It’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Me ‘earties. Teresa Nielsen Hayden’s got a good set of ground rules. Avast.
1. Rhotic, like, to the max.
2. The basic phonetic unit of pirate speech is the single long-drawn-out letter: R, I, A, etc.
3. Interpolate random piratical interjections: avast, belay, matey, me hearties, blow me down, bugger me standing, etc.
4. In a pinch, try the Pirate filter. If you’re fluent in Gangsta, you can also use the Pirate – Gangsta glossary.
5. Only to talk like a pirate. Not to make walk the plank. Not to sack the Accounting Department. For that is the law.