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Pirates make great subjects for imagination dress parties and are suitable for young and old alike. The outfits are very versatile as you may improvise by cutting up old clothes to make them look ragged, or you may buy habit made pirate imagination dress. Many accessaries are available, such as phony moustaches, beards, eye patches and cutlasses. Pirate outfits were a popular choice for imagination dress costume parties long before Johnny Depp made the pirate look a sexy one. Whilst the swash-buckling Captain Jack Sparrow look-alike is an evident choice and will always go down well, there are other pirate outfits you may choose from. For example, you could dress as Captain Hook, the villainous pirate chief and captain of the Jolly Roger in J. M Barrie’s Peter Pan. Hook is now a traditionalisti pantomime character, whom we all love to hate and boo and hiss at. Captain Hook is a great reputation for pirate imagination dress. He wears a long red coat, Buccaneer boots, black breeches, a white frilly shirt and a black “Tricorn” hat with a white feather. You will also need a long black curly wig and a bogus hook hand. In the story of Peter Pan, Captain Hook’s hand was bitten off by a crocodile. The crocodile liked the taste of Hook so much, that it is intent is to eat the rest of him! As the crocodile also swallowed a loudly ticking clock, Hook always knows when the crocodile is near. Another great pirate imagination dress costume is Long John Silver. He is the villain of the book Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson and is most like what we think of as a established pirate. Long John Silver is perchance most famous for two things – his wooden leg and his parrot. He is obsessed with looking for the treasure that his former comrade Billy Bones hid. Now it might be a bit difficult to imitate a wooden leg, but a crutch would do and you may buy toy parrots of respective types. If you want to dress as a real pirate from history, then the most illfamed and dire of them all is the legendary Blackbeard. He was the firstborn pirate of the Caribbean and is the subject of a lot of films and books. Apparently, his aspect was so terrifying that his foes oftentimes surrendered just at the sight of him. To look as terrifying as Blackbeard, you will need a long, bushy black beard. It is said that Blackbeard used to distinguished his beard into tails, tying each with a dissimilar colour ribbon, so this is something you could do for authenticity to heighten your own pirate outfit. It is also said that Blackbeard carried a sling all over his chest which contained three pairs of pistols and that he carried a cutlass and various knives in his belt. Fortunately, there are a great deal of bogus cutlasses, pistols and other accessaries you may buy to heighten your pirate imagination dress costume.
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful. 21 of 22 people found the following review helpful. As the subtitle of the Pirate Primer suggest, the book deals with the language of pirates. However, in discovering the language; you do learn something of the pirate life, both in fact and fiction. Choundas does not limit himself to the language of actual pirates but tackles the language as presented in works of literature, motion picture and television. In every case, the author states the word or phrase, provides a short definition and then provides an example of how the word or phrase is used. Choundas provides a citation for the examples which inform the reader of where they came from. The book does not stop there. It also includes an entire chapter on the most famous pirate word uttered; that being “arrrgh!” It will come as no surprise to most pirate enthusiasts that are smart as paint that real pirates didn’t say “arrrgh!” The book also includes a lexicon of nautical terms that are sure to please anyone who has ever tried to read a seafaring book. You’ll also get a section on food, drink, weapons and women. If this isn’t enough, you’ll learn a hundreds of ways to greet your fellow pirate, bid the same adieu, and curse or compliment him/her. And like a late night TV ad, I have to say “But wait, there’s more.” The book goes into great detail on how to form a pirate sentence, the use of adverbs and adjectives, positioning verbs, the use of transitive verbs, and other grammar rules as they apply to pirates Choundas actually covers the language as an English teacher would but the difference is you’ll actually enjoy this textbook. Did I mention the collection of Ship’s Articles at the end of the book? Yep! You even get ship’s articles with the Primer. All in all, the entire book is a joy to read and joy to look at. Probably the only drawback is the lack of pictures. (That, and Choundas doesn’t include any quotes from the movie The Black Swan) But let’s face it; most of the pictures found in pirate books tend to be the same ones found everywhere else. In closing, not only will this book get you ready for the next Talk Like a Pirate Day, it will also make you want to rewatch all those old pirate movies and perhaps buy a pirate novel you haven’t already read. The book will also act as a handy reference tool for the aspiring pirate author or acotr. Aye matey, This be your book if a pirate you must be. Tobias Gibson 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Whether you are an aspirating pirate or an author or screenwriter needing to know the proper use of pirate speak this book is for you. The outline of the book is simple and indexed so well that you can always find exactly the term you need to define or the proper turn of phrase be it oath (burn and sink me), curse (you can up anchor and away to the devil), or respectful address (son of a sea dog). Additionally, the book’s beautiful binding and pages (all the pages look like ancient parchment) makes this a great book to set out in your home or office as a facinating topic of conversation. |
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