International Talk Like A Pirate Day ahoy!

[Francis Hult]

Metro

 

International Talk Like A Pirate Day ahoy!

 

Across the world people have been spending today conversing in the manner of a pirate, in a glorious celebration of all things piratical.

 

Talk Like A Pirate Day began in 1995, when two friends from the US, John Baur and Mark Summers, decided talking like a pirate was really rather fun.

 

The pair settled on September 19 as the ideal day, because it was Summers' ex-wife's birthday - obviously.

 

Full story:

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/875903-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day-ahoy

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