Welcome to the one and only, official, accept-no-substitutes Talk Like A Pirate Day Web site. You've read about it in Dave Barry's column. Maybe you caught one of our radio or TV interviews. Or maybe you just stumbled on to our site while googling around for sites your mother probably wouldn't approve of. Perhaps you're one of the millions of people from South Africa to Australia, from New York to the Pacific Northwest, who party like pirates every September 19th..
However you got here, stick around an' learn all about September 19 - International Talk Like A Pirate Day!
Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day! Public appearances: Meet the Pirate Guys (or invite 'em to yer gig) (If you're in the neighborhood, join us on the 19th)
Tell us how YOU observed Talk Like A Pirate Day (the first reports are already comin' in!)
Photos - Talk Like A Pirate Day past and present
What's new? New book is out!
Order your copy of "Pirattitude" now! .... and sign up for The Poopdeck, our e-mail newsletter, for a chance to win great pirate booty!
Pirates Care Team Pirate urges all Talk Like A Pirate Day fans to do what they can to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Money remains the most urgent need. You can help:
Donate directly to the American Red Cross or another legitimate hurricane relief fund Hold a Talk Like A Pirate Day party and pass the (pirate) hat for disaster relief Visit the Katrina Help Wiki to find out what else you can do to help The Pirate Guys are donating copies of their new book to a number of hurricane relief auctions and events. And our Close Personal Friend and Pulitzer Prize Winner Dave Barry is helping, too.
Real pirates take care of their own.
Another good cause: The UK's Marie Curie Cancer Care program is sponsoring an International Talk Like A Pirate Day fund-raiser to support home care for terminally ill cancer patients. Sign up, organize a TLAPD party and collect some booty for the cause.
While yer waitin' fer the book, read a rip-roarin' Pirate Tale in The Pirate Guys' Blog!
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