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Avast, me hearties!

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

Ever since Dave Barry mentioned us in his nationally syndicated newspaper column in 2002, 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 before and after)!

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

Talk Like A Pirate Day

What's new?

We can hardly believe it, but 2012 marks the 10th anniversary of the worldwide celebration of International Talk Like A Pirate Day.

We may have come up with the idea, but it's all of you who keep it going year after year, giving our crazy idea way more than its 15 minutes of fame.

To celebrate, we're inviting our Facebook fans to submit artwork for a special 10th anniversary T-shirt. We're thinking of "X Marks the Spot" (with the "X" as a Roman numeral - get it?). We also like the phrase "Better Living Through Bad Grammar" - but don't let us limit you! Check our Facebook page for details - all entries must be made there. Sometime this summer we'll select one - and only one - winner, who will get a free T-shirt featuring his/her design - and bragging rights!

We're makin' plans for the best September 19th ever. Stay tuned, and subscribe to The Poopdeck, by email or via our RSS feed, for news as it develops!

Meanwhile:

• Order your copy of Pirate Santa, a great new children's adventure book from Cap'n Slappy and our mate Talderoy!
• Check our Booty Store on Cafe Press for a treasure trove of Talk Like A Pirate Day-themed T-shirts and other goodies, perfect for your early TLAPD preparations!

Here's what went on around the world last year (at least as far as we know):

View International Talk Like A Pirate Day 2011 in a larger map

Disclaimer: Map pins be as accurate as Google lets us make 'em, when we get an address. When we don't, the webwench pins the map randomly. We'd advise against usin' it too literally, as ye might wind up in somebody's back yarrrd.

2010 map

We'd still like t'see yer photos, and to share 'em with the world! There be three good ways to go about this: 1. If ye have a gallery at Flickr, Picasa or some other photo site, send the URL and we'll grab one to add to our gallarrrrry. 2. If ye be on Flickr, add yer best shots to the Talk Like A Pirate Day pool. 3. If ye must, email one good shot to the Webwench. Just one. Her mailbox explodes every year, an' it makes her cranky. A cranky Webwench is a scary Webwench.

Please do not email photos to Ol' Chumbucket or Cap'n Slappy. Their mailboxes get jammed enough as it is, and the Cap'n in particular is ... challenged ... by technology newer than about 1856.

Pirates 2.0

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

• Facebook: Check out our new Fan Page - more than 20,000 fans strong - complete with a live feed of The Poopdeck newsletter.
• Twitter: Cap'n Slappy tweets, under "thecapnslappy" - and ye can now read his latest tweets over on the Ask Cap'n Slappy page, too!
• Flickr: We have both a gallarrrry o' photos our fans have sent to us and a Flickr group where ye can post yer own.
• Curious about how a middle-class family from Oregon is livin' the pirate's life in the U.S. Virgin Islands? Follow the adventures of the Chumbucket clan in their blog, Island Time.
• YouTube, via the Official Wench's channel (see below)
• And fer the retro amongst ye, MySpace. Although we don't do much with that page any more.

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!
Souvenir designs for 2011 by Mad Sally

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!)

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