By Donna Beth Weilenman Martinez News-Gazette Belay yer deck-swabbing, ye scurvy dogs! Today be International Talk Like a Pirate Day. If ye dare be ignoring such a grand celebration of maritime linguistics, well, that won’t do twice, by thunder! Come lean on the capstan or take a seat on the deck hatch, and have […]
Avast and Ahoy: Tuesday be International Talk Like a Pirate Day
By Donna Beth Weilenman Martinez News Gazette Special to the Herald Ahoy, ye salty sea rogues and land-locked lubbers! Tuesday be International Talk Like a Pirate Day, a date in which it becomes perfectly acceptable to sound like actor Robert Newton, whose portrayal of the dread Long John Silver in “Treasure Island” set the standard […]