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Old 09-19-2011, 05:26 AM
 
Location: Virginia
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Today (September 19) is International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Just wondering--do the Pittsburgh Pirates have fun with this?

Arghhh! Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
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Old 09-19-2011, 05:31 AM
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Aaarrrrggggg! Ahoy ye matey! One of my favorite holidays, so we indeed celebrate it. I might be the only one, but one is one.

AYE!
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Old 09-19-2011, 06:43 AM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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So, in other words, to talk like a Pittsburgh Pirate one would say "What does winning a championship feel like?"
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Old 09-19-2011, 06:56 AM
 
Location: Portland, OR
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"We lost again. We sure do suck. May as well walk the plank matey...."
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Old 09-19-2011, 07:04 AM
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Pittsburgh does have ONE leg up on most, being we have Pirates around. Here is more on Talk Like a Pirate Day. It can be great fun, but many have little humor and wouldn't understand.

Welcome to the Official site for Talk Like A Pirate Day - September 19

Yes, the "one leg" was a pun.
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Old 09-19-2011, 07:12 AM
 
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I'm from Michigan, so every day is talk like a pirate day:

michigan accent pronunciation guide

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A little bit Fargo, a little bit Nasal Chicago, and a little bit Canadian, the Michigan Accent was derived from a lot of the linguistic influences of its early settlers: Irish, Finnish, Welsh and Dutch. In some areas, particularly around blue collar parts of Detroit, hordes of poor Southerners who came up the Dixie Highway to work on the assembly lines in the early-to-mid 1900's have also injected a bit of Southern twang into our Northern European heritage.

The resulting mix is similar to a pirate from Kentucky with a head cold . . . .
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Old 09-19-2011, 07:13 AM
 
Location: South Side Flats, Pittsburgh, PA
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A favorite around my way:
The Worst Pirate Song - Ceann - YouTube
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Old 09-19-2011, 09:29 AM
 
Location: Wilkinsburg
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"But I don't wanna be a pirate!"
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Old 09-19-2011, 09:33 AM
 
Location: Virginia
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It can be great fun, but many have little humor and wouldn't understand.
Thar be dullards among ye? Argggh!
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Old 09-19-2011, 10:21 AM
 
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Argggh thar be nothin' good to say about the Pirates these days. They play like they've been plagued with the scurvy.
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