Things that make you go "Arrrr!"

[Obadiah Jib]

So what do you think of the stereotypical pirate "Arrrr"?  Do you like it when you walk by in garb and a patron yells it to you?  Or does this over used bit of pop culture make you a little grumpy?  Perhaps you ignore the whole thing?  Fond of "Arrrr" or not your thing?

[Captain Kilian]

People in garb walkign by my pyractical self and saying "Arrr" is usually followed by something a bit more witty, and i love it - challenges 9usually failing) to match their wit and 'period' accent with something myself.

People (usually teenage boys) in 'danes walking by and shouting "Arrr" at me, or somethign equally not witty is rather irksome. Good thing they require peace ties on the cutlass. I may have to find a way to press gang these misguided youth into getting more into the spirit, and thus more creative in their dealings with those of us that take fair a bit more (or less) seriously.

[Blackjack Roberts]

If it's a little one I play the role to the hilt. Ask them if they would like to go on the account, and generally try to make their day.

The older, (supposedly wiser), smart arses, (depending on my mood at the time), I generally glance down and say;

"Aye! That I arrrr. Thanks fer noticen', Mate."

Then walk off with a swashbuckling grin. 

[lilaney]

  LOL!

Blackjack, that is funny.

It all depends on the tone and inflections, if I react, or not.

[Welsh Wench]

People don't do that to me.

I guess I'm the kind of woman you don't 'ARRRRR' to. 

[Captain Jack Wolfe]

We do, love.  Just with a slightly different inflection. 

I never use "Arrrrr", myself, but I will respond if it's from a little kid.  And they go away with a smile and a shiny coin in their pocket.

Adults are another matter.  Usually I'll nod and keep going, but on occasion (like after the 80th time that day) I'll stop and educate them on the origins of "Arrrrrr" and how it is not an authentic piratey thing to say.  For those who don't know, the word was coined by Robert Newton when he was playing the role of Long John Silver.  He would show up on the set pretty much blind drunk.  "Arrrrrr" was a vamp to buy time and allow him to remember his lines without totally ruining the take.  But thanks to the popularity of his portrayal of Silver and "Treasure Island" itself, "arrrr" is forever cemented into the popular mythos of pirates.

[Molden]

I don't usually "Arrrr" meself. My general response is none.

If'n they be comely compn'y - I may stop, dim bulb a brow an' smirk, then offer the instruction t' assist 'em w' th' completion o' their ABCses...along with other instruction on things "lingual"... but I degenerate...digress...

[Captain Kilian]

We do, love.  Just with a slightly different inflection. 

I never use "Arrrrr", myself, but I will respond if it's from a little kid.  And they go away with a smile and a shiny coin in their pocket.

Adults are another matter.  Usually I'll nod and keep going, but on occasion (like after the 80th time that day) I'll stop and educate them on the origins of "Arrrrrr" and how it is not an authentic piratey thing to say.  For those who don't know, the word was coined by Robert Newton when he was playing the role of Long John Silver.  He would show up on the set pretty much blind drunk.  "Arrrrrr" was a vamp to buy time and allow him to remember his lines without totally ruining the take.  But thanks to the popularity of his portrayal of Silver and "Treasure Island" itself, "arrrr" is forever cemented into the popular mythos of pirates.

great, just great...now I am worried about mascara being forever associated with our profession....freaking Depp!

It is, however, funny just how much movies influence a cultural perspective of things.

[Queen Bonnie]

 Wallace Beery in the 1934 version of Treasure Island had a very good Arrr!
I think his long John Silver is a basis for many pirate portrayals.
My evil twin does like Arrr! She needs to get out more!

[Lady Amy of York]

If a young child  comes up  to me  depending on the  age  of  the  child   (  cause  i  don't want  to scare  them )  I  will  say  " Arrrrr "  and  let  them ask  me  questions  about myself  and   my outfit.  I will usually  pose  for  a picture  with them  and  them give  them   some  stickers  i keep in   my  coin  pouch.

