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Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:17 pm Post subject: |
 
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LOL... I tried three name generators...
#1: Jennifer the Tarred
#2: Bad-Rum Madeleine
#3: Captain Roberta Deadweight
I've decided on:
Captain Tarry Deadweight the Plastered
  
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 ARFD6
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Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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I like it! Especially the plastered part! Adds a nice touch! 
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Cinder 
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Location: Washington state
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:43 am Post subject: Pirates On guard!!! |
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Get thee to the docks and make way for the day!!!
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PomPom
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Joined: Aug 19, 2005
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Location: France Chatillon(92)
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:08 am Post subject: |
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Cooorne de bouc !!!
's goin' to be a nice dayyyy !!!
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Cinder
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:13 am Post subject: A few photo album classics |
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Everyone's favorite
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Cinder
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Location: Washington state
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:21 am Post subject: A pirate Movie site |
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http://www.geocities.com/captcutlass/Film.html
a new site to add to the collection. Has a good listing of the films about pirates!!!
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Cinder
Commodore
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Location: Washington state
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:19 am Post subject: Language lesson |
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If it be helpin', start yer sentence wi' a "Arr, me hearty," in a deep, throaty voice — ye'll find that the rest be comin' much easier.
Vocabulary
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 laughter
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Cinder
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:55 am Post subject: A few more to ensure a good day! |
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Julia The Well Tanned
From the movie that made Pirates lovable...Disney's Ride, Pirates of the Carribean!
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 Alchemist
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:51 am Post subject: |
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Couldn't resist, sorry
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 molossus
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Location: Warsaw & once in a blue moon Szczecin (Poland)
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:05 am Post subject: Re: Language lesson |
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loose piratical dictionary. |
Great post! Thank you Cinder.
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PomPom
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Location: France Chatillon(92)
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Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:25 am Post subject: |
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Cooorrrrnnne de bouc !
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Alchemist
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Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:23 am Post subject: |
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 Nice one Pompom!
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Cinder
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Location: Washington state
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Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:28 am Post subject: It comes again!!!!! |
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A VAST LANDLUBBERS!!!! IT IS THAT TIME AGAIN ARGGGH!
THE NATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY COMETH.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2008 IS THE DAY SET ASIDE
How much fun to find all the pirate ST and play them all day.
Get a fun name from the site that will give you one whether or not it suits you!
Just too much fun!
Be ready when the day comes and you get to talk like a pirate!!!ARRRRRRGGGH!
FYI- If you live close to Philly
Sept. 17-21, 2008
The Franklin, Philadelphia, PA
The Pirate Guys will be spending Talk Like A Pirate Day 2008 in the City of Brotherly Love as guests of The Franklin, in conjunction with the Real Pirates exhibit from National Geographic. Details are still being finalized, but a reading/performance is tentatively set for 6-8 p.m. on Sept. 19
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Cinder
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Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:50 pm Post subject: Coming Around Again |
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Sure it be true... Talkin' like the high seas men and women they were...
It is Talk Like A Pirate Day Again!!!!
This Friday September 19.
I checked all the sites posted in the first few postings here and they are all working.
I have added a few more photos to liven up the place..
I hope you will find a name that suits your personage and join in the day.
Julia The Well Tanned from last year will suit me fine this year!
ARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH
BE READY MATIES 
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Cinder
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Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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In Seattle Washington, every summer there are the Hydro plane races. Part of the celebration includes SeaFair! With that comes the Pirates!!! Scare the stuffin's out of ya, and help all over town.Arrrrghhh!
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