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The Pirate Primer: Mastering the Language of Swashbucklers and Rogues
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Product Description
"The Pirate Primer" is the first and only book on the pirate language. It explores in a definitive way the unique vernacular of English-speaking pirates covering vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar and syntax. It is an authoritative work on the subject, containing and explicating 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 or dialogue. Thus, the user sees the content of the Primer deployed in actual context by actual pirates!
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #31213 in Books
- Published on: 2007-03-29
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 480 pages
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About the Author
George Choudas lives and works in New York City. He is a corporate litigator and a former FBI agent. The Pirate Primer was inspired by a trolley ride taken in Key West, Florida, during which a coarse shop owner-cum-pirate charged after the sightseers on foot, swinging a cutlass and screaming pirate epithets.
Customer Reviews
More fun than a bottle o' rum!
Received the book within the time specified by the seller. This book is brilliant!! It has reported pirate stories as well as teaching you how to "be" a pirate!
Excellent stuff.
