How to Talk Like a Pirate Answers
Ahoy, mateys! Last week in honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, I posted a Talk Like a Pirate Trivia Quiz. So how did all you landlubbers fare translating the pirate phrases below? Check out the answers!
- Shiver me timbers!
ANSWER: Wow!/ Holy cow!/ OMG! An expression of shock or surprise. - X marks the spot
ANSWER: refers to the exact location of something - Ahoy, matey!
ANSWER: Hello, my friend. - All hands on deck.
ANSWER: We need EVERYONE to help deal with an emergency. Now! - Prepare to walk the plank.
ANSWER: You’ve done a very bad thing, so prepare for punishment and almost certain doom. (In olden pirate days, victims were forced to walk, often blindfolded, off a wooden plank and into the sea. Glad they don’t do this anymore!) - Aye Aye!
ANSWER: Yes, yes! Usually a reply to an order from the captain. - Yo, ho, blow the man down!
ANSWER: Usually a command to kill someone. Not something you want to hear on a pirate ship! - Heave ho!
ANSWER: Give it some muscle, and push it! - Where’s the poop deck?
ANSWER: No, it’s not "Where’s the bathroom?" Get your mind out of the gutter! The poop deck refers to the part of the ship farthest to the back, usually above the captain's quarters. - Lily-livered landlubber!
ANSWER: It’s an insulting name given to non-seafaring people who can't handle the life of a pirate.
Didn’t get enough? Then I’ll leave you with a few pirate jokes:
Why don’t pirates make good life-guards? Because they don’t know C-P-ARRRRR!
And: What was the pirate movie rated? Rated Arrrrrr!
Oh boy. Hope all the pirate puns didn’t drive you overboard. (Sorry I couldn’t resist!)
Until next time!
—Ratha, Stacks Writer
Ooo pirate talk!
Comment #1 | Posted by: athenaelf11 on September 27, 2011 at 08:16 PM
Awesome!
Comment #2 | Posted by: redwolf31 on September 27, 2011 at 08:55 PM
i really dont talk like a pirate because it is a very dirty job to be a pirate. i really wish i could go and find a real pirate or a real pirate ship. i really think that would be AWESOME. thanks for coming on. let all your night pirate dreams come alife.
TigerChasing7
Comment #3 | Posted by: TigerChasing7 on September 29, 2011 at 05:22 PM
I don't care about talking like a pirate!!!
Comment #4 | Posted by: gymnasticsdolphin18 on October 06, 2011 at 11:23 PM
yo ho blow ye down !
Comment #5 | Posted by: athena cyclops on October 08, 2011 at 11:55 PM
watt up every boby\you haveing a good time im yea that good of you haveing a good time????????? lol
Comment #6 | Posted by: sandgreen on October 12, 2011 at 04:57 PM
i love pirates of the Caribbean (their the only pirates i know of!) Captain Sparrow (i could almost hear him saying,"..savvy?"
Comment #7 | Posted by: Onyxfairy5 on November 07, 2011 at 07:05 PM