Johnny Depp says ye ortin’ t’ be talkin’ like a Buccanneer on Talk like a Pirate Day!

Jack Sparrow aaar be yer perfect model fer Talk like Pirate Day

Captain Jack Sparrow says be ye good enough t’ sail wi’ me as a buccanneer o’ caribean? and talk like a shipmate th’ rest o’ yer scurvy life? Leave th’ office cublicle behind an’ sail th’ high oceans.. yo ho ho pleasure awaits you! Well maybe ye can’t sail away ere, but what ye can do in th` true sense o` sweet trade be t’ talk like a swashbuckler all tide at work. It be yer best tide ever. Dress up wi’ yer best frilly seafarin’ hearty shirt an’ swashbuckler hat if ye me a mate. If a lass then yer best wench costume. keep t’ th’ code an’ start talkin’ like a buccanneer. Here’s your perfect excuse for an office play day and it’s official! September 19th is Talk Like a Pirate Day! So you best to be keeping to the code as captain jack sparrow says. You can pretend your sailing with the evening tide to the Spanish Main with Captain Jack and his Pirates of the Caribean.

So lets get started. First get in th’ mood wi’ some sea shanty piratecore music. Pirate heartys love t’ sin’ an’ sin’ at th’ top o’ the’r lungs e’en if they don’t know th’ tunes. In Search of’ a Rose, be th’ best sea dog band today. http://www.myspace.com/insearchofarose Wi’ passionate rum drinkin’ song favorites like, What do ye do wi’ a Drunken Sailor, Pirate Folk an’ P Stands fer Paddy they will keep yer sea dog party started an’ goin’ into th’ wee hours o’ th’ next mornin’.  The’r latest release Kind O’ Green€ takes Piratecore Celtic Rock t’ a whole new level makin’ them a band t’ content wi’ from across th’ water. In Search o’ a Rose be havin’ put together a mixture o’ Rock/Folk/Celtic jigs an’ reels/Pop an’ be havin’ written some o’ th’ best radio ready songs I be havin’ heard in voyages. Th’ lyrics be smooth an’ sung t’ perfection from Ebl & Maze, Rudi uses jus’ th’ starboard mix o’ electric squeezebox t’ keep ‘t rockin’ but nay o’er powerin’, MacGable beats o’ th’ drum makes this music excitin’ an’ lively, guest musicians usin’ th’ starboard amount o’ trumpet, accordion, glockenspiel, an’ fife t’ accent th’ already perfect arrangements, an’ th’ main highlight o’ all th’ musicians be th’ talents o’ fiddle player Suzy B. whom brings ou’ th’ gypsy Celt in all o’ us. Be checking out their website as well  ye mangy curs www.insearchofarose.de Now o ye o tuneful booty for jolly jack tars and doe-eyed wenches. Arrgh ye be feelin’ a wee bit more randy now aye aye!!!

Ya migh be needin  a quick short lesson on Pirate talk. Start yer sentence wi’ a “Arr, me hearty,” in a deep, throaty voice — ye’ll find that the rest be comin’ much easier.  Double up on all yer adjectives an’ ye`ll be bountifully bombastic wi’ yer phrasin’. Gentleman o’ fortunes nerespeak o’ “a big ship”, they call ‘t a “great, grand ship!” They neresay never, they say “Nay nay ne`er!” * Instead o’ sayin’ “I be”, jacks say, “I be”. Instead o’ sayin’ “Ye be”, jacks say, “Ye be”. Instead o’ sayin’, “They be”, jacks say, “They be”. Ne`er speak in anythin` but th’ present tense!

Some basic words ye`ll be usin’ or needing: Ahoy=Hello, Aye=We’re in agreement, Aye, aye=Yes, aaaarrrrr=many uses

In which ye’ll find words submitted by many pirates o’er the years, an’ which comprise a loose piratical dictionary.

* Ahoy: Hey!
* Avast: Stop!
* Aye: Yes
* Black spot: to be ‘placin’ the black spot’ be markin’ someone for death.
* Booty: treasure
* 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.
* Lass: A woman.
* Lily-livered: faint o’ heart
* Loaded to the Gunwales (pron. gunnels): drunk
* Matey: A shipmate or a friend.
* Me hearty: a friend or shipmate.
* Me: My.
* 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
* Squiffy: a buffoon
* 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 laughterJohnny Depp says ye ortin’ t’ be talkin’ like a Buccanneer on talk like a Pirate Day

Pirate Speak for Wenches at the office, after work and for the mangy curs in ye life

AFTER WORK RESPONSES TO UNWANTED ATTENTIONS

“Will you kiss me”?
I will nay kiss ye on accoun’ o’ ye be ugly! Ya horn swogglin’ bilge rat!

“Will you go to bed with me tonight”?
I will nay go t’ bunk wi’ ye since ye smell like you’ve been sleeping with pigs. Keep that perverted idee ou’ o’ yer head!
If you be thinking you’re going to be puttin that (insert word here) near me, you’ll be keel hauled!

At the office.
“Secretary, get me a donut and some coffee”
Get yer own donut an cup o’ grog, ye mangy cur!

“Would you go out and get my lunch for me”?
get yer own lunch, ye bilge rat!

I need that report by 3 o’clock
I dasn’t feel like gettin’ that report t’ ye by 3 o`clock! Ya lily livered swabbie!

“You’ll have to stay until that report is done. Sorry about that, but you don’t mind, do you?”
You want that piece of parchment on yur desk by when?  Don’t hold ye breath, bucko.

Have you seen the wee lad down in accounting?  I’d wager he’d be game for a tumble

Other clever things to say on Talk like a pirate day:

You’re at the water cooler and it’s empty.

“Why is the rum always gone?” This works quite nicely at the coffee pot, the refrigerator and the snack machine.

“Me’n'these here scurvy scallywags drug our sorry keesters out t’th’ship’n'had us a grand great adventuaaarrr! We almost had t’keelhaul Mad Connie f’r gettin inter th’ grog behind our backs!”

aarrr ye maties keep t’ th’ code