# Friday is International Talk Like a Pirate Day! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/464172 "2008-09-18T17:57:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/464172/1 "2008-09-18T17:57:10Z")
Wait for it… ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/464172/2 "2008-09-18T17:59:15Z")
Is it? Well anyone who thinks I’m going to talk like a Pirate can kiss my Arrrrrse. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/464172/3 "2008-09-18T18:05:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Wait for it… It is also International Talk Like Rupert Murdoch Day. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/464172/4 "2008-09-18T18:07:44Z")
I thoought it was Walk like a Pirate Day. (Aha, me hearties! Just a limp joke…) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/464172/5 "2008-09-18T18:07:46Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > It is also International Talk Like Rupert Murdoch Day. Same diff. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/464172/6 "2008-09-18T22:20:49Z")
I heard an announcer trying to do this on the radio this morning. Not terribly successfully. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/464172/7 "2008-09-19T01:46:13Z")
It also happens to be my baby sister’s twenty-eleventh birthday. Arrrr! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/464172/8 "2008-09-19T02:04:24Z")
Avast, we be havin’ the best forum for International Talk Like a Pirate Day: the good ship Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Sharrrrrre! The Barrrrbecue Pit don’t stand a chance! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/464172/9 "2008-09-19T04:13:58Z")
Sure, ye scurvy dog, and ye speak the truth! Here be where this thread be best suited, 'pon my word! Yarrrrrrr! ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/464172/10 "2008-09-19T04:15:07Z")
I do not savvy, mate. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/464172/11 "2008-09-19T06:01:31Z")
Can I just get loaded on some rum, instead? ETA: Oh, what the hell: Arrrgh. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/464172/12 "2008-09-19T06:11:15Z")
Happy “Talk Like a Pirate Day” to all! Heave ho and blow me down! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/464172/13 "2008-09-19T06:21:59Z")
Oooo goodie, I’ll go first… “Shit, what is taking bittorrent so long? I’ve got 14 seeds going…” ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/464172/14 "2008-09-19T06:35:07Z")
Belike, an’ shiver me timbers! Cross me, an’ you’ll go where many a man has gone before - some to the gallows, an’ some to feed the fishes, an’ none to a good end, an’ you may lay to that. Close-shackle the sheerstrake abaft the for’ad futtock! ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/464172/15 "2008-09-19T06:54:29Z")
I hate it when I dl a torrent and find its a passworded rar. I support artists by going to concerts, they get no money from cd sales…mateys. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/464172/16 "2008-09-19T07:59:28Z")
Our guest speaker will be, Peter Saaaarsgaaaaard. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/464172/17 "2008-09-19T08:38:28Z")
Speak like a Pirate? You can kiss my arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrse. Oh, bugger! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/464172/18 "2008-09-19T08:44:59Z")
> [@Jeff](#): > > I do not savvy, mate. Ye don’t understand what Pirates arrrrrrrr? Ye must be as thick as a (walk the) plank. (:eek: no insult intended - welcome to the SDMB! Click [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day) for an explanation.) ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/464172/19 "2008-09-19T09:11:08Z")
[Pirates Of The World Unite!](http://cristgaming.com/pirate.swf) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/464172/20 "2008-09-19T09:48:43Z")
Hello. Anybody want some copyrighted music files for free? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/464172.md?page=2)