Talk Like a Pirate Day

International Talk Like a Pirate Day is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Baur (a.k.a. Ol' Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (a.k.a. Cap'n Slappy), of Albany Oregon, who proclaimed that for a day each year, everyone should talk like a pirate. An observer of this holiday would greet friends not with "Hello, everyone!" but with "Ahoy, maties!" or "Ahoy, me hearties!"

History
The holiday, and its observance, springs from an injury suffered during a racquetball game on June 6, 1995 between Baur and Summers. One of them reacted to their injury with an outburst of "Aaarrr!" which led to further pirate-related exchanges for the rest of the game.

It is believed that International Talk Like a Pirate Day is the only holiday inspired by a sports injury.

Because June 6th is the anniversary of the Normandy Landing, the friends decided to move the holiday, September 19th, as it is Summers' ex-wife's birthday and therefore easy for them to remember. While the holiday started as an in-joke between two friends, it was catapulted to national fame in 2002 when Baur and Summers approached syndicated columnist Dave Barry, asking him to be the spokesperson for their event. He subsequently wrote a column about the idea for the Miami Herald titled [https://www.miamiherald.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/dave-barry/article1928052.html Arrrrr! Talk like a pirate — or prepare to be boarded]

The growing holiday inspired others around the world to join in the nautical nonsense. UK Talk Like a Pirate Day

Appearances in pop culture
International Talk Like a Pirate Day has inspired several easter eggs in games and websites as well as consumer promotions


 * In 2015, Club Penguin added a special Talk Like a Pirate event to its game, which lasted from September 19 - 25.
 * In 2016, Facebook allowed users to change their language to "Pirate", translating all text in its interface to Pirate-ese.
 * In 2016, Krispy Kreme offered free donuts to customers who talk pirate.
 * From 2016 - 2020, Long John Silver's offered free food to customers who showed up at their franchises either talking or dressed like a pirate.