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The Pirate Dictionary By Terry Breverton ( Pelican Publishing Company )
Release Date: 2004-09-04
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We hear the terms "steer clear of," "hit the deck," "don’t rock the boat," and to "harbor a grudge" and give little thought to their origin. Left together on ships for months, and often for years, pirate crews developed expressions that made their way into common usage. Terms for things related to life at sea became idioms used by land lubbers, a term derived from the holes in the platforms surrounding the mast that allowed sailors to avoid climbing the rigging around the platforms. A lubber was someone who was very clumsy, so a land lubber is someone who knows nothing about sailing and rigging. Centuries ago, men wore wigs of length denoting their wealth and importance. Soon, many naval captains, including Sir Henry Morgan and Captain Chaloner Ogle, who killed Black Bart Roberts, began to adopt the style. A law was passed in England declaring that only nobility, judges, and bishops could wear full-length wigs and so was born the term bigwig. Reading through these words and phrases is an abbreviated trip through history, with lists of major naval mutinies, a summary of the slave trade, and even jokes. This dictionary is written to be entertaining as well as informative, to give a flavor of the interesting times from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries when pirates controlled many sea lanes. It also contains a treasure trove of factual information about life aboard the ship, important pirate haunts, and technical terms.
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 Fun little book - Learn to speak like a Pirate! ( casadejunqueinc )
I never knew that so many of our common English-language phrases and ideas originated with sailors and pirates. A fun and engaging little book.
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 Pirate Dictionary at its finest!
This book, or dictionary is amusing and informative. It isn't something that you would sit down and read as a chapter book, but it was fun for me to flip through the pages and read the descriptions to pirate lingo. It isn't meant to be hilarious, but there are some things that are pretty funny. If you are a pirate at heart or would rather pick up a magazine than a book, this is the dictionary for you.
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 Hardy har har
Book is what it is-A dictionary-not a funny take off on Pirates-but a real dictionary mainly loaded with nautical terms--avoid if you seek humor
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not for me, but . . . ( sarahbeth007 )
As an English major, this book makes me wince from one entry to the next. But, I did not buy it for myself. I bought it for my dyslexic boyfriend who dreams of quitting his job and becoming a pirate. Grammar and spelling aside, it's a good read. Since I cannot put grammar and spelling aside, I detest it. Since my boyfriend probably won't notice the typos, it's probably a sure thing.
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 very disappointed
I wanted this book for a long time and was very disappointed with it once I started reading. The problem, as other reviewers have mentioned, is the poor editing. It's not just a mistake here and there, it's every other page. Sometimes it's difficult to even understand what the author is attempting to say. I am very interested in pirates, so I was happy to find this book. But upon reading it, I decided it's definately best to page through before buying.
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