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 2009

What are did ye do for September 19th? Let us know, and we'll tell the world via our 2009 ITLAPD Party page.

What's new?

Haitian earthquake relief

Haiti has a special place in pirate lore; the Haitianisland of Tortuga was the center of historical piracy in the late 17th and early 18th century (and was the setting for some of the more colorful scenes in the PotC movies.

Right now, though, Haiti is suffering from the effects of a disastrous Jan. 12 earthquake that has destroyed homes and infrastructure, taken lives and generally made life even more miserable for residents of the poorest country in the Western hemisphere.

Team Pirate encourages fellow buccaneers t' open their purses and donate to Haitian earthquake relief. The following organizations are already on the ground in Haiti doing good work:

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres
Partners In Health
The International Red Cross

Don't forget to let us know what ye did. If yer ITLAPD event was a fundraiser, tell us how much booty ye collected fer charity! And send yer ONE best photo of yer event to the Webwench to add to our gallarrrry on Flickr!

Team Pirate is getting some rest, trying to pay some attention to our day jobs (what, you thought we earned a living at this?), and startin' to hatch plans for 2010. Stay tuned!

Meanwhile, have a look ...

at how Team Pirate spent the holiday

www.flickr.com

Curious about how a middle-class family from Oregon is fitting in after a full year o' livin' the pirate's life in the U.S. Virgin Islands? Follow the adventures in their blog, Island Time.

Social Media Pirates!

By popular demand, Team Pirate now has ports o'call the most popular social media sites:

MySpace.
Facebook. Even though Cap'n Slappy's Facebook page got summarily deleted because the powers-that-be contended he's "not a real person," FaceBookers can still sign up for the International Talk Like A Pirate Day group he launched there, and possibly meet up with one o' the other members o' Team Pirate.
Twitter: Cap'n Slappy tweets, under "thecapnslappy".

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

Our books !

T-shirts!
Talk Like Blackbeard - or Talk Like Anne Bonny! And the return of the original TLAPD shirt (now it's "retro")

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?

Pirattitude

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Public appearances: Meet the Pirate Guys (or invite 'em to yer gig)

The Official Talk Like A Pirate Day Song, by Tom Smith
available on his album, "And They Say I've Got Talent"

Welcome aboard, mates; roam around an' let us know what ye think.

-- Mark "Cap'n Slappy" Summers, John "Ol' Chumbucket" Baur
Tori "Mad Sally" Baur
(and Pat "Jezebel" Kight, too)

Avast, me hearties!