avast me hardies!
today's fit to be 'talk like a pirate day'.
that means swashbuckling.
deck-swabbing.
and the mark o' the pirate.
i'm off to do a bit of privateering,
taking pieces of eight and dirty dubloons
from the worst of the barnacled bilge pumpers.
hook hands?
maybe.
peg legs?
sure.
takin' sea-duders sh!t?
depends.
takin' a dose of their skullduggery?
uh-uh.
takin' what rightfully belongs to 'em?
arrrrrrrr! heck yes.
salty dogs an' that.
i'm so glad i remembered,
and i'm so sad for all my co-workers.
striped frilly open-front shirts and floppy hats are in effect.
i can't just TALK about it,
i've gotta BE about it.
floggin', groggin', hard-tack seabiscuit keel-haulery, kids.
or.......
maybe i'll just speak some african gibberish,
and talk like a somali pirate.
or some southeast asian bandana and machete speak.
or maybe a steam-escaping lispy turbo-fem affect;
y'know,
talk like a butt-pirate.
boo-YA.
ya'll know i'm not scared to tap into my showtunes side.
PENZANCE!!!!!!
recognize.
talk like a pirate.
today's the day.
all day.
modern major general, indeed;
never quiet, never soft.....
Tis the story that we don't even know how these historic folks spoke. The present rhetoric was popularized by actors from the past, and we bought it!
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