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darkadaptedeye

it'll be bigger than electroclash!

Nov 14, 2002 12:26

the other morning, a friend said to me "Ahoy!". i think she meant to say "oi!" or some such, but it came out as "Ahoy!"... then it occured to me, pirate dialect is a shamefully underused set of slang waiting to mined and exploited.

which could lead to the next big thing:
pirate rapyes, i know, "horror rap" failed in the early 90's even though it ( Read more... )

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fleur November 14 2002, 10:00:43 UTC

You = rock.

(or rap as the case may be)

hipstermafia November 14 2002, 10:07:52 UTC

You haven't noticed yet that pirate fashion is in, full swing???
Fucking Morrissey wore a pirate shirt on the Craig Kilborn show when he performed. And the latest weird women's trend are these weird pirate pants that taper at the ankle with a big buckle or clasp, but the pants are at capri height.

very swashbuckler.

for proof just check in the women's department at H&M. I know for sure I saw that stuff there last time I was in there.

As for the pirate rap - you're on for something.

hipstermafia November 14 2002, 10:08:39 UTC

onto something, even! ooof

kellianne November 14 2002, 10:12:09 UTC

i am the person who uttered the A-HOY that started this rant.

i went to h&m a week later and snapped those pants right up, yes i did.

Re: hipstermafia November 14 2002, 10:13:39 UTC

i've been answering the phone "ahoy hoy" for years, but that's a simpsons reference and i think is more hawaiian than pirate.

yar...

i think we had a "talk like a pirate" day a month back or so. It was actually national "talk like apirate day". weird.

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Yeeearrrrrrgh... mandy_moon November 14 2002, 10:09:41 UTC

I am in full argeement with you.

But how, dear god HOW could you have written a pirate post with nary an "aarrrrrr...." ?

For shame. N'arrr...if not I have another question for you- could you spare a quarter?

Re: Yeeearrrrrrgh... darkadaptedeye November 14 2002, 10:39:16 UTC

i'll send my pirate to fly over with some pieces of eight.

just send me a treasure map of where you'd like to have it sent. make sure to put a big X over the destination.

thanks for catching my oversight.

yeeearrrrrrgh...

labrujah November 14 2002, 10:11:38 UTC

My roommate does a full-on pirate puppet show/musical, and weirdly enough ANOTHER pirate show (this one a one-man musical) came through town a while back.

It is definitely something in the air.

darkadaptedeye November 14 2002, 10:35:39 UTC

wow. that's pretty cool. there must be something about piracy in the air.

a couple years ago, a friend of mine wanted to do a pirates vs. cowboys play just to use the outfits and dialects.

booty/booty/booty hjcanning November 14 2002, 10:15:02 UTC

Word. I mean uh, ahoy.

Re: booty/booty/booty darkadaptedeye November 15 2002, 14:38:45 UTC

it's all about the booty.

speaking of which, booty goes quite well in a classic Eames chair. nice picture. (yes, that specific one is my all time favorite)