Yes - September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Visit the website for basic and advanced speaking lingo - including pick-up lines and German pirate phrases. Here are the basics:
Ahoy! - "Hello!" (If you don’t at LEAST use Ahoy! today well….)
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!
In case you missed my blog posting about the pirate supply store, while it’s too late for today’s piratey activities unless you live in San Francisco, make SURE to check it out!!
Shiver me timbers!
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