Talk like a pirate Day is next week

Nate the great · 09-12-2009, 04:00 PM

Next Saturday is International Talk like a Pirate Day. I'd like to write a front page post about pirate themed ebook we have here at MR. Would anyone like to help me with this by converting a Project Gutenberg title and uploading it here?

PG has a bookshelf of titles for you to choose from:
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Pirate...c._(Bookshelf)

AnemicOak · 09-12-2009, 04:16 PM

The link is broken, here's a working one...
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Pirate...c._(Bookshelf)

Nate the great · 09-12-2009, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

The link is broken, here's a working one...
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Pirate...c._(Bookshelf)

Thanks. I fixed it. Somehow the forum software decided to drop the closing ellipsis.

PennyPie · 09-12-2009, 04:31 PM

Cool!
AARRRRGH!

AnemicOak · 09-12-2009, 04:39 PM

I'd be willing to do a book if someone wants to recommend a title folks would like to see. The ones I saw on the list that I recognized immediately are already in the MR library.

dreams · 09-12-2009, 04:45 PM

How about ,The Pirate's Pocket Book by Dion Clayton Calthrop? Humor, YA fiction?

EDIT: adding the excerpt of the 2,959 words (16 pages) book.

Excerpt from http://manybooks.net/titles/calthrop2478324783.html

Some said that he must be young or he could not be so wicked.

So you see there were two opinions about him.

There are always two opinions about a celebrated man.

If you look at him you will see that he dressed to please himself.

[Illustration: Supposed birthplace of Tomb family. Family of Bone still living in the cottage.]

He wore a nice hat--but you have noticed that; and he had a roving eye.

By which I do not mean his eye walked about like this, but that he looked around him a good deal.

[Illustration]

If you are thinking of becoming a Pirate--and there is plenty of room at the top of every profession--you will have to look about a good deal, because you will have enemies.

[Illustration: He dreams of other worlds to conquer.]

Tom Tomb--that was not his name, but it was the way he signed other people's cheques, and your father and mother will tell you that this is a very mean trick--lived partly on an island, and partly on board the Inky Murk.

[Illustration]

You will understand that I mean not with one foot on the island and one on the boat, but sometimes on one and sometimes on the other.

[Illustration]

Now T. T. never robbed the poor.

[Illustration]

wallcraft · 09-12-2009, 05:05 PM

Not all about pirates, but see FeedBooks: From the Sea.

Patricia · 09-12-2009, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

Next Saturday is International Talk like a Pirate Day.

And is also the day of the Paris Meet-Up.
How do les corsaires talk?

DaleDe · 09-12-2009, 06:24 PM

I thought we didn't condone pirate ebooks.

Or was that, pirated ebooks?

HarryT · 09-13-2009, 04:25 AM

I have already converted a nice illustrated version of "Treasure Island"; surely the "ultimate" pirate book.

GeoffC · 09-13-2009, 07:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaleDe

I thought we didn't condone pirate ebooks.

Or was that, pirated ebooks?

:droll:

JSWolf · 09-13-2009, 07:36 AM

International Talk like a Pirate Day is a scam and if any of you fall for it, you'll be the worse off for it.

All it is is a day designed to sell a book. I've seen the website and it's a sham. SO don't fall for this or you'll be laughed at by thouse of us who are not falling for this sham/scam.

GeoffC · 09-13-2009, 07:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

International Talk like a Pirate Day is a scam and if any of you fall for it, you'll be the worse off for it.

All it is is a day designed to sell a book. I've seen the website and it's a sham. SO don't fall for this or you'll be laughed at by thouse of us who are not falling for this sham/scam.

oh arrr me arties ....

Moejoe · 09-13-2009, 02:38 PM

Sounds like a challenge. How about a short story about Pirates, set in Paris and....ooh...ooh...my fiction sense is tingling... I will have a story by next Friday that encompasses all of these things, plus, cats

zelda_pinwheel · 09-13-2009, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaleDe

I thought we didn't condone pirate ebooks.

Or was that, pirated ebooks?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patricia

And is also the day of the Paris Meet-Up.
How do les corsaires talk?

hm... coincidence ??

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moejoe

Sounds like a challenge. How about a short story about Pirates, set in Paris and....ooh...ooh...my fiction sense is tingling... I will have a story by next Friday that encompasses all of these things, plus, cats

yes !!!!

09-12-2009, 04:00 PM	#1
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	Talk like a pirate Day is next week Next Saturday is International Talk like a Pirate Day. I'd like to write a front page post about pirate themed ebook we have here at MR. Would anyone like to help me with this by converting a Project Gutenberg title and uploading it here? PG has a bookshelf of titles for you to choose from: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Pirate...c._(Bookshelf) Last edited by Nate the great; 09-12-2009 at 04:24 PM.

09-12-2009, 04:45 PM	#6
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	How about ,The Pirate's Pocket Book by Dion Clayton Calthrop? Humor, YA fiction? EDIT: adding the excerpt of the 2,959 words (16 pages) book. Excerpt from http://manybooks.net/titles/calthrop2478324783.html Some said that he must be young or he could not be so wicked. So you see there were two opinions about him. There are always two opinions about a celebrated man. If you look at him you will see that he dressed to please himself. [Illustration: Supposed birthplace of Tomb family. Family of Bone still living in the cottage.] He wore a nice hat--but you have noticed that; and he had a roving eye. By which I do not mean his eye walked about like this, but that he looked around him a good deal. [Illustration] If you are thinking of becoming a Pirate--and there is plenty of room at the top of every profession--you will have to look about a good deal, because you will have enemies. [Illustration: He dreams of other worlds to conquer.] Tom Tomb--that was not his name, but it was the way he signed other people's cheques, and your father and mother will tell you that this is a very mean trick--lived partly on an island, and partly on board the Inky Murk. [Illustration] You will understand that I mean not with one foot on the island and one on the boat, but sometimes on one and sometimes on the other. [Illustration] Now T. T. never robbed the poor. [Illustration] Last edited by dreams; 09-12-2009 at 05:36 PM. Reason: added excerpt

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AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	The link is broken, here's a working one... http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Pirate...c._(Bookshelf)

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PennyPie Cocoa & Toast...mmmmmm... Posts: 275 Karma: 1000 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ohio Device: Sony PRS-700, iPhone	Cool! AARRRRGH!

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AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	I'd be willing to do a book if someone wants to recommend a title folks would like to see. The ones I saw on the list that I recognized immediately are already in the MR library.

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DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	I thought we didn't condone pirate ebooks. Or was that, pirated ebooks?

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I have already converted a nice illustrated version of "Treasure Island"; surely the "ultimate" pirate book.

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,784 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	International Talk like a Pirate Day is a scam and if any of you fall for it, you'll be the worse off for it. All it is is a day designed to sell a book. I've seen the website and it's a sham. SO don't fall for this or you'll be laughed at by thouse of us who are not falling for this sham/scam.

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Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	Sounds like a challenge. How about a short story about Pirates, set in Paris and....ooh...ooh...my fiction sense is tingling... I will have a story by next Friday that encompasses all of these things, plus, cats