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Today Is International Talk Like a Pirate Day!
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.
Can I borrow your CD collection?
ARGH!
ARRR, we be havin a time with pirates.
And boom it goes!!!
You can get an NPC to turn you into a pirate today in WoW. Not sure how long it lasts.
What be a pirate's favorite data structure? The Arrrrrrrrreh!
Colin Dean Go a year without DRM
arrr! Find ye some bottles o' grog this weekend in Guild Wars! They'll get you drunk me mateys!
Yarrrrrr! Snack lasts 30 minutes. You also have a slight chance of becoming a ninja.
The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
... and watch the System Admin from Florida loose the game horribly because he only chose the letter "AAAARRR!"
Have ye Given yourself to the Flying Spaghetti Monster yet?
If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people
It is also Ferry Porsche's birthday (Porsche 356, not Fernidad the VW guy)
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos
The lame Jesus fad has not died yet, no. I hear it's as strong as ever in your Commanders-in-Chief-to-be too.
Anyway, I'm off to celebrate International Download Like A Pirate Afternoon...
Yeah, I know, I couldn't resist....
"jesus, hasn't this lame fad died yet???
No, because it's fun. Go away, killjoy.
Oh, and "Arrr".
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson
Psst... wanna buy a DVD of The Dark Night*? Only 5 bucks!
(* sic - don't want to get Slashdot DCMAd by a RIAA webcrawler, do we?)
In a survey of 100 programmers, 111111 thought that duck-typing was a good idea.
I say we celebrate this day downloading the new Metallica album from Pirate Bay!
The RBF kraggon!
True, regarding Market Manipulation. Say goodbye to Naked Shorts. What kind of country would want to prevent me from selling shares that I don't own anyway? ARRRGH!
I be kind of torn. On the one claw, ninjas be more stilish and sneaky. On the other claw, pirates be more hearty, and on top 'o that, they drink grog.
Lots and lots of it.
Harrrrr!
Me pirate friend walks into a bar wearin' what you land lubbers call a 'steerin' wheel' on his belt buckle.
"Why you be wearin' that steerin' wheel on yer belt, matey?" the bartender asks.
"Arr, it's fer me wife, she be drivin' me nuts!
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What's gray and comes in quart? Arr, it be elephants!
Free Martian Whores!
At ARRR-SUS, everyday is talk like a pirate day...
Arghhh, now them ninjas be confused and thinkin' they be surrounded from all sides! A perfect chance for a broadsides against their scurvy headquarters!
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
don't forget the egronomic keyboard for Pirates:
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=610
arr.
Ahoy there me land lubberin' wannabe pirate! Methinks you be needing some help with yer pirate lingo if you be wanting to fit in with the boys on deck. So, here...
http://postlikeapirate.com/translator.php
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
Q: What type of virtualization do Pirates use?
A: LPARRRRRRS
Q: What type of storage do Pirates use?
A: IBM SHARRRRRRK...
Enough for now, time to get back to doing restores, now if I can only find the right Barrrrrrcode.
I have no problem with prosecuing the naked short selling rules. What's at issue is that shorting shares ( naked or otherwise ) has been banned on all financials.
What's incredible is that companies like Sears, Netflix, Capstone have been crying foul for years and wall st laughed and kept shorting them blind while the SEC looked the other way. Here is an example. The rule was never enforced. Today wall st is in the crosshairs and everyone is running around trying to prevent short sales.
These markets are not orderly. An entrenched well-connected few are pulling every string in sight to protect their interests and we all are going to end up footing the bill when the piper comes calling.
Arrr. Now if only I knew how to put the CD in the playerrrrr with me hook. I begin to underrrrstand why us pirates download of the interrrrnets
the pun is mightier than the sword
Bittorrent, Kazaa, Gnutella, Usenet, ...
Palm trees and 8
Facebook now be havin' an "English (Pirate)" language option. Yarrr!
"If you think the problem is bad now, just wait until we've solved it." --- Arthur Kasspe
Yarrrrr, I'll never leave you, I'm captain Killjoy :D
Prepare to be boarded ya landlubber
This is the sig that says NI (again)
Not just that, shares you didn't borrow or even steal.
:).
:). Slap a big fat AAA on them or something
Talk about imaginary property
Anyway, it's funny they've only just prevented you from selling shares you don't own, when they:
1) Let people buy houses with practically no money at all - giving them big loans
2) Treat those loans as assets
3) Lend or borrow more money based on those assets.
