Jude 2

www.talklikeapirate.com

Don't forget, September 19th is always International Talk Like A Pirate Day!

Last Saturday morning, I went to our store, got a sausage biscuit and sat down in one of our booths to eat it. A regular customer named Richard was sitting in front of me in the next booth. He's deaf as a doorknob. He's also in denial about it. You have to holler at him right in his face to get him to hear you. Otherwise, blank stare at you while you talk. Anyway, he's got these two just precious grandkids about 4 and 6. The youngest, a girl, was sitting there with him asking, "Can I say the prayer?"

No answer. I knew what was happening, but she didn't, of course. I sat and watched.

"Can I say the prayer?" No louder, same volume, same question. Same no response. He stared straight ahead, obviously looking above her little face since she's, well, little.

"Can I say the prayer?" Still no response. Keep in mind, she's 2 feet away and looking straight up at him. He's oblivious. So, she rolls her eyes back and says, "Okay, here goes. God is great, God is good ....." and so on. Richard chews, unaware. Then, she reaches the end. "A-men," pops open her little eyes, and at that exact second Richard looks down at her and sees her not eating and yells (because he can't hear) "Hurry up and eat!"

I almost fell out of my seat laughing at the pure irony of it, but I held it back because she was completely innocent.

I said all that because Richard's voice is really rough, almost pirate-like. And, he's really Lawrence County, Alabama, too, and it came out as "Hurupneat!" Of course, I understood it perfectly.

anyone know of a good text to pirate online translation tool?

Check out that link. It has a whole dictionary of common words to use as a pirate. I will warn you, some of their comments are tacky but I don't remember seeing any foul language (other than parrots).

MrDanger wrote:Check out that link. It has a whole dictionary of common words to use as a pirate. I will warn you, some of their comments are tacky but I don't remember seeing any foul language (other than parrots).

awesome!
http://www.talklikeapirate.com/translator.html

Today, I went for a walk. the grass was green and the sky was blue. I praised God for the beauty of His creation.
the above link translates to:
"Today, I went for a walk. t' grass was green and t' sky was blue. I praised God for t' beauty o' His creation."

and the other one linked there goes like this:
A sea dog says 't this way:
Today, I sailed' fer a keel haul. th' grass be green an' th' sky be blue. I praised God fer th' beauty o' His creation.
Ya lily livered scallywag!

must be different dialects.

Who ever wrote the second "translation" doesn't know much about historical naval terms. Keel hauling, or hulling was a form of punishment, and a particularly brutal one.

Keel Hauling

The Dutch Navy is said to have thought up this particularly nasty experience. The offender was tied around the middle, perhaps with arms free, and hoisted to a yardarm. Another rope had also been tied to the offender and run underneath the ship to the other side from that yardarm. The sailor was dropped into the water and then pulled under the ship; near drowning and probably being scraped against the barnacle covered bottom of the ship. A gun was fired during the process, "which is done as well to astonish him so much the more with the thunder of the shot, as to give warning until all others of the fleet to look out and be wary by his harms" (from Nathaniel Boteler, A Dialogicall Discourse, 1634).

From the website:
http://www.defence.gov.au/news/NAVYNEWS ... tory25.htm


TW

Having lunch at ARRRRby's??

dolfan wrote:Richard looks down at her and sees her not eating and yells (because he can't hear) "Hurry up and eat!"

I almost fell out of my seat laughing at the pure irony of it, but I held it back because she was completely innocent.

I wouldn't have held it in...I would have laughed...and laughed HARD...thanks for the sheer laughter...

I been practicin' with me boy, th'h actor...

(Of course, he is much better at it than I am.. I would rather drag out my irish accent for St. Paddies Day..)

TW wrote:Who ever wrote the second "translation" doesn't know much about historical naval terms. Keel hauling, or hulling was a form of punishment, and a particularly brutal one.

Keel Hauling

The Dutch Navy is said to have thought up this particularly nasty experience. The offender was tied around the middle, perhaps with arms free, and hoisted to a yardarm. Another rope had also been tied to the offender and run underneath the ship to the other side from that yardarm. The sailor was dropped into the water and then pulled under the ship; near drowning and probably being scraped against the barnacle covered bottom of the ship. A gun was fired during the process, "which is done as well to astonish him so much the more with the thunder of the shot, as to give warning until all others of the fleet to look out and be wary by his harms" (from Nathaniel Boteler, A Dialogicall Discourse, 1634).

From the website:
http://www.defence.gov.au/news/NAVYNEWS ... tory25.htm


TW

TW. Always "keepin' it real". Even with Pirate translators.

So far, my classes haven't been allowed to say anything in class unless they are talking pirate. We are having a fun time with it.

MrDanger wrote:So far, my classes haven't been allowed to say anything in class unless they are talking pirate. We are having a fun time with it.

ahoy, matey, too bad your sprogs arent in school tomorrow when it be walk like a pirate day

www.walklikeapirateday.com

MrDanger wrote:So far, my classes haven't been allowed to say anything in class unless they are talking pirate. We are having a fun time with it.

I can imagine, a hand shoots up, "Can I go to the restroom?"

"Ah-ah-ah. Like a pirate."

"Aye, Dread Mr. Jones, can I make way to the head? Me ale has taken a likin' to gravity, it seems and me strength to hold it is on the wane."

I'm sure you guys may have seen this some time ago, but this thread made me think of it... LarkNews.com posted this commical news article about pirate speak in church.

http://www.larknews.com/march_2005/secondary.php?page=3

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — Sam Brobst took a "Learning Your Spiritual Gift" course at Full Life Center, a charismatic church, and felt the Lord leading him to prophesy during meetings. But when Brobst opened his mouth the first time, he and others were surprised by what came out: pirate speak.
"We were in the middle of worship, when this voice rings out, 'Yar! Hear the word of the Lord — the Lord of the mighty seas!'" says one witness. "It was straight out of a Disneyland ride."
Brobst says he can't help it: when the Spirit moves upon him, he clamps one eye shut and his voice becomes gravelly and menacing. On a recent Sunday, he prophesied, "Avast ye, mateys! Hear the word from our Cap'n: No fear have ye of storms and scallywags, says ye? Argh! But I be seein' your true hearts. For I see below quarterdecks, says I. Ye be tremblin' in the face of scurvy dogs. But pay them no heed. For I be preparin' to pour down plenty o' booty upon ye. So be of cheer, me hearties! Ye be loved of the Cap'n."
The people of the church by now are accustomed to it, though first-time visitors often giggle.
"It doesn't even sound like pirate to me anymore," says one regular attendee. "My mind translates it."
Others say it's preferable to past prophetic styles they have witnessed.
"One woman would wail her prophecies," says longtime member Darlene Bright. "Another man would thunder in a deep voice like he was trying to impress us. All in all, I prefer pirate."

dolfan wrote:

MrDanger wrote:So far, my classes haven't been allowed to say anything in class unless they are talking pirate. We are having a fun time with it.

I can imagine, a hand shoots up, "Can I go to the restroom?"

"Ah-ah-ah. Like a pirate."

"Aye, Dread Mr. Jones, can I make way to the head? Me ale has taken a likin' to gravity, it seems and me strength to hold it is on the wane."

Something similar.

The funniest moment today was during 1st Block, these two guys are always jokingly insulting each other. They got to doing Yo Momma jokes in pirate talk. It was hilarious.