Arrgh! A holiday that my wife and her family really enjoy celebrating is on September 19th. It is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. In Honor of this wonderful holiday, we decided to dress up Isabelle in her official Baby Pirate uniform.
You may be asking, how do I talk like a pirate? Well, I did a little research through her family and here is what I came up with. To my surprise, there are actually some rules to be followed:
How To Be Speakin' Pirate-Like-Startin' Rules
· Double up on all your adjectives and you'll be bountifully bombastic with your phrasing. Pirates never speak of "a big ship", they call it a "great, grand ship!" They never say never, they say "No nay ne'er!"
· Drop all your "g"'s when you speak and you'll get words like "rowin'", "sailin'" and "fightin'". Dropping all of your "v"'s will get you words like "ne'er", "e'er" and "o'er".
· Instead of saying "I am", sailors say, "I be". Instead of saying "You are", sailors say, "You be". Instead of saying, "They are", sailors say, "They be". Ne'er speak in anythin' but the present tense!
· If it be helpin', start yer sentence wi' a "Arr, me hearty," in a deep, throaty voice — ye'll find that the rest be comin' much easier.
2. AVAST STAND AND GIVE ATTENTION
3. AYE YES, I AGREE MOST HEARTILY
4. AYE,AYE YES, I'LL GET RIGHT ON IT
5. ARRGH ANYTHING YOU WANT IT TO MEAN
5. WOULD YOU LIKE A SCURVY_________?
Ahoy: Hey! A BASIC PIRATE DICTIONARY
· Black spot: to be 'placin' the black spot' be markin' someone for death.
· Buccanneer: a pirate who be answerin' to no man or blasted government.
· By the Powers!: an exclamation, uttered by Long John Silver in Treasure Island!
· Cat o' nine tails: whip for floggin' mutineers
· Corsair: a pirate who be makin' his berth in the Med-...Medi-...that sea 'tween Spain and Africa, aye!
· Davy Jones' Locker: the bottom o' the sea, where the souls of dead men lie
· Doubloons: pieces of gold...
· Fiddlers Green: the private heaven where pirates be goin' when they die.
· Furner: a ship which be yer own, not one ye steal an' plunder.
· Gentlemen o' fortune: a slightly more positive term fer pirates!
· Go on the account: to embark on a piratical cruise
· Grog: A pirate's favorite drink.
· Jack: a flag or a sailor
· Jolly Roger: the skull and crossbones, the pirate flag!
· Keelhaul: a truly vicious punishment where a scurvy dog be tied to a rope and dragged along the barnacle-encrusted bottom of a ship. They not be survivin' this.
· Landlubber: "Land-lover," someone not used to life onboard a ship.
· Lily-livered: faint o' heart
· Loaded to the Gunwales (pron. gunnels): drunk
· Matey: A shipmate or a friend.
· Me hearty: a friend or shipmate.
· Pieces o' eight: pieces o' silver which can be cut into eights to be givin' small change.
· Privateer: a pirate officially sanctioned by a national power
· Scallywag: A bad person. A scoundrel.
· Scurvy dog!: a fine insult!
· Shiver me timbers!: an exclamation of surprise, to be shouted most loud.
· Son of a Biscuit Eater: a derogatory term indicating a bastard son of a sailor
· Sprogs: raw, untrained recruits
· Squadron: a group of ten or less warships
· Swaggy: a scurvy cur's ship what ye be intendin' to loot!
· Swashbucklin': fightin' and carousin' on the high seas!
· Sweet trade: the career of piracy
· Thar: The opposite of "here."
· Walk the plank: this one be bloody obvious.
· Wench: a lady, although ye gents not be wantin' to use this around a lady who be stronger than ye.
· Wi' a wannion: wi' a curse, or wi' a vengeance. Boldly, loudly!
· Yo-ho-ho: Pirate laughter
So for all those land lubbers and me Privateers & Wench's who be lookin fer a place to lay your head in Myrtle Beach Real Estate let me be your matey to help ye find your booty! Also if you are a land lubber needin to sell yer furner let me help before ya walk the plank and end up in Davy Jones' Locker!
