AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!! It be September 19, International Talk Like A Pirate Day, a day for all land lubbers who gaze wistfully out to the sea to embrace their inner saucy wench or sea dog. If ye've no heard of TLAP Day before, I'm givin' ye fair warning. Ye best be talking to me like a pirate today, lest I be throwing you off the poop deck with the other bilge rats what refuse to have a good time. No fear have ye of evil curses, says you? Ah. Properly warned ye be, says I.
If ye be meaning to participate with your own particular brand of salty pirattitude, I be doffing my elegantly feather-trimmed cap to ye. If, however, ye no be sure of your pirate lingo, here's a few tasty tidbits to help you find your inner AAARRRR, as supplied by me mates at the TLAP website:
Ahoy! - "Hello!"
Avast! - Stop and give attention. It can be used in a sense of surprise, "Whoa! Get a load of that!" which today makes it more of a "Check it out" or "No way!" or "Get off!"
Aye! - "Why yes, I agree most heartily with everything you just said or did."
Aye aye! - "I'll get right on that sir, as soon as my break is over."
Arrr! - This one is often confused with arrrgh, which is of course the sound you make when you sit on a belaying pin. "Arrr!" can mean, variously, "yes," "I agree," "I'm happy," "I'm enjoying this beer," "My team is going to win it all," "I saw that television show, it sucked!" and "That was a clever remark you or I just made." And those are just a few of the myriad possibilities of Arrr!
When in doubt, use your best gravelly voice, address everyone as a scurvy sea dog, saucy wench, or jim lad, and draw out all yer vowels, which in the case o' pirating, be A, E, I, O, U, and always, always R.
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