{"id":729,"date":"2021-01-16T07:34:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T07:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/?p=729"},"modified":"2021-01-16T18:07:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T18:07:44","slug":"this-is-the-hill-i-die-on-or-mast-or-whatever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/?p=729","title":{"rendered":"This Is the Hill I Die On (Or Mast, Or Whatever)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thanks to the global pandemic sea shanties are suddenly popular<\/a>, which fine, great – it’s about time something good came out of all this death and disease. But the rise of sea shanties has meant a corresponding rise in people talking <\/em>about sea shanties, which has highlighted one of the greatest horrors of the modern age:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People saying “aaargh” when they want to sound like a pirate or old-timey sailor, instead of “aaarrr”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Aaarrr” is clearly correct, though people of good conscience can disagree about the precise numbers of “a”s and “r”s. I will also accept “yaaaar”, as Horatio McCallister uses to start every sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oh, you didn’t know that “Horatio McCallister” was his real name? Well, obviously I’m more of an expert on this stuff than you, then<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But “arrgh” is clearly an expression of distress, much like “augh”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not the least bit piratical<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Can I pirate say “argh”? Sure, I guess, if the pirate in question had stubbed his toe or his parrot had pecked him in the ear or something, but so can a non-pirate, and more to the point this putative pirate wouldn’t start every sentence with “argh” like he would with “arrr”. And more importantly, we can all agree that only sea-faring types would ever say “arrr”. So let’s all agree to socially condemn people who do it wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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