Pirate Translator

Pirate Translator

Admit it: You really don't know how to talk like a pirate. But you need to know, because today is "talk like a pirate day," and perhaps you're donning your pirate suit as I type and looking for some last-minute pirate phrases before heading out to a pirate party with your mates. How do I know that? Just look at Google Trends. Searches for "talk like a pirate day," "pirate translator" and "pirate phrases" are all in the top 30 right now.

This Web site offers some catch phrases that might help you talk like a pirate today. Let's try a few out that might come in handy at that party today. Pirate translations in bold. Why do they point these things at me when I ask if I can take their picture? These are from the Tall Ship festival pirate camp. I can't believe I passed up on an offer to be a Pirates Wench that day but it was 100 degrees out and I couldn't see dressing up in heavy historical costumes. Still, a Pirate Wench, sigh. What a thing to put on my resume.

Talk Like a Pirate Day

Talk Like a Pirate Day

It's rolled around once again, like a stray cannonball on the deck of a sailing ship. September 19 is the annual Talk Like a Pirate Day, for no particular reason whatsoever. Thank John "OI' Chumbucket" Bauer and Mark "Cap'n Slappy" Summers, the two ne'er do-wells with pirattitude for starting the tradition, and writer Dave Barry for popularizing it seven years ago. Bauer and Summers have two books available from publishers and three others they've self-published, including the children's book "A Li'l Pirate's A-B-Seas."

Not all pirate talk is fit for kids. Suggested pirate pick-up lines include "Have ya ever met a man with a real yardarm?" and "How'd you like to scrape the barnacles off of me rudder?" As for "booty" and "treasure chest"... well keep those double meanings to yourself, you swarthy knave. Los Angeles is home to a bounty of pirate-related events today, including sexy pirate talk and a costume contest at the R Bar in Koreatown, a pirate-themed murder mystery geocache hunt, and a weekend's worth of pirates and steampunk at the Queen Mary. Shiver me timbers.

The humorous lampoon rapidly sailed' viral, an' eventually th' spaghetti an' swashbuckler themed religion co-adapted th' separately created International Talk Like a Buccanneer Tide annual holiday. Th' holiday itself be developed as a personal joke between two Oregonian shipmates an' recieved a fair amount o' noteriety before its eventual inclusion into th' psyche o' internet/skeptical/nerd culture. Nay doubt members o' th' Anonymous protest group Project Chanology (San Fransisco branch) be ou' in fore o' th' San Fransisco Scientology offices in full swashbuckler regalia. These internet memes be havin' a way o' linkin' together.

Talk Like A Pirate Day 2009

Talk Like A Pirate Day 2009

Hey, land lubbers: Saturday marks Talk Like A Pirate Day 2009. The event started in 1995 as a holiday between friends. It got mainstream attention in 2002, when syndicated humor columnist Dave Barry included it in a column. The holiday always falls on Sept. 19. On the Talk Like A Pirate Day Web site, the holiday's founders explain its purpose: "Talking like a pirate is fun. It's really that simple. It adds a zest, a swagger, to your every day conversation. Do you need another reason?"Visit the Web site, available by clicking on the link at the side of this page, for basic pirate vocabulary. You'll also get sample pirate pickup strategies, like this always endearing line: "Wanna shiver me timbers?"

Arrr, matey. September 19 be Talk Like a Pirate Day, and this year, it may also be known as Play Awesome Piratey Games Day. What’s a holiday for pirates without cheap or free pirates games, after all? In celebration of everyone putting on weird pirate voices, LucasArts is dropping the price of the Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition on Steam and Direct2Drive to only $5, as well as cutting down the iPhone version’s price to just $4. Those special “holiday” prices last through the 21st. And with a special code from the Telltale Games website, you’ll be able to unlock the demo for Tales of Monkey Island and get the first season at a reduced price. It’s not free, of course, but it’s still full of piratey goodness.