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Why are pirates called pirates?
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They just ARGH!
![[Image: bloodyheretic.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=img849.imageshack.us%2Fimg849%2F8673%2Fbloodyheretic.png) "Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds." Einstein When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down happy. They told me I didn't understand the assignment. I told them they didn't understand life. - John Lennon 
How do you say "aarh" in Somalian? Inquiring minds want to know.
BTW, pirate is a Latinate word, and the first famous pirate may well have been Pompey the Great.
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 RE: Why are pirates called pirates?
July 3, 2011 at 5:51 pm
(This post was last modified: July 3, 2011 at 5:55 pm by reverendjeremiah.)
Pirate / Piracy - Etymology - The English "pirate" is derived from the Latin term pirata and that from Greek "πειρατής" (peiratēs), "brigand",[1] in turn from "πειράομαι" (peiráomai), "attempt", from "πεῖρα" (peîra), "attempt, experience".[2] The word is also cognate to peril.[3]
Apparently, from my reseacrh online, Pirates started off as regular army or navy, and once defeated refused to surrender from the cause, or refused to disband for profit reasons.
Love me a Greek deponent verb!
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It's a joke guys jeeeeez!
Let the etymologists play, Frenchie!
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Heh-heh-heh!
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