WEBVTT - Pirates Bonus: Talk Like A Pirate Day

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<v Speaker 1>Hey folks, Aaron here. I know we're only about halfway

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<v Speaker 1>through this season's exploration of pirates, but today is a

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<v Speaker 1>perfect reason for a special bonus episode. Why? Because it's

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<v Speaker 1>international talk like a pirate day. If you've ever watched

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<v Speaker 1>a pirate themed movie or Television Show, you might have

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<v Speaker 1>noticed one of the most distinctive features of the pirate

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<v Speaker 1>culture their speech. But, as everyone knows, there's more to

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<v Speaker 1>a cultural or regional dialect than a unique accent. There's

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<v Speaker 1>also the vocabulary itself. So today I want to pause

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<v Speaker 1>our journey across the high seas and focus on those

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<v Speaker 1>amazing words and phrases that are scattered throughout the history

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<v Speaker 1>of pirates. This episode is going to be a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit story and a little bit dictionary. Either way, the

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<v Speaker 1>information is guaranteed to be Quirky and fun. So if

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<v Speaker 1>you're ready, let's set sail. I'm Aaron Manky, and let's

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<v Speaker 1>learn to talk like a pirate. No one wants to

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<v Speaker 1>look like a land lover today, so I'm here to

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<v Speaker 1>help you navigate some fun words and phrases we've associated

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<v Speaker 1>with the rogues of the sea. After all, our season

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<v Speaker 1>on pirates wouldn't be complete without addressing the history behind

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<v Speaker 1>pirate lingo, from argue to hornswoggle. First, though, a little

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<v Speaker 1>history on how talk like a pirate day came to

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<v Speaker 1>be in the first place, because that's what we do

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<v Speaker 1>here at Grimm and mild. We talked about history. Friends

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<v Speaker 1>John Bauer and mark summer started with some good natured

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<v Speaker 1>kidding as they played a game of racketball back on

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<v Speaker 1>June six the pair frequently found themselves saying are in

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<v Speaker 1>frustration whenever they missed a shot. Before long, they began

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<v Speaker 1>using other pirates speak during their games. They even adopted

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<v Speaker 1>pirate nicknames. Bauer became Old Chum Buckets, and summers called

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<v Speaker 1>himself captain slappy. The two had so much fun that

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<v Speaker 1>they decided to declare the day talk like a pirate day. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>that date was also D day. Out of respect for

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<v Speaker 1>the day that allied troops arrived at Normandy to fight

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<v Speaker 1>Nazi Germany, the friends thought of shifting the day to

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<v Speaker 1>another date, September nine. It was a day with unusual

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<v Speaker 1>significance too. You see, it was the birthday of summer's

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<v Speaker 1>ex wife. He claimed that he harbored no ill will

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<v Speaker 1>toward her. In response, she declared that she had never

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<v Speaker 1>been more proud to be his ex. Bauer and Summers

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<v Speaker 1>promoted the day to everyone they knew, and as much

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<v Speaker 1>fun as friends and family had calling each other Scali

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<v Speaker 1>wags and laughing over words like cackle fruit, the idea

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<v Speaker 1>never really took off the way the men had hoped.

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<v Speaker 1>So in two thousand two the pair turned to humor

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<v Speaker 1>columnists Dave Berry for help. The idea delighted Barry and

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<v Speaker 1>he happily wrote about the holiday and the rest, as

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<v Speaker 1>they say, is history. Over the years the holiday has

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<v Speaker 1>attracted some unconventional fans with their own sense of humor.

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<v Speaker 1>Bobby Henderson, a self proclaimed pastafarian who established the Corky

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<v Speaker 1>Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, loved the idea of

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<v Speaker 1>talk like a pie day. He and fellow Postafarians had

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<v Speaker 1>joked that the lack of pirates caused global warming and

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<v Speaker 1>fully embraced celebrating the day. In two thousand twelve, Lake worth,

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<v Speaker 1>Florida mayor, Pam Triolo, made a lighthearted request for her

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<v Speaker 1>constituents to embrace talk like a pirate day festivities, citing

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<v Speaker 1>that the city shared a few swashbuckling, high spirited traits

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<v Speaker 1>associated with pirates. Others didn't find her fun loving nature appropriate, though.

