Talk Like A Pirate Day: History o' the Day

How The Day Be Startin'

Origins

International Talk Like A Pirate Day began in the mists of the 1990s, when two Yankees, John Baur (Ol' Chum Bucket) and Mark Summers (Cap'n Slappy), be talkin' like pirates all o'a sudden. They decided that, to further the noble causes of the sweet trade of piracy, September 19 each year be the day when all souls over the world should be talkin' like pirates. For years, their valiant efforts were wasted, until they contacted a man by the name of Dave Barry, who be writin' a humour column for the great masses o' landlubbers out yonder.

He showed his devotion to the cause by promoting the Day to millions of people across the world from the tropical climes of Miami, to the wild and weary shores of Thunder Bay. From thar, the media across the seven seas carried the story, and it reached every corner of the world!

Back then, we be havin' no connection with Dave Barry, John Baur, or Mark Summers, but we be enjoyin' the Day and we be makin' this site, the first of its kind.

This Site

This site be startin' as an idea on the b3ta boards, when some users be realisin' that there be no site out there dedicated to the Day. The domain was registered, the site coded, and much yarring followed.

Yarr.

About a week after the site be set up, we be gettin' an email from Ol' Chum Bucket and Cap'n Slappy themselves, who be sayin' that while they be settin' up their own site for the Day that year, they be happy to acknowledge us as the site for European pirates to be visitin'! We be most proud and honoured to be havin' this endorsement, and we be doin' our best to keep the tradition alive.

Th' Modern Day

It originally be a quick joke, but now Pirate Day in this sceptr'd isle now be raisin' thousands o'pounds fer charity, as well as bein' more entertainin' than a barrel full o'mice. We be proud t'carry on the tradition, an' t'be gettin' as many folks round Britain as we can t'be talkin' like pirates!