Piratespeak

Posted by tomo at 12:28 PM in humor . | 1 Comments

Friday is International Talk Like A Pirate Day, but for those of us in the audience who are more familiar with the language of the hood than that of the high seas there is an ongoing effort to translate between the two:

Feel free to suggest more..

I should mention here that we have this IRC bot at the office named Admiral Benbow who periodically spouts off Captain McAllister quotes (and others) like:

<benbow> Arrr, sometimes I wonder why I bother plunderin' at all.
<benbow> Hi, I can't answer right now because I'm out looting and pillaging.
<benbow> Remember, in a pirate ship, in pirate waters, in a pirate world, ask no questions. Believe only what you see. No, believe half of what you see.