September 19, 2006

• Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day everyone.

  I've recorded a special audio message in honour of the occasion. EDIT: Tried Xanga Audio but it seems still to be in beta, and can't be embedded in a regular entry yet (bummer), so I've hosted it somewhere else.

  Talking like a pirate is something I took up almost a decade ago, back in my outdoor theatre days. We used to do a maritime-themed show called James Cook: Letters and Logs (google it if you dare), and the constant silliness of the atmosphere, combined with the many performances a week, led our brains to become somewhat soft. We took to all sorts of ridiculous things including talking like pirates for an entire summer. It's still something I slip into very easily. So when I heard that there was a day devoted to bringing this most wonderful of practices into the realm of the general public, I just had to throw my support behind it.

  Now I'm not of the school that uses the specialized vocabulary. Wenches, bottles of rum, bilge rats and poop decks are not likely to enter into my dialogue, though I've been know to throw in the word 'scurvy' from time to time. Instead, I simply talk as usual, but in a dreadfully broad pirate accent. To me, this seems most fun, though purists might disagree.

  Take care
  -J-

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