Sorry for wasting your time.

[Santa]

I've got time to burn and a passion for pirates.

Do you know any great pirates or sailors slang, banter, growls, sayings or quotes?

A few inspirational classics:

"Shiver me timbers"
"let fly the jolly roger"
"Sharpen yer eyes an' blooden yer knives"
"thar she blows"
"Arrrrh!" and "yarrh!"

(I find all this great stuff useful socially)

 

[Fish_Whisperer]

"AVAST, YE SCURVY DOGS!!! Hoist the Jolly Roger and man sharp the cannons!!"

 

[Santa]

great stuff. Always felt that scurvy should be pronounced more like "scerrvy"

What does AVAST mean though?

(Sorry, foreign)

 

[Fish_Whisperer]

"Ahoy!"

 

[D_B]

Avast ye scallywags ... Lash him to the main and give em a taste of the cat-O-nine

 

[D_B]

Verrily I say this, to thee , never cross swords with that bilge rat

 

[dpbishop]

Avast means stop. "avast heaving" means stop pulling on that line ( or stop hurling chunks, as the case may be.)

 

[Wristshot]

"aye, me maties!"



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[Santa]

"scallywags" - great haven't heard that one since I played monkey island on the ol' amiga.

how about

"Here thar be monsters"

 

[TheYellowSubmarine]

Suprised noone's said anything about "walking the plank!"