she'll enjoy some employ as a boy with her name changed to pip

[walkingshadow]

to help us maximize our buccaneer potential on this, international talk like a pirate day, language log posted both the corsair ergonomic keyboard for pirates (perfect for pirate blogging!) and an instructional video:

you can also read their post from last year, in which they discuss how pirates got their arrr on, maritime pidgin english, whether all pirates are from devonshire, robert newton's alcohol-fueled phonetic inventions, etc.


p.s. i can only interpret "update captain's log" in the context of star trek, and now i desperately want to hear a) shatner talking like a pirate, or b) a pirate talking like shatner.

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[silentfire.livejournal.com]

desperately want to hear a) shatner talking like a pirate, or b) a pirate talking like shatner.

ahahaha! omg either one would be the funniest thing EVER in the WORLD.

"Arrr! But WHY . . . is the . . . RUM gone?"

[walkingshadow.livejournal.com]

ahahahah! YES, EXACTLY THAT.

you know, i don't think anyone could stomach everyone talking like shatner for a whole day, but international talk like william shatner for ten minutes? that would be an awesome ten minutes.

[leksa.livejournal.com]

a) shatner talking like a pirate, or b) a pirate talking like shatner.

*iz ded*

[walkingshadow.livejournal.com]

THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.