If it is  an  adult,  the  response  they  gets  all   depends  on either the  time  of  the  day,  wheter  i  have  been  walking around  all  day in  the  heat and  am tired,  and  who  i  am  with.    Some  times  i  respond  back  with a  some  witty  phrase  ,sometimes  i'll  get  into  my character  and  have   fun  with  the  person, sometimes  i'll  pose  for  pictures   and  answer  questions ,  other  times  i  just  ignore  them, or  i"ll  just  tip  my  hat  to  them  and  keep  walking.

What really gets  me  more   then  people  constantly  saying   " Arrrrrr,"   is  when    someone   says  to  me "  You  can't  be   a pirate,  or  a  pirate  captain,  you  are a  female .  "   Then  i  have  to  politely  try  to educate  them.

[renren]

I think Arrrr is more for the kids. And yes, I'm getting tired of it, but I smile,and usually tip my hat,or just coverse pleasantly with them.

[Lady Renee Buchanan]

I never feel bad when someone says "arrrrr" to me.  After all, the only time pirates started showing up in droves at faire (myself included) was after POTC.  So "arrrr" is what people associate with pirates.  And if they want to play along, I just "arrrr" back at them, smile, and walk on.

Most people don't go to faire as much as some of us do.  And the common mindset is that if you're dressed up, you work at the faire, or at least have some part in it.  And I never want to give them the impression that the workers (or who they assume are the workers) are snotty, mean, unfriendly, etc.  After all, their tickets help pay to keep what I love open.

And think of it as an opportunity to create more potential rennies.  These folks are responding and at least making an attempt to interact.  And even the very few who say it in a mocking way, well, kill 'em with kindness.  Once talking with them, they get to see you as a person, not their stereotypical image of a fairegoer.  And if they continue harassing you, at the least, it will make them look like an idiot.

By the way, just got home from a week in SW England, county of Dorset, which, along with Cornwall & Devon, is full of smugglers' coves (the book Moonfleet was written about Moonfleet Manor, a few miles from Steve's home).  And while we were there, I heard more than one person use "arrr" when they meant "yes," as opposed to "aye."  First couple of times, I looked around for a pirate, but alas, none there -- at least not in garb.

[Obadiah Jib]

I never feel bad when someone says "arrrrr" to me.  After all, the only time pirates started showing up in droves at faire (myself included) was after POTC.  So "arrrr" is what people associate with pirates.  And if they want to play along, I just "arrrr" back at them, smile, and walk on.

Most people don't go to faire as much as some of us do.  And the common mindset is that if you're dressed up, you work at the faire, or at least have some part in it.  And I never want to give them the impression that the workers (or who they assume are the workers) are snotty, mean, unfriendly, etc.  After all, their tickets help pay to keep what I love open.

And think of it as an opportunity to create more potential rennies.  These folks are responding and at least making an attempt to interact.  And even the very few who say it in a mocking way, well, kill 'em with kindness.  Once talking with them, they get to see you as a person, not their stereotypical image of a fairegoer.  And if they continue harassing you, at the least, it will make them look like an idiot.

By the way, just got home from a week in SW England, county of Dorset, which, along with Cornwall & Devon, is full of smugglers' coves (the book Moonfleet was written about Moonfleet Manor, a few miles from Steve's home).  And while we were there, I heard more than one person use "arrr" when they meant "yes," as opposed to "aye."  First couple of times, I looked around for a pirate, but alas, none there -- at least not in garb.

Well that's cool!

[Kehle]

I don't think I've ever said, "Arrr" to a passing pirate, but last year at the faire when we were still in the parking lot and I was waiting on my friends to arrange themselves a couple of young pirates walked by. They were too young for me, but I look a decade younger than I am, so they didn't know that. As they passed I asked them to shiver me timbers in my best stalker voice. They walked off with huge grins and later in the day hunted me down to take my photo.

I play a lot of Puzzle Pirates and "Yarr" is a common phrase on there, so I don't think it'd phase me too much if anyone said anything of the like to me. If I were feeling really spunky (which I normally am) I might respond, "Arr what? Ye starting something, mate?"

I'm not very good at talking pirate yet.

[Welsh Wench]

I have never said 'ARRRR" but I HAVE said, 'Mmmmmmmmmm!'