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International Talk Like a Pirate Day Holiday
What: Talk Like a Pirate Day
When: Wed Sep 19 - (Annually on September 19)
Created ByKristin for USA Holidays
DescriptionCreated By Brad Montgomery for "U.S. Holidays"
International Talk Like a Pirate Day is a parodic holiday invented in 1995 by two Americans, John Baur ("Ol' Chum Bucket") and Mark Summers ("Cap'n Slappy"), who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like pirates. For example, instead of "hello," an observer of this holiday would greet his mates with "Ahoy, me hearty!" The date was selected because it is the birthday of Summers' ex-wife and would consequently be easy for him to remember.
At first an inside joke between two friends, the holiday gained national exposure when Baur and Summers sent a letter about their invented holiday to nationally syndicated humor columnist Dave Barry in 2002. Barry liked the idea and promoted the day[1]. The day became "international" that same year when people in Australia learned of the holiday from Barry's column. By 2003, with the release of pirate-themed films such as Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, the holiday was established.
Actor Robert Newton, who portrayed Long John Silver in the 1950 Disney film Treasure Island, is the patron saint of Talk Like A Pirate Day. Peg-legs, parrots and treasure maps were all literary inventions of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, Treasure Island, a book whose influence on pirate culture can not be overestimated.
When: Wed Sep 19 - (Annually on September 19)
Created ByKristin for USA Holidays
DescriptionCreated By Brad Montgomery for "U.S. Holidays"
International Talk Like a Pirate Day is a parodic holiday invented in 1995 by two Americans, John Baur ("Ol' Chum Bucket") and Mark Summers ("Cap'n Slappy"), who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like pirates. For example, instead of "hello," an observer of this holiday would greet his mates with "Ahoy, me hearty!" The date was selected because it is the birthday of Summers' ex-wife and would consequently be easy for him to remember.
At first an inside joke between two friends, the holiday gained national exposure when Baur and Summers sent a letter about their invented holiday to nationally syndicated humor columnist Dave Barry in 2002. Barry liked the idea and promoted the day[1]. The day became "international" that same year when people in Australia learned of the holiday from Barry's column. By 2003, with the release of pirate-themed films such as Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, the holiday was established.
Actor Robert Newton, who portrayed Long John Silver in the 1950 Disney film Treasure Island, is the patron saint of Talk Like A Pirate Day. Peg-legs, parrots and treasure maps were all literary inventions of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, Treasure Island, a book whose influence on pirate culture can not be overestimated.
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