{"id":833,"date":"2016-09-19T15:21:51","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T15:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=833"},"modified":"2016-09-19T15:21:51","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T15:21:51","slug":"ahoy-me-hearties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=833","title":{"rendered":"Ahoy, Me Hearties!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you probably know, I be a big fan of holidays. Me usually has a glass of wine, or other special grog on holidays \u2014 so me rarely lets any<\/em> holiday go by unnoticed. But today be my most favorite of all holidays \u2014 Talk Like a Pirate Day!!! Make no mistake, me looks forward to this special day all year long \u2014 mine have trouble sleeping the nights leading up to the big day \u2014 the excitement be just too great me hearties.<\/p>\n

First thin\u2019 in t\u2019 morning\u2019, I go down t\u2019 t\u2019 galley where me scurvy bilge rat wench be preparing\u2019 a proper pirate\u2019s feast complete with a big cup o\u2019 grog. Me wench always enjoys it when she sets me feast in front of me and me say, \u201cwell, me hearties, let\u2019s see what crawled out of the bung hole.\u201d Even though me refers to her as me wench, me always greets her with, \u201cC\u2019mere, me beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n

So what makes this holiday so special and different than all t\u2019 others? Well, it gives Ye conversation a certain swagger and it usually impresses landlocked lubbers. Just sayin aarrr or weigh anchor or blimey conveys an image o\u2019 swaggerin\u2019 pirateness.
\nWhen we show up at ye ole\u2019 neighbors\u2019 house for a grog, him always say that me don\u2019t look like a pirate \u2014 that me should have a peg leg or a patch so he\u2019ll know what\u2019s going\u2019 on. Even after me explains that today be talk like a pirate day, not dress like a pirate day, t\u2019 scurvy dog still doesn\u2019t get it.<\/p>\n

If ye be interested in talking like a pirate \u2014 it can be done with just a few words\u2026
\nAhoy! \u2014 this one\u2019s very important \u2014 means hello.
\nAvast! \u2014 ye can use it to express surprise, use it instead of check it out, or no way! or get out of town!
\nAarrrr! \u2014 the very best one to know \u2014 me uses it all the time. It can mean, that was clever, what you just said or I\u2019m happy, enjoying this cup o\u2019 grog, or yes, I agree, or the Redskins are going to win the Super Bowl, or just about anything else ye want it to mean.
\nMe mentioned bung hole earlier \u2014 booze, among other things, was stored in wooden casks on pirate ships. T\u2019 stopper in the barrel is called t\u2019 bung, and t\u2019 hole be called t\u2019 bung hole.
\nShiver me timbers is another phrase me likes to use. It be an expression of surprise \u2014 and concern. Pirate ships are wooden and when the wind blows, the timbers rattle. Rattling\u2019 ain\u2019t so bad, but it \u2019tis the full shiverin\u2019 of the masts or other ship parts, by gale winds or cannon fire, that strikes fear in the heart of a pirate\u2026.<\/p>\n

When it be TLAP Day me take a new name \u2014 today me new name be Bubonic Skyler Screed. And just for today, me wench Claire be called Cap\u2019n Lucy Redbeard.
\nSo we\u2019ll be headin\u2019 out for our annual rounds tonight \u2014 probably into the wee hours. May even spend a few pieces of eight at our favorite restaurant \u2014 Aarrrrby\u2019s.
\nTil\u2019 next year \u2014 Aarrr!!
\n\u2014 30 \u2014<\/p>\n

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