# Intl. Talk Like a Pirate Day is Sept. 19 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718 "2011-09-18T15:33:23Z")\ **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, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/1 "2011-09-18T15:33:23Z")
> **[International Talk Like a Pirate Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day)** > > International Talk Like a Pirate Day is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Baur and Mark Summers of Albany, Oregon, who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate. It has since been adopted by the Pastafarianism movement as an official holiday. > The holiday resulted from a sports injury. During a racquetball game between Summers and Baur, one of them, in pain, said, "Aaarrr!" and the idea was born. The game took place on June 6, 199... Arrr, wait for it… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/2 "2011-09-18T15:38:49Z")
God, I haven’t finished shopping yet, let alone hoisted the mizzenmast! ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/3 "2011-09-18T16:00:46Z")
At one minute past midnight- I have become a pirate! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/4 "2011-09-18T17:01:19Z")
Arrrr, I can’t find me steerin’ wheel. It be drivin’ me nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/5 "2011-09-18T17:12:52Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > God, I haven’t finished shopping yet, let alone hoisted the mizzenmast! I guess I was too early early. I hoisted my mizzenmast last night, if you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/6 "2011-09-18T17:25:33Z")
Peg legs, eye patches and parrots for everyone! Yo ho! ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/7 "2011-09-18T17:47:14Z")
My husband starts his new job tomorrow - I told him that celebrating the day would make an AWESOME first impression. Any with me on this? Hook hand, correct accent and a bottle of rum! ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/8 "2011-09-18T17:53:08Z")
Least favorite holiday. Fuck pirates. Maybe I can go around cutting off people’s ears and making them eat them and do that gay-ass little Johnny Depp impression everyone does. ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/9 "2011-09-18T17:54:57Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > My husband starts his new job tomorrow - I told him that celebrating the day would make an AWESOME first impression. Any with me on this? Hook hand, correct accent and a bottle of rum! No, no, no – that would be beyond lame. At most maybe some stupid little “Yarrr!!! Where be ye rum, swabbie!” might be appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/10 "2011-09-18T19:28:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > [International Talk Like a Pirate Day - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day) > > Arrr, wait for it… I’m [ready](http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/545/img20110918143631.jpg/) > [@Jaledin](#): > > Least favorite holiday. Fuck pirates. Maybe I can go around cutting off people’s ears and making them eat them and do that gay-ass little Johnny Depp impression everyone does. Aye my hearties, haters gonna hate ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/11 "2011-09-18T19:38:12Z")
I am at the beach in Oak Island, NC. Hatteras was washed out(literally), so this is the next best vacation for us. The confluence of the location and the day is serendipitous. Thank you, whoever the god of Pirates may be. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/12 "2011-09-18T19:45:41Z")
I remember reading about this day last year, and thought it would be tons 'o fun. However, I had gotten married on September 17th, and the whole thing slipped my mind 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/13 "2011-09-18T22:51:09Z")
ARRRGHHH !!! Another holiday to tie into the [Church of the FSM.](http://www.venganza.org/category/pirates/) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/14 "2011-09-18T23:59:12Z")
**The Word** in the Editorial section of _The Boston Globe_ talks about Speak Like a Pirate Day, and comes to the conclusion (as did this estimable Board, many years ago) that “Pirate Lingo” owes more to Robert Newton and British stage accents than to Actual Pirates. I can’t bring it up (the Globe has recently gone to a subscription service, so you have to pay for most of the content), bt they do have this quiz online: [http://www.boston.com/ae/lighter\_side/talk\_like\_a\_pirate\_day/](http://www.boston.com/ae/lighter_side/talk_like_a_pirate_day/) Yesterday my sister-in-law got married, and they requested that guests come in Hawaiian shirts or dressed as a pirate. I was the only one dressed as a pirate. Unfortunately, it rained, so the outing on the Pirate Ship\* was cancelled, so I got to be a Pirate in a Firehouse reception. \*true! ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/15 "2011-09-19T00:03:32Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > My husband starts his new job tomorrow - I told him that celebrating the day would make an AWESOME first impression. Any with me on this? Hook hand, correct accent and a bottle of rum! What he should do is do it tomorrow and the Tuesday. So on Monday everyone will be like “ha, that guy really is into talk like a pirate day”, then on Tuesday they’ll be like “holy crap, did we just hire a real pirate?” ---
**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, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/16 "2011-09-19T00:23:44Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I am at the beach in Oak Island, NC. Caroliney ye say?! Blast it, ye scurvy dog, ye’ve come ashore on the wrong Oak Island! Thar be no treasure in Caroliney! Set sail fer [New Scotland](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/614/whats-the-scoop-on-the-mysterious-buried-treasure-at-oak-island) and get ye busy diggin’, lest I keelhaul ye next we meet! ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/17 "2011-09-19T00:29:54Z")
They actually have a day set aside for this? Well, good thing I don’t know any pirates so I can save money on pirate cards and pirate gifts. (I wouldn’t even know what kind of gift to give a pirate, they pretty much take what they want, don’t they?) ---
**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, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/18 "2011-09-19T01:15:38Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > They actually have a day set aside for this? Well, good thing I don’t know any pirates so I can save money on pirate cards and pirate gifts. (I wouldn’t even know what kind of gift to give a pirate, they pretty much take what they want, don’t they?) A chest o’ doubloons is always appreciated, lad. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/19 "2011-09-19T01:24:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > A chest o’ doubloons is always appreciated, lad. And a buxom wench! ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/20 "2011-09-19T11:32:51Z")
Did I tell you guys this story? My son’s ex’s dad wears an eyepatch sometimes, but was too self-conscious to wear it to his job at the university. Finally Daughter and Wife talked him into wearing it, telling him how dashing it looked, etc. One Fine Day, he gathered his courage and wore it to class. He came home thoroughly disheartened, and reported to Daughter and Wife that everywhere he went, students and staff alike teased him: “Arrr, Professor! How are ye this fine day?”. That sort of thing. The family gave him lots of support and encouragement, and the next day he bucked up and wore it again, steeling himself for more teasing. When he got to school, the first student he saw stopped him and said, “You look great, Professor, but Talk Like a Pirate day was _yesterday_!” Poor guy. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718.md?page=2)