Talk Like A Pirate Day
Talk Like a Pirate Day - It's Origin
TLAP is born!
It was June 6, 1995, when John Baur and Mark Summers – later known by their pirate names Ol’ Chumbucket and Cap’n Slappy – played racquetball. The story says one of them got injured during the game and reacted with an outburst of “Arrr!”. Thus the Talk Like a Pirate Day was born. Out of respect for the observance of World War II’s D-Day on the 6th of June, the soon-to-be world-renowned pirates decided to choose Summers’ now ex-wife’s birthday – September 19 – to celebrate pirate lingo.
John Baur and Mark Summers – known by their pirate names Ol’ Chumbucket and Cap’n Slappy at talklikeapirate.com
At first, Baur and Summers celebrated Talk Like a Pirate Day as an inside joke between two friends. But a few years later they sent a letter to Dave Barry, a syndicated humor columnist, who liked the idea and released it into the world. Read his column HERE. The rest… is history.
Over the years, the idea gained a lot of notoriety and is now celebrated internationally by people and brands everywhere. The Church of the Flying Sphagetti Monster ( aka FSM ), has accepted the day as their lone holiday! How cool is that?!