4) Repeat and rinse.
5) Wait till the music stops, ask for Gov to bail you out with taxpayer money, say "Everyone was doing it" aka "Industry standard practice" and collect your big fat golden parachute.
I'm sure I missed some steps somewhere, but I think I'm not that far wrong given the way the market has blown up.
To me if private industry is going to get bailed out by public money so often, they should be better regulated and maybe profits more than a certain amount should be siphoned off by the government to a bail out fund.
It's not fair that they get to keep all the money during the good times, and during the bad times even people not involved have to bail them out.
Avast! There be too many pirates around these days.
They should be walking the plank.
Avast me hearties!
Be it just me, or d' Google do a half-britched job o' this translation ... just the front page be all t'were translated. At least fer what me eyes be seein'. Arrrrr!!!
Its humorrrrrr
Everybody has a purpose in life, maybe mine is to lurk in slashdot.
Cant argue with you, its total bullshit. But then, it always was.
A buccaneer.
Posts like this remind me why I like slashdot more than ARRRRRRRs Technica.
Avast, where me ole torrents be? Lest you be a bilge rat, you best be seedin! ARRRR
I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
Avast ye Matey! We can't be argueing with ye, it be total bullshit. Arr! But then, it always has been lad. Arr!
There, fixed that for ya. ;)
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
He got SARRRRRRRRS.
to quote David St. Hubbins.
Likewise, the difference between pirate and prat is "ie".
"Ie" happens to be the country code for "Ireland". So, to talk like a pirate it seems you start by talking like a prat, add a bit of brogue, then mix things up a bit.
Post may contain irony: discontinue use if experiencing mood swings, nausea or elevated blood pressure.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-in-one-more-language.html
2002 was the first Talk Like A Pirate Day. Not sure how it was cool 10 years ago, even borderline. Maybe you just need to relax a little and not worry what is cool or not. Go back to your mom's basement and finish watching Napoleon Dynamite.
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We really want to, but our damn accent turns 'Arrgh' into 'Ahhhh'.
Most excellent link.
So:
"No, because 'tis fun. Be off away, killjoy. Oh, and "Arrr""
Hmmm, loses something in translation.
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson
I had him over for dinner last night. Ran out of buffalo wings...
He will be remembered for his distinctive garlic flavor and his ability to harmonize with wine from the Minervois region of France.
Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.
Awesome!!! I asked a pink teenager to say something and the translation was hilarious: OMG translates to "Shiver me timbers!".
Donde Ser Geek No Duele
Loading Ready Run also has a "Talk like a Pirate" tutorial:
http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/49/how-to-talk-like-a-pirate
GAR! GAR! I mean, former GAR!
Paid Q&A/Research
Because they just arrrr
Yarr, but we pirate-folk just type 'SMT!'
"The cup is in turn designed for holding hot or cold liquids, and has an open rim and closed base." --US Patent #5425497
A pirate walks into a bar wearing a paper towel on his head. He sits down at the bar and orders some dirty rum.
The bartender asks, "Why are you wearing a paper towel?"
"Arrrrrrr I've got a bounty on me head!"
Scurvy dogs, I look ahead to this day all year long. me manager however hates it. I had to interview a swabby in India this day and he couldn't understand I thin' I said.
The information wants to be free, I just give it somewhere to go.
-- Doug Mientkiewicz, after Tuesday night's loss to the Dodgers
This sig intentionally left blank.
Arrr, fixed that for ye. ;)
Arrr, fixed that for ye. P)
Yarr, piss off. We be havin' a good tyme.
"The cup is in turn designed for holding hot or cold liquids, and has an open rim and closed base." --US Patent #5425497
Nor I, but if there be buxom wenches ahoy, I be in!
Arrrr!
Aide-toi, le Ciel t'aidera - Jeanne D'Arc.
It be a scurvy dog!
In pirate school I studied the Three Arrrs!
Me favourite football club be Arrrrsenal! Up ye Gooners!
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Meteorologists the world over have noticed incredibly unusual drops in temperature in every country today, beginning at midnight in each country's respective time zone.
While there is no explanation for this phenomenon, experts predict average global temperatures to return to normal by tomorrow morning.
Boot Windows, Linux, and ESX over the network for free.
In an Aye Arrgh Eh.
