Talk Like a Pirate Day Vocab-- Part 3: Ye Lubber!!!

Here are some advanced words to use:

BEAUTY: The best possible address for a woman. Always preceded with the word "me" as in 'C'mere, me beauty."

BILGE RAT: The bilge is the lowest level of a ship. It's loaded with ballast and very slimy, reeking water. A bilge rat, then, is a rat that lives in the worst place on a ship. Often used as an insult. So if a pirate calls you a bilge rat you should take offense if he means it.

LUBBER: Or land lubber. This is a seaman's version of a land lover. A lubber is someone who does not go to sea and stays on land. Also, consider it a bit of an insult if you get called this.

SMARTLY: Do something quickly.

C'mon Here Me Bilge Rat!!! --Cooter

Talk Like a Pirate Day Vocab-- Part 2: ARRR!!

Here's a quick primer for some words you can use:

AHOY!-- "Hello."
AVAST! "Stop and give attention." It can also mean a sense of surprise as in "Whoa, get a load of that!" AYE! "Yes." "I agree completely with you."

AYE, AYE! "I'll get right on that sir."
ARRR! Often confused with ARRGH, which, of course, is the sound you make when you sit on a belaying pin. Arr! can mean "yes," "I agree, "I'm happy," "My team is going to win it all," "I'm disappointed," or "That was a clever remark you or I just made." Also, many other things.

I plan to get by with a lot of Arrghs today.

Belaying Pin? Up Side The Head.  ---DaCoot

Talk Like a Pirate Day Vocab-- Part 1: "Arrrrggghhh!!

From the September 15, 2013, Goldsboro (NC) News-Argus.

Avast There Me Matey!! It's International Talk Like a Pirate Day today, September 19th.

This day is always held on September 19th and is the brainchild of two friends, John Baur and Mark Summers, who, according to the newspaper, came up with the idea while playing raquetball.

However, to me, a better explanation would be in a bar over a few cocktails (perhaps grog).

The date was selected because it is Summers' wife's birthday.

Hey, it's something to do.

No Lubbers 'Lowed Round Here Today. Aye, Matey.  --Cooter