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I be cryin' into me ale, ye swabbies. Its a lecture on the integument I has to be presenting on the morrow, and I canna use the piratical tongue wi' the scurvy landlubbers, or they'll be whining to the Royal Navy.

A frigate I'd be rakin' fore and aft, but when a first rate opens her gunports, I know when I'm out-manned.

Yarrr.

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James 2:24

Arr, 'tis already TLAP day here Down Under ye swabs. I'm hopin' PZ's got that pirate-lingo plug-in sorted out fer Seedblogs, mateys. I look ferward to it ev're yearrrrrr.

Happy almost pirate day everyone! Be sure and set aside some time to reflect on His Noodlyness with some good spirits! Too bad I wasn't clever enough to put this post in piratespeak : (

Yar! Here ine me home state o' New Jersey, at me Seton Hall, we all be pirates, and me gearin' for a foine day o' plunderin' and pirate talkin'! Here's to the salty sea dogs who be a thinkin up this bilge for t' jolly good, rip-roarin' times ahead fer t' next 24 hours. HAR HAR HAR!

Arrr no, matey. Today is a good day for someone else to die.

AHrrr ... wharr be ROBERT NEWTON when we needs' 'o his scourgin' o'the seas?

Seriously (seriously?!) it's no good - you've got to come from, or authentically reproduce the speech of Devon (England) before you can do this sort of thing properly.....

By G. Tingey (not verified) on 18 Sep 2006 #permalink

This is from Loading Ready Run, their website is loadingreadyrun.com. They're a bunch of friends in their early to mid twenties from Victoria BC, Canada. If anyone's interested in knowing.