"...a civilian some of the time, a soldier part of the time and a patriot all of the time." -Brig. Gen. James Drain
Today is also trade like a pirate day. Since the administration has just ruled that all the shorts should just hand over money to the longs.
Shiver me timbers! That's good news you bring me, matey. This won't be the first time I be glad that I be a "long", though always before it be more help with the wenches than with the plunderin', harr harr!
Wait, you be talkin' 'bout lily-liver land-lubber investments?
The enemies of Democracy are
How do pirates back up their data? CD ARRRRRRSSSS!!
Talk like Bacon Pirate Ninja day.
Likewise, the difference between pirate and prat is "ie".
That be quite clever there, you scurvy dog.
Or maybe it be the other thing.
You ain't be that land lubber David St. Hubbins, if it be helpin' you figure out which.
HARR HARR HARR!
The enemies of Democracy are
I talk like a pirate every day. "Arrr! Will ye be wantin' that with fries?! Arrr!"
Love is all you need. And money. Lots of money.
They say, "Once a pirate, always a pirate!" So why is it that these scurvy dogs never return to the straight and narrow?
Once you lose your first hand, yer HOOKED!
Why did the pirate wear a paper towel for a bandanna?
He heard that all good pirates have a bounty on their head!
Where would they send a Pirate Ship with a broken rib?
To the dock, in the sick bay.
Why couldn't the pirates play cards?
The captain was standing on the deck!
How do pirates know that they are pirates?
They know, because they ARRRR!!!!!
What does a bleached blonde and a pirate have in common?
A little black patch.
Did you hear about the pirate who took up boxing?
He had a killer left hook!
What lies at the bottom of the ocean and twitches?
A nervous wreck!
What's really a pirate's favorite letter?
P! Because it's an R, but it's missing a leg!
What's a horny pirate's worst nightmare?
A sunken chest with no booty!
What be a pirate's favorite vegetable?
ARRRRtichokes!
Have you heard about the new pirate movie?
It's rated AARRRRGGH! And you know why? Because of all the booty!
what do you call a pirate that skips class?
captain hooky!
What has 12 hands, 12 feet and 12 eyes?
A dozen Pirates!
What was Bluebeard's wife's name? Peg.
How does a pirate greet a prostitute? Yo Ho
What's a pirate's least favorite animal? Beaver.
Question: What did Captain Hook die from?
Answer: Jock Itch.
How did the pirate stop smoking?
He used the patch!
I reminded my wife that today is talk like a pirate day and she said, "It's not a real holiday. If it were a real holiday I would have seen an entire section of pirate Hallmark cards at the store today."
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"You are not remembered for doing what is expected of you." - Atul Chitnis
Arrr! Yer list be wron me matey! The proper steps be: 4) ????? 5) Yo ho ho, profit! (and a bottle of rum!)
Jeremy http://alucinari.net
Imagine my surprise when I saw the ad above the summary for today's story! Arr! Supreme irony!
Be that a peg leg in ye pocket, or are ye just happy t' be seein me?
Assume I was drunk when I posted this.
Q: How long does it take a physicist to walk the plank?
A: 10^-43 seconds!
They were slavers, they are vicious scurvy dogs. They are kidnappers and thieves, all around knaves. Why exactly should I emulate them?
.sigless since 2003
... "Arrgh, mateys, thirdy days at sea, and nought a wench to be seen ... grease up the monkey ...
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
Arrh! With the shorts giving to the longs, there'd be at least half of them unfilled lessn'n your ship runs on old 8-bit engines -- and what's with all this rubbish about naked shorts ... me sposed to be naked inside the shorts if at all and no landlubber tell otherwise. Yarrgh. And if both legs be peg legs short trousers get nae in the way the same way as long ones; but daft landlubbers selling their shorts?! Shiver me timbers indeed! Arr ... profit but what're they left to wear then? Huh?
SIGBUS @ NO-07.308
Uh, ortin't that be scurvy dogs? Methinks swarthy (aka of dark complexion) be havin' nought to do with pirates.
Queens of the Stone Age - they rule
why is everyone talking like a pirate?
"We live in a global world" - Harvey Pitt, former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman
"If life gives you skurvy, make lemonade." Good advice. "If life gives you lemons make lemonade. Then find someone who's life's given them vodka and have a party" Ron White
Arrrrr, it don't mean what ye think it means:
http://www.dict.org/bin/Dict?Form=Dict2&Database=*&Query=avast
No, it's not Sid Meier's Pirates!
It's LARRRRRRRRN!
