Post #187951 by alohabros on Wed, Sep 21, 2005 12:15 PM

On 2005-09-21 10:19, Urban Tiki wrote:

... There are a few letters you should never pronounce. The first of them is "g". Drop all your "g"'s when you speak and you'll get words like "rowin'","sailin'" and "fightin'". Dropping all of your "v"'s will get you words like "ne'er","e'er" and "o'er".

... how about "gullet" as in, " i'll be slicin' yer gullet, fer dat..."... would you then maintain a silent "g"... unheard of,indeed... you'd be sounding like kip...

... pirates may re"g"ularly use terms such as "vernacular" and "vindication"... would then the "v" be silent... never..
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... most pirates speak languages other than english... so me thinks you beez foolin around... or you beez messing wit da ebonical et·y·mol·o·gy por da pirates...

... in fact, the universally understood language for real modern day pirates would be money and guns (traded for or trained on...)... no words need be spoken... but keep your eyes open...

[ Edited by: alohabros 2005-09-21 15:00 ]