I really wonder as well if today's pirates would actually say avast, after all the great majority of them are off the coast of Somali and of African dissent.īrilliant, an intriguing insight into pirate life. With more modern forms of transportation, why would we need to keep up archaic terms like avast. Sure there are still many in the shipping and naval industries but not near the percentage of the population that use to be. In a sense, I think this is a good example of how parts of a language can get lost with the fall of an industry. I too was one of those people that often said, "ahoy" instead of "avast." I guess my pirate father and pirate mother didn't give me a proper pirate education. Then again, it makes sense that the same terms would occupy the pages of a nautical dictionary. Haha, never had I thought that an actual pirate dictionary for a very own pirate language existed. In most cases, this tag is given to a file when it has a low. So while it doesn’t say anything about how dangerous the file is, it gives you an idea of how popular the file is among other users. Many still use the term Avast and while it is somewhat confined to the nautical industries these days, I want to remind you that there are many ethnic backgrounds of both pirates and legitimate sailors.Įngland, once a hotbed for such marine activity is probably the more likely location for you to hear someone say avast in this day and age. Avast will assign the FileRepMalware tag to a file as a warning in situations where not many Avast users have downloaded, installed, or used the file. Avast offers a wide range of tools beyond. With free and premium options, it delivers a complete security solution. includes Ok files, includes skipped files. Avast has a great reputation for protecting computers from viruses and malware. r expect string or -report expect string: file create report file. We're not going to prosecute ourselves.Ĭoincidentally, this law was used to try Somalian pirates the Dutch Marines captured while they were holding a German ship hostage BR, DefĪvast! FrogFriend you must cease with ye simple speak. /q or -stopclean: stop on clean files and wait for user input. In the case of a pirate, the best choice would be a rope.ĭid you know, by the way, the Dutch have the oldest anti-piracy laws in the world? Because the Dutch pirated Portuguese and Spanish ships for booty (yeah), they instituted a law to make it illegal if other nations would do it do them. Avast Antivirus is a family of cross-platform internet security applications developed by Avast for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. Literally, it could be translated as "hold fast" but really the equivalent expression in English is "hold on" or "grab onto something". It does not refer to military action though, unless you mean "grab this weapon", it's your other explanation. Formally it's spelled "houd vast", but we drop the 'd' (compare "going to" to "gonna"). I can tell you according to both Dutch and British sources, "avast" does stem from the Dutch colonial "hou vast".
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