International Talk Like a Pirate Day - [Wednesday, September 19, 2007]

TalkLikeAPirate.com ^ | 09/19/2007 | meh

[BJClinton]

International Talk Like a Pirate Day (ITLAPD) is a parodic holiday invented in 1995 by John Baur ("Ol' Chumbucket") and Mark Summers ("Cap'n Slappy"), of the United States, who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate. For example, an observer of this holiday would greet friends not with "Hello", but with "Ahoy, me hearty!" The date was selected because it was the birthday of Summers's ex-wife and consequently would be easy for him to remember.

At first an inside joke between two friends, the holiday gained exposure when Baur and Summers sent a letter about their invented holiday to the American syndicated humor columnist Dave Barry in 2002. Barry liked the idea and promoted the day. Growing media coverage of the holiday after Dave Barry's column has ensured that this event is now celebrated internationally.

Baur and Summers found new fame in the 2006 season premiere episode of ABC's Wife Swap, first aired September 18, 2006. They starred in the role of "a family of pirates" along with John's wife, Tori.

Actor Robert Newton, who portrayed Long John Silver in the 1950 Disney film Treasure Island, is the patron saint of Talk Like A Pirate Day. Newton was a native of Dorset, and it was his native West Country dialect, which he used in his portrayal of Long John Silver and Blackbeard, that has become the standard "pirate accent". As the association of pirates with peg legs, parrots and treasure maps was popularized in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island (1883), the influence of Stevenson's book on parody pirate culture cannot be overstated.

[Larry Lucido]

Mmm, sea wench! Salty!

[Cagey]

In that case, Larry and I have just the T shirt for you.

[MotleyGirl70]

Lol. I can always count on me two scalawags to make me laugh ;)

[rikkir]

My pirate name is:

Iron Roger Flint

A pirate's life isn't easy; it takes a tough person. That's okay with you, though, since you a tough person. Like the rock flint, you're hard and sharp. But, also like flint, you're easily chipped, and sparky. Arr!

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[Cagey]

I can always count on me two scalawags to make me laugh ;)

We're not trying to make you laugh. We just want to see you bathe in the sea in a T-Shirt.

[skinkinthegrass]

ARGGH!!! :D

my life is so boring, I've waited all year to say that BUMP

[PCBMan]

Threads like this is why I love FRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

[Kevmo]

Your Pirate Name Is...

Black Right Eye Ryan

What's Your Pirate Name?

[Taffini]

damn, I’m a day late.
I will start planing for next year. Maybe an outfit and little boots and a mug of grog...maybe i’ll dye my hair red...maybe, well, I have a year to plan.

[jonascord]

My pirate name is:

Bloody Tom Flint

Every pirate lives for something different. For some, it's the open sea. For others (the masochists), it's the food. For you, it's definitely the fighting. Like the rock flint, you're hard and sharp. But, also like flint, you're easily chipped, and sparky. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
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