AAAARRRR

<b>Forum for the discussion of Applied Linguistics </b>

Moderators: Dimitris, maneki neko2, Lorikeet, Enrico Palazzo, superpeach, cecil2, Mr. Kalgukshi2

Post Reply
JuanTwoThree
Posts: 947
Joined: Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:30 am
Location: Spain

AAAARRRR

Post by JuanTwoThree » Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:34 am

Swabs, tis international talk like a pirate day. More rum! Hold me crutch, Jim lad, I want to scratch me parrot.

Juan, the scourge of the Spanish, mainly.
Top
metal56
Posts: 3032
Joined: Tue Mar 25, 2003 4:30 am

Re: AAAARRRR

Post by metal56 » Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:27 am

JuanTwoThree wrote:Swabs, tis international talk like a pirate day. More rum! Hold me crutch, Jim lad, I want to scratch me parrot.

Juan, the scourge of the Spanish, mainly.
Today's China news:
BEIJING: Typhoon Wipha, packin' winds o' 45 meters per second landed in Cangnan County, Wenzhou o' east China`s Zhejiang Province early today, drenchin' th' boomin' eastern coastal region wi' heavy rains.

O'er two cargo holds o' swabbies in east China ben relocated before th' landfall o' Wipha, which might be th' most destructive typhoon in a decade.
Top
metal56
Posts: 3032
Joined: Tue Mar 25, 2003 4:30 am

Post by metal56 » Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:28 am

The Pirate Present Perfect described:
We use th' Present Perfect t' say that an action appened at an unspecified time before now. Th' exact time be nay important. Ye CANNOT use th' Present Perfect wi' specific time expressions such as: last high tide', one voyage ago, last week, when I be a child, when I lived in Japan, at that moment, that tide, one tide, etc. We CAN use th' Present Perfect wi' unspecific expressions such as: ever, never, once, many times, several times, before, so far, already, yet, etc
8)
Last edited by metal56 on Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:51 am, edited 1 time in total.
Top
metal56
Posts: 3032
Joined: Tue Mar 25, 2003 4:30 am

Post by metal56 » Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:31 am

My question is, if it's International Talk Like a Pirate Day, what does a Chinese or Libyan pirate sound like, for example?

:shock:
Top
fluffyhamster
Posts: 3031
Joined: Tue Oct 26, 2004 6:57 pm
Location: UK > China > Japan > UK again

Post by fluffyhamster » Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:32 am

Be made to walk the plank for this for sure, I will, aye, me mateys, but tis ever 'Aaaarrrr', tis it? (Soon to be 'Aaaarrrrgh' <<SPLASH>> (Dontcha just hate constipation?) in my case).

Talking of parrots, I quite liked Geoffrey Rush's take on that character of Peter Seller's.
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Applied Linguistics”