Ahoy!

Jul. 5th, 2006 05:40 am
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A funny quirk of the Czech language is that the world "Ahoy!" is their familiar way of saying "Hi!" - sometimes spelled "Ajoy!"

Our Czech instructor didn't know if the nautical term "Ahoy" has its origins in the Czech language, or if it's all just a crazy coincidence that the land-locked Bohemia and English speaking sailors started saying "Ahoy" to mean hi. They're almost certainly from the same beginning. Very strange! And the Online Etymology website is no help. First time it's failed me!

And this is all to just to burble with happiness, incoherently -- > omiGodPirates!EEEEE!POTC2!!!!CaptainJack!Ahahhaha.


eta: So, wait, Capt. Jack wasn't gay before. Holy Christ! Even dudes at pride week would have told Depp to butch it up a little. If that was the straight version, the ambiguous one should be awesome, with snakeskin boots, a tiara and a little dog. And instead of going into battle with a Braveheart type "they can never take our freedom" speech, he can take off his long Joan Crawford gloves and say "get 'em girls!"

eta2: 4AM this morning. Better than 3AM!

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