Savvy...?

September 19th was TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY.

So lets take a look at some SLANG words you can use if you want to sound like a PIRATE!

Ahoy - A pirate greeting, Something like "Hello!" or "Yo!".
Arrr, Arrgh, Yarr, Gar - Common pirate terms, which are used in different situations.
Avast - An order to stop and pay attention.
Aye - "Yes"
Aye aye - Conformation, taking order from the captain.
Belay - Usually means to tie something down but can also mean to stop or cancel something.
Booty – The treasures and other values plundered from the victim ships.
Bucko - A friend.
Davy Jones's locker - A graveyard for people killed or drowned at the sea.
Lad - A younger man.

Land Lubber - Someone who is not a skilled sailor.

Lass - A younger lady.
Maroon - To leave prisoners on island or desert coast.
Matey - A companion, a close friend.
Savvy - "Do you understand?"

Scallywag - A liar or cheat.
Sea Rover - A pirate, a pirate ship.
Shiver me timbers - Idiom for surprise, shock. Usually used when a ship is hit in combat.
Smartly - To do something quickly.
Sweet trade - Another term for the trade of piracy.
Walk the plank - When someone is forced to walk on a plank, with hands tied behind. Plank is extended over the side of a ship, and victim is usually forced to jump to water and drown.

Weigh anchor - "let's go", "get ready to sail on".
Yo-ho-ho - Salutation, expression of delight, (But will make you sound more like Santa than a pirate)

Well, now you can talk like a PIRATE. Also remember that pirates didn't go to school, so they had terrible grammar and would use "me" when they should have use "my". e.g "It's me ship."

"Good luck ye land lubbers"

* ye - is pirate speak for "you"