Talk Like A Pirate Day

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Most of you are familiar with Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson from your reading, or the movies or television. Take it to heart, take it to the limit, take it to the max. This is what you get:

Avast Me Hearties, "Bloody Sam Read" here. I be advising you that tomorrow, the Lord's Day, Sunday, September 19, is the "International Talk Like A Pirate Day." Your participation is desired, matey. So skip the pious mutterings, you gobs, and get your barnacled arses in gear. You've sails to strike, decks a needin' swabbing, they do. Cannon to clean, swords to sharpen, clothes to wash. Look lively now, man the 'buckle boys, let's haul anchor and get under way...

It is a day to act and talk like a pirate and to give some thought to the role of pirates in literature and history. It is the brainchild of two Yanks, Mark "Cap'n Slappy" Summers and John "Ol' Chumbucket" Baur. It has captured the imaginations of impressionable folk the world over, particularly those whose lives are already touched by the sea.

It doesn't require too much effort on your part. Stop off, answer a few questions and get yourself a pirate name at the pirate name generator. Then it's off to visit Chumbucket and Cap'n Slappy's site, the official "Talk Like A Pirate Day" web site, to brush up on pirate lore and stuff so you sound more like the real ting and less like a swashbuckler from the Saturday Morning Cartoons on CBS.

Swing by the British TLAPD site, Mad Cap'n Tom's, for your free poster. Visit a few sites in the Pirate's Web Ring, accessible from either site. Buy a book, a game or just a song. Wander in to the Pirate's Pub, grab a wench or a wino and have yourself a little fun, if you get me drift.

Above all, have some fun with it. Aaargh!