ARGH!

[greenmouse]

As a tall ship sailor, this is a public service announcement for ALL of you wishing to talk like a pirate:

Avast means stop -- hold your line, don't drop it, but stop hauling or easing. It is a nautical term, not a generic pirate word.

You haul sails, you don't hoist them

Comments

[lightmagician]

This is probably why it's Talk Like a Pirate Day, not Talk Like a Tall Ship Sailor Day.

Yarrr. ::Runs::

[greenmouse]

You better run! ::chases with a cat o'nine tails!:: Scurvy pirates! All you deserve is a short drop and a sudden stop!

[malone]

I was soooo thinking about you all day! =)
{{Squish}}

[greenmouse]

{{Squish!}}

[shisoru]

"Limes do not prevent scurvey -- only lemons have a high enough vitamin C content."

I was told, chastized actually, by a Brit for using the term "Limey". She said that Limey was an insulting name given to English sailors of olde because of all the limes they consumed during a voyage to avoid scurvey, which resulted in severely decayed teeth due to the acid in the limes.

Unverifed fact of the day.

Shisoru