Talk Like A Pirate Day

Posted by Miss Cellania in Everything Else on September 19, 2008 at 10:25 am



Arrr! Every September 19th is Talk Like A Pirate Day! You can get up to speed by visiting the official site for holiday resources. See the pictures at Flickr. Read up on the history of the holiday. See how they celebrate in Australia, Britain, and around the world. Join the pirate discussion at Fark. See some music videos on piracy. Or look at pirate kittens. If you don’t know how to talk like a pirate, try this handy translator. Arrrr!

Uodate: There’s even a commemoration on Mars!


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20 comments to "Talk Like A Pirate Day"

  1. nate
    September 19th, 2008 at 10:27 am

    YARRRRRRRRRRR!

  2. Quail By Mail
    September 19th, 2008 at 11:15 am

    Where I live (in south west england) you here pirate-y accents on the streets quite often--the birthplace of the assumed pirate accent (must be the seafaring historic, insular thing). My electrician sounded like a pirate too and even owned a parrot.

  3. Gail Pink
    September 19th, 2008 at 11:30 am

    This is the GAYEST thing imaginable. Seriously. The gayest.

  4. anon
    September 19th, 2008 at 11:34 am

    @Gail Pink - That would be Elton John.

    Slurs against lifestyles/sexual preferences aside, 'talking like a pirate' is an invention of hollywood.
    Look it up.

    You might as well have talk like an Ewok day.

    Yub yub!

  5. firithlotiel
    September 19th, 2008 at 11:47 am

    @Gail Pink: Have ye seen Stardust? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQKrgi2PMz8

    Talk Like a Pirate Day comes from Dave Barry's book a few years back... wiki it, scallywags.

  6. danny
    September 19th, 2008 at 12:10 pm

    In celebration of national Talk Like a Pirate Day, we're featuring our TeeFury Bird Pirate edition as our shirt of the day.
    Check it out at http://www.teefury.com

  7. JamesB
    September 19th, 2008 at 12:34 pm

    Avast, ye scurvy dogs! I'll run ye through! Is that a mains'l 'neath yar cloak, or arrrr ye just happy to see me?

  8. Tracy
    September 19th, 2008 at 1:10 pm

    Yarr! Talk Like a Pirate Day do be coming from these gents: http://www.talklikeapirate.com/ and 'twas made infamous when the salty cur Dave Barrrrrrrrrry gave mention of them in his writings.

    (And for those that would dismiss it as a lame fad, I grew up in California, but this was hardly Hollywood's doing. For a long while this was an underground geek thing to do, not exactly "cool", then the Pirates of the Caribbean movies came out, and pirates were suddenly in. Go figure. Mostly though, then, as now, it's just good, somewhat crusty fun if you have some suitably goofy and creative friends. Linguistic inventiveness and a overflow of rrrrrr's is a must.)

  9. cuimhne
    September 19th, 2008 at 1:31 pm

    Yarr! I be almost forgettin' about talkin' like a pirate today! Avast ye landlubbers!

  10. Guybrush Threepwood
    September 19th, 2008 at 1:48 pm

    Powered by SCUMM

    - I am Guybrush Threepwood, mighty pirate.
    - Look! A three-headed monkey!
    - You fight like a dairy Neatorama author!

  11. Pious
    September 19th, 2008 at 1:49 pm

    This smells of venganza.org and their Pirate obsession, trying to make fun of us Christians.

    Stupid Darwinists. Go crawl back in your monkey cave

  12. Mr. Binky
    September 19th, 2008 at 1:51 pm

    Wow people on the internet can complain about ANYTHING

  13. A Noun
    September 19th, 2008 at 2:08 pm

    Go to your Facebook account, choose settings, then languages, and choose English (Pirate).

    Instant Yarrrrr!

  14. renderanything
    September 19th, 2008 at 2:19 pm

    Avast! I almost bin fergettin it be a day fer speakin' quite unlike ye crazy landlubbers day. Walks the plank to 'em I say if ye be caught speakin' out 'a turn on so sacred a day fer ye folla'ers of da Flyin' Spagetti Monster.

  15. gl3nk
    September 19th, 2008 at 2:53 pm

    I'm waiting for Kick A Pirate's Ass Day. >:)

  16. felix
    September 19th, 2008 at 5:18 pm

    Avast, Pious, go crawl back into ye bloodbath battlefeilds, ye scurvy christian scum.

    (And guybrush- 'I can see a diorama of of all the children in the world, all happy and living in peace. No, wait')

    On that belated note, I am off to make ye a Neatorama diorama.

    YAAARRRRR!

  17. Church
    September 19th, 2008 at 6:07 pm

    Weird. Why does that MarsPhoenix tweet not show up in my feed?

  18. Carl
    September 19th, 2008 at 9:09 pm

    We totally set up a talk like a pirate thread on my website's forum. Good times.

    Is it stupid? Yes. But who cares? It's fun!

    (says a total ninja supporter)

  19. PancakeMan
    September 20th, 2008 at 2:13 am

    I need to find that old SNL skit with Peter Sarrrrrrrrrrsgarrrrrrrrrrd. It was stupid, but it fits today so well.

    YE SCURVY DOGS!

    (Techincally, it's no lnger TLaP Day, but I celebrate all 24 hours, and I wake up real late.)

  20. Miss Cellania
    September 20th, 2008 at 6:56 am

    PanCakeMan, there was some discussion of making it go all weekend, since the 19th fell on a Friday! Of course, that's an excuse to throw a party, but that's what these kinds of holidays are for anyway.


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