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« on: May 09, 2008, 02:14:19 PM » |
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So, do the pirates all say that in unison? Cause that's kind of weird.
And if so, why do they say "I am but a man"? Shouldn't it be "we are but men"?
I'll be waiting for your response.
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« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2008, 02:33:29 PM » |
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I read it in a book by Noam Chomsky and thought it was intresting considering the pirate persona I seem to have gotten (and expanded). I'm pretty sure Chomsky didn't make it up and I *DO* think it is rooted in some kind of fact (or mythology).
That's all.
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« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2008, 02:36:26 PM » |
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But why would pirates (plural) say "I am but a man" (singular)?
And do pirates say that a lot, thus being able to say it in unison? Do pirates exist in the same existence as musicals?
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« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2008, 02:40:45 PM » |
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No, pirates don't say it in unison. It's not the Lord's Prayer or anything. And no... pirates are not the Broadway type. Sadly, they're more like this today:  |
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« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2008, 11:58:12 AM » |
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Arrrrrrrr But methinks they all not be men ...arrrrrrrrrrr  |
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« Last Edit: May 11, 2008, 11:59:49 AM by freethinker »
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« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2008, 03:25:53 PM » |
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Did you hear about the new pirate movie?
it was rated aarrrrrr!
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« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2008, 02:02:07 PM » |
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...a whole thread about a missing apostrophe...
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« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2008, 06:43:08 PM » |
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Do you know what a pirates favorite fruit is?
Orrrrrranges!
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« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2008, 12:51:51 PM » |
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Where be Jack Sparrow when you need him?
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« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2008, 06:34:50 PM » |
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Do you know what a pirates favorite fruit is?
Orrrrrranges!
Oh, I know why that is! Because of the high vitamin C, right? |
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« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2008, 10:26:28 AM » |
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Scurvy kills.
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Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like its from Neptune.
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« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2008, 12:22:55 PM » |
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Do you know what a pirates favorite fruit is?
Orrrrrranges!
Oh, I know why that is! Because of the high vitamin C, right? That's why they eat limes (my dad is a pirate so I should know). |
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