Do you dream of the skull and crossbones? Do you sprinkle your conversation with words like “aar” and “avast”? If so, then mark September 19th on your calendar and then surf on over to TalkLikeaPirate.com and see what you’re missing.
TalkLikeaPirate is the original, official website of the satirical holiday, “International Talk Like a Pirate Day”. The holiday was invented in 1995 by John “Ol’ Chum Bucket” Baur and Mark “Cap’n Slappy” Summers, and is celebrated each September 19th.
The day is about celebrating silliness, and all things goofy, in a guy way. TalkLikeaPirate is your one-stop, website source for just how to do that. Surf the site to reveal the legendary beginnings of the holiday. Scour the site for the bounty of proper piratespeak. Steal some or all of the Top Ten Pirate Pickup Lines. You can even learn how to talk like a pirate in German.
Three great areas to surf: 1.) For the novice pirate looking to find that perfect swashbuckling handle, there is a Pirate Personality Test and a Pirate Name Generator to help. 2.) Stuff for Junior Pirates. 3.) The Sir Nigel Papers.
Here, Sir Nigel de Pomfrit Coeur de Noir, the Scourge of the Seas, defends the “oppressed minority” of modern pirates as they attempt to continue the “ancient and noble profession of buccaneering” in the face of stereotypical websites such as TalkLikeaPirate. Ralph Nader and Johnnie Cochran would have been proud to call Sir Nigel one of their own.
TalkLikeaPirate is so chumbucket-full of booty that it might take you a month of International Talk Like a Pirate days just to surf the whole site. Additional external links on the site allow visitors to surf more than 100 other pirate-themed websites.
As an extra bonus, today’s column will include a second website for your streaming enjoyment. Surf on over to here and listen to the pseudo-official “Talk Like a Pirate Day” anthem, composed and sung by Tom Smith and his mateys.
Avast ye scurvy dogs! TalkLikeaPirate rates a .com Dish! “E” for everybody. AAArrrrGGH!
