International Talk Like a Pirate Day
Ahoy, matey! This nineteenth day of September be a celebration of International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Scrape the barncles from yer tricorner hat and sail forth into the day, bestowin’ salutations of a generally scalawaggy nature on all the lubbers ye may encounter.
If you’re not confident in your ability to cut a piratical pose with your vocabulary, check out the official International Talk Like a Pirate Day website. They offer not only handy glossaries and lists of key phrases, but photos and accounts of pirate-oriented doings all over the world in commemoration of this happy day.