RP is required!!! If ye be joinin' our crew this be the first thing ye will be needin' t' learn mates. There be NO excuses for steppin' out of character beyond guild chat, IRC, SecondAge forums and Ventrilo. Repeated offenses will result in ye bein' kicked from the guild. If ye naught be serious bout RPin' don't bother wastin' our time!
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Never speak in anything but the present tense!
I am= I be
You are= Ye be
They are= They be
Does is always Do no matter how the sentence goes
Double up on all your adjectives
Pirates never speak of "a big ship", they call it a "great, grand ship!"
You= Ye
My= Me
Your= Ye'r
Yes= Aye
No= Nay
Not, Can't, Won't= Naught
For= Fer
Or= Er
To=t'
Myself= Meself
Yourself= Ye'rself
Drop the TH
With= Wi'
Drop the V
Never= Ne'er
Ever= E'er
Over= O'er
Any word that ends with 'ing" you simply remove the G and replace it with '
Anythin'
Killin'
Waitin'
Sailin'
Ahoy: Hey!
Avast: Stop! or Attention!
Booty: treasure
Go on the account: to embark on a piratical cruise
Landlubber: "Land-lover," someone not used to life onboard a ship
Lass: A woman
Lad: A man
Scallywag: A bad person. A scoundrel
Scurvy dog!: a fine insult!
Matey/Mate/Me Hearty: A shipmate or a friend
Lily-livered: faint o' heart
Loaded to the Gunwales: drunk
Gentlemen o' fortune: a slightly more positive term fer pirates!
Sprogs: raw, untrained recruits
Settin': Intending to do or preparing for ill deeds
Swashbucklin': fightin' and carousin' on the high seas!
Wench: a lady, although ye gents not be wantin' to use this around a lady who be stronger than ye.
Yo-ho-ho/Har har har: Pirate laughter
Now there naught be nay excuses t' be speakin' unlike the rest of ye'r pirate kin mates!
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