[Sca-cooks] national talk like a pirate day

[Deborah Geary]

Oh, you're no fun anymore!  There are many things in life much more
annoying than Talk Like a Pirate Day.  It could be National Jerry
Springer Day!  Now, that would be much worse!

RRRRRRRRRR!

Lady Dearbhforgaill  an Chomhaidh (who's been lurking long enough and
can't wait to drink rum and talk like a pirate on Sunday)

-----Original Message-----
From: sca-cooks-bounces+derborgaill=hotmail.com at ansteorra.org
[mailto:sca-cooks-bounces+derborgaill=hotmail.com at ansteorra.org] On
Behalf Of Jeff Gedney
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 11:51 AM
To: Cooks within the SCA
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] national talk like a pirate day

>the pirates in our barony are some of the most ingenious 
>and hardworking people around.   hooray for pirates.

I dont doubt that.

AND I have no problem with Pirates as a persona concept, at all. 
Heaven knows that Pirates are period. 
But this whole "Pirate speak" isn't even historical, it is a creation of
Hollywood! 

Like a lot of the "Piratey" things you see --Including the Skulls and
crossedbones on everything from flags to hats to mugs, the Long John
Silver argot is a product of theatrical convention, not of history. 

I, for one, who would love to see some serious and accurate SCA-Period
Pirate portrayal, as opposed to the "Joke-Personae" so prevalent.

Unfortunately I have mostly seen way too many "pirate" personae that are
based on a Hollywood fantasy interpretation, on an "Age of Piracy"
(1670-1800) historical character, or (usually) a Hollywoodized treatment
of an "Age of Piracy" historical character. 

It's exactly like basing a Celtic persona on Asterix the Gaul, 
and as accurate. 

Why is one OK for the SCA and not the other?

Capt Elias

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If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather 
wood, divide the work, and give orders.  Instead, teach them
to yearn for the vast and endless sea. 
  - Antoine de Saint Exupery 
                 
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