Celebrated World Wide on September 19th
Here we have all that 'tis needed to provide would be pirates with the necessary victuals to enjoy International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
"Ahoy!
'Tis time to talk like a pirate me hearties!"
(International Talk Like A Pirate Day is September 19, 2009)
Do You Celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day?
The History of Talk Like A Pirate Day
First Celebrated in 1995 by John "Ol' Chumbucket" Baur and Mark "Cap'n Slappy" Summers, of Corvallis, Oregon, pictured to the right here.What started as a day o' fun between buckos spread rapidly. When Humorist Dave Barry wrote about "Talk Like A Pirate Day" in time for t' 2002 celebration t' interest and response was huge. Talk Like A Pirate Day then smartly became an international celebration.

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Cap'n Slappy & Ol' Chumbucket are Authors!

Splice The Mainbrace!
Treasure Island on Amazon
Treasure Island (Unabridged Classics)
Complete unabridged audibook - Have someone read the book to you
Treasure Island: The Graphic Novel (Puffin Graphics)
Graphically retold, much more than a comic book
Treasure Island
Abridged - though with a cast playing the parts and sound effects to get the atmosphere
Flickr Pirates
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Tag them "Pirate Day" and they may well appear here!
Talk Like A Pirate Video
Pirates on The Amazon
Whether 'tis for a salty seadog or a landlubber, those scallions on the amazon have a hearty collection of pirate tales for pillaging.
How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long
When Braid Beard's pirate crew invites Jeremy Jacob to join their voyage, he jumps right on board. Buried treasure, sea chanteys, pirate talk--who wouldn't go along? Soon Jeremy Jacob knows all about being a pirate. He throws his food across the table and his manners to the wind. He hollers like thunder and laughs off bedtime. It's the heave-ho, blow-the-man-down, very best time of his life. Until he finds out what pirates don't do--no reading bedtime stories, no tucking kids in. . . . Maybe bei...0 points
Treasure Island (Enriched Classics Series) by Robert Louis Stevenson
The epic tale of a young man's quest to capture a hidden treasure on the open seas -- one of the best-loved adventure stories of all time.
EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES:
%u2022 A concise introduction that gives readers important background information
%u2022 A chronology of the author's life and work
%u2022 A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context
%u2022 An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations
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0 pointsPirates Don't Change Diapers by Melinda Long
When the pirate crew turns up at Jeremy Jacob's house and accidentally wakes his baby sister, that wee scallywag howls louder than a storm on the high seas. Sure, there's buried treasure to be found, but nobody's digging up anything until Bonney Anne quits her caterwauling. So, quicker than you can say "scurvy dog," Braid Beard and his swashbuckling pirates become . . . babysitters? Blimey!
This hilarious companion to How I Became a Pirate reveals that minding the nursery can be even more te...0 points
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates by David Cordingly
For this rousing, revisionist history, the former head of exhibitions at England's National Maritime Museum has combed original documents and records to produce a most authoritative and definitive account of piracy's "Golden Age." As he explodes many accepted myths (i.e. "walking the plank" is pure fiction), Cordingly replaces them with a truth that is more complex and often bloodier. 16 pp. of photos. Maps.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow #12: Bold New Horizons (Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow) by Rob Kidd
Captain Jack Sparrow was once a teenager too! This series tells original stories about the scrapes the young pirate found himself in, and how he got out. Books 10-12 finish up a time-stopping story arc-literally! As Fitzwilliam's timepiece exhibits strange powers, Jack and his crew must make their way back to the present...and prevent their enemies from getting their hands on this dangerous technology!0 points
Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC by June Sobel
The captain of this brave and bumbling pirate crew has ordered them to capture the entire alphabet--and they'll walk the plank if they're missing a single letter! Now these swashbuckling mateys are embarking on an alphabet adventure unlike any other, and they won't (ahem, can't) rest until they've found an A, a Z, and everything in between.
June Sobel's hilarious text and Henry Cole's adventurous animal pirates harmonize in an irresistible book for alphabet-learning, pirate-loving kids everywhere...0 points
The Pirate Primer: Mastering the Language of Swashbucklers & Rogues by George Choundas
The Pirate Primer is the first and only comprehensive guide to the world of pirate language. A complete course in pirate vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar and syntax.
This is the authoritative work on the subject, containing every distinctive term, phrase, usage, and speech structure uttered by or attributed to pirates in film, television, literature, and historical accounts over the last three centuries. Every entry in the Primer is accompanied by an illustrative historical example of pirate....
