In honor of Talk Like A Pirate Day, I'm going to share 5 Pirate Myths that are Actually True courtesy of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC:
#1 Pirates Flew the "Jolly Rogers" over their ships;
#2 Pirate ships were rowdy, boisterous vessels full of drunken rogues;
#3 Pirates had hooks and peg-legs;
#4 Pirates would maroon crew members on deserted islands;
#5 There was such a thing as a "Pirate's Code"
Take a moment to watch the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC video posted above, it is pretty good with lots of interesting information. For example many ships' crews primarily drank rum because as they were traveling across salt water oceans and seas where they couldn't guarantee their supply of safe fresh water to drink so the drunken sailer image may not be too far off. So yo ho ho is the Pirate Life for you?
For myself next to trying to remember the proper usage of then verus than the next biggest the next biggest vocabulary challenge is the properly using Arrr versus Arrgh. Fortunately the good crew over at TalkLikeAPirate.com have an answer for that within their official pirate language dictionary. Arrgh is the sound you make when you get a poke in the eye or a kick in the butt. Arrr means YES, I AGREE, I APPROVE , or SEND ANOTHER BEER MY WAY PLEASE.
So lift your grog you bilge rats on this occasion and give toast to those who made this day be. Cheers to John, Mark and Davey! Thank you for making sure we all know the proper use of Arrr versus Arrgh and creating a day that always provides smiles and amusement to us land lubbers one and all.
Pirate day reminds me of pirate night on the Disney Cruise. It was awesome.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite pirate movie of all time is Hook! So good.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you dress like a pirate and go to Kripsy Kreme I believe you get free donuts! Wonder if anyone actually does that?
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