National 'Talk Like a Pirate Day' at Southampton Boat Show 19th September 2006

‘TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY’ COMES TO THE SOUTHAMPTON BOAT SHOW

On Tuesday 19 September 2006, at Mayflower Park, Southampton, The 2006 Southampton Boat Show will be the official venue for the national ‘Talk Like A Pirate Day.’

Two Americans John Baur (Ol' Chum Bucket) and Mark Summers (Cap'n Slappy) initiated the special day in the 1990's and the day is now celebrated nationwide.

Visitors to the Southampton Boat Show will enjoy live interactive pirate shows, colourful tall ships, face painting and lots of pirate fun for the whole family. The Southampton Boat Show website has a dedicated pirate zone featuring pirate jokes and cut out fancy dress props.

Mad Cap'n Tom, the UK organiser of the ‘Talk Like A Pirate Day’, has put together a great fun guide to talking like a pirate.

How to talk like a pirate

• Double up on all your adjectives and you'll be bountifully bombastic with your phrasing. Pirates never speak of "a big ship", they call it a "great, grand ship!" They never say never, they say "No nay ne'er!"
• Drop all your "g"'s when you speak and you'll get words like "rowin'", "sailin'" and "fightin'".
• Dropping all of your "v"'s will get you words like "ne'er", "e'er" and "o'er".
• Instead of saying "I am", sailors say, "I be". Instead of saying "You are", sailors say, "You be".
• Instead of saying, "They are", sailors say, "They be". Ne'er speak in anythin' but the present tense!

Pirate Talk Hints an' Tips

If it be helpin', start yer sentence wi' a "Arr, me hearty," in a deep, throaty voice — ye'll find that the rest be comin' much easier.

Pirate Vocabulary

In which ye'll find words submitted by many pirates o'er the years, an' which comprise a loose piratical dictionary.