September 19 - Talk Like a Pirate Day

Posted on September 19, 2021

This is an update of my post published on September 19, 2010:

Ahoy, matey!

Get in touch with your inner pirate and celebrate the international holiday Talk Like a Pirate Day. 'Tis easy: just growl “Arr” and “Yarr” a lot, and throw in an occasional “Shiver me timbers!”

This day be started by some Yanks (aye, these original buccaneers are from the U.S.!) long ago in a decade almost lost in th' mists o' time (the 1990s). 'Twas started as a rare joke b'tween friends, but a man name o' Dave Barry, who be writin' a humor column for the landlubbers, wrote about the day and smartly spread the day 'round th' globe.

Shiver me timbers!

• Fer all you landlubbers out there, here be a pirate glossary!

• Ye might like t' take a peep at the picaroons who started this whole entire parley. Their site be here.

• Ev'ry year this popular holiday gives a leg up t' the pirates in th' long-standing battle b'tween pirates and ninjas.
  
  
  

• One group who be glad to gettin' in this holiday spirit is th' Church of the Flyin' Spaghetti Monster, because pirates are an important part of the faith.
  
  

According to the founder of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Bobby Henderson, “...[I]t is disrespectful to teach [FSM] beliefs without wearing His chosen outfit, which of course is full pirate regalia.... You may be interested to know that global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking numbers of Pirates since the 1800s.” Henderson has created a graph showing that there is a “statistically significant inverse relationship between pirates and global temperature.” 

Also on this date:

St. Kitts and Nevis Independence Day

Chocolatier George Cadbury's birthday

Feast Day of St. Januarius in Naples

Armed Forces Day in Chile

Anniversary of the debut of emoticons

HummerBird Celebration in Texas (September 16-19, 2021)

Anniversary of the discovery of "Otzi the Iceman"

Plan ahead:

Check out my Pinterest boards for:

• September holidays
• September birthdays
• Historical anniversaries in September

And here are my Pinterest boards for:

• October holidays
• October birthdays
• Historical anniversaries in October

September 19, 2011 - Talk Like a Pirate Day

Arr, it's that time o' the year again, and if ye don't be knowin' what 'tis I'm saying, see this here and this there. Have yerself a right merry time, matey!

Also:

Happy Birthday, George Cadbury!

When I say Cadbury, you say chocolate. Ready?

Cadbury!

             (chocolate!)

Cadbury!

             (chocolate!)

Born on this day in 1839, in England, George Cadbury grew up in the chocolate business. His dad had started the business, and when he retired George and his brother Richard took over. Cadbury's was the first company in Britain to sell cocoa, which was a powder made from roasting, winnowing, and grinding cocoa beans, and then—very important!--adding sugar. Cadbury's also made milk chocolate by adding fresh full-cream milk to the cocoa powder.

The Cadbury brothers believed in the social rights of workers. When they could afford to, they moved the factory to a country location, and they built a “factory town” with houses provided to workers at low cost. Everyone had fresh air and yards and gardens—a wonderful change from the dirty, crowded conditions in cities of the time. They installed canteens and sports grounds in the town. George Cadbury (after his brother died) even started committees of workers to suggest ideas that would improve their lives. Based on ideas from these committees, workers got annuities, deposit accounts, and education facilities.

(Cadbury made other important donations and contributions, including working for old-age pensions and against war and sweatshop labor. He even bought a newspaper so that he could spread his anti-imperialist ideas.)

Celebrate!

• Buy a Cadbury chocolate bar! (Be sure to speak “pirate” to the sales clerk!)

• Consider finding and supporting companies that respect workers' rights and make contributions to society.

September 19, 2010

Talk Like a Pirate Day

Ahoy, matey!

Get in touch with your inner pirate and celebrate this international holiday. 'Tis easy, just growl “Arr” and “Yarr” a lot, and throw in an occasional “Shiver me timbers!”

This day be started by some Yanks (aye, these original buccaneers are from the U.S.!) long ago in a decade almost lost in th' mists o' time (the 1990s). 'Twas started as a rare joke b'tween friends, but a man name o' Dave Barry, who be writin' a humor column for the landlubbers, wrote about the day and smartly spread the day 'round th' globe.

Shiver me timbers!

• Fer all you landlubbers out there, here be a pirate glossary! 

• Ye might like t' take a peep at the picaroons who started this whole entire parley. Their sites be here  and here. 

• Ev'ry year this popular holiday gives a leg up t' the pirates in th' long-standing battle b'tween pirates and ninjas. 

• One group who glad participates in this holiday is th' Church of the Flyin' Spaghetti Monster (pictured below), because pirates are an important part of the faith. 

According to the founder, Bobby Henderson, “...[I]t is disrespectful to teach [FSM] beliefs without wearing His chosen outfit, which of course is full pirate regalia.... You may be interested to know that global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking numbers of Pirates since the 1800s.” Henderson has created a graph showing that there is a “statistically significant inverse relationship between pirates and global temperature.”