[Sca-cooks] national talk like a pirate day

[Bill Fisher]

or is that drink whiskey and call for a road tax?


Cadoc


On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:40:42 -0400, Deborah Geary
<derborgaill at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 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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