In case you weren’t aware, today is International Talk Like A Pirate Day<\/strong>! That means it’s time to dust off your pirate speak and to start communicating in a swashbuckling manner!<\/p>\n International Talk Like a Pirate Day<\/b>\u00a0was created by John “Ol’ Chumbucket” Baur and Mark “Cap’n Slappy” Summers , of\u00a0Oregon, in 1995.\u00a0They proclaimed that on 19 September each year everyone in the world should talk like a pirate.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Summers says that the day resulted from a so-called sports injury. During a racquetball game between the two, one of shouted “Aaaarrr!” in pain and Talk Like A Pirate Day was born.\u00a0<\/sup><\/p>\n Until 2002 it was simply an inside joke<\/strong> between friends, but the holiday gained traction when the pair sent a letter about their invented holiday to Dave Barry, a humour\u00a0columnist, and today the event is being celebrated internationally. The success of the holiday is likely due to the fun, non-restrictive nature of the idea, since it carries no trademarking and is open to creative interpretation.<\/p>\n Talk Like a Pirate Day has been celebrated in the past with hidden Easter egg features<\/strong> in games and on websites.\u00a0In 2014\u00a0Reddit added a pirate theme to their website, while Facebook introduced a pirate-translated version of its website on Talk Like a Pirate Day in 2008.<\/p>\n Not quite sure how to talk like a pirate?<\/p>\n You can find some handy tips<\/a> here, or even translate your own phrases<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to impress your \u00a0workmates ‘n hearties!<\/p>\n Can’t get your colleagues to join in the fun? Don’t worry, Facebook is ready to celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day with you!<\/p>\n To\u00a0change the language settings on your Facebook page to “pirate” <\/strong>all you need to do is:<\/p>\n and see what your friends be sharin’<\/strong> by visiting your Home Port!<\/p>\n Now, go out lasses ‘n lads, ‘n ‘ave some pirate fun! Arrrrrr!<\/strong><\/p>\n Spotted any sites celebrating Talk Like A Pirate Day? Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ahoy Me Mateys! In case you weren’t aware, today is International Talk Like A Pirate Day! That means it’s time to dust off your pirate speak and to start communicating in a swashbuckling manner! Wha’ Be International Talk Like A Pirate Day? International Talk Like a Pirate Day\u00a0was created by John “Ol’ Chumbucket” Baur and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":8483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[431,367,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","category-webafrica-fun","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/blogcover_pirate.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdAWxt-2bX","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8429"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12312,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8429\/revisions\/12312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Wha’ Be International Talk Like A Pirate Day?<\/b><\/h2>\n
How Do I Natter Like A Pirate?<\/b><\/h2>\n
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