# Yarrr, 'tis International Talk Like a Pirate Day! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 19, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723 "2017-09-19T13:46:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/41 "2020-09-19T14:14:59Z")
What is a pirate’s favorite letter? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/42 "2020-09-19T14:49:28Z")
Can you rearrange the same seven letter word (…) to complete the rhyme? When … throw … They never are glum They … round the f’o’csle Swigging their rum. The … … Are pallid and pale So spend a … On lotion - and ale. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/43 "2020-09-19T15:05:56Z")
One of the day’s creators was on “Wife Swap.” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hjo5KDqLJ10/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgTChHMA8=&rs=AOn4CLB080cpJKl1_lH_0M6PONZH0YQ8Yg "Pirates Wife Swap Baur/Fine 1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjo5KDqLJ10) ---
**Author:** ![CardboardBoxx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardboardboxx/32/7079_2.png) [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/44 "2020-09-19T15:15:03Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > When … throw … > They never are glum > They … round the f’o’csle > Swigging their rum. > The … … > Are pallid and pale > So spend a … > On lotion - and ale. pirates parties traipse pastier pirates piaster ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/45 "2020-09-19T15:41:50Z")
Here’s the official song: [tom smith talk like a pirate day - Bing video](https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=tom+smith+talk+like+a+pirate+day&&view=detail&mid=2DAC4E3CB238F0BFCCBC2DAC4E3CB238F0BFCCBC&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dtom%2Bsmith%2Btalk%2Blike%2Ba%2Bpirate%2Bday%26FORM%3DHDRSC3) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/46 "2020-09-19T16:00:50Z")
Nicely done. I wasn’t sure how to blur. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/47 "2020-09-19T16:42:03Z")
A little more rum and you’ll be as blurry as the rest of us. ---
**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 19, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/48 "2020-09-19T17:45:03Z")
Little known fact: The rock band The Who had not one, but two members who talked like pirates: [![](http://www.thewhothismonth.com/KeithThePiratelarge.jpg) ](http://www.thewhothismonth.com/KeithThePiratelarge.jpg) [![](http://www.thewhothismonth.com/97-08-24Pirateslarge.jpg) ](http://www.thewhothismonth.com/97-08-24Pirateslarge.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/49 "2020-09-19T23:09:07Z")
Well, no wonder they could see for miles and miles. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/50 "2020-09-19T23:53:25Z")
Aaaarrrrhhh, I’ve been talking like a pirate all day, and all I’ve gotten were funny looks and people moving far away from me. ---
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/51 "2020-09-20T00:10:37Z")
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho! ---
**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, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/52 "2020-09-20T02:10:19Z")
Yarr, I spoke like a pirate several times today, ye scurvy dogs - including to a musician in a pirate Hawaiian shirt - and got a good reception. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/53 "2020-09-20T03:14:48Z")
I like realism when I talk like a pirate, so I’m hijacking this thread. I demand a $50,000 ransom. I’m captain of this thread now! ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/54 "2020-09-20T05:25:07Z")
A few things to think about until we reconvene next year… > **[Pirates and global warming](https://pastafarians.org.au/pastafarianism/pirates-and-global-warming/)** > > We believe pirates are divine beings and the original Pastafarians. Pirates’ image as “thieves and outcasts” is misinformation spread by Christian theologians in the Middle Ages and by Hare Krishna… ---
**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, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/55 "2020-09-20T15:31:53Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I like realism when I talk like a pirate, so I’m hijacking this thread. I demand a $50,000 ransom. I’m captain of this thread now! Over the side with him, boys! :: splash :: ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/56 "2020-09-20T23:57:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Over the side with him, boys! > > :: splash :: Yarr, that be too easy. I be missin’ the days of a good keelhaulin’. ---
**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, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/57 "2021-09-19T16:04:32Z")
Yarr, see the OP, would ye, and join me in once more celebratin’ the day in proper style! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/58 "2021-09-19T17:20:44Z")
Arr, will it be roasted trocks on the each at sundown? ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/59 "2021-09-19T17:25:32Z")
Yarr, me scurvy dogs! > **Free booty on Talk Like a Pirate Day 2021** > > On Talk Like a Pirate Day, you can also talk like a pirate or dress up in your silliest pirate gear to get free stuff!. Traditionally, you can set sail for Long John Silver’s, Wendy’s, Sonice Drive In, and other US restaurants and fast food places for the day’s special giveaways and discounts. > > This year, if you talk like a pirate at Long John Silver’s you get a free piece of fish or chicken … OR dress like a pirate and get a free 2-piece fish or chcken basket! Ordering in? Long John Silver’s is also offering free delivery throughout Talk Like a Pirate weekend. > > Meanwhile, hold on to your britches as we update further announcements on free giveaways on Talk Like a Pirate Day 2021! > **[2024 Talk Like a Pirate Day - Freebies, Jokes & Party Ideas](https://www.chiff.com/home_life/holiday/talk-like-pirate-day.htm)** > > Honoring the day set aside to nurture your inner pirate. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yarrr-tis-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/796723/60 "2021-09-19T18:47:36Z")
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