In case any of you landlubbers decid to go on account..

Pirates have always talked a little strange in comparison to ye landlubbers. When ye live yer life in the sea and with uneducated people, thats what happens. Here me made a small list of some of the things we say.

Black Spot - a death threat among pirates made of a black spot or mark on a scrap of paper with more specific detail sometimes written on the other side
Dance the Hempen Jig - to hang (the rope ussually be made of hemp fibers)
Go on Account - pirates compare the act of becoming a pirate to going into business so we say that
Hempen Halter- The hangman's noose.
Hornswaggle - To cheat (mostly about gold)
Cackle Fruit - chicken eggs
Duffle - everything a pirate owns and also the nickname for the bag that holds it
Cockswain - Captain's attendant who would row him to and from the ship
Drivelswigger - a pirate that reads about nautical terms too much
Black Jack - large drinking cups made of leather that were made strong with tar
Bumboo - a West Indies drink made with watered rum, sugar and nutmeg
Grog - a mix of water and rum
Hogshead- a big barrel that can hold 63 to 140 gallons of rum =D
Davy Jones's Locker - the place at the ocean bottom that holds dead sailors and pirates...a reference to death.
To be in Davy's Grip: to be close to death or truly terrified
To have the Davies or the Joneseys: to be scared
To see you to Davy Jones: threatening to kill some one

The first Mate

The first mate is probably one of the most important crewmembers on the ship, and a position most pirates want. The first mate is the replacment of the Captain if he were to die, or if he were not in position to lead the crew at the moment. For instance, if ye be the Captain and ye were held in jail, yer first mate is now the Captain of the ship n crew, and he decides if they help ye or not. This happened quite oftenly, and most of the time the Captains end up dead, and the first mate is new Captain.

The Cap'n

In a crew of pirates, there was always a need of a seadog mighty and savvy enough to lead them all. This be the Captain of the ship. The Captain of the ship had to be one with a lot of witts about dirty sea faring, and he had to be ready to have the souls of all the men in the crew on his hands. He was usually the mate that knew everything about any position on the ship, and his place is leading the crew to victory in every battle. He had to be ready to tell everyone what be needed to be doing during engagement, and then during calm sailings, act as a father to the crew. Normally, the Captain was "elected" within the crew, and was usually someone who was already highly respected and whose word was always taken seriously. Once a Captain though, if the crew all feel that he is being to brutal, or is being stupid, they can begin a mutiny and maroon him.

Aye, pirates always need a wench!!

Gar, as I had already told ye all, women were never allowed onboard a ship. This be raising a question of great importance.. Did pirates ever have a woman to their side? Jeje, well of course they did! Tortuga was an island were most pirates went to for protection from the government and to have a good time. When pirates docked here, they needed to get off the ship to get gold from their pillages and go get some rum, and they usually took a few days, maybe weeks in doing this.. Did they need all that time? Jeje.. No. The pirates that survived all the battles went onto land and went straight to spending their newfound gold on rum and women. Sometimes, a pirate actually wanted to stay with a certain wench, and so two things were possible. The traitors would stay on land and become a landlubber. Others would break the rules and bring a wench aboard the ship. This was very dangerouse, women being bad luck onboard and all, so they had to dress the wench as a man, and she would have to work hard as another pirate. This broke many rules, and was risky for the wench and the mate trying to pull this. Although, if things worked out well, they would never get caught and would eventually die at sea together. =)