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On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:36:19 +0100, Steve Leyland wrote:

> Apparently, today is International talk like a pirate day.
> 
> http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html
> 
> The basics:
> 
> Pirate lingo is rich and complicated, sort of like a good stew. There
> are several other sites that offer glossaries that are pretty good, and
> you can find some of them on our links page.
> 
> But if you just want a quick fix, a surface gloss, a "pirate patina," if
> you will, here are the five basic words that you cannot live without.
> Master them, and you can face Talk Like a Pirate Day with a smile on
> your face and a parrot on your shoulder, if that's your thing.
> 
> 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!
> 
> Advanced pirate lingo; or On beyond "Aarrr!"
> 
> Once you've mastered the basics, you're ready to start expanding your
> pirate vocabulary. Try these for starters
> 
> Beauty - The best possible pirate address for a woman. Always preceded
> by "me," as in, "C'mere, me beauty," or even, "me buxom beauty," to one
> particularly well endowed. You'll be surprised how effective this
> 
> is.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Bung hole - Victuals on a ship were stored in wooden casks. The stopper
> in the barrel is called the bung, and the hole is called the bung hole.
> That's all. It sounds a lot worse, doesn't it? On TLAP Day - When dinner
> is served you'll make quite an impression when you say, "Well, me
> hearties, let's see what crawled out of the bung hole." That statement
> will be instantly followed by the sound of people putting down their
> utensils and pushing themselves away from the table. Great! More for
> you!
> 
> Grog - An alcoholic drink, usually rum diluted with water, but in this
> context you could use it to refer to any alcoholic beverage other than
> beer, and we aren't prepared to be picky about that, either. Call your
> beer grog if you want. We won't stop you! Water aboard ship was sto

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