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Today Is International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr dept.

lucabrasi999 writes "Ahoy! Drink up the Grog, me hearties! Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Grab yer wenches and stop being a bilge-rat." Cap'n Slappy and Ol' Chumbucket have even provided a short YouTube video to help those who might be a bit more pirate-speak challenged. Even Google is getting in on the action, those swarthy dogs.

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  1. Celebrated in World of Warcraft by Huntr · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You can get an NPC to turn you into a pirate today in WoW. Not sure how long it lasts.

  2. Posts like this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Posts like this remind me why I like slashdot more than ARRRRRRRs Technica.

  3. Re:Noooooo by electrictroy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    TRIVIA:

    The actual pirates spoke late Middle English and early Modern. So basically they spake like Chaucer (Wann Aprille mit his soottes shorres) or Shakespeare (Toe bay orrrrr note toe bay, dat ist dey qvest-teeon), albeit less poetic and more common man.

    Some of dose scurvy Scots still spake like dey pirates:
    "Yalp oot a hay nanny-nanny, and drank up me haarties, yo ho!"

    (ducking and running)

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    The government is not your daddy. Its purpose is not to raid middle-class neighbors' wallets and give it to you.
  4. Google's got a fly in therr ointment by darkonc · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If you do a search on the page given, your first search returns to regular english, but if you replace the hl=un with hl=xx--pirate, (such as here), then you'll stay in pirate booty (er, search) mode).

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    Sometimes boldness is in fashion. Sometimes only the brave will be bold.