Talk:Parley

The first definition was copied word-for-word from dictionary.reference.com. Should credit not be given? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Agent Foxtrot (talk • contribs)

Apart from that, it quotes bullshit. Bartholomew Roberts was only just 6 years old when Henry Morgan died after many months of illness in 1688. How could Roberts and Morgan possibly have set down a pirate code? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.178.152.59 (talk • contribs)


 * I don't think it means it was set down by them together. I assume it means that Morgan did some and Roberts did some. That should be clarified, if that's true. --Awiseman 18:26, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

If I understand correctly, the whole third paragraph refers strictly to the fictional version of the code found in Disney's POTC movie trilogy, but doesn't specifiy this. Reading the article it links to (which seems to only mention the Bart & Morgan version as part of the Disney myth) also points out the conflict of dates. 207.96.176.72 17:51, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't think The Lord of the Rings is a trilogy, but rather one book published in three volumes. Whether it actually is a trilogy or not, I am definitely sure The Hobbit is not part of it. Ruggly 23:25, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Dude who the hell is talking about the LOTR? This is a discussion about the term Parley, and whether or not the this person just copy/pasted whatever it was they said in Disney's Pirates movies...and it IS considered a trilogy, its 3 movies. Whether or not it's all part of one big story, it was still split up into 3 movies, which makes it a trilogy, just like Pirates, just like Star Wars, and just like Indiana Jones (until recently that is). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.229.20.179 (talk) 07:29, 28 August 2008 (UTC)


 * LOTR is a book, and parley *IS* in the book. As you said, this is a discussion about ****PARLEY***, not about Pirates of the Carribean. As for your insistence that LOTR is a trilogy, do some basic research (like looking on the Wikipedia page for LOTR), and learn that it is considered *one novel* published in three volumes. The story was intended to be published as a whole, but the publisher split it into three volumes for economic reasons.

Spelling
Isn't it spelt "Parlay"? Coz that's what it says on the At World's End Soundtrack —   «   h i p p i  i p p i   »   07:33, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It's also spelled "parlay" in the Pirata Codex featured in the film. However, dictionary.com states that "parley" is "a discussion or conference", while "parlay" is "A bet comprising the sum of a prior wager plus its winnings or a series of bets made in such a manner" coming from the French "parole". Presumably "parley" is the intended word, and "parlay" is just a mistake - Kwenn 10:18, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * "coz" isn't a word. It's " 'cause ", because it's a shortened form of "because". There is no such thing as "becoz."

The Closed Captioning specifies it as "parley"... ~ M a s q u a t t o  06:08, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's just it. This "parlay" stuff didn't come up until AWE.—Ｌｏｖｅはドコ？ (talk • contribs) 06:10, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

I have seen the word spelt "Parlay" in an episode of Sharpe (featuring Sean Bean) - the episode features Major Richard Sharpe and defending a French Castle which they had just captured. In the series they have all the French, belgium, Dutch and other such foreigners speaking their native tongue and use subtitles to translate what is being said. One of the French Generals mentions the word "Parlay". This show was around 1995 (from memory) --try looking on IMDB if you want to find out more. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.158.191.82 (talk) 12:49, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

This article could be helped by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truce_term Opie I and Opie P (1959), The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren, Oxford: Oxford University press, pp. 141–153, ISBN 0-940322-69-2. Page 152 according to my notes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.250.5.247 (talk) 05:35, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Software
Probably not notable enough, but still worth mentioning here: Parley is also a software: http://edu.kde.org/applications/all/parley AugustinMa (talk) 12:53, 18 November 2011 (UTC)