Can I/my group/my Web site be the Official Talk Like A Pirate Day (fill-in-the-blank)? Pleeeeeease?
A. The thought o’ “official” goes against the grain o’ the freewheelin’ spirite of pirattitude. True, we have “official” British and Australian Talk Like A Pirate Day sites, but they got their requests in early, an’ we may have been drunk at the time. We’ve sobered up, an’ it takes an especially entertainin’ or endearin’ appeal – or a good bribe – to win the Pirate Guys Seal of Approval.An it’s risky, t’boot: After A former crewman induced us to declare the decommissioned USSJohn Young the “Official Naval Vessel of Talk Like A Pirate Day,” the Navy took her out t’sea and sank her for target practice.Let that be a lesson to ye.
