Ahoy, maties. As most of ye likely know, today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. So put on your eye-patch, pour yourself a pint of grog and drop anchor at http://www.talklikeapirate.com/howto.html to learn more about talking like a proper pirate.

Also, well-known landlubber, Dave Barry, wrote about this seafaring event. An excerpt below:

To prepare for Talk Like a Pirate Day, you should practice incorporating pirate terminology into your everyday speech. For example, let's consider a typical conversation between two co-workers in a business office:

BOB: Hi. Mary.

MARY: Hi, Bob. Have you had a chance to look at the Fennerman contract?

BOB: Yes, and I have some suggestions.

MARY: OK, I'll review them.

Now let's see how this same conversation would sound on Talk Like a Pirate Day:

BOB: Avast, me beauty.

MARY: Avast, Bob. Is that a yardarm in your doubloons, or are you just glad to see me?

BOB: You are giving me the desire to haul some keel.

MARY: Arrrrr.

Shiver me timbers, me hearties,

Graybeard the Elder

"Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too late," A Pirate Looks at 40, Jimmy Buffet