Talk like a Pirate Day
With summer quickly coming to an end, it can only mean one thing. We’re just a few steps closer to Halloween! One of our all time favorite Halloween get ups has to be the pirate costume. Pirates are the coolest. They speak with great accents, eat and drink all day and travel by boat to exotic destinations. But here’s the thing, one shouldn’t have to wait until Halloween to dress up like a pirate. If you love pirates as much as we do, you’ll have the perfect opportunity to live out your pirate dreams on September 19, Talk Like a Pirate Day!
The History
Yes, Talk Like a Pirate Day is an actual holiday and it’s been around for quite some time. It was started by two good friends, John Baur and Mark Summers, on June 6, 1995. One day, they were playing racquetball, and began speaking in pirate lingo just for fun. After a while, they realized talking like a pirate made the sport of racquetball much more interesting. But the key wasn’t so much the pirate slang, but it was using encouraging pirate slang that made talking like a pirate so much more appealing.
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They also realized that they must change the date from June 6 to another day, as that day was D-Day, a World War II holiday that means so much to other people. Mark had a light bulb moment, and decided they should use his ex-wife’s birthday, September 19 as the official day.
From there, the duo would continue to celebrate year after year. Nothing much came of the holiday, until one fateful event took place. John emailed, national syndicated columnist, David Barry, and told them about their special day. Dave immediately took a liking to it, wrote up a column on the guys, and the rest is history.
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3. Konstam, Angus, David Rickman, and Giuseppe Rava. 2011. Pirate: the Golden Age. Oxford: Osprey Pub.
Many films are based on historical events or information. However, the movies typically romanticize the history that they are inspired by. In Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides there are some elements of historical piracy, such as the use of privateers, women disguised as male pirates, and class on board ships. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is a Hollywood film that is inspired by historical accounts, which also uses drama and romanticism to appeal to the general public. Throughout the film there are parts of historical piracy that are shown.
During the same day, Bailey unveiled the returning members of the cast for the fifth installment of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” which include the film’s stars: Depp as Jack Sparrow, Orlando Bloom as Will Turner and Geoffrey Rush as Captain
Little is known about the infamous Blackbeard's early life; in fact, the first documentations of him are not recorded until the early 1700s, long after his childhood. Yet with so little knowledge of him, he is arguably regarded as the most notorious pirate in history due to his fearsome personality, distinguished look, daring acts of piracy, and stalwart death.
"Blackbeard: Pirate Terror at Sea--History, Pictures, and Information for Kids." Blackbeard: Pirate Terror at Sea--History, Pictures, and Information for Kids. National Geographic, n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2014.
December 7th, 1941, truly is a date which will be remembered. The attack on Pearl Harbor caused so much trauma and damage to the United States army, navy, and even the country itself. This tragic event pulled America out of the stands and straight into World War II.
Charles, Phillip. "A Day to Remember: January 16, 1920." American History 5 Feb. 2005: 38-42. eLibrary. Web. 18 Feb. 2014.
Cordingly’s book Under the Black Flag: The Romance and Reality of Life Among the Pirates tells the story of many different pirates of different time periods by the facts. The book uses evidence from first hand sources to combat the image of pirates produced by fictional books, plays, and films. Cordingly explains where the fictional ideas may have come from using the evidence from the past. The stories are retold while still keeping the interest of the audience without having to stray from the factual
Throughout history, pirates have terrorized the world’s seas. There are few men that have been feared as much as pirates. Names such as pirate, buccaneer, and privateer were given to these men and women that terrorized the seas. Black Sam Bellamy, Bartholomew Roberts, Jean Lafitte, Stede Bonnet, and Ann Bonny are some of the most feared names known to man. These were the names of pirates that dominated the seas during the 1600’s and 1700’s, a time known as the “Golden Age of Piracy.”
pirate as he is portrayed in the beginning of the text nor is he the
The Golden Age of Piracy began around 1650, and ended around 1730. Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence at sea, but can include acts committed on land, in the air, or in other major bodies of water or on a shore. It does not normally include crimes committed against persons traveling on the same vessel as the criminal. The term has been used throughout history to refer to raids across land borders by non-state agents. A pirate is one who commits robberies at sea, usually without being allotted to do so by any particular nation. The usual crime for piracy can include being hung, or publically executed. Some of the most famous pirates who were killed either because of piracy, or because of natural causes, are Barbarossa, Stede Bonnet, Anne Bonney, Sir Francis Drake, Captain Greaves, William Kidd, Jean Laffite, Sir Henry Morgan, Mary Read, and Giovanni da Verrazano.
Piracy is not something, which developed recently. The young Julius Caesar was kidnapped by pirates in 78 BC on a voyage to Rhodes and held for ransom.
Walt Disney is one of the most well known animators in the world, but there is so many things he did and so much things about him that so many people don’t know about. For example, I bet you you never knew that Walt Disney’s real name was Walter Elias Disney or that he once drew on the side of his white house with tar when he was a kid. Walt Disney made so many people laugh and enjoy movies through his imagination and creativity. Although in reality he made people laugh and enjoy life itself.Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago. Now you may be wondering why Walt Disney was named Walt Disney, well I’ll tell you, He was named after a close friend of his father’s, Walter Parr who was a pastor at St. Paul's Congregational Church.
The pirate code as it is called in the movie could be considered an analogy to U.S. Constitution for being rules that it’s citizens follow that make up the very being of what makes an American an American or what makes a pirate, a pirate. Becoming a pirate was basically the original American Dream, the idea of coming to America to free oneself and be given a chance to make a name for themselves as well, this is the same for pirates leaving British control and being able to live freely and claim fame for themselves. This is shown in the movie when they go to Tortuga and the town is in anarchy, yet everyone is happy to be free and even though it doesn’t look like it the town is still thriving. Pirates are just men who are looking for a better life beyond what they are living now without the constraints that the government put on them while they were citizens. Americans are the same way and that was how the United States came to be formed because the US didn’t not accept the control that Britain had, so they fought back to free themselves and develop a new country. The diversity of America could also be seen in the Captain Jack Sparrow’s crew, which included African-Americans, women, midgets, and a parrot. This also goes for any of the pirate crew presented in the movie, while the British soldiers are all Caucasian and almost all the citizens
Illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing, or pirate fishing, is a huge threat to the marine environment, it's bio diversity in food development is dependent on it. Losses due to pirate fishing are estimated to be between 10-23.5 billion U.S. dollars per year. Representing 11-26 million tons of fish. West African waters are estimated to have the highest levels of pirate fishing in the world. Fish is a crucial source of protein for millions of people. Fishing is the major coastal employment along the coast's. During a dramatic two year investigation, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has documented mass amounts of pirate fishing on the West Coast of Africa. Pirate fishermen are literally out of control. They are fishing in protected areas, destroying local fishermens nets and sabotaging them, hiding their names, and shipping their catch illegally at sea. They evade arrest, attack local fishermen, and abusing their own crews. The catches of these pirates have been entering the EU. the worlds largest import market for seafood. This is despite a new EU regulation. The regulation requires all fish imported into Europe to be accompanied by a catch certificate that asks for name, address, validating authority, fishing vessel name, license, and homeport. This is all declares that the catches have been declared legal.y 90% of the vessels documented by EJF fishing illegally are bottom trawlers. Bottom trawlers are are vessels that drag heavy nets across the sea bed catching all marine life in their path. Up to 75% of call the catches made on these vessels are dumped back into the sea, dead or dying. Fish is the principal source of protein for 2.9 billion people. But the United Nations recognizes 80% of the world's fisheries are e...