# 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:** 2
**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, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/21 "2003-09-18T22:17:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Frank #2 \* > \*\*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!🙂 \*\* Oops. Heh. Does that mean I get tied to the mast and flogged now?? 😃 Talk like a pirate then I shall, me hearty. And drink some grog and burp a lot, maybe. Burping’s just an extension of talking after all, at least for me. Uh, Arrr! And, er, yarrr! Et cetera. ---
**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, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/22 "2003-09-18T23:40:48Z")
Arr! Orange is the new black! Arr! ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/23 "2003-09-18T23:46:53Z")
dOOd ur wAreZ r fULLy haRDcOrE bRo …arrrr. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/24 "2003-09-19T00:13:17Z")
Properly warned, ye be, says I. Arrr. ---
**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 19, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/25 "2003-09-19T13:09:33Z")
It be here! It be here!!! I be gottin’ a story for ITLPD, too. I be walkin’ up to me local post office and from a distance it be appearin’ to be flyin’ the Jolly Roger!! Actually, as I approachéd yon postal place, I be seein’ it to be the MIA flag (which be havin’ a white logo in the middle of a black field, yarrr). Still, for a minute there I be wonderin’ “Why be the post office celebratin’ International Talk Like a Pirate Day?” Arrr. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/26 "2003-09-19T13:24:54Z")
Superb! The receptionist just emailed the VP of Business Development, starting her mail with “Ahoy ahoy”, and endind it with “Arrrr”. He had no idea what she’s on about, but she’s gone up about two dozen points in my estimation. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/27 "2003-09-19T13:28:00Z")
We actually have a Jolly Roger flying from the roof of our building. I went amidships to try to plunder it for myself, and slipped and hurt my leg. Mayhap I needs me a peg too. Sorry. I missed out “Arrrrr ye scurvy lubbers” from the previous post. Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/28 "2003-09-19T13:39:34Z")
This is the first place I thought of when I heard it on the radio this morning. I knew I had to come here and post about it. So, where are our pirate dopers? DPR, ArrrMatey, I know there are a bunch more out there. Come on guys, this is your day! ---
**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, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/29 "2003-09-19T14:06:50Z")
**jjimm:** Ye be a man after me own heart, matey (Ye touch me treasure though, and I’ll run ye through!) I be lookin’ fer this day since last year. **Eve:** Where be kin I pillage this magazine ye be sellin? Pieces of 4 be right up me anchor rope! I be doing this all day, and any that complain be walkin the plank!!! (Now, how do I get a gangplank out a third floor office window?) 😃 Eli ---
**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, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/30 "2003-09-19T14:11:25Z")
Avast ye scurvy dopers! It be Cap’n swampbear reportin’ in. Arrr!!! Now where be me a swarthy pirate who can shiver me timbers! Arrrrr!!! ---
**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, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/31 "2003-09-19T14:12:04Z")
Yar! Tasha Yar, that is. Roddenberry was a pirate! **BuckleberryFerry** , Cap’n Sir Ma’am! Requst permission to come aboard [the _Ted_.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=200257) ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/32 "2003-09-19T14:16:02Z")
Arr, I be tempted to go buy a Jolly Roger and hang it off me balcony, I do. ---
**Author:** ![pierre72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@pierre72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pierre72)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/33 "2003-09-19T15:05:59Z")
Coming soon to a cinema near you… Dude! Where’s My Galleon? Arrrrr. ---
**Author:** ![pierre72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@pierre72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pierre72)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/34 "2003-09-19T15:09:17Z")
Arrr! 'Twas only ‘pon readin’ this thread did I remember ‘twas talk like a pirate day, me hearties. I needs to be playin’ catch-up, with you scurvy dogs! ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Blunty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Captain\_Blunty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Blunty)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/35 "2003-09-19T15:09:59Z")
Yarr, me mateys. Thar be no law 'pon the seas. It’s 1 am. That’s all I can think of for now. ---
**Author:** ![pierre72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@pierre72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pierre72)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/36 "2003-09-19T15:10:28Z")
Arrrrrr. ---
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/37 "2003-09-19T15:21:50Z")
[hhaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrr](http://www.fortunecity.com/rivendell/gallows/954/fsuns/pirspeak.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/38 "2003-09-19T15:34:07Z")
“…Itsa small workd after all…itsa small small world…” Aye! Damn. Wrong ride. Here goes: “Me rum! Where’s me rum!?” ---
**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, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/39 "2003-09-19T15:45:31Z")
Arrrrr! Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day, me hearties! Yo ho ho and all that… Mad Mary Bonney ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393/40 "2003-09-19T16:24:54Z")
Ahoy Mateys! Haven’ a good day talkin’ like pirates, we are. Fair winds to ya blokes, and keep yer eyes on the followin’ sea. Arrrrrg! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-19th-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/202393.md?page=3)