The Asylum Pirate Ship

[suzy]

Who's the cutie in the corner???

[grumpypirate]

Drink up Me hearties yo ho!

[kes]

grumpypirate said:

We'll also need a bit of Grog

I must be behind on my pirate slang, whats grog

[grumpypirate]

scream said:

Who's the cutie in the corner???

That would be Kels. The sweetheart.

[grumpypirate]

Weigh anchor!

[grumpypirate]

keslielynn said:

grumpypirate said:

We'll also need a bit of Grog

I must be behind on my pirate slang, whats grog

Generically, any alcoholic drink. Specifically, rum diluted with water to make it go farther

[suzy]

grumpypirate said:

scream said:

Who's the cutie in the corner???

That would be Kels. The sweetheart.

I'm going to assume that Kels belongs to kes..... how beautiful she is!

[grumpypirate]

I have a list of Pirate Lingo if anyone wants it.

[grumpypirate]

[kes]

grumpypirate said:

keslielynn said:

I must be behind on my pirate slang, whats grog

Generically, any alcoholic drink. Specifically, rum diluted with water to make it go farther

rum noo rum bad baaaad bad experience with rum.
vodka

[grumpypirate]

Where be our Jolly Roger?

[cjspas]

grumpypirate said:

I have a list of Pirate Lingo if anyone wants it.

Sure--when on a pirate ship one must speak like a pirate, right?

[kes]

scream said:

Who's the cutie in the corner???

thats my little one.. kelsey.

[grumpypirate]

Splice the mainbrace

[cjspas]

keslielynn said:

grumpypirate said:

Generically, any alcoholic drink. Specifically, rum diluted with water to make it go farther

rum noo rum bad baaaad bad experience with rum.
vodka

I think that would make Kes a Russian pirate! ;D

[grumpypirate]

cjspas said:

grumpypirate said:

I have a list of Pirate Lingo if anyone wants it.

Sure--when on a pirate ship one must speak like a pirate, right?

Hee hee hee

[grumpypirate]