I take my nautical history rather serious. Don't believe me? Check out my website: http://bookoseadogs.org/
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Will program for grog
-- Will program for bandwidth
Captain Barbossa from the Pirates of the Caribbean made me realize that piratey language and some "urban" dialects have something in common, in that neither of them conjugates the verb "to be". So instead of I am/you are/he is//we are/you are/they are, it's all I be/you be/he be//we be/you be/they be.
Just a little observation to help you with this idiotic day.
I find this if ye want to speak like a scurvy pirate but ye don't be knowin' th' words http://postlikeapirate.com/email.php
I Dyslexia Love
Ahoy! I miss the days of Guybrush Threepwood, that scurvy scum calling himself the mighty pirate? Arrrrr!
All the NPC dialogue changes to, "piratespeak".
I can't decide if this post is interesting, funny, insightful, or flamebait.
Actually, it be a spare peg leg. Jes' in case this one starts rottin'
Oi be a Linux pirate, using Digikam and its HAAR Wavelets (boom boom)
"Cock Up Your Beaver" does not mean what you think. This sig is intended to clog filters and annoy do-gooders
along the quay in Port O' Spain, with his bird on his shoulder. He's accosted by an old shipmate, who says: "why Long John, your bird's saying PIECES OF SEVEN! PIECES OF SEVEN!" To which Long John replies "Never mind, it's only a parity error"
"Cock Up Your Beaver" does not mean what you think. This sig is intended to clog filters and annoy do-gooders
The three laws of Robots be more like guidelines than actual rules. Arrrrrrr
Use your head, can't you, use your head,
You're on earth, there's no cure for that - S. Beckett
So why is it that every year everyone in my office remembers Talk Like a Pirate Day, but nobody ever remembers Systems Administrator Appreciation Day...
they should have done it in Arrrrgust
putting the 'B' in LGBTQ+
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).
Sometimes boldness is in fashion. Sometimes only the brave will be bold.
Arrrr! Tis a good day to be a pirate! The sun, the wind, the spray on your face, the feel of the deck beneath your feet... and it's someone else's turn in the barrel.
Methinks it's time for a tot of rum!
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A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, even if he drank. -H. L. Mencken
Here on Slashdot.
Slashdot "libertarians": Small government for me, big government for those I disagree with. -1, I disagree with you
" utorrent, demonoid,pirate bay, p2p, burn, rip" - there I've talked like a pirate.
To me if private industry is going to get bailed out by public money so often, they should be better regulated and maybe profits more than a certain amount should be siphoned off by the government to a bail out fund.
It's not fair that they get to keep all the money during the good times, and during the bad times even people not involved have to bail them out.
Arrr! Privatize the Gain and Socialize the Pain! Arrr!
We be modern pirates, do m-pegs count?
FRA: STFU GTFO
You are a pirate!
By what name do you wish to be mourned?
...just bring up intellectual property rights and p2p "sharing"!
"It is our blasphemy which has made us great, and will sustain us, and which the gods secretly admire in us." - Zelazny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61sdvxPRAT0
Lyrics:
http://www.tomsmithonline.com/lyrics/tlapd.htm
Table-ized A.I.
Ask the families of the 50 people taken hostage by real pirates off Somali waters the other day how funny talk like a pirate day is. The caricature of pirates in the general public as comical is one thing (albeit of many) that hinders getting world support to eradicate piracy. Piracy is real, it is rampant, and it is deadly. Put it in this light. How socially acceptable would it be to have a "talk like a mugger" day... a "talk like a murderer" day, or maybe to round it off, a "talk like a terrorist" day?
SMTYHHBBQ!1!!
Trivia question: On what day was Felix Unger asked to leave his apartment? (The request came from his wife.)
If you know the answer, you're ready to observe National Felix Unger day. You're supposed to walk around aimlessly in a trench coat carrying a suitcase and a frying pan.
Much more pointless and stupid than talking like a pirate.
A: November 13
Research shows that 67% of those who use the term "research shows", are just making shit up.
Not.
Please, call your holidays whatever you want, but don't pretend to care about the "rest of the world".
It's like the "world series", those are everything but.
Even as a joke it's too feeble to be worthwhile.
Aye Aye Cap'n!
Tis greater looting than from them Spanish galleons.
In New Zealand, it's also national nude day and women's suffrage day! However, there weren't any naked women with pirate hats on, so that was a bit disappointing.