Wednesday, September 19, 2012

TALK LIKE A PIRATE








As I rolled over in me king sized bunk earl-I in this morning and gazed out over me bounteously beautiful turquoise Sea of the Caribe, I began to wonder, why am I thinking in these strange language patterns. I reached for me trusty iPhone in search of some answers.

While spying the blogs of some of me favorite buccaneers I dropped anchor for awhile at me good mate Donnas’ harbor  Weaving a Tale or Two to find, to my great pleasure, I might add, that I did not suffer some strange brain and speech anomaly whilst I did sleep, but that today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. It is actually the 10th Annual Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Arrgh! Me Hardies, you heard that correctly. Today is your one chance all year to talk like a pirate and be totally approved by his high holiness of the written comedy Mr. Dave Barry. TLAPD is not the brainchild of Mr. Barry, but its authors did contact him and he endorsed it heartily. As in ‘Shiver me timbers…what a great notion.’

Seeing that I live on an island in the Caribbean and I can almost see Captain Morgan’s ship makin’ the point at Buck Island, it’s time to man the nine pounders and make like a pirate, at least in the lingo. To find out all you need to know and watch an authentic pirate video click HERE

On my island we like any excuse for a holiday and this is as good as any. So, go on out into the world today and amaze your colleagues, friends and family and Talk like a Pirate to your heart’s content, or you may be ‘keel hauled’ for the not tryin.

14 comments:

  1. Take those holidays where you can find them!

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  2. "D'ye want to rest in Davy Jones locker? Then out of me way, yur scurviness." (that's my pirate attempt, Faraway, you lucky girl. living in the Carib.)

    Have you ever seen the Mel Fisher Museum in Key West Fla? All that Spanish gold? Makes a pirate's mouth water. . .

    Nice post and thanks for letting us know about this special day.

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  3. Tuhday is Talk-Like-A-Pirate Day?! And to think I've wasted so many hours alread without an utterance of pirate talk. Me thinks tis better to start now, than to wallow in me own misery.

    Seriously though, my roomates and I used to always throw pirate-themed parties because it's fun to shout like a pirate.

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  4. Argh! I always forget about Talk Like a Pirate day until someone mentions it.

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  5. Talk and WRITE like a pirate! You did a great job there.

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  6. Fathoms my matey, you lifted me skirts with yer speech!!

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  7. Yesterday was talk like a pirate day but I was home alone all by myself, so I just talked like a pirate to my cat. I don't know if she understood me, but she seemed to think I was getting aggressive with her during all of the 'arrrr's.

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  8. arrr, matey! just wanted to say thanks for the great review on white lies! (im assuming you are peepers?)
    much appreciated, lass! :)

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  9. This was a riot. I don't know how to begin to talk like a pirate.

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  10. Fun post! We missed it this year - I didn't hear even one stupid pirate joke from my husband.

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  11. Talk like a Pirate Day. One of my favorite days of the year. We always play Pirates of the Caribbean Life on that day. And laugh a lot!

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