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July 8, 2008 9:23 AM Subscribe
Short-story filter: What are your favorite pirate names? (Real or imagined)
No specific suggestions, but the obvious literary/film resources for colorful names are Treasure Island and Pirates of the Caribbean.
See also.
Wikipedia is your friend.
posted by elendil71 at 9:51 AM on July 8, 2008
See also.
Wikipedia is your friend.
posted by elendil71 at 9:51 AM on July 8, 2008
Long John Silver from Treasure Island is a favourite of mine (and also works as a nickname for a penis).
There have also been many real pirates with awesome names like Blackbeard (Edward Teach), Henry Morgan, Stede Bonnet, Black Bart (Bartholomew Roberts), Calico Jack/Jack Rackham, William Kidd, Francis Drake etc. (can't think of more off the top of my head). They were all, for the most part, pirates "of the Caribbean" as we see in pop culture (which I assume is what you are looking for).
Check out these links for a more varied selection.
posted by shoebox at 9:57 AM on July 8, 2008
There have also been many real pirates with awesome names like Blackbeard (Edward Teach), Henry Morgan, Stede Bonnet, Black Bart (Bartholomew Roberts), Calico Jack/Jack Rackham, William Kidd, Francis Drake etc. (can't think of more off the top of my head). They were all, for the most part, pirates "of the Caribbean" as we see in pop culture (which I assume is what you are looking for).
Check out these links for a more varied selection.
posted by shoebox at 9:57 AM on July 8, 2008
The Dread Pirate Roberts- Princess Bride
posted by kimdog at 10:13 AM on July 8, 2008 [3 favorites]
posted by kimdog at 10:13 AM on July 8, 2008 [3 favorites]
If you have the time and inclination, The International Talk Like a Pirate Day site has a list of pirate name generators.
posted by xena at 10:13 AM on July 8, 2008
posted by xena at 10:13 AM on July 8, 2008
Can't go wrong with a beard of any color, but I'm a fan of Barnacles McGee, myself.
posted by rokusan at 10:15 AM on July 8, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by rokusan at 10:15 AM on July 8, 2008 [1 favorite]
I've always found "Brownbeard" to be particularly funny... but I don't really know why.
posted by indiebass at 10:27 AM on July 8, 2008
posted by indiebass at 10:27 AM on July 8, 2008
Steve.
But really, you can take the term for any ship board item or device, combine it with a rhyming name and your set:
Bootstrap Bill
Forecastle Frank
Baggywrinkle Barney
And so on. There will be a natural assumption that their nickname originated with some incident related to that item.
posted by quin at 10:36 AM on July 8, 2008
But really, you can take the term for any ship board item or device, combine it with a rhyming name and your set:
Bootstrap Bill
Forecastle Frank
Baggywrinkle Barney
And so on. There will be a natural assumption that their nickname originated with some incident related to that item.
posted by quin at 10:36 AM on July 8, 2008
Somebody's cat, he was called Captain Fishypants. Maybe it's just me.. but that is a tremendous name! (You said pirates. Real or imagined.)
posted by mu~ha~ha~ha~har at 10:37 AM on July 8, 2008
posted by mu~ha~ha~ha~har at 10:37 AM on July 8, 2008
Seaman Staines
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 10:56 AM on July 8, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 10:56 AM on July 8, 2008 [1 favorite]
You may actually want to look at the list of John Hodgman's hobo names (master list) for ideas. A lot of them seem like they would work well as pirate names too.
posted by DoctorFedora at 11:09 AM on July 8, 2008
posted by DoctorFedora at 11:09 AM on July 8, 2008
Response by poster: Thanks, all, these are great.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 11:18 AM on July 8, 2008
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 11:18 AM on July 8, 2008
Nigel.
posted by availablelight at 12:21 PM on July 8, 2008
posted by availablelight at 12:21 PM on July 8, 2008
Davey Seasprout.
posted by Effigy2000 at 3:16 PM on July 8, 2008
posted by Effigy2000 at 3:16 PM on July 8, 2008
Yellowbeard!
Pew from Treasure Island always freaked me out.
posted by ostranenie at 8:28 AM on July 9, 2008
Pew from Treasure Island always freaked me out.
posted by ostranenie at 8:28 AM on July 9, 2008
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