International TLAPD, one more time
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We've been inconsistent recently in our annual celebrations of Talk Like A Pirate Day, so here's our favorite image, with a couple of past post links below the fold:
"Type Like A Pirate Day", 9/9/2004
"R", 9/19/2008
"R R R", 9/19/2012
"International Talk Like a Pirate Day, again…", 9/22/2024
Xtifr said,
September 19, 2025 @ 3:49 pm
This keyboard leaves out the prate's favorite letter: the C!
(Sorry, that joke really works better when spoken, but I had to try.)
Chris Button said,
September 19, 2025 @ 5:38 pm
Presumably the stereotype originates in a rhotic dialect of English?
Tom said,
September 19, 2025 @ 8:15 pm
What do Japanese pirates say? Alllllllll!
tsts said,
September 19, 2025 @ 8:15 pm
How do pirates talk in Chinese? Do they use 儿化? And are the tones still needed?
Peter Taylor said,
September 20, 2025 @ 2:13 am
@Chris Button, it is usually claimed to be modelled on Robert Newton in Treasure Island (1950). Newton was born in Dorset but grew up in Cornwall and played Long John SIlver with a West Country accent.
Robert Coren said,
September 20, 2025 @ 9:36 am
@Peter Taylor: That was indeed the answer to a trivia question on my local (Boston-area) classical music radio station yesterday.
Lars said,
September 20, 2025 @ 5:03 pm
It seems the A key is missing.