tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post115867712206898374..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Talk Like a Pirate DayBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1158851988560031722006-09-21T15:19:00.000+00:002006-09-21T15:19:00.000+00:00And I'd like to add that John Betjeman is most cer...And I'd like to add that John Betjeman is most certainly a poet of national importance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1158775202086529692006-09-20T18:00:00.000+00:002006-09-20T18:00:00.000+00:00With a dreadful feeling of doom I opened this page...With a dreadful feeling of doom I opened this page expecting to see the cliched depictions of us pirates as speaking in this hackneyed guttural ignorant way. Well I for one have had enough. We are actually a very polite and mannered bunch while propaganda has chosen to paint us as a bunch of cut-throat treasure-hunting, never-washing parrot-owning bunch of thugs. And the names we are given like Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1158744232496955802006-09-20T09:23:00.000+00:002006-09-20T09:23:00.000+00:00It seems like only weeks since the last Talk Like ...It seems like only weeks since the last Talk Like a Pirate Day. Why are the years passing so fast? Because they Aaarr..<BR/>L.J. SilverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1158697078134106272006-09-19T20:17:00.000+00:002006-09-19T20:17:00.000+00:00Well in that case.. "Ooh ah m'hearties..." Oops, a...Well in that case.. "Ooh ah m'hearties..." Oops, a little of my Norfolk charm came out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1158680126505350132006-09-19T15:35:00.000+00:002006-09-19T15:35:00.000+00:00ArrrhArrrhAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com