Yesterday I was at the
HEB in
San Angelo,
Texas. The checkout guy was good-naturedly grilling his
coworker about
vegetable codes, and mumbled something about grooming his
protege as I walked up. He rang up my stuff, and handed me the receipt, saying, "There ye be!"
I said, "That's pirate-speak!"
He said, "Oh yeah?"
"Yeah, when you talk like a pirate, you say 'Arrr!' alot. You say things like 'There ye be!', and 'My, she be yar.'"
So he hands me my groceries, and says, "Arrr, ye be havin' yerself a mighty fine Christmas, ye hear? An' thank ye fer shoppin' at HEB!"
Arr, marry that lad I would, but he's harf me age....