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<v Speaker 1>Joanne golden of former commissioner, claimed such an association with

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<v Speaker 1>murderous seamen was highly offensive. Since Barry's post promoting the holiday,

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<v Speaker 1>talk like a Pirate Day has become an international success.

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<v Speaker 1>In two thousand thirteen, Michigan made the dates an official holiday.

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<v Speaker 1>Even President Obama is said to have celebrated the holiday

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<v Speaker 1>while at the White House, and it's even been celebrated

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<v Speaker 1>in space. During an interview, Summers claimed that the astronauts

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<v Speaker 1>aboard the International Space Station Awoke on the morning of

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<v Speaker 1>September nineteen to a pirate's life. For me, the crew

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<v Speaker 1>of astronauts spent the day adding a little pirate speak

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<v Speaker 1>to their vocabulary. Of course, the Internet is full of

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<v Speaker 1>translators and definitions, and facebook joined in on the festivities,

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<v Speaker 1>allowing users to change their profile to include pirates speak

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<v Speaker 1>for the day. There's even a song about the holiday

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<v Speaker 1>written by Pirate Fan Tom Smith. It's a fun day

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<v Speaker 1>for sure, but it might leave you wondering what specific

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<v Speaker 1>phrases and words really mean, and you might wonder if

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<v Speaker 1>pirates actually talked like pirates. Well, yes and no, but

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<v Speaker 1>for that we have to start in Hollywood. In nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>fifty an actor named Robert Newton played the pirate long

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<v Speaker 1>John Silver in the screen adaptation of Treasure Island. Four

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<v Speaker 1>years later he reprised that role in a film called

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<v Speaker 1>Long John Silver. His use of exaggerated RS, as well

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<v Speaker 1>as having a talking parrot for a sidekick, became synonymous

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<v Speaker 1>with pirates in the public eye. Newton, you see, was

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<v Speaker 1>born in dorsets and began his acting career in London's

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<v Speaker 1>west end and brought a variation of his West country

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<v Speaker 1>accent to the screen where he portrayed pirates long John

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<v Speaker 1>Silver and even later on, blackbeard. Many real pirates came

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<v Speaker 1>from working class England and Newton's accents may have actually

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<v Speaker 1>been reasonably close to how pirates spoke during the golden

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<v Speaker 1>age of piracy. The working class in the region often

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<v Speaker 1>replaced words like is and are with the word be

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<v Speaker 1>and said are in place of Yes. Other pirates, though,

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<v Speaker 1>hailed from Scotland and Ireland, which would have had their

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<v Speaker 1>own dialects. Linguists theorized that some pirate crews may have

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<v Speaker 1>created a variation on a couple of words to better

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<v Speaker 1>communicate with their diverse shipmates. It's speculative, since pirates didn't

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<v Speaker 1>keep a lot of records and we're mostly uneducated. Those

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<v Speaker 1>who could read and write probably wrote and spoke more

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<v Speaker 1>like traditional sailors and merchants. But historians and linguists agree

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<v Speaker 1>that few, if any, pirates used words that Newton portrayed

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<v Speaker 1>in his calls. So what's real pirates speak and what isn't?

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<v Speaker 1>When we envisioned pirates, we think of them raiding ships,

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<v Speaker 1>fighting with swords and other acts of violence. Did Pirates

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<v Speaker 1>say booty? Sure thing, this one is real, taken from

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<v Speaker 1>medieval times in Germany, from a word that meant the

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<v Speaker 1>distribution or sharing of stolen goods in battle. We've often

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<v Speaker 1>heard the phrase give no quarter. It's the opposite of

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<v Speaker 1>what pirates called showing mercy or offering shelter in the

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<v Speaker 1>ship's living quarters. A Red Flag signified that no quarter

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<v Speaker 1>would be given and the hopes that the targeted crew

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<v Speaker 1>would simply surrender without a fight. And of course, we

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<v Speaker 1>can't talk about pirates without the word savvy and pirate lingo,

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<v Speaker 1>savvy is used to ask if someone understands what the

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<v Speaker 1>speaker said. Savvy dates back to and comes from the

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<v Speaker 1>Portuguese word Sabe, meaning to know. And then, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>there's the famous dead men tell no tales. The phrases

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<v Speaker 1>pretty self explanatory. However, it's unclear if the words originated

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<v Speaker 1>with pirates or if they even said them at all. And,

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<v Speaker 1>as we know, pirates were often hanged for their crimes,

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<v Speaker 1>and there are a few terms for that punishment. In

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<v Speaker 1>a decade between seventeen sixteen and Seventeen Twenty six, they

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<v Speaker 1>referred to hanging as dancing the hemp and Jig, and

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<v Speaker 1>before that pirates simply called it the short drop. The

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<v Speaker 1>hempen halter refers to the noose usually made from hemp fibers.