Jeremy Blanton- Myrtle Beach Real Estate Expert
Aye, Cute little booty (see pirate dictionary) you ha'e thar! (your cute little baby)
AHOY Mate, Jeremy I like to think I am a true Buccaneer for we have many listing in St. Bernard Parish. St. Bernard is where the Battle of New Orleans was fought and won by Andy Jackson and Jean Lafitte a pirate. I hope to go out and get some Booty today.
Yarr me hearties! I'll be speakin' like a pirate all the long, great day.
Ahoy...mate...wuld ye be willin' to translate yer grand, fine list o' pirate words into Spanish fer me? GBU!!
Jeremy,
I'm trying to think of an appropriate response, but fer the life a me nuthins a surfacin...!!! Thanks, Fran
Avast what a great fine lil lass I be seein thar!
Mandi- isn't she just a doll?
Fran- its ok..ya can walk the plank!
Elizabeth...sorry don't know about that one!
Arrgh Jason! Stop Eyin me Booty!
Jer...
I'm from Pittsburgh, so Pirate talk sounds like "Wait until next year!"
Very Creative Jeremy. I actually was reading that there will be a Pirate Day up this way in Greenwood Lake soon with "real pirate " reenactors and everything! Maybe I will go now that I have the lingo down. Isabelle makes a great pirate.
BTW I really like the new photo!!!!
LOL @ Richard.
You know.. some of these have worked their way solidly into the lexicon of the south. I grew up hearing A LOT of these. Screw the rum... where's the goose?
Ahoy, Matey! By the Powers! Tis a grand, good blog to pick up me spirits. Scurvy dog up the lane jas stole me buyer. ARRGH! Scallywag!
Arrgg Jeremy- I didn't know such a holiday exsisted! Now I am sad because the day is nigh over and I didn't get to pratice me pirate lingo. Next year me be on the lookout....
Jeremy, I think in speaking your Arrrgh's to babies you will get a lot of smiles. Good for pirates, Good for babies.
You best be callin Peterrrr Sarrrrsgarrrd to tend to ye grand pirate parrrrty!
(take of off Saturday Night Live skit)
Jeremy,
I am planning on being around when your daughter is old enough to let you know what she thinks of these photos and articles you have written with her in them.....ARGGGGHHHH
I think the sea air has warped your brain. Get away from the ocean and take three deep breaths before it become permanent.
Aye, some bloody good booty you have here in this blog mate!
Better than Grog & Swaggy...Yo-ho-ho!
Jer - Your response actually made me laugh out loud. My son enjoyed speaking like a pirate for awhile today.
Good, I am glad I gave ya a good laugh!
Too cute! I don't think I will need any help finding my booty.
Mel- I am not touching that one...
Oh Jeremy, I fogot to let you know... I like your new photo!
Shirley- Glad you liked it!
Jeremy: My next door neighbor (age 6) is obsessed with pirates, particularly Jack Sparrow. Some of the old codgers in the neighborhood staged an elaborate buried treasure hunt for him with maps and (fake) skull, jewels and money. They built it up for weeks, and they buried it deep. Every day he was out there digging. It was very exciting and the talk of the neighborhood for quite some time.
Yesterday he won 2nd Best Pirate costume (a girl won first prize). What a hoot!
Michelle, that is pretty cool how the neighbors banned together for the little guy!
I think the adults had as much fun with it as he did. Now we have a neighborhood legend, the ghost of Captain Claude, and I don't think Tristain will ever forget it. We have a great group of neighbors.
Yes, she is a doll!
Aww Thanks Mandi!
Michelle- Captain Claude eh? Very cool...sounds like your neighbors are awesome!
Can she be any cuter?
NO!
Case closed!
She is the cutest baby in the World!
Please post more pictures!
This is a fun blog, by the way. Good job, Jeremy!
Is she ready for this year?
Is she talking? We have a 6 year old and an almost 2 year old in town this weekend. It is hard NOT to let the 6 year old say funny things, unitnentionally. The two year old... maybe we can get her to say "Ahoy."
I think we might try to teach her "arrrgh" :)