# September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393 "2003-09-18T15:29:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/1 "2003-09-18T15:29:45Z")
Get ready to [shiver your timbers](http://www.talklikeapirate.com). I’ve instructed the receptionist to answer the phone tomorrow thus: “Ahoy there, this is [company name]. Arrrrrrr!” Avast ye, me beauties, or I’ll keel-haul you! ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/2 "2003-09-18T16:11:00Z")
ARRRRRR!! i heard about this the other day, off b3ta i think. i really don’t care if anyone else in the office joins me, Cap’n Berserker will be splicing the mainbrace! ye’arrrr! walk the plank mateys! Arrr! etc ad infinitum til somebody sacks or punches me. (probably both) ---
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/3 "2003-09-18T16:18:17Z")
Arrrrrrrrr, there’s bloody parrot poo on me shoulder, arrrrr. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/4 "2003-09-18T16:23:14Z")
Hey, don’t use it all up. It doesn’t start until tomorrow. Splice the mainbrace! Oops. ---
**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 18, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/5 "2003-09-18T17:01:09Z")
Whar’s me 'at? Ah…, ‘ere it is! [puts on hat] Methinks tomorrow is bein’ roight slow about gettin’ 'ere, don’t ye know? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/6 "2003-09-18T18:39:37Z")
Yo ho ho and a bottle of evian (well I AM still at work). ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/7 "2003-09-18T18:53:42Z")
Do I have to talk like that the whole day, or can I just do it in inspired fits and spurts? I don’t think I can remember to do it the _whole_ day, you know!! 😃 (I think I can at least wear a striped shirt, bandana and big hoop earrings all day tomorrow…!) ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/8 "2003-09-18T18:54:10Z")
Arr! Hoist the billabong and keelhaul the scurvy blighters! Arr! I’s can’t WAIT for tomorrow, Arr! ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/9 "2003-09-18T19:01:18Z")
Arr! Count me in! ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_2)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/10 "2003-09-18T19:04:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Creaky \* > \*\*(I think I can at least wear a striped shirt, bandana and big hoop earrings all day tomorrow…!) \*\* Yarrr, you scurvy land-lubber. It’s tawk like a pirate day, not dress like one, you festering bilge rat. Dress like a pirate day is Oct 31. Arrr!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/11 "2003-09-18T19:19:33Z")
Does this mean I have to re-edit all the stories at my magazine into Pirate-Speak? ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/12 "2003-09-18T19:28:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Does this mean I have to re-edit all the stories at my magazine into Pirate-Speak? \*\* I’ll buy it if you do. You can put Cap’n Jack Sparrow on the cover and do some kind of tie-in. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/13 "2003-09-18T19:34:46Z")
The Latest Eye-Patches for Fall: Tweed Is “In!” How To Get Parrot-Poop Out of Your Chanel Suit Walking the Fashion Plank—In Jimmy Choo! Going from a “Piece of 8” to a “Piece of 4” in Two Weeks! The Latest Work-Out Gear from Davy Jones’ Locker! ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_2)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/14 "2003-09-18T19:40:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Does this mean I have to re-edit all the stories at my magazine into Pirate-Speak? \*\* No need to get ye britches in a tangle, me beauty. Use the finest [English-Pirate Translator](http://www.talklikeapirate.com/translator.html) that can be found on the seven seas to titivate ye magazine. You’ll be getting doubloons from all the buccaneers and scallywags in port once ye make it a proper pirate magazine. Arrrr. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/15 "2003-09-18T19:40:59Z")
I hope [**Hamlet**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=206417)! doesn’t find out about all this. 😃 ::steps off gangplank:: ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/16 "2003-09-18T19:42:33Z")
Finally, a day when no one will stare at me when I say “Shiver me timbers.” ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/17 "2003-09-18T19:44:05Z")
I would like to suggest that everyone who posts in this thread has to say “Arrrrr” at the end of it. Arrrr. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/18 "2003-09-18T19:52:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*The Latest Eye-Patches for Fall: Tweed Is “In!” > How To Get Parrot-Poop Out of Your Chanel Suit > Walking the Fashion Plank—In Jimmy Choo! > Going from a “Piece of 8” to a “Piece of 4” in Two Weeks! > The Latest Work-Out Gear from Davy Jones’ Locker! \*\* Great. Now I can’t get rid of the visual of Cap’n Jack with a Tweed Eye-Patch!! Not to mention fashion models walking the plank with parrot-poop on their shoulders … BTW, where’s the eye-patch smiley? Would it be a cross between these two: 🆒 :wally ? Oh! And … Arrrr! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/19 "2003-09-18T20:01:28Z")
Jimmy Choo plank? Dahling, this season all the best scurvy sea-dogs are wearing Manolo Blahnik peg legs. Jimmy Choo is so out! Arrr. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/20 "2003-09-18T20:10:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > **The Latest Eye-Patches for Fall: Tweed Is "In!"** I would have expected houndstooth. Arrr. Shiver me browser. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393.md?page=2)