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<v Speaker 1>Jack Ketch is an English term referring to an executioner,

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<v Speaker 1>a nickname that was taken from an actual executioner, by

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<v Speaker 1>the way, who served under King Charles the second. Oh

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<v Speaker 1>and walking the plank seems to be the quintessential punishment

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<v Speaker 1>aboard pirate ships, doesn't it? But while it wasn't unheard of,

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<v Speaker 1>it also wasn't as common as we think. Hollywood has

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<v Speaker 1>played this one up. Pirates were honestly much more likely

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<v Speaker 1>to just Maroon someone as a form of punishment, which,

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<v Speaker 1>if I'm honest, really puts a new spin on that

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<v Speaker 1>classic old phrase, the Desert Island wish list. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>when we think of pirates we also think of rum

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<v Speaker 1>and all those wild parties, and that's where we get

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<v Speaker 1>the phrase clap of thunder. It's a particularly strong drink,

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<v Speaker 1>although the origin isn't known. Then there's the word Squiffy,

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<v Speaker 1>meaning someone who is really drunk. Following the same theme,

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<v Speaker 1>there's also three sheets to the wind, which has been

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<v Speaker 1>traced back to the mid nineteenth century. What about Yo

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<v Speaker 1>Ho Ho? Sadly, pirates never said this. It comes from

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<v Speaker 1>a song in Robert Louis Stevenson's three novel treasure island.

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<v Speaker 1>In the book, the pirates sing about rum and a

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<v Speaker 1>dead man's chest. That chest, by the way, is an island,

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<v Speaker 1>not a treasure and while pirates singing Yo Ho Ho

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<v Speaker 1>is fictional, that island is real. Today it's called dead

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<v Speaker 1>chest island and it's located in the British Virgin Islands. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>folklore teaches us that Edward Teach, a k a blackbeard,

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<v Speaker 1>Maroon to crew who attempted mutiny on dead chest island.

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<v Speaker 1>The Island is less than hospitable, with high clips, no

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<v Speaker 1>fresh water and the only wildlife consisting of Pelicans and snakes.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's clear why that would be quite the punishment.

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<v Speaker 1>In the story, blackbeard gave each man a cutlass and

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<v Speaker 1>a bottle of rum, and then he left, feeling certain

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<v Speaker 1>that the men would kill each other off. When he

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<v Speaker 1>returned a month later, though, he found them all alive.

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<v Speaker 1>Now one of the most iconic words on talk like

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<v Speaker 1>a pirate day is going to be Ahoy. Oddly, the

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<v Speaker 1>greeting was once the preferred way to answer the phone,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks to Alexander Graham Bell. The word comes from the

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<v Speaker 1>Dutch word Hoy, which means hello. In fact, the word

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<v Speaker 1>was also commonly used in the fourteenth century to drive cattle.

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<v Speaker 1>Sailors took to adding the A, creating the nautical term

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<v Speaker 1>Ahoy as a means to get someone's attention. And speaking

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<v Speaker 1>of attention seeking, another word pirates and seafares used in

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<v Speaker 1>the late seventeenth century was a vast, originally from the

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<v Speaker 1>Dutch phrase cood vast, which means to stop or hold fast.

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<v Speaker 1>Pirate crews may have altered the phrase to fit their needs,

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<v Speaker 1>and a glance through any number of searches for pirate

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<v Speaker 1>lingo will will reveal shiver me timbers. Actor Robert Newton,

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<v Speaker 1>who he mentioned a bit ago, famously coined that Golden

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<v Speaker 1>Nugget of a term in his pirate film long John Silver.

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<v Speaker 1>What's it mean? Well, timbers refers to a ship's support frame.

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<v Speaker 1>Shiver in this instance means to startle. but did pirates

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<v Speaker 1>really say shiver me timbers? While the term does have

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<v Speaker 1>its roots in nautical slang, the phrase itself seems to

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<v Speaker 1>be fictional. That's not to say that some pirates still

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<v Speaker 1>operational in the late eighteen hundreds didn't have a word

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<v Speaker 1>to describe surprise, frustration or disbelief. The word blind me,

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<v Speaker 1>for example, stems from the English phrase God blind me.

