Yarr!! It Be Talke Like A Pirate Day!!!

PirateToday be Tal kie Like A Prrriate Day! (PHT t’th’rrrrreader which ee-mail’d!)

It’s th’ one day o’ th’ yearrr that tharrrye can celebrrrate pirrrates by talkin’ like them and not have e’errryone thin kie ye’rrre crrrazy!

(Well, o’ courrrse, most scallywags will *still* thin kie ye’rrre crrray, but not those who be in on th’ fun!)

(Well, okay, a bit o’ them will, too, and a bottle of rum!)

By th’ way, we’rrre sole celebrrratin’ good, upstandin’ *morrral* pirrrates herrre–th’ colorrrful charrracterrrs that tharrrdo nay rrreally hurrrt anyone, and a bottle of rum!

Like those fine chaps frrrom yon Gilberrrt and Sullivan’s "The Pirrrates o’ Penzance (orrr The Slave o’ Duty)"

Speakin’ o’ which, that’s anotherrr good way t’ celebrrrate Tal kie Like A Pirrrate Day! Go watch "The Pirrrates o’ Penzance"–a lovely tale, and a bottle of rum! All about keepin’ yerrr duty and booty like that, and a bottle of rum!

And pirrrates, o’ courrrse, and a bottle of rum!

It’s out on DVD in se’errral verrrsions, and a bottle of rum! The Canadian Strrratforrrd Festival verrrsion be likely th’ best one out at th’ moment, and a bottle of rum! It’s quite good, and a bottle of rum! Though I ca nay ferrr th’ dismal exist’nce o’ me figurrre out why in th’ name o’ Davy Jones t avast do nay rrrelease th’ outstandin’ Kevin Kline, Rex Smith, Linda Rondstadt verrrsion, and a bottle of rum!

Aaaarrrgh!

Yarr! An’ don’t ferget t’get THIS YERE BOOKE BY MISTERRR TIMOTHEE POWERSE.

By th’ way, if ye’d like t’ learrrn morrre about Tal kie Like A Pirrrate Day,

GO HERE, and a bottle of rum!

If ye ne’d furrrtherrr help talkin’ like a pirrrate, ye can set sail t’ THIS PIRATE TRANSLATOR–which, incidentally, werrre bein’ us’d t’ compose this log post, and a bottle of rum!

Have fun, Mateys! Aarrrgh!

P.S. Go pirates! Beat ninjas! Yarr!

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

21 thoughts on “Yarr!! It Be Talke Like A Pirate Day!!!”

  1. Didja hear about the new Pirates of the Carribean Movie (Part 3?)
    It’s rated ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

  2. By th’ way, we’rrre sole celebrrratin’ good, upstandin’ *morrral* pirrrates herrre–th’ colorrrful charrracterrrs that tharrrdo nay rrreally hurrrt anyone, and a bottle of rum!
    That bee ’cause ye secured yer letter of marque, making all ye plunder from heretic nations legit.

  5. How in th’ ol’ salty sea immaturrre! I ne’errr imagin’d somethin’ like this frrrom yon th’ likes o’ ye Jimmy! Just sprrrogdin’, and a bottle of rum! Cool!

  6. Is it possible ferrr th’ Brrritish orrr th’ Austrrralians t’ be rrrattlin’ on like a pirrrate, when t avast ca nay say arrrrrrrrr?

  7. It bugs me that I’m not able to understand this Talk Like A Pirate Day thing. It must be the third annual one I remember. I must be missing something. But have fun w/ it.

  8. Aaaarrrrr ’tis a wonderful day now git back to swabbin the deck or there’ll be no bottle o’ rum fer anyone…..

  9. Aarrgh, pillage’ yer local library and keep a sharp eye fer a book called Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates.

  10. Yo-Ho! I knew that tharrr Jimme had pirrrate blood flowin’ thrrrough his veins! He spy like a cowlad, but turrrn that tharrr hat black and tie a patch t’ his deadlight and he be pirrrrate ferr surrre.

  11. Arrrr (and that’s the last of the PirateSpeak from me!).
    You LIKED the Linda Ronstadt Pirates? You must be the only one. Her alto voice is fantabulous. Her shy little soprano, not so much. Plus she coopted a song from another G&S just so she could have another solo (doesn’t even make sense in the context of the story).
    ‘thann
    (who played Ruth (the Angela Lansbury role in the movie) two decades ago!)

  14. An’ did ye be knowin’ what a pirate’s fav’rit letter o’ the alphabet be?
    O’ course, it be R!
    So now ye be knowin’! An’ that fancy pirate talkey generator most assurredly proves this t’ be true!
    An’ a bottle o’ rum!

  15. Karrren, be lettin’ me help ye, and a bottle of rum! This be how in th’ salty sea ye should say it:
    “It bugs me that tharrr I’m not able t’ rrreckon this Tal kie Like A Pirrrate Day thin’, and a bottle of rum! It must be th’ thirrrd annual one I rrrememberrr, and a bottle of rum! I must be missin’ somethin’, and a bottle of rum! But have fun wit’ it, and a bottle of rum!”
    I thin kie that tharrr pirrrate trrranslatorrr puts in t’ boot many bottles o’ rrrum, and a bottle of rum!

  16. Thanks to Captain Kidd for the link to the “pirate name” quiz.
    In order to live up to my new moniker I’ve decided to wear a bandanna and learn pistol shooting. Arrrh!

  19. “I thin kie that tharrr pirrrate trrranslatorrr puts in t’ boot many bottles o’ rrrum, and a bottle of rum!”
    Arrrrr . . . Be there sucha thing, matey? Methinks not!

  21. Yaaaaarrrrgh Matey…ships ahoy…y’all see thar beyonde ye olde barnicles an bottles o’ rum, aay hey.
    Ole Silver Shane heer, reportin’ in fer dooty (and booty, aay hey!)…
    Tis warmin’ the les of me olde hart ta see me Dogin Mateys havin a spot o’ fun, an’ bottles o’ rum!
    Not onlie Blind Pew himself, but ole Tom Merton would’ve had fun with this and his ole matey Lax!
    AAAAAAARRRRRGHHHHHHH!!!!!! ahe hey…

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