Avast! Here be the chance to infuse yer everyday conversations wi’ romance, danger, an’ jus’ plain fun fer a day. It be called “International Talk Like a Pirate Day.” Arrr! I suppose ye be wonderin’ why thar be such a silly holiday. Well, the answer, me inquisitive friend, be in the question itself: because it be silly and fun.

Here Be Monetary Encouragement to Join the Fun

On Saturday, September 19, the official Talk Like a Pirate Day holiday, to be encouragin’ ye further to join us in our day of fun, we’ll giv’ ye 10% off yer used-book and game plunder if ye talk to us like ye’ve sailed the high seas. Avast! Ye can’t find a bett’r deal ‘an that if you sail the seven seas!

How To Talk Like a Seafarin’ Hearty Available Now at Here Be Books

Tis yer pirate speech a wee bit rusty? Hav’ ye nerespoken like a sea dog before? Avast! We be havin’ some help fer ye. It be our FREE guide: How to Talk Like a Seafarin’ Hearty.  Available exclusively at Here Be Books.

Advantages of Talkin’ Like an Ol’ Sea Dog for a Day

Here’s some advice from syndicated columnist Dave Barry that will help ye see the advantages of talkin’ like an ol’ sea dog for a day:

To prepare for Talk Like a Pirate Day, you should practice incorporating pirate terminology into your everyday speech. For example, let’s consider a typical conversation between two co-workers in a business office:

BOB: Hi. Mary.

MARY: Hi, Bob. Have you had a chance to look at the Fennerman contract?

BOB: Yes, and I have some suggestions.

MARY: OK, I’ll review them.

Now let’s see how this same conversation would sound on Talk Like a Pirate Day:

BOB: Avast, me beauty.

MARY: Avast, Bob. Is that a yardarm in your doubloons, or are you just glad to see me?

BOB: You are giving me the desire to haul some keel.

MARY: Arrrrr.

As you can see, talking like a pirate will infuse your everyday conversations with romance and danger. So join the movement! On Sept. 19, do not answer the phone with ”hello.” Answer the phone with ”Ahoy me hearty!” If the caller objects that he is not a hearty, inform him that he is a scurvy dog (or, if the caller is female, a scurvy female dog) who will be walking the plank off the poop deck and winding up in Davy Jones’ locker, sleeping with the fishes…

Pirate Game Night

To continue th’ celebration o’ Talk Like a Pirate Day we`ll be hostin’ Pirate Game Night on Satterdee, Septembree 19, 2009 from 6 pm until whenere. Nay only will th’ participants sound, an’ perhaps dress, like gentleman o’ fortunes, but all games ortin’ ta be somehow swashbuckler related, involvin’, ships, maps, buried treasure, pirates, buccaneers, dice, knuckle bones, etc. We be havin’ on hand:

• Pirate’s Cove
• Dread Pirate
• Scurvy Musketeers of the Spanish Main

Brin’ yer swashbuckler brogue, a pirate game t’ play (if ye be havin’ one) an’ foldin’ chairs if ye be havin’ `em. Feel free t’ wear yer best gentleman o’ fortune finery as well, if ‘t will help ye get in th’ spirit. (Costumes be nay required.) [translation]