The Pirate Bible Project

[DaveL]

YArrrrrr...

Just flying some ideas over in Pirate Development at present, but...

I was just having a look at the Lolcat Bible. It's a damn fine piece of work and very funny.

http://www.lolcatbible.com/ (yarrrr...thanks for the link PoN)

A keen young pirate suggested we should do a similar Bible project in Piratespeak. That would be a tad ambitious, but if there were enough commited pirates, we could definitely pull it off.

I like the Lolcat Wiki Media concept, as it means we can invite a broad cross section of pirates to write the various bible sections.

We should start pooling some ideas, testing the waters and see if it's feasible.
Some initial thoughts...

Who would be like to get involved? A few of us would be a chore, a team of us would be a pleasure!
Who can we get to supporting/promote the project ie TLAP Website, Myspace, Facebook links?
Could someone get a Wiki up?
Should we use an online Pirate translator?

We would make this a HOT driven project, although the more merrier, Oi say!

Over to youse!!

[pieces o nine]

Barring unforseen barriers, I'm in!

The wiki concept is certainly familiar to most web users, but I don't have any training in setting up a wiki or any of the other options. I like the HOT-driven concept; it would help attract possible new members.

Chanty 23
A chanty of Davy Jones

1 Thee LORD be me cap'n, oi shall not mutiny.

2 He steers me clear o' land lubbers,
       he pilots me thru thee doldrums,

3 he restores me booty.
       He trayned me up roight
       or else.

4 E'en tho I stagger
       thru thee seedier parrrts o' Portsmuff, 
       Oi feares no wun,
       fer ye be wif me;
       yer pistol an yer cutlass,
       they hinspoire me.

5 Ye commandeers a table at thee Benbow
       no matter who be sittin there.
       Ye smaks yer crewe hup alongsoide thee hed;
       thee grog flows freely.

6 Surely the Kinge's Navy and ninjas shall foller me
       all thee dayes ov me loife,
       an' Oi'll be swabbin' thee decks
       forever.

Hit needs sum werk...

[DaveL]

Yaaarrrrrr...

That's the stuff PoN!! I'm  pretty rough writing in Wiki, so I dare say any help we can get will be great. Maybe if we get people to do the translation, then we can get the Wiki format happening.

Here's my initial thoughts to tackling it:

1. We ask TLAPD can we used their official Pirate Speak translator; If OK then -

http://www.fissio.com/pirate.pl

2: Then - we translate the bible text into pirate speak eg Genesis.

:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 
1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 

Becomes:

1 In t' beginnin' God created t' heaven and t' earth. 1:2 And t' earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon t' face o' t' deep. And t' Spirit o' God moved upon t' face o' t' waters. "

3: And then We start changing the references to various subjects:
God = Capn Cronan (or Robert Newton or Johhny Depp)
Spirit = Grog
Deep = Briny Sea

Which becomes:

1 In t' beginnin' Capn Cronan created t' heaven and t' earth. 1:2 And t' earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon t' face o' t' briny sea. And t' Grog o' Cronan moved upon t' face o' t' waters. "

3. And foinally (when we are satisfied that is sufficiently hilarious);

We start gettin it uploaded onto Wiki Media. This bit is the hard bit. Arrrrr any of youse blaggards into usin Wiki?

[Griffin NoName]

Alpaca

[DaveL]

YArrrrrr...

O'ill PM him. Where is he these days BTW?

[Griffin NoName]

Oi rekkken 'e be in Busy Land.

[DaveL]

YArrrrr...

Alapca would be ideal. He's a very clever bloke.

Has anyone ever considered The Book of Mormon? How harty and ho, ho, do ye think we could make that?

No actually it a bit boring if ye reads it. Better stick to the most widely read.

http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/BOM/

[pieces o nine]

Soun's verra good, Cap'n DaveL. Yarrr, that keen strategick plannin be why ye arrre a moderrraghtorrr.

Arfter we gets thee Holy Bible  (Cap'ns Log?)  translated to Pyrate Speake -- witch be a long ways out -- there be many ovver teksts rype fer the pickin. They wood be roight elpful in a happendecks sekshun, an there be pyrates all over thee worlde wot could lend theyre linguini lingwistick talents ter translatin 'em as well.

[DaveL]

YArrrrr...

Thankee Pieces - O'ive bin lookin for summit creative to get us pirates werkin on. 

Rightyo. Here's what we can do for now.

1. Contact Alpaca/other wiki enabled types...then when the Wiki is up and running.

2. Post announcements over on piratey websites, facebook, myspace, Talk Like A Pirate Day

3. Enlist other prospective contributors. Arrrrr, Oi reckons one Book each for every Toadfish/FSM Pirate should do it!

Anything else we should do?

