Sep 19 2011

Arrr.

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Remember: it’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

I have to give a lecture on the evolution of the nervous system today. I don’t think I can do it with a plethora of “arrr’s” unless I drink a lot of rum first.

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Zeno

19 September 2011 at 7:37 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

It’s exam day at school today. I won’t be talking. Just sitting and scowling and making cheaters walk the plank.
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Brother Ogvorbis, Fully Defenestrated Emperor of Steam, Fire and Absurdity

19 September 2011 at 7:41 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I don’t think I can do it with a plethora of “arrr’s” unless I drink a lot of rum first.

Not sure I could enter a classroom filled with the same students day after day without a bottle of rum. Arrr!
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JMX

19 September 2011 at 7:46 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,787044,00.html
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pelamun

19 September 2011 at 8:11 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Wow, that is indeed a great circumstance in light of the Berlin pirate party’s resounding victory from last night. I might also add, good riddance to the (neo-)liberal party that got even fewer votes than the Neo-Nazis..
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pelamun

19 September 2011 at 8:12 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

“coincidence”, not “circumstance”
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Anonymosity

19 September 2011 at 8:25 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Just stand with one foot on a chair.

Subtlety!
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Special One

19 September 2011 at 8:37 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

If St. Pauli beats Karlsruher this afternoon it will be fantastic sweep for German pirates!

Arrrr, be champions!
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Birger Johansson

19 September 2011 at 8:42 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Arr, our brains comes from the lineage of synapsids, mammals and primates.
George the Gray Parrot came from the lineage of archosaurs, dinosaurs, theropods and birds.
This shows convergent evolution (mimics arr-ing noises of parrot, eats a cracker).
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Sherry

19 September 2011 at 8:43 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Don’t pirates talk that way from the rum mouthwash and losing too many teeth?
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chigau ()

19 September 2011 at 8:45 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Bring a parrot.
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tfkreference

19 September 2011 at 8:54 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I don’t think I can do it with a plethora of “arrr’s” unless I drink a lot of rum first.

…and the problem is?
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deephlat

19 September 2011 at 9:01 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I can’t speak Somali, :(
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evilDoug

19 September 2011 at 9:06 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Much as I like Seeräuber Jenny’s kill-em-all approach, I just can’t keep up a Lotte Lenya squeak for very long without it starting to hurt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec0clERjQ5A

Or are people thinking of some Disney caricature?
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Zugswang

19 September 2011 at 9:24 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I’ve shown up to work today in full pirate regalia. I’m very glad my lab has a sense of humor. At least more than my students did two years ago when I gave both my lectures that way (though I did have to promise not to do the pirate voice during lecture).
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coleslaw

19 September 2011 at 9:24 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I don’t think this woman is celebrating:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/09/19/somalia.tourist.kidnapped/
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ChasCPeterson

19 September 2011 at 9:26 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Tomorrow is Stand Like A Carthief Day.
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Brownian

19 September 2011 at 9:33 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Tomorrow is Stand Like A Carthief Day.

I can’t wait! I’ve got my Slim Jim ready and I’ve picked out the bandanna I’m going to wrap around my hand!
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jias

19 September 2011 at 9:34 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

This is unrelated to pirates so please forgive me but I was watching the Jerry Bergman debate you did and I wanted to know… Was there any truth to his claim that there was a teacher who was fired for teaching the periodic table?
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Aaron

19 September 2011 at 9:43 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I didn’t know a good way to share my ire, so I thought I’d post it here. I hope that’s alright, this artcile just annoyed the crap out me.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/opinion/if-it-feels-right.html?_r=1&src=tp&smid=fb-share
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David Marjanović, OM

19 September 2011 at 9:51 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_phonology

Yes, there is a [r] in there.
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pryopizm

19 September 2011 at 10:20 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Is there a day celebrating Ninja behavior? If not, I refuse to get into the whole pirate thing.
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Andrew Philips

19 September 2011 at 10:44 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Not quite pirates, but in honor of the day and it is on the water. Bonus, it shows our humanity and there’s no mention of god.

Check out Boatlift on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDOrzF7B2Kg&feature=share
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nanahuatzin

19 September 2011 at 10:45 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

For those at facebook….

Look at the bottom of the page, and click on your language (English (US) )

You will see the languages available, like:

English (Pirate)
English (UK)
English (Upside Down)
English (US)

And select English (Pirate)

And join to Talk Like a Pirate Day at facebook..

Unfortunately it only works in english… :(
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pelamun

19 September 2011 at 11:25 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Is this talk like a pirate nonsense really relevant in languages other than English? I might have missed it though, please do enlighten me…
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NitricAcid

19 September 2011 at 11:28 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I think I’ll have to rearrange my lectures so that I can discuss the ideal gas law today. That way, my students will know that PV/nT is equal to ARRRRR!

Ignoring van der Waals’ forces, of course.
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nanahuatzin

19 September 2011 at 11:55 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

@pelamun

Pirate tales (and slang) are nor as popular in Spanish, since usually Spaniards were not the pirates but the victims… But we have also our share of

but I must say to our spanish speaking readers:

Arrrggg, grumetillos d´ gua sala´a ¡Joder!, ¿pus que no sabéis que día es hoy, ratas de cloaca?
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pelamun

19 September 2011 at 12:06 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Oh right, also y’all might be interested to hear that one of the demands the Berlin Pirate Party had was “privatisation of religion”. In a country where there is no clear separation between state and church, that would be indeed a great step forward…
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Mr. Fire

19 September 2011 at 12:18 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I have to give a lect~~ure~~ARR on the evolution of the nerARRvous system today. I don’t think I can do it with a plethoraARR of “arrr’s” unless I drink a lot of rum firARRst.

FTFY
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gkdada

19 September 2011 at 12:23 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

How about singing like pirate (at least peter sellers’ pirate)?

Sixteen chests on a dead man’s rum!
Yo ho ho and a bottle of the chest!
Drink to the devil and some for the rum……
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The Countess

19 September 2011 at 12:40 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Actually, PZ, you can. Just talk about the Naaaaaarrrvous system. :)

Enjoy the day ye scallywag. :)
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Mike

19 September 2011 at 1:24 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Yarrrr, I’m not attractive >P(
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Myao

19 September 2011 at 1:48 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Aha! It all makes sense now. I’m a Hooters Girl, and today, we were required to dress up as pirates. We have monthly dress-up days, usually appropriately themed for whatever major holiday or season it happens to be, and at first, I couldn’t make the connection! September, and… pirates?! Well, don’t I feel silly?

All hail the FSM! :)
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John Stumbles

19 September 2011 at 3:33 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Soooo, why are pirates called pirates?
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They just arrrrrrrrre!
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Sili

19 September 2011 at 3:44 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I mentioned this to the kids Friday.

And then promptly forgot today …

More authentic.

LanguageLog has dealt with Piratic phonology at times. As I recall it, the hyperrhoticity only goes back to the first filmatisations of Treasure Island. I could look it up, but why should I.
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coelecanth

19 September 2011 at 8:15 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Why do pirates drink rum?

Because it chock full of vitamin ARRRRRRRR!
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uberd00b

20 September 2011 at 3:46 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

“Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Ok…’WE HAVE KIDNAPPED YOUR FAMILY, GIVE US $2 MILLION OR WE WILL SHOOT THEM’.” – Jimmy Carr
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cannabinaceae

20 September 2011 at 6:30 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

PZ and any other biologists/chemists/knowledgablefolk should be able to answer this:

What is a Pirate’s favorite amino acid?
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.Arrrrrginine!