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The Pirate Primer: Mastering the Language of Swashbucklers & Rogues |  | Author: George Choundas
Publisher: Writers Digest Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 22620
Media: Hardcover
Edition: First American Edition
Pages: 480
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 1582974896
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.45
EAN: 9781582974897
ASIN: 1582974896
Publication Date: March 29, 2007
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Product Description
The Pirate Primer is the first and only comprehensive guide to the world of pirate language. A complete course in pirate vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar and syntax. This is the authoritative work on the subject, containing every distinctive term, phrase, usage, and speech structure uttered by or attributed to pirates in film, television, literature, and historical accounts over the last three centuries. Every entry in the Primer is accompanied by an illustrative historical example of pirate speech, allowing you to see the contents of the Primer deployed in context by actual pirates. Discover over 100 pages of pirate threats, curses, insults and epithets; 31 types of pirate drink; 60 different pirate terms for "woman"; 67 kinds of pirate torture; 44 definitions of "Arrgh"; and more. The Pirate Primer is perfect for pirate enthusiasts, fans of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, people interested in pop culture, language aficionados, history buffs, and anyone who fancies themselves a modern-day corsair. *September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day (a holiday invented in 1995 by John Baur and Mark Summers and later promoted by comedian Dave Barry)--fans of the holiday are sure to love this book
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 needs an index May 10, 2010
Christine Shugrue (Woodbury, Ct USA)
I agree that this book is great for those times you might want to sit and read through the text. But in fact it has a more to offer than it can easily deliver. The research is deep and thorough but inaccessible in its current lay out...While reading Treasure Island I wanted to know what all the pirate means but alas i can't find the phrases quickly enough as I must search through ...curses...oaths...greeting etc.The structure of the book is too cumbersome to take full advantage of all it offers..I hope a new edition will come around then this pirates primer can take its proper place as a useful reference on the shelf near the dictionary. The work here deserves that spot...Now what exactly is "the black spot" any way ? Still looking through the book....
 Pirate plain talk May 1, 2010
Scott P. Nielsen (Portsmouth, VA)
This is a good lexicon for learning and understanding the source of many terms one might hear today. Not necesarrily all Piratical. Much of the content would have been heard an any vessell of the old sailing days. A must for any maritime librar.
The Pirate Primer April 13, 2010
Michael (Fort Worth, Texas United States)
This is a GREAT Primer... This book takes a detailed look at "Pirate Lingo" as used in Movies and Theater and explains the character and reasons behind the language. It pretty much tells about every single usage of each word or group of words.
This is a technical book and well worth the money.
Buy this and you've bought the treasure.
Arrgh tis a fine book for pirate learnin! January 18, 2010
Captain Short Beard (Utah)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
As captain of a land locked vessel, tis a great effort to keep me pirate speakin fine tuned, like a sweet sea chanty from the ol cat saw. This be the finest book of salty sea speach that any pirate, or land lubber could ever wish. Aye een Neptune his self couldn't produce a finer guide. So take it from a salty old sea dog, you'll be wantin to purchase this fine book. If'n ye don't, and I meet ye, thar be a cat o nine or the plank for ye!
IT FITS January 15, 2010
RBI (UTAH)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Truly great, entertaining, hilarious, serious and wonderful book. It so fits too, a former litigator and FBI agent, of course he'd be an expert on piracy. Thanks George, I'm buying several for friends in the legal profession!
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