The Essential eBook of Pirate Party Games
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* * * Not Forgettin the little Pirates - a children's book on how to talk like a pirate
* * * Ere be a great gift for Serious Pirates - A scholarly study of Pirate Lanuage
The Pirate Ethos in Work, business and politics - A fun Book about how to be a Pirate in the Modern World
The truth about the Pirates of the Caribbean
Treasure Island - The First Popular Pirate Story and still a good read after over 100 years
Pirate Booty for the Younger Pirate Treasure Island for Younger Children - Never to early to learn about the real story of Pirates!
And don't forget the Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates of the Caribbean Soundtrack MP3 Download
How about Blackbeard The Real Pirate of The Caribbean?
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How to Talk like a Pirate on Talk Like a Pirate DayWant
to talk like a pirate, or more correctly, be talking like a pirate?
Not long now to Talk Like a Pirate Day, so welcome to the Professor Paradox TalklikeaPirate Page, where you can
find out why pirates talk the way they do and how to develop your unique
style of pirate speech. The History of Pirate SpeakThe origins of pirate speak are not quite as old as most people think, and to trace the roots of talking like a pirate you have to go back, not to the days of the Spanish Maine, nor the Pirates of the Caribbean, but to the days of Long John Silver and Treasure Island, and the Hollywood film of 1950. Treasure Island was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1880 and is the source of just about everything we associate with pirates, including talking like a pirate. Set in South West England the original pirate story tells the tale of Long John Silver, a one legged pirate with a parrot on his shoulder that repeatedly said ‘pieces of eight, pieces of eight’ Long John Silver was from Bristol, so he spoke in the manner of a Bristol seaman, and a real rascal he was too. The cabin boy was Jim Hawkins as in ‘Arrrrrrrh Jim Lad’, and the story featured other characters with scars, tattoos, impaired vision, and a certain lack of decorum or scruples. The traditional pirate hook comes from Peter Pan. For seventy years, it was just a great swashbuckling adventure story, but in 1950 Disney released the film, giving the starring role to Robert Newton, an actor from Shaftesbury in Dorset, South West England, or the West Country as it is known. So Robert Newton played the role with an embellished version of his own West Country accent, where people say ooooh aaaaaarh a lot, and everyone ‘appen to talk like a pirate as that’s the way they talk around these parts. And if ye ever feel like visitin the West Country ye’ll feel at ‘ome cause every day be Talk like a Pirate Day! And that’s the origin of Pirate Speak as we know it. The Origins of Talk Like a Pirate DayAs for Talk Like a Pirate Day, that was a stupendous inspired sillyness dreamed up by a couple of American blokes mucking about during a game of tennis who started talking to each other in pirate speak for no particular reason, and, discovering that it was a lot of fun, decided that there should be a ‘Talk Like a Pirate Day’. The full history of Talk Like a Pirate Day is too long for this site, but serious students of pirate speak can study it further on the websites dedicated to the subject. Some credit also needs to go the Monty Python Team who inspired the whole world not to take things too seriously, and to have fun and embrace sillyness. Mind ye, I do believe Robert Newton did
us all a great favour. Just imagine if Johnny Depp had got there first
with his Captain Jack Sparrow character? On Talk Like a Pirate Day
we’d all be mincing around doing an impression of Johnny Depp doing a
camp impression of Keith Richards!
Robert Newton –
Proper Pirate Aaaaaaaaaaaaar!
Johnny Depp -
Mincey Pirate Ooooooooooh
Er! And don't forget - September 19th is the Official Talk Like a Pirate Day How to Talk Like a Pirate
General
Mannerisms
Say ‘Aaaaar a lot. Curse
a lot but don’t use conventional swear words as this betrays a lack of
imagination. Use
the present tense and say ‘I be’ rather than ‘I am’ and use me
instead of I whenever possible eg. Got me a terrible snivvle and I be
feelin’ loike a rat in a sack. When
addressing others use ‘yer’ and yar instead of you and your, and add
some insult while yer at it. Eg ‘Ya filthy robbin’ scumbag’, or
Yer be like a boil on a bilge rat’s bum’. Leave
out any unnecessary consonants. And here are some pirate words and pirate phrases......
We pirates would really appreciate you spreading the word so don't ferget to mention us and put a link to this page in yer forums and blogs so others can find us. Taaaaaaaaaaaaaarr.
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Well now you don’t even ‘ave to
bother learnin’ to talk like a pirate ‘cos now there is a new
fangled on line translation services where you can get yer text
translated for ye!
And don't forget September 19th is international talk like a pirate day! Click here for the Official Talk Like a Pirate Day Site - Arrrrgh
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