[pieces o nine]

There needs t'be a poynt perrrson on thee projeckt, such as yerself, t' coordinayte communicashuns an translayshuns. Ye don' wunt two hunnert pyrates all translaytin thee same booke, fer hexampill, wen ye could be spreddin' 'em out a bit.

[DaveL]

Yarrrrr...okey dokey.

O'ill see to it, that the allocashun ov the various books is assigned to those once only.

Once they've done their translation, we'll need a group of editors to make it consistent and as funny as possible.

Arrr Pieces, summit tells me you've done this editing thing before. Where be the rest of ye?

[pieces o nine]

Oi 'as not edited thee loikes ov Thee Pyrate Byble  beforrre, but oi 'as years ov heretical thinkin to draw hupon, an' 'ave tole me own share ov toimely littel jokes wile akshully in churrrch.

Arrrgh, thee ovver pyrates arrre bein two shy ter hadmit that (a) they do nose or (b) they don' nose avast swaths ov scripchur. Wiv thee saynted memery of thee layte Reverunt "Cannon" O'Hanlon roight here in Portsmouth, 'ow could they 'ave hexscaped sum hexposure?

Ye may 'ave ter press gang sum ov yer volunteeres, or shanghai 'em frum TOP...

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Did ye nose that the "Septuagint" be a reference to thee legend that 70 diffront helders translayted thee Byble hindependently, an awl cayme up wiv thee hexact sayme tekst? Hit were a merrycull, an' a soign that they 'ad thee roight translayshun. So iffen ye gets a ruckus frum up ter 70 pyrates clamerin' ter werke on thee same booke, theyre be pressidunt fer hit.

[Bruder Cuzzen]

Oil help wen oi kin . Nows that thee weather is becoming favourable , oi run owt ove excuses fer not completing projects . Argh !

[Aggie]

Oi'll speak fer Leviticus.

Oi also suggest we don' get too HOT/TOP perspific wit' th' refrences an such, leestways fer the big'uns (God, Jesus & th' like), but smaller fish be faire game, and there be plenty o' oportunaties fer werkin in some insoide jokes.

[DaveL]

I've been readin the Book of Mormon. Wow that looks so ripe for a Pirate send up it ain't funny...and it's shorter

http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/BOM/index.htm

Lend me your thoughts, if yer think the Christian version is too much work.

Alpaca has contacted me...he's in!!!

[Bruder Cuzzen]

har har har yarrrrrrrgh .

[DaveL]

YArrrr...

I'll take that as a measure of haughty endorsement, BC   

Ok, I think this gathering momentum, now our beloved Sibling Alpaca is in support.

[pieces o nine]

Thee Book of Mormon be shorrrter, but it bain't as well-none. Sum ov thee foiner jokes be waysted on them wot's not famillyer wif thee horiginall.

We could begin wif an habridged verrrshun ov thee Byble (ow menne gospulls duz a pyrate need, fer land's sakes!) an focus hour hennergees on thee best-none books. But wot evir ye lot wunts be foine wiv me.

[DaveL]

Just to update. We have our own independent Pirate Bible Website site created - everybody say thanks Alpaca!! You are the dude-est!!

There is not much to see as of yetm so I won't direct you to it. But there are some important general guidelines on writing and uploading in WikiMedia. I'll have a read and update you, but if you a equally compelled, PM me and I'll send you the link (it's early days though).

Pieces - how about we aim for Old or New Testament?

[Black Bart]

Sounds exciting, but how are you going to do it if you're stuck in the stocks?

[anthrobabe]

Sounds exciting, but how are you going to do it if you're stuck in the stocks?

look who's talking mister!

[pieces o nine]

Just to update. We have our own independent Pirate Bible Website site created - everybody say thanks Alpaca!! You are the dude-est!!

yay! avast! yarr!

There is not much to see as of yetm so I won't direct you to it. But there are some important general guidelines on writing and uploading in WikiMedia. I'll have a read and update you, but if you a equally compelled, PM me and I'll send you the link (it's early days though).

Pieces - how about we aim for Old or New Testament?

It be harrrd fer me t'pick me faverrrit testamint. Oi feels oi could do justiss t'sum ov thee Chanteys (or Salms, fer thee landlubbers...) or t'parrrts ov thee Book of Revilry; there be sum far-fetched tales in thar. But oi'm flecksibull. So keep me abreast, as it were, ov thee consensus.

(Oi will confyde that oi'm *not* too keen on that blaggard Paul. An that Jerrymiyah feller be a major whiner, iffen ye asks me.)

