Captain Hector Barbossa said "nay" several times in his life as a pirate and privateer.
- "Man overboard!"
"Nay. A deserter."
"Come about, sir?"
"Nay. I shan't ask any more of a man than what that man can deliver. But I do ask, are we not King's men?" - ―Theodore Groves and Hector Barbossa
Nay is a word meaning to vote against or simply saying "no" as an objection.
History[]
During the quest for the Shadow Gold, as Captain Jack Sparrow and First Mate Hector Barbossa recruit Catastrophe Shane into the crew of the Black Pearl, Sparrow told the stranger there was "no finer ship in the Caribbean—nay, the world."[1] During the crew's stay at Suvarnadurg, Marcella said she liked it there, to which Jack replied that she was welcome to stay, "Nay, encouraged to stay."[2] Years later, in the quest for the Fountain of Youth, while Jack used his lowly position as mere crewman to rustle up support in a mutiny on a ship crewed by zombies, the Queen Anne's Revenge, Sparrow utters "nay" as he tells the other human crewmen their destination.[3][4]
While leading the quest to rescue Jack Sparrow by sailing the Hai Peng through the Farthest Gate, Captain Barbossa said "nay" when Will Turner tried order the crew to escape the danger at World's End. Barbossa later told Will "nay" during the battle between the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman.[5] Years later, Barbossa used "nay" often as a privateer in service to King George II, notably spoken to Jack Sparrow in St. James's Palace, and later to the navigator Joshamee Gibbs[6] and Lieutenant Commander Theodore Groves during the quest for the Fountain of Youth aboard the HMS Providence.[7][4]
Behind the scenes[]
The term "nay" was first uttered by Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) in the 2007 film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.[5]
In Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio's screenplay for At World's End, Hector Barbossa says "Belay that!" without saying "Nay" in the scene at World's End. "Nay" would only be spoken by Barbossa during the maelstrom battle.[8] Barbossa's lines as written in the screenplay was retained in the film's junior novelization, with "nay" being only spoken during the maelstrom battle in the Special Edition version.[9]
In Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio's screenplay for On Stranger Tides, Hector Barbossa does not say "Nay" when introducing himself in St. James's Palace as a privateer under King George II.[10] Barbossa's line as written in the screenplay was retained in the film's junior novelization, which does include the other utterances of "nay" as per the film,[7][4] as well as The Art of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.[11]
Although the word appears in The Price of Freedom by A. C. Crispin, the word is never spoken by any character.[12]
Appearances[]
- Legends of the Brethren Court: The Caribbean
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (First appearance)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (junior novelization) (Special Edition)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ Legends of the Brethren Court: The Caribbean, p. 31
- ↑ Legends of the Brethren Court: The Turning Tide, pp. 222-223
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (junior novelization), p. 61
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (junior novelization), p. 52
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (junior novelization), pp. 77-78
- ↑ Wordplayer.com: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (junior novelization)
- ↑ Wordplayer.com: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio
- ↑ The Art of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- ↑ The Price of Freedom