Pirate Talk Brought to You by Disney?
Now we are going to test our knowledge of Hollywood Pirate Lingo
For each word or phrase I will provide a definition.
Then you will guess if you think that the definition is true (AYE) or false (NAY)
Clear as mud?
PIRATE POP QUIZ
Many of the phrases that most people think of as pirate speech today can actually be traced back to the 1950s Disney movie Treasure Island, starring Robert Newton as fictional pirate Long John Silver.
Most scholars think English-speaking Golden Age pirates spoke exactly the same as English-speaking sailors of the time, since large numbers in both groups tended to be from riverfront neighborhoods around
Newton's performance—full of 'arrs,' 'shiver me timbers,' and references to landlubbers—not only stole the show, it permanently shaped pop culture's vision of how pirates looked, acted, and spoke.
ahoy
There isn't much in the way of scientific evidence in regards to pirate speech.
There are no audio recordings of pirate speech, after all. And witnesses are known to have written down only a small set of quotes of pirate phrases.
London
ADMIT ONE
TREASURE ISLAND
An saying used to hail a ship or a person, or to attract attention.
AYE or NAY?
International Talk Like a Pirate Day is September 19th.
But did pirates really "arr" and "avast" all the time? Probably not, experts say, though it's tough to say exactly how most so-called Golden Age pirates really talked.
Davy Jones’ Locker
The dungeon on the famous pirate Davy Jones' ship. Where he kept his prisoners.
Thar she blows!
blow the man down
A fictional place at the bottom of the ocean. In short, a term meaning death.
Davy Jones was said to sink every ship he ever over took, and thus, the watery grave that awaited all who were sunk by him was given his name.
To die at sea is to go to Davy Jones' Locker.
AYE or NAY?
An expression used when a whale is spotted from the ship
When the wind is so strong it blows a pirate over
AYE or NAY?
long clothes
AYE or NAY?
To kill someone.
Clothes that are best suited for wear on the ocean. Long clothes protect sailors and pirates from the harsh sun on the sea.
Poop Deck
dead men tell no tales
AYE or NAY?
Standard pirate excuse for leaving no survivors.
long clothes
The area of the ship that has the bathroom
A style of clothing best suited to land. A pirate, or any sailor, doesn't have the luxury of wearing anything loose that might get in the way while climbing up riggings.
Landsmen, by contrast, could adorn themselves with baggy pants, coats, and stockings.
Poop Deck
Deck that is the highest and farthest back
AYE or NAY?
Sail Ho!
An expression pirates say when they start sailing to a new destination.
Sail Ho!
An exclamation meaning another ship is in view. The sail is the first part of a ship visible over the horizon.
letter of marque
AYE or NAY?
A document given to a sailor (privateer) giving him amnesty from piracy laws as long as the ships plunders are of an enemy nation.
AYE or NAY?
Pirate speak
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Davy Jones Locker
Arr!!
Thank ye fer listenin'
Now be off with ye scallywags
20 leagues under the sea
Bermuda Triangle