International Talk like a pirate day

September 19th was International Talk like a Pirate day. Everyone should talk like a pirate every once in a while.
Tips for speaking 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!

This website gives you instruction on how to talk like a pirate and this one gives you a list of pirate slang. This includes everyone's favourite :

• Shiver me timbers! - akin to "Blow me down!", an expression of shock or disbelief, believed to come from the sound the ship made when 'shocked' by running aground or hit by a cannon blast.

A great book with a famous pirate is Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. This website lets you learn about the book and its characters as well as providing games and quizzes. There are also links to lots of sites about pirates.