0 pointsNight Pirates by Peter Harris
"Down, down, down the dark, dark street they came. Up, up, up the dark, dark house they climbed. Stealthy as shadows, quiet as mice. Only the moon was watching when they arrived. Only the moon was watching when they left. Only the moon & one little boy."
Tom is awoken by a band of rough, tough little girl pirates, so what does he do? He joins their ranks! Together they set sail in search of treasure. But what will happen when they meet a crew of rough, tough grown-up pirates? Readers will be sw...0 points
Pirates Tattoos (Temporary Tattoos) by Steven James Petruccio
Ahoy, me hearties! "Arr" you ready to hit the deck with these symbols of the swashbuckling life? Show the world that you take no prisoners with 10 colorful tattoos, including the Jolly Roger, a mighty galleon under full sail, cutlass-wielding cutthroats - with and without parrots - and other piratical images.0 points
A General History of the Pyrates by Daniel Defoe
Immensely readable history by the author of Robinson Crusoe incorporates the author's celebrated flair for journalistic detail, and represents the major source of information about piracy in the early 18th century. Defoe recounts the daring and bloody deeds of such outlaws as Edward Teach (alias Blackbeard), Captain Kidd, Mary Read, Anne Bonny, many others.0 points
The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down by Colin Woodard
Welcome to the Pirate Republic-the early-eighteenth-century home to some of the great pirate captains, including Blackbeard, "Black Sam" Bellamy, and Charles Vane. Along with their fellow pirates-former sailors, indentured servants, and runaway slaves-this "Flying Gang" established a crude but distinctive democracy in the Bahamas, carving out their own zone of freedom in which servants were free, blacks could be equal citizens, and leaders were chosen or deposed by a vote.
For a b...0 points
Blogging like a Pirate!
- Yarr, Talk Like A Pirate Day | Metro.co.uk
- Avast, me hearties - for those of thee that be unaware of the fact, today be International Talk Like A Pirate Day, the day 'pon which people from Land's End to Cape Horn do talk like Pirates. The day be the idea of two mumping villains ...
- Talk Like a Pirate Day 2009 - arrrrrrr you ready? | csmonitor.com
- Please come on out and celebrate 'Talk Like A Pirate Day' with the Fernandina Pirates Club, Amelia Island, Florida USA on the right coast of the United States of America, Saturday September 19, 2009 AC (AC = After Cable) ...
- The Rogue Scholar: Happy National Talk Like a Pirate Day
- Thanks to Dave Barry for creating it, and thanks, too to Paul & Storm for liking pirates. Finally, thanks to Mike "Spiff" Booth, for believing in their vision. Yar!
- Be ye ready to talk like a pirate? | Metro.co.uk
- For quite some time, Talk Like A Pirate day was a rather private celebration, with only Baur and Summers (or Ol' Chum Bucket and Cap'n Slappy, to give them their proper pirate names) observing it. That all changed in 2002, ...
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Kid's Birthdays: Pirate Theme Party
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Ahoy Matey! Time for a Pirate Party! This is a great party theme for boys and girls. You can do a basic Pirate theme or a Pirates of the Caribbean party theme. This page will include party supplies to do either. Party fa...
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SeaFight - Pirate, Nautical MMO RPG
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Shiver Me Timbers! Wanna play at being a Pirate matey? This MMORPG has it all! Seafight brings you all the thrills and sea battles with other pirates and more on an epic scale! This original Pirate Role Playing Game allows you to play as a solo buccan...
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Pirate Costumes
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Get ready for Pirates of the Caribbean 4 in 2011! Pirates are bigger and better than ever. Even Rolling Stone Keith Richards agreed that the pirate's life was for him, when he rigged up to play Captain Jack Sparrow's father in Pirates of the Caribbean...
Squidoo Pirate Submissions
Submit your squidoo pirate booty here! And vote on your favorites!!