[Alpaca]

Oi've been thinkin'... What with all yer blabber 'bout communicashens and co-oar-dinashens an' such, be there a need fer some sort 'a centralized project-management-toipe softwarrre scheme? Not to foist anything on ye that ye don't need nor want, o' course.

[pieces o nine]

Oi finks as foistin' be a hintegral parrrt ov bible-ritin'.

[Alpaca]

Aye, but be it a diffarrentiable part?

[DaveL]

Aye Alpaca matey, I likes yer idea. I can see the logistics of doing this ad hoc are gonna be difficult. Please elaborate and make any recommendations ye like.

We definitely need a way of keep track of who's translatin what, what hasn't been translated and general timeframes for completing the Pirate Bible.

Oi also thinks we need to practice to see what ideas/themes we can flesh out in writing stuff.

[pieces o nine]

Oi also thinks we need to practice to see what ideas/themes we can flesh out in writing stuff.

Yarrr, matey! Ye 'avvent e'en translated wun book and ye've sinned halreddy! Rememmer the sayin' be "flesh an thee devvil". Ye can't be menschunning "flesh" wiv thee hackchewel bibel ritin parrrt....



(As sumwun wot's bin runnin' fer Pope ever sins she were a wee pyrate lass, oi be hinvested wiv thee powerrr ter fergiv ye this toime.)

[DaveL]

YArrrr...

Steady on there Pieces!! Oi suggest we have a crack at Genesis as a precursor to fleshin a few themes out.

Do yer want to have first crack of the first chapter?

Oi will do the second an see what we can draw out. Eg God, Adam, Eve, Ninjas generally!

Oi needs to get practicin me Wiki writin as well.

Should we also develop our own Pirate LOL speak?

eg Shiver me timbers = SMT
    Yohoho and a bottle of rum = YHHABR
    Reward = I can haz grog

A pirate LOL speak should be developed.
     

-

[pieces o nine]

Roight.

Oi'll see wot oi kin perpetrate agenst do wiv thee furst chapterrr of Guinesses an' poste it here fer a genirul revyoow an' criteek.

Suggeschuns be welcome fer werkin oute thee best vocabyoolerry an himportant names an' sech.

[DaveL]

I tried this using this pirate translator, then just reworked some of the common themes.

http://www.syddware.com/cgi-bin/pirate.pl

I've called Lord God 'Lord Argghh', Adam = Harbour Master Adams. Added a few bawdy tweaks, place name changes, codpiece references and (drum roll) buxom wenches are born into the world.

