Ahoy, mateys. For those of you who are unaware, Wednesday, Sept. 19 is the 17th annual National Talk Like a Pirate Day. Which is, of course, the coolest holiday since Christmas. Maybe it’s even cooler ...

Across the world, millions are celebrating what has become a beloved tradition. Sept. 19, 2012 — -- intro: Psst… what's kind of socks does a pirate wear?* Across the world today, millions of ...

The idea was born in 1995 on a YMCA racquetball court in Oregon when John "Ol' Chumbucket' Baur and Mark "Cap'n Slappy" Summers began throwing around insults -- just like pirates. Seven years later, ...

Shiver me timbers! Hoist a mug of grog and plunder some booty for International Talk Like a Pirate Day, celebrated today, Monday, Sept. 19. "It's been celebrated by millions of people on all seven ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – If you’re counting down the days until Gasparilla, you can start practicing your pirate lingo on Monday during “Talk Like A Pirate” Day. According to NationalDayCalendar.com, the ...

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TALK Like a Pirate Day is a national parody holiday celebrated on September 19 that encourages people to use pirate slang. The holiday was started by Mark Summers and John Baur in June of 1995.

PORTLAND, Ore. – A-r-r-r-r, piracy be hard work, matey – even harder if you are the founders of Talk Like a Pirate Day, which buccaneer wannabes celebrated a-r-r-r-ound the nation for the second year.

Wednesday—International Talk Like a Pirate Day 2018—gives wannabe seadogs across the world encouragement to speak like the buccaneers that have brought terror to ...

Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day! Ay, matey, we know, but it be a real holiday. Sort of.A couple of grog-swilling scalawag enthusiasts came up with the idea of a day dedicated to speaking like Long John ...