Scy

Aye, ... Crow. I'm new in all this, and if I were new on board a ship, not knowing the ropes, then I wouldn't want to be insulting anybody. And the best way to be keeping on the good side of people, is to show them you do not think you're better than them. Besides, tis a fun way to be jumping in outta me charater's minds. Thank ye for the information. ~~~ And, Cap'n of the Royaliste, I'm still not quite as good in the lingo as I could be, you're post confused me to no end. Scy.

Ah, Sir Crow, I have heard reference once before of a quartermaster. But it was vague, of course I'm looking into it further. Although any information resting on the minds of others that can be readily given is welcome. As to the articles, they are the laws of the ship, are they not? If I'm wrong, someone please correct me.

Thank you, TalesOfTheSevenSeas. I believe it will. ~~~ And shall I see if they have it in stock, good sir? Perhaps I should filtch a truck instead of a car... Alas, no amount of caffiene will help me now. Good night, an' may th' winds be at yer back as long as ye are facin' foward to the open seas. Scy.

That was one of the worse puns I've heard. And that's saying something. Do you suppose they have pints? Scy.

Alas, wrong story. Though the 1st would love it. Thier boss would be more apt to 'He fell over board, honest!' , 'And the cannon just happened to attach itself to his feet?' , 'No, he had troubles tying his boots' than 'Well, it's not my fault he found the pointed end of my dagger so interesting...' ~~~ 'I'm suprised your family didn't kill you when your mother birthed you!' 'Yes, well at least the sight of my face didn't kill the midwife.' ~~~ 'You wield your blade like a toddler' 'At least I wasn't taught by one' ~~~ Scy.

... drive the 1000 odd miles going as fast as the hunk of junk can travel down the margin of the highways, running over a good hundred rodents and such, stopping only to pilfer some gas from a few parked cars and say to the seven corners of time with all tha' books lernin' stuff and be down there in a couple of hours? Maybe I should stop by Starbucks first. Scy.

Except for the fact that those be two strait males. Ah, it will be most interestin' later on when they kill eachother. But until then... Scy.

*Sniff* I don't have a car yet and I have school. And I don't fancy walking that far. Though I will be suggesting that for my family's next vacation. Scy.

Ah, Morgan La Scylla, you have quite a list! My own controbution is not between swords, but it's verbal sparring no the less. And one that I enjoyed writing, of course it's been edited a bit to make sense here since it has come from my writing. Let's assume they're talking about... a gust of wind. 1st: “Well then, how strong was it?” 2nd: “It was hardly enough to wake me from my beauty sleep. " 1st: “Oh poor little lemming. You better get back to bed before the crew dies of glancing at you. Without your beauty sleep you are most frightening looking." 2nd: “I’d say the same for you, but no amount of sleep would be able to help the monstrosity that stands before me,” 1st: “Now my dear fellow, how many times must I tell you not to carry around a mirror? Surely your vanity must be rivaling that of a whore’s,” I added my bit. Verbal sparring match, anyone? Scy.

I might be a tad late, but: Savvy, by modern definition doesn't necissarily mean that it meant the same back then. In fact, the word could have been warped from another meaning something entirely different. Really you have to look at few of the sayings today and just wonder. Ex. 'You can't beat a dead horse.' (I was suprised by one of the theories behind this one.) My suggestion would be to take a couple more looks at that movie and try to see what the script writer was, and have fun! Lord knows I'm no linguistics savvy. Scy.

It's my first day today as well. And my only bit of advice would be to do what I'm doing now: Skim and find a few things that sound interesting, read, then come back for more! Although maybe I should take it a bit easier, I believe I'm giving my computer a heart attack. (Not that it doesn't deserve it.) Scy.

Ah! Exactly what I was looking for, good sir. Thank you for you time and your effort in untagling my novice questions. Beautiful ship, by the way. Tis a pity I live inland. Scy.

Ah! By a glimpse of one link I can tell that it will be of use. (If not for my story, then at least to keep me entertained) It's hard to search for things on the internet when you don't know all the terminology. Thank you, thank you, and three times, I thank thee. Scy.

Rosalinda, Lingo is the least of my problems. And, while I may seem proper and as if I don't belong, that's only because of my annoying trait to avoid accidentally insulting someone. I tend to stand on the outside and observe so that I am able to write about it. Of course, I could jump in participate, but that makes it harder to observe, for me anyways. And I am in no way trying to get people to do my work for me. I'm just posting a plea for help for those who might have a few links bookmarked or some information stored away in the backs of their minds that they might like to share. I have, and am, spending hours on end looking this stuff up. And the lack of cooperation from my computer is getting annoying. If it weren't for the fact that I'm always stuck at home babysitting I might be tempted to walk the 50 odd miles to the nearest decent library if I had to. The thing is, that I have found merely a few sites withholding a few bits of decent information. The rest... well if you Thought I was vague, you'd wonder if these people had ever seen the ocean. My lack of knowledge annoys me greatly. But my headache today is worth the one page of information I found digging through these threads. Maybe my luck will change tomorrow, but until then I'll still be here, searching. Scy.

Ah, and I apologize as well. The thing is, I only started my research... a couple of days ago, so in my view, I know very little. And I thought I was being specific, but alas it only proves my ignorance. Eh... *twitch twicth* I'm starting to annoy myself. So, pardon any offences made, I'm done being proper. I would like a list of ranks/ titles of the people dancing around on the deck of a pirate ship and, if possible, what their purpose is in their toothless smiles. So far I have come across several that have only proved to contradict themselves and I'm having trouble deciding which is right. Of course, worse to worse, I'm simply going to state that it was the two centuries stuck in the middle ages that warped their minds and make up my own bloody titles. Let's ignore that fact that I still have yet to find all the jobs aboard. Are there more than the Captian, first mate, cook, surgeon (If) cabin boy and random brianless oafs *Cough* I mean crew? As to the ships, I, so far, have found three types. Merchant, sloop, and that other one. *Starts whistling* What? Short term memory span. And all I know about them is one is big and the other is smaller. And dictionary definitions aren't helping, so If I could get either really good descriptions or pictures, then at least I could pretend to know what I'm talking about. And about the only other thing my hours of reading useless, for the majority, slop is a few phrases and what they mean. Anything else would be of vast interest. Scy.