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<v Speaker 1>Other Times they might have said scupper that, which was

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<v Speaker 1>to tell someone to toss an item overboard, literally or figuratively.

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<v Speaker 1>And earlier I mentioned the word hornswoggle. It means to

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<v Speaker 1>cheat or deceive. Oddly, the first time the words showed

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<v Speaker 1>up in written history was in the United States in

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen twenty nine, over a century after the golden age

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<v Speaker 1>of piracy had come to an end. And how about

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<v Speaker 1>that old fan favorite, the word I? Linguists suggests that

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<v Speaker 1>it's a Scottish or middle English word. Meaning yes or

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<v Speaker 1>I assent, and has origins dating back to the late

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen hundreds. It's likely that pirates and other mariners said

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<v Speaker 1>I and, of course, what fun is a specialized dictionary

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<v Speaker 1>without insults? And friend, let me tell you, pirates were

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<v Speaker 1>experts at using them. For example, pirates and other seafares

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<v Speaker 1>used the term bilge rat to identify vermin that lived

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<v Speaker 1>in the bilge, the lowest compartment on the ship, and

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<v Speaker 1>since pirates considered a bilge rat to be the lowest

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<v Speaker 1>form of life on board any ship, you can imagine

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<v Speaker 1>that calling a person a bill rat was definitely an insult.

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<v Speaker 1>The phrase scurvy dog isn't about a dog at all.

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<v Speaker 1>Sailors were often referred to as dogs, which had connotations

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<v Speaker 1>of UH promiscuity, although scurvy was a disease many sailors

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<v Speaker 1>and pirates got from a lack of vitamin C. It

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<v Speaker 1>was also used to refer to someone without pride, without

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<v Speaker 1>strength or much enthusiasm. Other insults of notes are Pickaroon,

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<v Speaker 1>scally wag and rap scallion, which is another way of

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<v Speaker 1>saying that someone is a scoundrel. But pirates didn't just

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<v Speaker 1>have words to insult one another, calling someone. Bucko might

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<v Speaker 1>sound rough, but it was actually considered friendly. Lad and

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<v Speaker 1>lass were polite ways to address someone in their youth and,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, the most common of them all, mate Maydie,

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<v Speaker 1>and me hardy's, which weren't insults at all, but instead

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<v Speaker 1>words of friendship and endearment. Let's wrap things up for

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<v Speaker 1>today with one more big concept that most of us

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<v Speaker 1>have heard of, Davy Jones Locker. In the Disney movie

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<v Speaker 1>pirates of the Caribbean, at world's end, we even see

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<v Speaker 1>Captain Jack Sparrow spend months there on a beach with

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<v Speaker 1>no wind and no ocean. But did real pirates have

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<v Speaker 1>a Davy Jones locker? The legend first appeared during the

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<v Speaker 1>mid eighteenth century. That refers to a place at the

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<v Speaker 1>bottom of the sea where an evil spirit known as

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<v Speaker 1>Davy Jones keeps the souls of deceased sailors in a locker.

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<v Speaker 1>And by Locker, of course, I'm in a chest like

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<v Speaker 1>a steamer trunk that you might find in a grandparents house,

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<v Speaker 1>kept at the foot of your bed. That chest can

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes be referred to as a foot locker. Now you know. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>that's it for our little detour today. We hope you've

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<v Speaker 1>enjoyed our adventure into pirate lingo. Today we may not

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<v Speaker 1>have been swilling rum or sailing the high seas in

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<v Speaker 1>search of treasure, but we can embrace our inner pirate.

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<v Speaker 1>Enjoy the rest of your international talk like a Pirate Day,

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<v Speaker 1>and if you love this episode, be sure to reach

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<v Speaker 1>out and say Ahoy. Pirates was executive produced by Aaron

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<v Speaker 1>Manky and narrated by Aaron Manky and Alexandra Steid. Writing

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<v Speaker 1>for this season was provided by Michelle Muto, with research

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<v Speaker 1>by Alexandra Steed and Sam Alberty. Production assistance was provided

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<v Speaker 1>by Josh Thane, Jesse Funk, Alex Williams and Matt Frederick.

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<v Speaker 1>To learn more about this and other shows from Grimm

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