Talk Like A Pirate Day

Yo, Ho, Yo, Ho,
It's "Talk Like A Pirate" Day!
That time in September when sea dogs remember
That grown-ups still know how ta play!
When wenches are curvy and dogs are all scurvy
And a soft-wear patch covers your eye,
Ta hell with our jobs, for one day we're all swabs
And buccaneers all till we die!
Lyrics from Tom Smith's TLAPD Anthem

Arrr, it be true mates. Tuesday, September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

To be honest it didn't start as an international phenomenon as the originators of the holiday, John Baur and Mark Summers, will tell you. One day Dave Barry caught word of the concept and the rest is pirate legend.

Want to talk like a pirate? Try working these phrases into your vocabulary on Tuesday:

Ahoy! instead of Hello!
Avast! instead of Whoa! Get a load of that! OR No way!
Aye! instead of Why yes, I agree most heartily with everything you just said or did.
Aye aye! instead of I'll get right on that sir
Arrr should be used at any opportune moment

More pirate talk recommendations can be found here.

Still struggling with adopting the pirate lingo? Try this hi-tech option:

When conversing with a chum in Windows Live Messenger choose the following options:

• See a list of games
• Select MSN Mimic
• Choose Pirate
• Enter your words in the text box and mimic will translate for you. ARrr, a hassle free way to speak of the pirate way. (Although, not a very pirate thing to do)

As fer de photo at the top of this page, let me just say that me pirate mates and I took that photo long before bein' pirates was cool. ARRRRR!!!