Avast! Me fav-o-rite day o' t' year! Were only it to be that ev'ry day be as good a-one as this! Well, t'is one and t' day in which t' arr-AskYeHistorian types do be mentionin' me by name....
Avast! Me fav-o-rite day o' t' year! Were only it to be that ev'ry day be as good a-one as this! Well, t'is one and t' day in which t' arr-AskYeHistorian types do be mentionin' me by name.
'course, all t'is vernacular be t' me an 'istorical anachronism of sorts, bein' as m'namesake was Yue Chinese an' bein' wedded to a man as unlikely to speak like t' West Country as I am to breathe like a fish.
T'ough it may be poor form to be speakin' t' m'self, I f'rgot t' mention me fav-o-rite song of t' indecent sort. Ye be warned. Good Ship Venus An' for the sorts that prefer lively ent'rtainment: a...
T'ough it may be poor form to be speakin' t' m'self, I f'rgot t' mention me fav-o-rite song of t' indecent sort. Ye be warned. Good Ship Venus
As me sainted m'ther would say, HO–LY FUCK ye were not kidding. Though I be disappointed that, given all the dubious rhymes in that thar song, the bard failed to make Venus and Penis rhyme there...
As me sainted m'ther would say, HO–LY FUCK ye were not kidding.
Though I be disappointed that, given all the dubious rhymes in that thar song, the bard failed to make Venus and Penis rhyme there at the end'o'the song.
Being in a timezone where you're roughly a day ahead of most English speaking countries, you would think, should be pretty cool. We're basically living in the future. But pretty regularly I only...
Being in a timezone where you're roughly a day ahead of most English speaking countries, you would think, should be pretty cool. We're basically living in the future.
But pretty regularly I only find out about things like this after they've sailed me by.
I could be making my kids giggle with my, I think, pretty good pirate voice. But instead I'm seething knowing I can't in good faith talk like a pirate. That ship has sailed, and now pirate adjacent idioms are the only way I can float my boat.
My message to the rest of you: Don't squander this opportunity. The view from the future if you do is pretty grim.
If ye be wishin' t'more than talk like a pirate, print this pirate hook on yer tree-dee-printer and strike mild amusement in the hearts of yer direst foes.
In honor of this day, I read pirate books and jokes with my class. A few years ago I bought my co - teacher and I pirate hats. Several other classrooms students were distressed by "The Pirate Man"...
In honor of this day, I read pirate books and jokes with my class.
A few years ago I bought my co - teacher and I pirate hats. Several other classrooms students were distressed by "The Pirate Man" that was in school.
Avast! Me fav-o-rite day o' t' year! Were only it to be that ev'ry day be as good a-one as this! Well, t'is one and t' day in which t' arr-AskYeHistorian types do be mentionin' me by name.
'course, all t'is vernacular be t' me an 'istorical anachronism of sorts, bein' as m'namesake was Yue Chinese an' bein' wedded to a man as unlikely to speak like t' West Country as I am to breathe like a fish.
Drink up, me hearties, yo ho!
T'ough it may be poor form to be speakin' t' m'self, I f'rgot t' mention me fav-o-rite song of t' indecent sort. Ye be warned. Good Ship Venus
An' for the sorts that prefer lively ent'rtainment: a merry rendition of t' same song at a Ren Faire.
As me sainted m'ther would say, HO–LY FUCK ye were not kidding.
Though I be disappointed that, given all the dubious rhymes in that thar song, the bard failed to make Venus and Penis rhyme there at the end'o'the song.
Being in a timezone where you're roughly a day ahead of most English speaking countries, you would think, should be pretty cool. We're basically living in the future.
But pretty regularly I only find out about things like this after they've sailed me by.
I could be making my kids giggle with my, I think, pretty good pirate voice. But instead I'm seething knowing I can't in good faith talk like a pirate. That ship has sailed, and now pirate adjacent idioms are the only way I can float my boat.
My message to the rest of you: Don't squander this opportunity. The view from the future if you do is pretty grim.
I give you permission to celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day on any day of your choosing 😉
If ye be wishin' t'more than talk like a pirate, print this pirate hook on yer tree-dee-printer and strike mild amusement in the hearts of yer direst foes.
Feel free to use this thread to commiserate and observe the long standing tradition of talking like a pirate on September 19th, yar.
In honor of this day, I read pirate books and jokes with my class.
A few years ago I bought my co - teacher and I pirate hats. Several other classrooms students were distressed by "The Pirate Man" that was in school.