# Arrrrr, maties!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrr-maties/322334
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [September 19, 2005, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrr-maties/322334 "2005-09-19T07:08:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2005, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrr-maties/322334/1 "2005-09-19T07:08:26Z")
Break out the black flag and run out the guns, mates, and signal yon barkie to heave to, afore we blows her out of the water! Pieces of eight and rum for all! Arrrrr!
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### Author:  [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2005, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrr-maties/322334/2 "2005-09-19T08:04:44Z")
Aye! Prepare for boardin’ ye scurvy dogs!\*
\*That be message boardin’, 'o course!
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### Author:  [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2005, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrr-maties/322334/3 "2005-09-19T08:20:57Z")
Arrr, lad! Hie thee and roust **Paulberserker**.
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### Author:  [@Cerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerri)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2005, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrr-maties/322334/4 "2005-09-19T08:28:55Z")
Arr, Talk Like a Pirate Day again already? Gar, where’s me bottle o’ rum?
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### Author:  [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2005, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrr-maties/322334/5 "2005-09-19T11:55:10Z")
[Ray Stevens]
“I don’t like it and I won’t do it. I’m an ‘Artiste’.”
[/Ray Stevens]
What? All I want to do is sing and dance and wear my bright shiny pants.
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### Author:  [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2005, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrr-maties/322334/6 "2005-09-19T12:01:49Z")
Yarrrrrrrr…shiver the…poopdeck? No wait. That sounds dirty. Let me start over.
Maybe a little bit of rum will help me get into the swing of it. Scuse me while I get my drunk…I mean “pirate spirit” on.
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### Author:  [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2005, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrr-maties/322334/7 "2005-09-19T12:01:52Z")
HARRRRR!!! Ye scurvy dogs! Pass me me bottle o’rum or I’ll keelhaul the lot of ye! Hoist that sail! Poop that deck! HARRR!!! On second thought don’t ye be a poopin’ on me deck. 😃
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### Author:  [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrr-maties/322334/8 "2005-09-19T12:34:00Z")
Arrr, me hearties! Run up the Jolly Roger, for we’re asea on the Spanish Main looken’ for treasure! An’ not all treasure be gold an’ silver, maties.
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### Author:  [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2005, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrr-maties/322334/9 "2005-09-19T12:43:04Z")
And really bad eggs…
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### Author:  [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrr-maties/322334/10 "2005-09-19T13:48:50Z")
Avast! I hosted me annual Pirate Poker Paarrrty last night, an’ the rum flowed freely! I could barely bestir meself to come above decks this morning.
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### Author:  [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2005, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrr-maties/322334/11 "2005-09-19T13:49:06Z")
Avast, me hearties! Pass the rum and the wenches, and be ye quick about it!
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### Author:  [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2005, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrr-maties/322334/12 "2005-09-19T13:58:08Z")
I’ve been waitin’ for this day for a whole year! I missed it last September so I made three appointments on me calendar. One for Friday t’ email me buckos not t’ forget, one for Sunday night t’ send t’ second reminder and one for this mornin’ t’ remind me when I got t’ work. me first meetin’ be a eight o’clock, I plan t’ talk pirate through t’ whole meetin’. I can’t wait t’ order lunch in t’ cafeteria “Give me a slab o’ beef and a tankard o’ ale.” Arrr!
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### Author:  [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrr-maties/322334/13 "2005-09-19T14:00:28Z")
The Pirate’s ABC
A is for ahoy, matey
B is for belike
C is for cutlass
D is for dead man’s chest
E is for England, no more our home
F is for frigate, a pirate’s vessel
G is for grog, the pirate’s tipple
H is for haul, ye lubbers
I is for Isla de los muertes, a pirate’s lair
J is for Jolly Roger
K is for keelhaul
L is for lily livered, a pirate’s prey
M is for matey
N is for nautical
O is for overboard
P is for Pirate, hawk of the sea
Q is for Queen of the sea, Anne Bonney
R is for Redbeard, a pirate scourge. Arrrr!
S is for swabees, that’s pirates to you
T is for treasure, a pirate’s booty
U is for Unlucky, any ship we encounter
V is for Vengeance, the pirate’s creed
W is for Westerly, may all your winds be so
X is for marks the spot. Dead men tell no lies
Y is Yo ho! a pirate’s chant
Z is for Zephyr, a pirate’s best friend
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### Author:  [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrr-maties/322334/14 "2005-09-19T14:04:07Z")
Yarr! I be happy to report to ye scurvy dogs that NC State’s “Pirate Captain” (he be our student body president, mateys) reported to class in full pirate attire!
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrr-maties/322334/15 "2005-09-19T14:05:58Z")
Scurvy dogs! Ye steered this thread under false colours! Aye, and I looked for ‘pirate’ afore I [posted me own affidavy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=335703).
Arrr, but anyway. Me shipmate’ll be sore afeared when I board his ship today, when I starts in with the pirate lingo. Har har har! I’ve even gots me talkin’ parrot! ‘Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!’ says he. (Course ye be havin’ t’ say it t’ him first. Smarrrt as paint he ain’t!)
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrr-maties/322334/16 "2005-09-19T14:11:20Z")
> [@marque elf](#):
>
> The Pirate’s ABC
The Pirate Alphabet
A: **A** beer
B: **B** eer
C: What we sails on
D: **D** er beer. (German beer)
E: **'E** needs a beer!
F: **Eff** I only had a beer…
G: **Gee** , I wish I had a beer.
H: **Aitch** an’ ev’ry one of you needs a beer.
I: **I** need a beer.
J: The guy what serves me beer.
K: Jay’s wife.
L: Oops, sorry, ladies present
M: **'Em** over there, they needs a beer!
N: and **'en** needs a beer, too.
O: **Oh** , I wish I had a beer.
P: (self explanat’ry.)
Q: A French word.
R: A pirate’s favourite word.
S: What you fall on when you’ve had enough beer
T: Why we beat the english.
U: **You!** You need a beer.
V: **Ve** need a beer!
W: **You _and_ you** need a beer!
X: Jay’s former wife
Y: **Why** , I think I’ll have a beer.
Z: **Ze** beer. French beer.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrr-maties/322334/17 "2005-09-19T14:26:37Z")
Talk like a pirate? [Dress like a pirate!](http://www.authenticwardrobe.com/Pirate/pirate.html)
Arrr, if only the wench hadna left me. [This](http://www.authenticwardrobe.com/Pirate/Pirate14.gif) were to have been me weddin’ uniform! ☹
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrr-maties/322334/18 "2005-09-19T14:34:15Z")
and really bad eggs…
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2005, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrr-maties/322334/19 "2005-09-19T14:38:25Z")
> [@anyrose](#):
>
> and really bad eggs…
[For yer listenin’ pleasarrrr!](http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Stage/7840/yoho.htm)
Drink up, me 'earties! Yo ho!
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### Author:  [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2005, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrr-maties/322334/20 "2005-09-19T14:38:43Z")
aye, maties–
if you be askin’ me where are my buccaneers:–
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… they’re underneath my buccin’ hat
(Sorry, I won’t do it again… Really… I promise. )
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