CULTURE/SOCIETY - 17 Swashbuckling Facts About Talk Like A Pirate Day

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HUMOR - Arrrrr you ready? Pick-up lines for International Talk Like a Pirate Day

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HUMOR: Maybe some don't appreciate pirates?

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CULTURE/SOCIETY: Aarrrrrrrrgh! 'Tis International Talk Like A Pirate Day!

This be from me, 'n' not be some reprinted piece. - Dirty Sam Read of the good ship, The Hate Of The West (aka OlderMusicGeek)

My pirate name is:

Dirty Sam Read

You're the pirate everyone else wants to throw in the ocean -- not to get rid of you, you understand; just to get rid of the smell. Even through many pirates have a reputation for not being the brightest souls on earth, you defy the sterotypes. You've got taste and education. Arr!

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Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh! Ahoy, mateys! And welcome abroad another glorious International Talk Like A Pirate Day!

Yes, it once ag'in be that glorious day for pirates, Pastafarians, ngd's (nerds/geeks/dorks) and jest fun-lovin' people everywhere!

So grab yer pantaloons, yer scarfs and yer fruity shirts! 'N' git out thar and be speaking like a true pirate!


A link to the official Talk Like A Pirate Day home page
A link to the pirate name generator
A link to Long John Silver sound clips
A link to my other posts about International Talk Like a Pirate Day

CULTURE/SOCIETY: Two Pirate Personality Tests

You are The Pirate

Do you remember the last time you took a chance? It was when you decided to leave the security of your mother's womb and headed for the bright light. It's time to head for the next bright light, my friend. Creativity is not your strong suit. You are good at doing what you are told to do and that, in itself, is a gift. It's not a gift to you, mind you, but a gift to those who will be there to tell you what to do. You like long walks on the beach and cuddling, but would never admit that to your pirate pals who think you are okay but can't always remember your name. Tapioca pudding seems a bit extreme for someone such as yourself, what with all the bumps and stuff. It's a good thing you are on a pirate ship, otherwise, you would be walking because you are positively pedestrian. Have a nice day.

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Look Who's A Pirate!

You Are:
Mad Tom Storm
(formerly known as OlderMusicGeek)

Shiver me timbers, you're known as "The Pirate Who Couldn't Pour Piss Out Of A Boot With The Instructions Written On The Heel." In other words, you're completely incompetent and would have been better off as a gardener, or interior decorator.

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CULTURE/SOCIETY: A Pirate Translation

This har post be by me, not som' reprinted piece. - Dirty Sam Read aka Mad Tom Storm aka OlderMusicGeek.

If ye be readin' my blog afore, ye be knowin' me interest in the language of pirates! I be supplyin' a numb'r of translations afore, so I be givin' ya all anot'er. This har is Hamlet's siloquy translated to Pirate speak. I be havin' halp from this har translator - Talk Like A Pirate Day translator.

A sea dog says 't this way:
Ta be, or nay t' be--that be th' question:
Whether `tis nobler in th' head t' suffer
Th' slings an' arrows o' outrageous fortune
Or t' take arms against a sea o' troubles
An' by opposin' end them. T' sink t'Davy Jones' locker, t' sleep--
Nay more--an' by a sleep t' say we end
Th' heartache, an' th' chestfull o' natural shocks
That flesh be heir t'. `Tis a consummation
Devoutly t' be wished. T' sink t'Davy Jones' locker, t' sleep--
T' sleep--perchance t' dream: ay, thar`s th' rub,
Fer in that sleep o' Davy Jones' locker what dreams may come
When we be havin' shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. Thar`s th' respect
That makes calamity o' so long life.
Fer who would bear th' whips an' scorns o' time,
Th` oppressor`s wrong, th' proud man`s contumely
Th' pangs o' despised love, th' law`s delay,
Th' insolence o' office, an' th' spurns
That patient merit o' th` unworthy takes,
When he hisself might his quietus make
Wi' a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear,
T' grunt an' sweat under a weary life,
But that th' dread o' somethin' after Davy Jones' locker,
Th' undiscovered country, from whose bourn
Nay traveller returns, puzzles th' will,
An' makes us rather bear them ills we be havin'
Than fly t' others that we know nay o'?
Thus conscience does make yeller bellies o' us all,
An' thus th' native hue o' resolution
Be sicklied o`er wi' th' pale cast o' thought,
An' enterprise o' great pitch an' moment
Wi' this regard the'r currents turn awry
An' lose th' name o' action. -- Soft ye now,
Th' fair Ophelia! -- Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all me sins remembered.
Ya landlubber!

HUMOR and CULTURE/SOCIETY: Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Ahoy, maties. I just be wantin' t' wish ye and yers a happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Yargh!

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'Tis here be an example o' the'r handiwork of th' link -
I pledge allegiance t' th' Jolly roger o' th' United States o' America, an' t' th' Republic fer which 't stands: one Nation under God, indivisible, wi' Liberty an' Justice fer all. Ya scallywag whut deserves the black spot!

Talk Like a Pirate Day website

Wikipedia's entry for International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Dave Barry's take on International Talk Like a Pirate Day

instruction video on how to talk like a pirate

ABC article on International Talk Like a Pirate Day