# Get your pirate name for "Talk Like a Pirate Day" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453 "2003-09-18T20:04:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453/61 "2003-09-19T12:11:19Z")
Bloody Jack Bonney Arrr, there be many pirates in my family, across the seven seas! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453/62 "2003-09-19T12:49:51Z")
Avast ye scurvy dawgs (what? I be a southern pirate) I be Black Morty Kidd. Now be a gettin’ busy. There be buckles to swash, timbers to shiver and plenty o’ plunderin’ to do. ARRRRRR!!! > [@](#): > > Like anyone confronted with the harshness of robbery on the high seas, you can be pessimistic at times. Even though you’re not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate. Arr! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453/63 "2003-09-19T12:52:34Z")
A little boy goes Trick or Treating as a pirate. He stops by a neighbors house, and the little old lady remarks “Ooh, a Pirate! How cute. Where are your buccaneers?” The little boy points to his head and says, “Right here, under my buccan hat.” ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453/64 "2003-09-19T13:10:08Z")
Arrr! Yer names are nothing but a bunch soft lace pillows in a lady’s kitchen! Arrr! Ye be wanting a name that shows ye’ve just had a lifetime’s of barnicals scraped from your keel without spilling a drop of yer grog! I be **Mad William Kidd** Now be off before you feel the lick o’ the cat on yer lily-white shoulders! ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453/65 "2003-09-19T14:17:35Z")
**BluMoon** , um I mean **Dirty Charity Rackham** , we must be twins. I am **Dirty Mary Rackham**. Where be my parrot, they be fine eatin’. Arrrr. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453/66 "2003-09-19T14:35:39Z")
Bloody Charity Cash Would that be makin’ me the pirate version of that Robbin Hood fella I’ve heard of? Steal from the rich, give to the poor, and forget to be washin’ the booty off between the 2. ARGGH ---
**Author:** ![utkik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e8c25b/32.png) [@utkik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/utkik)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453/67 "2003-09-19T15:10:47Z")
D’yarrrr ye scurvy lubbers, I be **Iron Roger Rackham** avast the decks ye swabs upon the yardarm hhyyyarrrr Iron Roger ::snicker:: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eliphalet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eliphalet/32/9563_2.png) [@Eliphalet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eliphalet)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453/68 "2003-09-19T15:34:35Z")
**Mad James Kidd** \*Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. Even though you’re not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate. Arr! \* What sort of name is James fer any self-respectin’ pirate? I think I be… **Mad Jimmy the Kidd!!!** Me cousin Billy be wanderin the American Sou’west. He be making a name for himself in the highway bizness. ---
**Author:** ![hybrid\_dogfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hybrid\_dogfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hybrid_dogfish)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453/69 "2003-09-19T15:43:34Z")
ARRRG!! , **Cap’n Sam Kidd** and I’ll keelhaul the lot o’ ye, ya scurvy sea dogs. > [@](#): > > Even though there’s no legal rank on a pirate ship, everyone recognizes you’re the one in charge. Even though you’re not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate. Arr! ---
**Author:** ![FreeRange\_Maniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/97f17d/32.png) [@FreeRange\_Maniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreeRange_Maniac)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453/70 "2003-09-19T15:53:09Z")
Arrrrrr, mum was a busy wench, weren’t she… Mad Mary Bonney ---
**Author:** ![Gotterfunken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gotterfunken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotterfunken)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453/71 "2003-09-19T16:36:50Z")
I’m Captain Tom Read: > [@](#): > > Even though there’s no legal rank on a pirate ship, everyone recognizes you’re the one in charge. Even through many pirates have a reputation for not being the brightest souls on earth, you defy the sterotypes. You’ve got taste and education. Arr! And I have to admit, I really have wondered about the pirates in _Hamlet_… I mean…arrr! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453/72 "2003-09-19T16:50:27Z")
**Mad John Bonney** > [@](#): > > Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. You can be a little bit unpredictable, but a pirate’s life is far from full of certainties, so that fits in pretty well. Arr! Funny thing is, I answered the Qs as truthfully as I could. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Heller\_Highwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@Heller\_Highwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heller_Highwater)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453/73 "2003-09-19T17:01:26Z")
Arrrr…I be **Mad Davy Bonney** Our mum not only seems to have gotten around, but seems to have quite the talent for producing crazy children. I certainly wouldn’t have wanted to grow up in our house…er…ship! ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453/74 "2003-09-19T17:06:06Z")
I be **Mad Roger Kidd** ere’s what they be sayn bout me… Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. Even though you’re not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate. Arr! whar’s me eyepatch smiley?😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453/75 "2003-09-19T17:30:20Z")
**Captain Davy Rackham** be I, says me! I’ve noticed there be not much derivation in the names of Pirates, accountin’ fer the life of a pirate be peppered with incest and sodomy! Now where be my cabinboy? _Hail to the Cabinboy, the dirty little nipper! Packed his ass with broken glass and circumcised the Skipper!_ * * * _SCREW_ the land of “Milk and Honey”! I want Beer and Beef Jerky! ---
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453/76 "2003-09-19T18:13:18Z")
I’m Mad Iron Dirty Bloody Black Posion Joe! ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453/77 "2003-09-19T18:13:33Z")
**Black Ethel Rackham** be me name… say it or ye be walkin’ tha plank! Listen up, ye whinin’ land lubber, to the tale o’ me! –_Like anyone confronted with the harshness of robbery on the high seas, you can be pessimistic at times. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!!_– Fetch me that thar bottle o’ rum before I run ye through wit’ me sword! Arrr! I gots three chests o’ gold right behind ye an iffn ye touch but a coin, I’ll be skinnin’ the flesh from yer bones right quick! Don’ ye cry like a wee lass now, just fetch me that rum, ye scurvy dog! ARRR! ---
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453/78 "2003-09-19T18:15:50Z")
I’d be wishin’ the blasted hamsters would get a move on, I need to hoist the poop sail! ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453/79 "2003-09-19T18:21:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gatopescado \* > \*\ ***Captain Davy Rackham** be I, says me! > > I’ve noticed there be not much derivation in the names of Pirates, accountin’ fer the life of a pirate be peppered with incest and sodomy! > > Now where be my cabinboy? > > _Hail to the Cabinboy, > the dirty little nipper! > Packed his ass > with broken glass > and circumcised the Skipper!_ > > * * * > > _SCREW_ the land of “Milk and Honey”! I want Beer and Beef Jerky! \*\* Ye gots a smile outta me, ye scurvy dog! ARRR!! ---
**Author:** ![Crispy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@Crispy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crispy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453/80 "2003-09-22T19:15:13Z")
Captain Charity Bonney Even though there’s no legal rank on a pirate ship, everyone recognizes you’re the one in charge. You can be a little bit unpredictable, but a pirate’s life is far from full of certainties, so that fits in pretty well. Arr! Swab that deck, matey! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-pirate-name-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202453.md?page=5)