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“Silver Adventures”- Captain Joshua Slane – 21NO21- 'Sailing Orders for Monday...'

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⛵ ⛵ ⛵ ⛵...(Tour of "High Island")...

[Sailin' Orders fur Monanday...]

Lieutenant Errislravenhill,

First aff, congratulations oan yer recent promotion an' sae forth. Th' Admiral sends his high regards an' Ahh think his decision was a guid ain. Noo tae th' business at hain.

As Commander Galligan is still oan th' mends, Ahh wants ye tae tak' a longboat ashair in Yoongstoon (when we arrives). Ahh needs powder- (3) fifty poond barrels an' tois hunder yards o' runnin' line. Ye ur tae choose a-scuttle worthy men tae tak' wi' ye. Here’s th' list:

Cockpit Officer Handofzara

*Standing Officer cve3 myprecious

*Petty Officer ctime curie goldrooster Ssg-community Stayoutoftherz

*Junior Petty Officer Dhimmel Hivebuzz Postpromoter silversaver888
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*Seaman arcange bdmillergallery gunthertopp newsflash rewards-pool smartvote therising welshstacker

When ye hav gart yer choice o' a-scuttle, report back oan th' bridge by Monandays. Ahh expect we will make lain in Yoongstoon by Tysday. -That’s aw.”

  • Captain

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🎃 Sassenach fur lainlubbers:

aroon (around), a scuttle (six), afair (before), aff (off), ahh (I), ain (and), an' (and), anither (another), anyain (anyone), 'att (that), athwart (across), aw (all)

baith (both), barnie (fight), bark (news), beel (bell), ben (through), bevvy (drink), bide (wait, stay), bitts (boots), blaw (blow), blimey (surprise, excitement), bloody nora (bad luck), bludy heel (bloody hell), bluid (blood), boak (sick), boorichie (bunch), brin' (bring), brine (sea), bunsens (money)

caa (call), caller (fresh), cannae (cannot), cheil (man), clootie (sail cloth), coods (could), cooldnae (couldn't), coorie (hurry), coppers (pennies, money)

dae (do), dobber (bastard), di'es (dives), donner (walk), doon (down), dorn't (don't), dornt gonnie nae (please don't)

een (eyes), enaw (enough)

fa (who), faa (fall), fag (cigarette), fash yerse (worry), feit (feet), fesh (fish), fife (five), follaw (follow), folk (family), fower (four), frenk (Frank), fur (for)

gain (gone), gang (go), gauld (gold), gezz (give me), gi'es (gives), glaikit (stupid), gob (mouth), gonnae-no (stop), greit (complain), guid (good)

hain (hand), hans (hands), hauld (hold), haur (here), heed (head), heel (hell), heem (him), hiner (hope), hodden (common, inexpensive), hoo (how)

isnae (is not)

jawbox (sink), Jetez-nous une ligne! (Throw us a line!), jink (dance)

ken (know), knaw (know)

laddie (boy), lain (land), lang (long), lassie (girl), lest (last), lit (let), loch (lake, like), loon (boy)

mammy (mother), min' (mind), mirk (dark), moggie (cat), mony (many), moorns night (tomorrow), mucker (mate), mukker (close friend)

nae (no, not), naethin' (nothing), nicht (night), noo (now)

oan (on), och (oh), onie (any), oot (out)

payez la dame (pay the lady), pest (past), picters (pictures), pit (put), poochbook (pocketbook), poke (pocket), puir (poor)

raur (rare), reit (right), rin (run), roost (rust)

scran (food), scratcher (bed), seel (sell), shair (shore), sheit (sheet), silvers (silver), skale (school), skelp (hit), spyug (bird), stain (stand), stoaner (hard), stoatin' (great), strang (strong), swally (beer), swatch (look)

tae (to), tatties an' neebs (dinner), tay (too), techt (tight), teels (tell), tha' moorns nicht (tomorrow night), thaur (there), thee (three), thenk (thank), thes (this), thrang (busy), three bells into the mid-watch (1:30am), tint (lost), tois (two)

ur (or)

waurs (worse), wav (wave), wee (little), weecht (weight), weel (well), whit (what), wi' (with), woods (would), woriat (worried)

yak (eye), ye (you)

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"Yoongstoon is an historic village located at th' northwestern corner o' th' New York Territory whaur th' Niagara river flows intae Loch Ontario. In an area knoon tae th' indians fur hundreds o' years, th' French explorer La Salle ('att swine!), left his mark by buildin' a wee fort in 1670, less than a mile north o' whaur th' village stands. It's noo in th' hans o' th' colonists an' sae forth."

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References: - Pictures from: www.freeimages.com, www.pexels.com, pixabay.com, Hive.blog, Wikipedia an’ www.google.com/maps. Data also loosely interpretted froms: Wikipedia, an' sometimes finely crafted reit from th' author's extensiff personal experience an' such.

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