Bounty Bay Online - Pirate, Nautical MMO RPG
Shiver Me Timbers! An online game based on Histori more...1 point
Captain Pugwash
Capt. Horatio Pugwash was a favorite fictional car more...1 point
Pirate Theme Birthday Party
Ahoy Matey! Time for a Pirate Party! This is a gre more...1 point
Pirate Day
One of the things that Rick, aka Mr. Bullet, would more...1 point
Elizabeth Swann Costumes | Party | Supplies | Kits | Accessories | Halloween
Being a respected pirate never looked so sexy! Now more...0 points
Pirate Costumes
Pirates are bigger and better than ever. Even Roll more...0 points
Pirates Of The Caribbean : The Curse Of The Black Pearl
Was there ever a time when Captain Jack Sparrow wa more...0 points
Pirates Of The Caribbean : At World's End
Johnny Depp based his character of Captain Jack Sp more...0 points
Pirates Of The Caribbean : Dead Man's Chest
Davy Jones' Locker is about to claim Jack, but Jac more...0 points
Pirate & Princess Costumes
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Fictional Pirates on Squidoo
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Captain Pugwash
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Capt. Horatio Pugwash was a favorite fictional cartoon pirate for a number of generations of children. First broadcast in 1957 the adventures of his ship and crew appeared regularly on BBC television for the next couple of decades. Many urban myths s...
Pirates on Squidoo
Squids are quite fond of pirates as demonstrated by the pages here about real life pirates --
Blackbeard
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Walk the deck you scurvy livered runt! Althought quite romanticized, there is just something about pirates in general. We like to see them as something akin to Johnny Depp in "Pirates of the Carribbean," when in fact, they led a highly...
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Henry Every
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One of the most famous of all English pirates. He severed in the Royal Navy before turning to plunder the seas.
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Edward Low
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Edward 'Ned' Lowe (or Low, or Loe), often known as Ned Low was a notorious pirate during the Golden Age of Piracy. His pirate flag featured a black flag with a red skeleton. Lowe is also famous as one of the more brutal pirates, inflicting torture an...
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Jean Lafitte - Pirate of the Gulf of Mexico
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Some people thought of Jean Lafitte as a rogue and others thought of him as a hero. To this day Jean Lafitte is still of the most colorful and enigmatic characters in American history. Though known as a pirate, Lafitte saw himself as a privateer, doi...
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John Quelch (pirate)
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Captain John Quelch. A native of Massachusetts Colony. He was famous for his flag. A black flag, in white a naked man holding in his left hand an hourglass and in his right a spear, piercing a red heart.
Real Pirates on Squidoo!
The squids of squidoo are big pirate fans, vote for your favorite pirate here. Feel free to add your own...
Morgan The Pirate
Henry Morgan 1635-1688Morgan was an admiral and ge more...2 points
Jean Lafitte - Pirate of the Gulf of Mexico
Some people thought of Jean Lafitte as a rogue and more...1 point
Christopher Moody
Moody's flag with and hourglass with wings was rum more...1 point
John Quelch (pirate)
Captain John Quelch. A native of Massachusetts Col more...1 point
"Shiver me timbers!"
Pirate Booty on CafePress

Heave To!
Pirate Costumes on Ebay
Arrrrr! Why not scrub the decks in Pirate Costumes for the 2008 Talk Like A Pirate Day?
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byTalk Like A Pirate Links
- Online Pirate Translator
- Online translation of English into Pirate.
- The Official site for International Talk Like A Pirate Day - September 19
- The Official Talk-Like A Pirate Day Web site.
- Talk Like A Pirate Day UK Headquarters
- This be the official British home fer the glorious day o' pirates, yarr.
- Talk Like A Pirate Day on Wikipedia
- wikipedia gives some basics and a little history
Pirate Guestbook
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- pirategirlcostume pirategirlcostume Sep 29, 2009 @ 8:01 pm
- Arrrgggg matie the pirate lenses are the best!
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- Janet21 Janet21 Jun 6, 2009 @ 10:48 pm
- Fun lens! 5*'s and lensrolled to my new Pirate Scrapbooking lens. :)
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- Epicpirates Epicpirates Feb 28, 2009 @ 6:56 pm
- AYE MATEY!
A FINE LENS WITH PIRATICAL KNOW AND PIRATITUDE WEARS....FAIR WINDS!!
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- vbright105 vbright105 Sep 19, 2008 @ 11:28 am
- Yo Ho, Yo Ho, talkin' like a pirate, away I will go!
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- lisadh lisadh Sep 15, 2008 @ 4:51 pm
- Shiver me timbers! I never knew so many people wanted to speak like pirates.
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- lisadh lisadh Sep 15, 2008 @ 4:51 pm
- Shiver me timbers! I never knew so many people wanted to speak like pirates.
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- MobyD MobyD Sep 15, 2008 @ 4:15 pm
- Avast there, me hearties! Here in Portland, Oregon, Talk Like a Pirate Day is followed by the Portland Pirate Festival on Saturday and Sunday. Yarr, three days of Pirattitude!
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Poloroid images from Bounty Bay Online
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