{"id":3502,"date":"2018-08-09T09:36:08","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T09:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smugglersadventure.co.uk\/?p=3502"},"modified":"2024-04-22T09:10:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T08:10:51","slug":"how-to-speak-like-a-pirate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neuronicdev.es\/smugglers\/just-for-fun\/how-to-speak-like-a-pirate\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Speak Like a Pirate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arrr, me hearty! It\u2019s time to jump on deck and learn the sayings of the likes of Jack Sparrow and Long John Silver \u2013 otherwise you\u2019ll be walking the plank, matey.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before we get you hooked on whether or not Polly wants a cracker \u2013 here\u2019s a few tips to get your arr\u2019ing on:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No longer a time for proper pronounciation \u2013 it\u2019s time to drop your \u201cg\u2019s\u201d and \u201cv\u2019s\u201d like you would an anchor and pick up an eye patch instead! So, it\u2019s not \u201csailing\u201d, it\u2019s sailin\u2019, and it\u2019s not \u201cnever\u201d, it\u2019s ne\u2019er.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re goin\u2019 to leave what we\u2019ve been taught about tenses behind us like we do with the horizon, because pirates only ever speak in the present tense. Instead of saying \u201cI am\u201d, you say \u201cI be\u201d, instead of \u201cyou are\u201d, it\u2019s \u201cyou be\u201d, and so on\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They may be busy swashbucklin\u2019, but they certainly find time to polish up their use of adjectives. Pirates love a good old descriptive monologue (cue Johnny Depp), so always double up on your adjectives. So, he\u2019s not just any pirate, he\u2019s a strong, daunting pirate. Get it?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<b> A Pirate\u2019s Dictionary<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s take a look through the alphabet and give you an A-Z of popular bootlegger sayin\u2019s and phrases. Remember, pirates loves the letters R and all of those seven C\u2019s.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A \u2013 AHOY! (hey)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B \u2013 Booty (treasure)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C \u2013 Crow\u2019s Nest (where the ship\u2019s lookout is built)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">D \u2013 Davy Jones\u2019 Locker (the bottom of the sea, where the souls of the dead men are)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E \u2013 Eagle (the name of a punishment where the offender is bound by hands and feet to the ship\u2019s rigging)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">F \u2013 Fiddlers\u2019 Green (the private pirate heaven)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">G \u2013 Grog (a pirate\u2019s drink made out of rum and water)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">H \u2013 Hempen Halter \u2013 (the noose used to hang people)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I \u2013 Impress (to force someone into service)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">J \u2013 Jolly Roger (the famous black pirate flag with a white skull and crossbones on)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">K \u2013 Unleash the KRAKEN! (a fictional sea monster, or is it?)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L \u2013 Lily-livered (faint hearted)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">M \u2013 Matey\/Me hearty (a friend or shipmate)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N \u2013 No prey, no pay (you won\u2019t get paid unless you capture some ships)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O \u2013 Old salt (a sailor that has great experience on the seas)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P \u2013 Privateer (a pirate sponsored by the Government)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q \u2013 Quadrant (a tool used to measure the altitude of the sun)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">R \u2013 Ramshackle (in a state of disrepair)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S \u2013 Shiver me timbers! (a saying used to express shock or disbelief)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T \u2013 Thar (the opposite of here)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U \u2013 Upperdeck (the highest deck which runs the length of the ship)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">V \u2013 Volley (the simultaneous fire of various weapons)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">W \u2013 Walk the plank (a way to dispatch members off of the ship)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">X \u2013 X marks the spot (where the \u2018booty\u2019 is buried)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Y \u2013 Yo ho ho (a pirate\u2019s cheer\/laughter)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Z \u2013 Zenith (the point of the sky directly above you)<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<b>It\u2019s a Pirate\u2019s Life For Me!<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can get a bit wavey on the blue seas, so let\u2019s lighten up the piracy mood with a few jokes, shall we?<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> What lies at the bottom of the ocean and twitches? <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A nervous wreck.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> What makes a pirate angry? <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You take away the \u201cp\u201d.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Why did nobody want to play cards with the pirate? <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because he was standing on the deck.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> What did the pirate say when his wooden leg got stuck in the freezer? <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shiver me timbers!<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> What\u2019s a pirate\u2019s favourite part of a song? <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hook.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AVAST! We\u2019re shore you\u2019re set to become the next best swashbuckler. If you have any other pirate sayings or top tips you\u2019d like to share with us, then let us know on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SmugglersAdventure\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SmugglersAdvent\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and we can fly the jolly roger flag high together! YO HO HO!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arrr, me hearty! It\u2019s time to jump on deck and learn the sayings of the likes of Jack Sparrow and Long John Silver \u2013 otherwise you\u2019ll be walking the plank, matey. Before we get you hooked on whether or not Polly wants a cracker \u2013 here\u2019s a few tips to get your arr\u2019ing on: No &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/neuronicdev.es\/smugglers\/just-for-fun\/how-to-speak-like-a-pirate\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-just-for-fun"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Speak Like a Pirate - Smugglers Adventure<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/neuronicdev.es\/smugglers\/just-for-fun\/how-to-speak-like-a-pirate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Speak Like a Pirate - Smugglers Adventure\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Arrr, me hearty! 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