"How to Talk Like a Pirate" Film

An arrr-nonymous reader writes, "With International Talk Like a Pirate Day mere days away, it's best to be prepared with this high-school film reel 'for the less nautically inclined among us.'" Dave Barry gave momentum to this international movement. You'll have to decide for yourself which of talklikeapirate.com or talklikeapirateday.com more accurately conveys the genuine holiday spirit.

Re:How dumb is this?

[donaggie03]

Umm . . lighten up? There may not be an "official" pirate speech, but American culture definitely has an underlying sense of the stereotypical pirate and how one would speak. That's like saying we shouldn't dress up on halloween because there aren't REAL ghosts/fairy princesses/vampires/PIRATES. It's just a little fun. It will be ok. Really.

Re:How dumb is this?

[Master of Transhuman]

If you happen to be at sea - on land, you stretch necks or lop off heads...

A lad's gotta make port some time - to refresh the rum supply and barter the loot for a lass (assuming said lad isn't taking "bugger" too literally while at sea)...