Guinesses 2

2:1 Thus th' heavens an' th' earth be finished, an' all th' host o' them.
2:2 An' on th' seventh tide Arrrrgh ended his work which he had made; an' he rested on th' seventh tide from all his work which he had made.
2:3 An' Arrrgh blessed th' seventh tide, an' sanctified 't: on accoun' o' that in 't he had rested from all his work which Arrrrgh created an' made.
2:4 These be th' generations o' th' heavens an' o' th' earth when they be created, in th' tide that th' LORD Arghhh made th' earth an' th' heavens,
2:5 An' ever' plant o' th' field before 't be in th' earth, an' ever' herb o' th' field before 't grew: fer th' LORD Arghhh had nay caused 't t' rain upon th' earth, an' thar be nay a man t' till th' poop deck.
2:6 But thar sailed' up a mist from th' earth, an' watered th' whole face o' th' poop deck with grog.
2:7 An' th' Lord Argghh formed man o' th' dust o' th' poop deck, an' breathed into his nostrils th' breath o' life; an' man became a livin' soul.
2:8 An' th' Lord Arghhhh planted a garden eastward in Eden; an' thar he put th' man whom he had formed.
2:9 An' ou' o' th' poop deck made th' Lord Arghhhh t' grow ever' tree that be pleasant t' th' sight, an' good fer food; th' tree o' life also in th' midst o' th' garden, an' th' tree o' knowledge o' good an' evil.
2:10 An' a ri'er sailed' ou' o' Eden t' water th' garden; an' from thence 't be parted, an' became into four galleons.
2:11 Th' name o' th' first galleon be HMS Pison: that be 't which compasseth th' whole land o' Port Au Prince, 'ere thar be much saucy tavern maids;
2:12 An' th' dubloon fo' that grog be good: thar be 100% proof Captains Delight an' th' sumptuous booty on the shelf.
2:13 An' th' name o' th' second galleon be HMS Gihon: th' same be 't that compasseth th' whole land o' Ole KingstonTown.
2:14 An' th' name o' th' third galleon be HMS Hiddekel: that be 't which goeth toward th' east o' Portsmouth. An' th' fourth galleon be HMS Euphrates, which got stuck on the rocks, killin all the crew.
2:15 An' th' Lord Arghhhh tookst th' man, an' put th' lad's into th' Tavern o' Eden t' dress 't an' t' keep 't.
2:16 An' th' Lord Arrghh commanded th' man, sayin',  'YArrrr Shiver Me Timbers (S.M.T). ' ye blaggards may freely eat at the Celestial all ye can eat tavern food bar.
2:17 But o' th' tree o' th' knowledge o' good pirate an' evil ninja, thou shalt nay eat take away weevil burgers or tavern food: fer it shall make ye most unshipshape indeed!!
2:18 An' th' Lord Arrghh spake, ' Ahoy there me hearties (ATMH) good that th' man ortin' ta be alone; I will make th' lad's eat their tucker.
2:19 An' ou' o' th' poop deck th' Lord Arrghh formed ever' beast o' th' field, an' ever' fowl o' th' air; an' brought them unto Harbour Master Adam t' be seein' what he would call them: an' whatsoere Harbour Master Adams called ever' livin' creature, that be th' name thereof.
2:20 An' Harbour Master Adams gave names t' all cattle, an' t' th' fowl o' th' air, an' t' ever' beast o' th' field; but fer Harbour Master Adams thar be nay found none of 'em were worth eatin', and went back to eatin weevil burgers.
2:21 An' th' Lord Arrghh caused a deep gut buster training program to fall upon Harbour Master Adams, an' he bunked: an' he tookst one o' his Grade A codpieces, an' closed up th' flesh instead thereof;
2:22 An' th' codpiece, which th' Lord Arrghh tookst from his XXX tool box collection, made he a lass, an' brought th' lass' unto th' man.
2:23 An' Harbour Master Adams spake, 'This be now fruit o' me codpiece, an' flesh o' me flesh: she shall be called a Lass, on accoun' o' she be taken ou' o' Man.
2:24 Therefore shall a pirate leave his father an' his mother, an' shall cleave unto his buxom beauty: an' they shall be one flesh.'
2:25 An' they be both nekked, th' man an' his buxom beauty, an' be nay ashamed. For there was much wanton sex and it wuz good!
2:26 SMT!!! Arooga Arooga!!! Bom Chika Wah Wah!!

[pieces o nine]

Yarrr!

Thee bit aboot thee cod peece gave me paws, DaveL, but ovverwise oi be moste himpressed! Oi needs t'himprove me verrrsion of Guinesses Ch1 a bit, but oi'll poste hit 'ere tomorrow.

[Bruder Cuzzen]

HAR HAR HAR!   Oil ave a go et Revelations , I believe ye lot nose wot ta xspeck !

[Black Bart]

Aaaaargh...pepole be so busy wiv translatin the bible they seem to have forgotten about postin on the Pirate boards.

[DaveL]

Arghhhh...

Only one passage tranlated to date matey. No real works keepin me busy.
Oi hopes ye be signin up to do some tranlatin and illustratin Bart.

You too Opsa - you look like you can draw a few piratey Bible pics to make it look hintersetin'

I'm keen to just get on and start doing the whole of Genesis meself and hope it will just start snow balling (or alternatively die in the ass).

You shall find me in the monastery with quill and illumination manuscripts at the ready 

[pieces o nine]

Yarrr, mateys, thee Mad Moggies Revenge  be in dry dock (so ter speake) an' oi be runnin' ragged dealin wiv floode waters an innerwebbes going on an orf an thee loike...

DaveL, iffen ye wants ter do morrre ov Guinesses so's hit sounds loike hit all hangs togevver, that be foine wiv me. I'd could tackle sum Chanties [aka: p-salums] wen thee tornaydoes an floodes settles down agin, an oi be lookin' fourwarrrd ter reedin' BC's Revelations! This be a fishtastic idea, an not wun to let wither on thee vineyarrrd fer lack ov layburrrers.

[gregology]

Good news, I've started Genarrsis! I'm in the process of creating a dictionary to automate the process. I've got 120 words so far but need more. This is the beta, I'll have a community based dictionary up and running shortly.

Genarrsis

Please enjoy and improve



Edited for URL not working .... now it is.  ~Griffin

[Griffin NoName]

I like your Glog.

Hope you get more of the site up and running.

Perhaps you'd like to say hello to us in the Start Here thread?

[Opsa]

Hi Gregology!

Here's a link to our newbie welcome thread.

[gregology]

Thank you, I'll hit that other forum now