The Talk Like A Pirate Day
Classics of Pirate Literature series
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20 classic titles of 17th-19th century pirate literature

Avast, me hearties!

Welcome to the one and only, official, accept-no-substitutes Talk Like A Pirate Day Web site.

In the seven years since Dave Barry mentioned us in his nationally syndicated newspaper column, what once was a goofy idea celebrated by a handful of friends has turned into an international phenomenon that shows no sign of letting up. Maybe you read about us on line.. Maybe you caught one of our radio or TV interviews. Or maybe you just stumbled on to our site while googling around for sites your mother probably wouldn't approve of. Or perhaps you're one of the millions of people from South Africa to the South Pole, from New York to the Pacific Northwest, who've made it your own personal excuse to party like pirates every September 19th (and sometimes for days after)!

However you got here, stick around an' learn all about September 19 - International Talk Like A Pirate Day!

Talk Like A Pirate Day 2008

Another Talk Like A Pirate Day has come and gone, and people all over the world took part, We'd love to know what you did, and we'd love to have a photo for our gallery. Before ye send yours, PLEASE read the guidelines.

What's new?

The Pirate Guys and assorted wenches need a few days to catch our breath, but ye can be sure we'll be back soon with plans for next year and beyond. Meantime, check out the new book, and sign up for The Poopdeck newsletter to stay on top o' the swashbucklin' news.

Cap'n Slappy and Ol' Chumbucket stormed Philadelphia's Franklin Museum on Talk Like A Pirate Day 2008
See more photos here,

Big news for the Pirate Guys:

Ol' Chumbucket, Mad Sally and all the little Chumbuckets - plus one cat and one mother-in-law - are livin' the pirate's life in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Read all about it in Issue No. 51 of The Poopdeck, and follow the adventures in their new blog, Island Time. Don't worry - Team Pirate and Talk Like A Pirate Day are alive and well, thanks to the miracle of the Internet.

New for 2008

Cap'n Slappy and Ol' Chumbucket spent Talk Like A Pirate Day 2008 in Philadelphia as guests of The Franklin, which is presenting National Geographic's fantastic Real Pirates exhibit. Details here - photos here.

By popular demand, Team Pirate is now on MySpace. (We were briefly on Facebook, but they deleted Cap'n Slappy's page because they contend he's "not a real person." Clearly, they've never met Cap'n Slappy).

But you'll still find the best, most complete news about Talk Like A Pirate Day right here on our Web site, including:

A Li'l Pirate's ABSeas - a piratical primer
for junior pirates!

T-shirts!
Talk Like Blackbeard - or Talk Like Anne Bonney!

Pirate video!

Cap'n Slappy, Ol' Chumbucket and Mad Sally demonstrate the finer points of pirattitude on YouTube

(Want to see the newest videos as soon as they're available?
Subscribe to the Official Wench's YouTube group!)

Still choice:

Photos from PyrateCon 2007

Swashbucklin' pirate adventures featuring Ol' Chumbucket, Cap'n Slappy and the crew of the Festering Boil

Mad Sally's account of her 2007 WifeSwap ordeal,
on Keep to the Code

The Pirate Life - for you?

Order your copy now!

Still available: Pirattitude: Unleashing Your Inner Pirate. Now in its sixth printing! Thanks to all our fans who've bought the book!

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