John_Young Posted September 26, 2003 Posted September 26, 2003 I was sent on a quest to see if the term "brute squad" was historically accurate, and if it existed prior to the 1980s (or whenever) printing of "The Princess Bride". Have fun storming the castle! "Yo Ho, all together hoist the colours high Heave Ho, theives and beggers Never shall we die..." "I don't care who ye say you are lad, if ye say 'savvy' one more time, I'll bury this cutlass in that thick skull of yers!" -Captain John Young - PILF
Coastie04 Posted September 26, 2003 Posted September 26, 2003 After a preliminary search on yahoo, I've come to find that only comics, RPGs and the Princess Bride ever come up. I'd say that the Princess Bride was the first to coin the term. Coastie04 :angry: She was bigger and faster when under full sail With a gale on the beam and the seas o'er the rail
John_Young Posted September 26, 2003 Author Posted September 26, 2003 Well the term is also used in the 7th Sea rpg and ccg. However a lot of pirate books of olden days aren't online. "Yo Ho, all together hoist the colours high Heave Ho, theives and beggers Never shall we die..." "I don't care who ye say you are lad, if ye say 'savvy' one more time, I'll bury this cutlass in that thick skull of yers!" -Captain John Young - PILF
captweaver65 Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 I did a 13 engine copernic search and found more of the same. it searches the front page of millions of websites. Capt Weaver "No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company. " Dr. Samuel Johnson Capt Weaver's Pirate Perversions
John_Young Posted September 29, 2003 Author Posted September 29, 2003 Aye, and what I'm asking is if it is contained in any historical documents! I know how to use all manner of search engines! "Yo Ho, all together hoist the colours high Heave Ho, theives and beggers Never shall we die..." "I don't care who ye say you are lad, if ye say 'savvy' one more time, I'll bury this cutlass in that thick skull of yers!" -Captain John Young - PILF
captweaver65 Posted September 30, 2003 Posted September 30, 2003 don't know about that. copernic searches single front pages and there are many historical documents that I have accessed this way. but alas,it does not search the entire document. so that's the best I can do Capt Weaver "No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company. " Dr. Samuel Johnson Capt Weaver's Pirate Perversions
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