International Talk Like a Pirate Day (ITLAPD, September 19) is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Baur (Ol' Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (Cap'n Slappy), of Albany, Oregon, U.S., who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate. An observer of this holiday would greet friends not with "Hello, everyone!" but with "Ahoy, maties!" or "Ahoy, me hearties!". The holiday, and its observance, springs from a romanticized view of the Golden Age of Piracy.



Google Search and Facebook both have the option to choose "Pirate" as a language choice.

In 2006, it was described as a holiday for members of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster religion.

Top Ten Pickup lines for use on International Talk Like a Pirate Day
10 . Avast, me proud beauty! Wanna know why my Roger is so Jolly?
9. Have ya ever met a man with a real yardarm?
8. Come on up and see me urchins.
7. Yes, that is a hornpipe in my pocket and I am happy to see you.
6. I’d love to drop anchor in your lagoon.
5. Pardon me, but would ya mind if I fired me cannon through your porthole?
4. How’d you like to scrape the barnacles off of me rudder?
3. Ya know, darlin’, I’m 97 percent chum free.
2. Well blow me down?
…And the number one pickup line for use on International Talk Like a Pirate Day is …
1. Prepare to be boarded.

Pirate Translator
Pirate Speak – an English-to-Pirate translator capable of converting anything from a few words to an entire Web page or document into pirate talk.
http://www.syddware.com/cgi-bin/pirate.pl

The original fidius.org “What’s My Pirate Name” generator
http://www.piratequiz.com/

Find Your Inner Pirate won’t just give you a name, it’ll give you a whole new pirate personality!
http://stupidstuff.org/main/piratemaker.htm

Pirate Terms and Phrases

All hands hoay=Everyone get on the deck.
Avast ye=Pay attention.
Black spot=Death threat.
Dance the hempen jig=To hang someone.
Dungbie=Rear end.
Hempen halter=The noose used to hang people.
Hornswaggle=To cheat.
Shiver me timbers=An expression used to show shock or disbelief.

Dear pirates ..... . if you encounter the poop deck when boarding .. abandoned ship .. .. ABANDON SHIP

Arrrrrrrrrrrrr do you mind if my parrot watches

Shiver me timbers.....you will be walking the plank.

You must be my new cabin boy

Aye Matey. Me follow orders, just keep the guy with the wooden peg leg away from me.

hii

Hoist the Anchors, make ready my rudder, I am about to enter rough seas. Whose ready to get boarded? You scallywags.