrr! Anyone fancy walking the plank? “after you” “oh no, I insist” I:-) ---
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a top idea Cap’n Anderson. Lets set sail right away, tally ho! Then we can all sit down and enjoy some ginger beer. Spiffing idea wot? Oh such splendiferous fun! What a gay day! ---
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just about a month away! :pirate: :pir: :pirate3: :pleased: ---
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I heard about this Scott Mills on R1 was talking about it ---
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> [@asphaltcowboy](#): > > Master Bates? 😉 😛 > > now… where’s that angelic smilie? :sure: Roger the cabin boy - thats a sport down your neck of the woods isn’t it Kit? ---
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MS Paint Skills :thumb: ---
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> [@billystar](#): > > MS Paint Skills :thumb: now thats just plain scarey! ---
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Arr… It seems I missed Me Day, Oh Well. I am Resigned… hehe =) ---
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I almost forgot!! ARRRRRR!!! :pirate: ---
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'sup landflubbers? ---
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What? It’s today or something? I MEAN…SOMETHINGARRR…?..? :ne: [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/national-talk-like-a-pirate-day/29921.md?page=1)