# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**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, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/21 "2011-09-19T15:12:16Z")
Yarrr, what sort o’ lubbers wouldn’t know it was an actual eyepatch? Avast! ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/22 "2011-09-19T15:17:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Arrr, wait for it… I wait for it every year, thank ye very kindly! And it’s ‘Arr’ not ‘Arrr’! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/23 "2011-09-19T15:27:05Z")
> [@Jaledin](#): > > Least favorite holiday. Fuck pirates. Yeah, the pirate thing has walked the plank and jumped the shark and belongs in Davy Jones’ locker crusted with barnacles. For an authentic “talk like a pirate” day, we’d all need to learn to say “pay the ransom or we start killing hostages” in Somali. ---
**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, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/24 "2011-09-19T18:10:57Z")
> [@ArrMatey](#): > > I wait for it every year, thank ye very kindly! And it’s ‘Arr’ not ‘Arrr’! Arr, in my _Pirate Dictionarrry_, Thirrrd Edition, it’s got three Rs, ye scurvy dog! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/25 "2011-09-19T18:12:40Z")
I just heard this pirate ditty yesterday: [You Can’t Be a Pirate With All of Your Parts](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhsquJlhq3I) [Lyrics](http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=582) Being a pirate is all fun and games, Till somebody loses a hand; It spurts and it squirts and it jolly well hurts, Pain only a pirate could stand. The fash’nable look is a nice metal hook, But now you can’t play in the band; Being a pirate is all fun and games, Till somebody loses a hand. But it’s all part of being a pirate, You can’t be a pirate (you can’t be, you can’t be) With all of your parts; It’s all part of being a pirate, You can’t be a pirate (you can’t be a pirate) With all of your parts. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/26 "2011-09-19T18:27:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Arr, in my _Pirate Dictionarrry_, Thirrrd Edition, it’s got three Rs, ye scurvy dog! Arr you tryin’ to tell me how to spell me own name? 😉 (Closest I could come to an eyepatch smiley!) ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/27 "2011-09-19T20:11:29Z")
I would normally participate, but I was a ninja on Saturday, and I’m not sure it’s all out of my system. I don’t know what the combination would do, but I’m pretty sure it’s contraindicated. Well, maybe just a little won’t hurt… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/28 "2011-09-19T20:14:53Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > 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?” THIS is awesome 🙂 He didn’t listen to me today though. I am dressed for it, unfortunately working from home (with no video calling) means no one gets to enjoy it but me. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/29 "2011-09-19T20:17:07Z")
Aujourd’hui est le jour internationale à parler comme un pirate. Je parle comme Jean Lafitte. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/30 "2011-09-19T20:31:25Z")
'Tis always a good day when me people are given their due recognition! Now, where’s me ale? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/31 "2011-09-19T21:09:36Z")
Arrr, we be out of ale, Cap’n! Haw aboot some [Alestorm](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os5TXyJlEMc)? ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/32 "2011-09-19T21:09:44Z")
For those who need lessons, here is video instruction for 5 letters of the [Pirate Alphabet](http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4001D1E7017882FA) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/33 "2011-09-19T22:13:44Z")
Dude, this torrent of _Rise of the Planet of the Apes_ is taking forever. More seeders, please! ---
**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 20, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/34 "2011-09-20T02:04:08Z")
Every year, me hearties, I just have to post this: [http://www.ahajokes.com/cartoon/pirate\_keyboard.jpg](http://www.ahajokes.com/cartoon/pirate_keyboard.jpg) ---
**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 20, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/35 "2011-09-20T02:10:14Z")
It saddens me deeply to report that\* not a \*\*single \*_person_ in my office said anything remotely Pirate-like today. 😕 Yeah I work with a bunch of squares. ☹ I had to get my yo-ho fix here and by texting a friend that works in another department. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/36 "2011-09-20T02:30:36Z")
A pirate anthem from Martin Mull: It’s great to be on a ship with men and sail across the sea-o, We don’t know where we’ll land or when, but it’s great to be with men There’s men above, there’s men below, there’s men down in the galley, There’s Butch and Spike And Buzz and Biff And one guy we call Sally ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/37 "2011-09-20T03:26:26Z")
Now we’ve all gone and done it. Every fucking year on this date, one or more channels will be running a _Pirates of the Caribbean_ marathon. Just like today. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/38 "2011-09-20T14:20:16Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I just heard this pirate ditty yesterday: > > [You Can’t Be a Pirate With All of Your Parts](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhsquJlhq3I) > > [Lyrics](http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=582) You just now heard that one? You should find Pyrates Royale, they have an extended version with some of their own stanzas. My darling bride and I celebrated our three month anniversary with a buccaneers’ dinner: Beef and a shot of rum. ---
**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 22, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718/39 "2011-09-22T20:31:56Z")
Just a few days too late: German police stop a British pirate ship, er, car: [http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/876283-pirate-ship-manned-by-four-britons-stopped-by-police-on-autobahn](http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/876283-pirate-ship-manned-by-four-britons-stopped-by-police-on-autobahn) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-sept-19/596718.md?page=1)