2024年10月5日 · Oo arr, that's a good idea. (UK, West Country) Used to introduce a refutation, sometimes sarcastically. Oo arr, you and whose army? (UK, West Country) Used to imply innuendo. You like peaches? Oo arr. Often used in mockery as a stereotypical phrase in the Mummerset accent. Then we'll play old nature's game. (Ha ha ha! Oo arr!)

Arr (alternatively "Arrr", "Arrrrr", "Arrrgh", "Harr", "Rrrr", "Yarr", "Yarrrr" or "Yaarrrr") is a word that can essentially mean anything, usually a response in the affirmative (i.e. "yes"), or general exclamation among sailors and pirates. The word can also be used as a growl or snarl-like...

Have you ever wondered why pirates say "Arrr"? We answer this burning question with help from National Geographic and American Profile. Pronounced also as “Yarrr!” and “Arg!”, the word “Arrr!” is traditionally said by pirates when responding "yes" or when expressing excitement. But did pirates really "arr" all the time?

2007年6月5日 · “ Arrrrr ” is mostly fiction, as are a number of the other affiliated signifiers: People very rarely walked the plank *, and nobody has ever discovered an actual pirate treasure map. On the...

On September 19 each year, you're likely to hear a lot of “Arrr!" and “Ahoy!" Why? Because that's the day many people around the world now celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day. And why not?

Here is a list of English interjections, specifically those that are not included in normal dictionaries because they just signify noises people make (ahh, ow, grr) rather than exclamation words (hey, stop, yes). Feel free to if you have suggestions or comments. aah! "Help!" "Aaaah! It's eating my leg!" Fright, shock.

2020年9月18日 · On June 6, 1995, two men by the names of John Baur and Mark Summers were playing racquetball. After one particularly rough shot, one of them called out “Arrrr!” in frustration or pain. And, as the game went on, the men started …

2015年7月23日 · The problem is that many British people trying to do a Westcountry accent wrongly think that because Westcountry is rhotic, "ah" must have an "r" on the end. The stereotype here is the Westcountry farmer who replies to a question by saying, "Ooh arr," when in fact a real Westcountry farmer would say "Oh, ah," or simply "Ah."

Few sounds resonate with our mental image of pirates as distinctly as the hearty, boisterous “Arrr!” that seems to flow as easily as rum from a buccaneer's lips. But where did this most famous of pirate expressions originate? And why, when we impersonate a pirate, is it the first utterance that springs to the forefront of our minds?

2019年9月18日 · The Capture of the Pirate Blackbeard, 1718 by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris. Blackbeard is one of the world’s most famous pirates. But did he really say ‘arrr’? Wikimedia commons, CC BY