Talk:Barbary pirates
From Academic Kids
I don't know anything about that barbary pirates, and i am doing a acrostic poem about that barbary pirates. PLEASE HELP ME!!!
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Etimology
- The name apparently derives from Barbarossa, which means red beard'
I doubt it, I think that the original word is Berber, that may come from Latin barbarus. -- Error 05:24, 11 Apr 2004 (UTC)
The article states that the "pirates" are better described as "privateer". Under what nation or state were they commissioned?
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RickK
Please tell me what your problem is with my comment, rather than just deleting everything I write.
- I can't speak for Rick, but I removed it because it's an irrelevant political remark. It doesn't have anything to do with the subject of the article. Rhobite 06:45, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)
- I think it is very noteworthy. It proves that the Barbary pirates were seen as so much of a threat, that the USA established a fleet in a sea where they had no territories, as opposed to the Atlantic or Pacific where they did, and were able to convince the government of their country to fork out for it. - ~~R Bell
- That's how you see it, but not how I see it. If I put it in as such, I would have phrased it differently, probably referring to expansionism etc. Can you explain how it was an inaccurate statement?
- - Raymond Bell
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Sale corsairs
The article does not mention the term "Sale corsairs" which seems to be commonly applied to these pirates. Back in England in those days the town was often spelled "Sally".
