# Intntl. Talk Like a Pirate Day, Sept. 19 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intntl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-sept-19/419633 "2007-09-18T18:18:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intntl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-sept-19/419633/41 "2007-09-19T21:39:54Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] Here be yer [laughin’ cat o’ the high seas](http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/arrr.jpg), **Ponder** , me matey. It be suprisin’ that I be first to be postin’ it here. ‘Tis a pity that the timin’ o’ the post were too early for Talk Like a Pirate Day. [/QUOTE] And now I see that I be trailin’ in the wake o’ **SmARRRtAleq**. Damnation! ---
**Author:** ![kellner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@kellner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellner)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intntl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-sept-19/419633/42 "2007-09-20T00:26:43Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] How does a German pirate talk in the translated version of “Pirates of the Caribbean”? [/QUOTE] Like this: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGsedoEtWFE](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGsedoEtWFE) i.e. a “neutral” High German accent. Although there were some German pirates there is no real German pirate accent - probably because pretty much all pirates in popular culture are foreign. For the most part the dubbed versions only use different accents when it’s necessary for the plot and the same accent can be used. Substituting other accents (e.g. giving the pirates a coastal German accent) can come across as seriously cheesy. Nobody in their right mind would do that with protagonists but it’s sometimes done for other parts when the original accent doesn’t work for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intntl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-sept-19/419633/43 "2007-09-20T01:22:50Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] And now I see that I be trailin’ in the wake o’ **SmARRRtAleq**. Damnation! [/QUOTE] Arrr, that’ll be a keelhaulin’ to be sure, ye scurvy dog! Then up to the crow’s nest with ye, to see if yarrr spyglass can seek out a clue! ---
**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, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intntl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-sept-19/419633/44 "2007-09-20T02:29:39Z")
Arrr harr me hearties, I listened to a treasure chest full of jewels from the Kinks and Monkees today. You know…_“Davies’, Jones Locker”_? ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intntl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-sept-19/419633/45 "2007-09-20T03:58:33Z")
Keelhaulin’ is too good for the likes of ye. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intntl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-sept-19/419633/46 "2007-09-20T04:01:40Z")
Aw, hell, I missed it _again_! I keep doing that! ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intntl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-sept-19/419633/47 "2007-09-20T05:51:19Z")
Don’t worry it will be back next yarrrrr! (Oh God I hate myself for that.) ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intntl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-sept-19/419633/48 "2007-09-20T08:00:53Z")
[QUOTE=kellner] Like this: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGsedoEtWFE](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGsedoEtWFE) i.e. a “neutral” High German accent. [/QUOTE] You mean that when I speak German, I sound like a German pirate? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intntl-talk-like-a-pirate-day-sept-19/419633.md?page=2)