Ahoy mateys! Today be one of me favorite days of the year, International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Me heart be founderin' that me and me hearty can only talk our native tongue but one day a year, but shiver me timbers it be a fun day. Yaaarrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Making the effort to speak like a true buccaneer - or at least like a fictional depiction of one - can really make a person hungry. Luckily our friends at Krispy Kreme have you covered, if you head to a participating Krispy Kreme and ask for one of their delicious donuts in your best pirate voice they will give you a free donut. If you want to go for the gusto and show up dressed in full pirate regalia you can walk out of the store with a dozen free donuts. That be some tasty booty!
It would be sacrilege if Long John Silver's didn't get in on celebrating the holiday. If you walk into one of the fast food fish places and give them your best "Arrrrrrr!" you'll be walking out with a free piece of fish.
Not everyone is well versed in pirate lingo. That's why Mango Languages is willing to help you out by offering a free tutorial in how to speak like a real swashbuckler.
If you don't have time for the whole tutorial here are six of our favorite pirate phrases, along with their translation of course, taken from PirateTreasureNow.com
1. Weigh anchor and hoist the mizzen! Pull up the anchor and the sail so we can get going.
2. Letters of Marque - A governmental order that would allow the legal pillaging of another vessel
3. Cleave him to the brisket! - Slice a person across the chest from one shoulder down to the lower abdomen.
4. Batten down the hatches - Prepare for a coming storm by tying everything down and putting everything away.
5. Splice the mainbrace! - Give the crew a drink. And after a few drinks of rum they'll be...
6. Three sheets to the wind - Extremely drunk.
Yarrrrrrr me salty dogs, have yourselves a great Talk Like a Pirate Day!