GP's Pirate Lingo List

Savvy?- Agreed?/ Got it?
Mate- another person. Nothing to do with mating.
Jack Tars- Sailors. Most men on the seas had long hair- there was simply no time to worry about cutting it, so it was put into a braid at the nape of the neck, and the end dipped in tar to keep it out of the way.
Ruddy/Bloody- an expletive adjective. Often replaces 'damn[ed]' (or worse- to say the least, these are the preferred expletives if you really must use them...)
Strumpet- Kind of like a pirate's version of a cat call. Mostly used towards a woman of... entertaining... value.
Poppin- Girl... a little nicer than above.
Aft -- Short for "after." Toward the rear of the ship.
Ahoy -- "Hello!"
Avast! -- "Hey!" Could be used as "Stop that!" or "Who goes there?"
Belay -- Stop that. "Belay that talk!" would mean "Shut up!"
Belaying pin -- A short wooden rod to which a ship's rigging is secured. A common improvised weapon aboard a sailing ship, because they're everywhere, they're easily picked up, and they are the right size and weight to be used as clubs.
Bilge! -- Nonsense, or foolish talk. The bilges of a ship are the lowest parts, inside the hull along the keel. They fill with stinking bilgewater -- or just "bilge."
Black Spot -- To "place the Black Spot" on another pirate is to sentence him to death, to warn him he is marked for death, or sometimes just to accuse him of a serious crime before other pirates.
Blimey! -- An exclamation of surprise.
Bosun -- Boatswain; a petty officer.
Bowsprit -- The slanted spar at a ship's prow.
Brethren of the Coast -- The Caribbean buccaneers called themselves by this name in the 1640-1680 period. During this time, they actually formed a sort of fraternity, and did not (usually) fight each other or even steal from each other. After 1680, a new generation of pirates appeared, who did not trust each other . . . with good reason.
Buccaneer -- A general term for the Caribbean pirates.
Bucko -- Familiar term. "Me bucko" = "my friend."
Cat o'nine tails, or just "cat" -- a whip with many lashes, used for flogging. "A taste of the cat" might refer to a full flogging, or just a single blow to "smarten up" a recalcitrant hand.
Chandler, or ship-chandler -- see Sutler.
Chantey -- A sailor's song. Also spelled "shantey" or "shanty."
Chase -- The ship being pursued. "The chase is making full sail, sir" = "The ship we're after is going as fast as she can."
Corsair -- A more romantic term for pirate. But still a pirate.
Crow's nest -- A small platform, sometimes enclosed, near the top of a mast, where a lookout could have a better view when watching for sails or for land.
Cutlass -- A curved sword, like a saber but heavier. Traditional pirate weapon. Has only one cutting edge; may or may not have a useful point.
Davy Jones' locker -- The bottom of the sea.
Deadlights -- Eyes. "Use yer deadlights, matey!"
Dead men tell no tales -- Standard pirate excuse for leaving no survivors.
Doubloon -- A Spanish gold coin. At different times, it was worth either 4 or 16 silver pesos, or "pieces of eight."
Piece of eight -- A Spanish silver coin worth one peso or 8 "reales." It was sometimes literally cut into eight pieces, each worth one real.
Gangway! -- "Get out of my way!"
Grog -- Generically, any alcoholic drink. Specifically, rum diluted with water to make it go farther.
Gun -- A cannon.
Fore, or forrard -- Toward the front end of the ship.
Flogging -- Punishment by caning, or by whipping with the cat.
Hands -- The crew of a ship; sailors.
Handsomely -- Quickly. "Handsomely now, men!" = "Hurry up!"
Jack Ketch -- The hangman. To dance with Jack Ketch is to hang.
Jack Tar, or tar -- A sailor.
Jollyboat -- A small but happy craft, perhaps even one which is a little dinghy.
Jolly Roger -- The pirates' skull-and-crossbones flag. It was an invitation to surrender, with the implication that those who surrendered would be treated well. A red flag indicated "no quarter."
Keelhaul -- Punishment by dragging under the ship, from one side to the other. The victim of a keelhauling would be half drowned, or worse, and lacerated by the barnacles that grew beneath the ship.
Lad, lass -- A way to address someone younger than you.
Landlubber or just lubber -- A non-sailor.
Letters of Marque -- Papers issued by a national government during wartime, entitling a privately owned ship to raid enemy commerce, or even attack enemy warships. Early letters of reprisal were issued to merchants to make it legal for them to counter-raid pirates! A ship bearing such letters, and operating within their limits, is a privateer rather than a pirate . . . that is, a legal combatant rather than a criminal and murderer. The problem is that letters of marque aren't always honored, even by the government that issued them. Captain Kidd had letters of marque; his own country hanged him anyway.
Line -- A rope in use as part of the ship's rigging, or as a towing line. When a rope is just coiled up on deck, not yet being used for anything, it's all right to call it a rope.
Lookout -- Someone posted to keep watch on the horizon for other ships or signs of land.
Maroon -- A fairly common punishment for violation of a pirate ship's articles, or offending her crew. The victim was left on a deserted coast (or, of course, an island) with little in the way of supplies. That way, no one could say that the unlucky pirate had actually been killed by his former brethren.
Me -- A piratical way to say "my." Derives from the Gaelic word for I, My, and Me
Me hearties -- Typical way for a pirate leader to address his crew.
Matey -- A piratical way to address someone in a cheerful, if not necessarily friendly, fashion.
On the Account -- The piratical life. A man who went "on the account" was turning pirate.
Pirate -- A seagoing robber and murderer. Contrast with privateer.
Poop deck -- The highest deck at the aft end of a large ship. Smaller ships don't have a poop; the highest part aft is the quarterdeck.
Port -- (1) A seaport. (2) The left side of the ship when you are facing toward her prow.
Privateer -- A ship bearing letters of marque (q.v.), or one of her crew, or her captain. Thus, she can only attack an enemy ship, and only in time of war, but does so as a representative of her country. A privateer is theoretically a law-abiding combatant, and entitled to be treated as an honorable prisoner if captured.
Prow -- The "nose" of the ship.
Reef -- (1) An underwater obstruction of rock or coral which can tear the bottom out of a ship. (2) To reef sails is to shorten them, tying them partially up, either to slow the ship or to keep a strong wind from putting too much strain on the masts.
Rope's end -- another term for flogging. "Ye'll meet the rope's end for that, me bucko!"
Sail ho! -- "I see a ship!" The sail, of course, is the first part of a ship visible over the horizon.
Scuppers -- Openings along the edges of a ship's deck that allow water on deck to drain back to the sea rather than collecting in the bilges. "Scupper that!" is an expression of anger or derision: "Throw that overboard!"
Scurvy -- (1) A deficiency disease which often afflicted sailors; it was caused by lack of vitamin C. (2) A derogatory adjective suitable for use in a loud voice, as in "Ye scurvy dogs!"
Shiver me timbers! -- An expression of surprise or strong emotion.
Sink me! -- An expression of surprise.
Smartly -- Quickly. "Smartly there, men!" = "Hurry up!"
Splice the mainbrace -- To have a drink. Or, perhaps, several drinks.
Spyglass -- A telescope.
Starboard -- The right side of the ship when you are facing toward her prow.
Sutler -- A merchant in port, selling the various things that a ship needed for supplies and repairs.
Swab -- A disrespectful term for a seaman. "Man that gun, ye cowardly swabs!"
Walk the plank -- A piratical execution. The victim, usually blindfolded or with bound hands or both, is forced to walk along a plank laid over the ship's side, to fall into the water below. Except this seems to be a total invention; it first appeared in 19th-century fiction, long after the great days of piracy.
Weigh anchor -- To haul the anchor up; more generally, to leave port.
Yo-ho-ho -- A very piratical thing to say, whether it actually means anything or not.

The Pirate Alphabet
A: Ehhhhhhh? -- "What's that?"
B: Are -- as in "Be ye ready to surrender?"
C: Si, si! -- To a Spanish pirate, "Yes!"
E: Eeeeee! -- "Maaaaaaaaybe . . . "
I: Aye -- "Yes!"
L: 'Ell -- A destination, as in, "To L with you, matey!"
O: Oh! -- "Oh!"
Q: Queue -- A sailor's pigtail, usually tarred.
R: Arrrrrr! -- A general expression of glee.
T: Tea -- A very inferior substitute for grog.
Z: Zee -- To a French pirate, "the."

[suzy]

keslielynn said:

scream said:

Who's the cutie in the corner???

thats my little one.. kelsey.

A beautiful name for a beautiful girl! How old is she?

[cjspas]

grumpypirate said:

Where be our Jolly Roger?

Who's Jolly Roger? I'm as lost as Kes! ;D

[grumpypirate]

cjspas said:

keslielynn said:

rum noo rum bad baaaad bad experience with rum.
vodka

I think that would make Kes a Russian pirate! ;D

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D