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Here are the five basic words that you cannot live without. Master them, and you can face Talk Like a Pirate Day with a smile on your face and a parrot on your shoulder, if that's your thing.

Ahoy! - "Hello!"

Avast! - Stop and give attention. It can be used in a sense of surprise, "Whoa! Get a load of that!" which today makes it more of a "Check it out" or "No way!" or "Get off!"

Aye! - "Why yes, I agree most heartily with everything you just said or did."

Aye aye! - "I'll get right on that sir, as soon as my break is over."

Arrr! - This one is often confused with arrrgh, which is of course the sound you make when you sit on a belaying pin. "Arrr!" can mean, variously, "yes," "I agree," "I'm happy," "My team is going to win it all," "I saw that television show, it sucked!" and "That was a clever remark you or I just made." And those are just a few of the myriad possibilities of Arrr!

Advanced pirate lingo; or On beyond “Aarrr!”

Once you've mastered the basics, you're ready to start expanding your pirate vocabulary. Try these for starters

Bilge rat – The bilge is the lowest level of the ship. It’s loaded with ballast and slimy, reeking water. A bilge rat, then, is a rat that lives in the worst place on the ship. On TLAP

 Day– A lot of guy humor involves insulting your buddies to prove your friendship. It’s important that everyone understand you are smarter, more powerful and much luckier with the wenches than they are. Since bilge rat is a pretty rude thing to call someone, by all means use it on your friends.

Lubber – (or land lubber) This is the seaman’s version of land lover, mangled by typical pirate disregard for elocution. A lubber is someone who does not go to sea, who stays on the land. On TLAP Day – More likely than not, you are a lubber 364 days of the year. But not if you’re talking like a pirate! Then the word lubber becomes one of the more fierce weapons in your arsenal of piratical lingo. In a room where everyone is talking like pirates, lubber is ALWAYS an insult.

Smartly – Do something quickly. On TLAP Day – “Smartly,” you might say when sending off to get something.

There are many famous buildings in the world, and Taj Mahal is a an interesting one because of it's architecture and origin.

The Taj Mahal is one of the most famous examples of Mughal architecture. Mughal architecture combines Persian, Turkish, Indian, and Islamic architecture. Taj Mahal is the most famous and most photographed mausoleum in the world. The Taj Mahal is one of the seven wonders of the new world.

Taj Mahal is in Agra, India. It was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan after his favorite  and third wife, Mumtaz Mahal died. Taj Mahal is on the banks of Yamuna River.

My notes were in bullet points, I just rewrote it. Thanks a lot to a certain V.T. for saying I did a Good Job a BUNCH of times. Also thanks to a bunch of other people, like my closest friends.

A few people who said thanks were Angie (CLOSE friend), Shalli (CF), Melo (CF I'm gonna stop writing CF!!) Rabs........

Also, I was about to wait for a car to stop so I could cross the crosswalk and get home, but guess who's car happened to be passing? KENNY'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When I saw, my mouth dropped open. When he saw, he rolled up the window and said something as the car drove away. What did he say? I might ask him tomorrow. If he was checking this post, I would ask to post what he said in a reply, but he's a girl-hater ( especially me and Angie) so he probably didn't see this.

- Kat

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