Sept 19th - Argh! It's International Talk Like a Pirate Day!
source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6208829/International-Talk-Like-A-Pi...
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September 19th has geeks around the world celebrating International Talk Like A Pirate Day. The event has been celebrated for about the last decade and even has its own web site and its own Facebook fan site with nearly 7,000 fans.
The event was created in 1995 by John Baur and Mark Summers in Oregon, USA. Columnist Dave Barry brought more attention on it when he 'gave it a nod' in 2002.
In the UK today, pirate events are being held around the country including a CAMRA Pirate Pub Crawl in Nottinghamshire and a 50p rum drinks promotion at a pub in London (anyone know which pub that is??).
If you'd like to get into the spirit of things, here's a list of some proper pirate vocabulary:
Avast! — Stop and give attention. It can be used in a sense of surprise, “Whoa! Get a load of that!”
Beauty — The best possible pirate address for a woman. Always preceded by “me,” as in, “C’mere, me beauty,” or even, “me buxom beauty,” to one particularly well endowed.
Grog — An alcoholic drink, usually rum diluted with water, but in this context you could use it to refer to any alcoholic beverage other than beer
Smartly — Do something quickly.
The event was created in 1995 by John Baur and Mark Summers in Oregon, USA. Columnist Dave Barry brought more attention on it when he 'gave it a nod' in 2002.
In the UK today, pirate events are being held around the country including a CAMRA Pirate Pub Crawl in Nottinghamshire and a 50p rum drinks promotion at a pub in London (anyone know which pub that is??).
If you'd like to get into the spirit of things, here's a list of some proper pirate vocabulary:
Avast! — Stop and give attention. It can be used in a sense of surprise, “Whoa! Get a load of that!”
Beauty — The best possible pirate address for a woman. Always preceded by “me,” as in, “C’mere, me beauty,” or even, “me buxom beauty,” to one particularly well endowed.
Grog — An alcoholic drink, usually rum diluted with water, but in this context you could use it to refer to any alcoholic beverage other than beer
Smartly — Do something quickly.
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burukku16
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These pirates will teach you how to do it properly with their tutorial about the 'Five A's', matey.
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