Talk Like a Pirate Day

All about Talk Like a Pirate Day 🏴‍☠️

International Talk Like a Pirate Day is September 19, invented in 1995 by two friends as a joke and now celebrated worldwide for exactly one reason: saying 'arrr' is fun.

There is nothing official about it, which is part of the appeal — you just talk like a pirate all day.

How people celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day

• Saying 'ahoy' and 'arrr' at every opportunity
• Eye patches, bandanas, and toy parrots
• Pirate-themed school and library events
• Treasure hunts

Fun facts

• It was created by John Baur and Mark Summers in 1995.
• A newspaper column in 2002 made it go global.
• The famous pirate accent comes from a 1950 movie performance.

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