Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Pirate Talk 101: First Part - Greetings & Partings
Next week I will be pirating at Night at the Southern Museum in Kennesaw. In honor of this event, I decided to do a Pirate Talk Primer in multiple parts.
We will begin with common Greetings & Partings. These phrases can be used when meeting or departing from other pirates. “Words of parting should be offered without expectation of reciprocity. Corpses cannot talk. Dead men bid no farewells.”
| Pirate | Translation |
| All my duty to you. | I give you my respects/my best. |
| Be that you? | Is that you? |
| By your leave. | Excuse me / Beg your pardon / Good-bye |
| Fair winds and following seas. | A parting to wish another well. |
| Fortune with you and yours. | A parting - May fortune be your companion. |
| Heave ahead. | Come in / Move ahead |
| Here our ways divide. | Here we go our separate ways. |
| Here’s luck and a fair wind to you. | Greeting and Parting |
| Ho there. | Hello there. |
| How are you called? | What is your name? |
| How fares your day? | How is your day going? |
| How is’t with you? | How are you doing? |
| I be … | My name is…. |
| It’s a very good day/night I be wishing you. | Parting |
| Speak me of yourself. | Tell me about yourself. |
| Speak me your tidings. | Tell me how you are doing. |
| Tell what’s chanced you. | What have you been up to? |
| What be your name? | What is your name? |
| What do you here? | What are you doing here? |
| What might you call yourself? | What is your name? |
| What would you have? | What do you want? |
| What’s your trouble? | What’s bothering you? |
| Who be you? | Who are you? |
| You come in a fair breeze. | You came at a good time. |
This primer was summarized from the book "The Pirate Primer: Mastering the Language of Swashbucklers and Rogues" by George Choundas and available here.
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