Talk Like A Pirate Day Is Today

Today, and every Sept. 19, is Talk Like a Pirate Day. Here's a book to read to a child: Pirate Pete's Talk Like a Pirate (See all Children's Humorous Literature). 

Here's one for those who want a bit more history to chew on: The Pirates' Pact: The Secret Alliances Between History's Most Notorious Buccaneers and Colonial America (See all Ships History Books)

Whitney Matheson of USAToday complied a treasure chest of tips on talking like a pirate and other ways to celebrate. We've been celebrating for years on this blog. Keep reading for some of our favorite links.

Michelle McCue posted several Pirate-Speak glossaries from "Pirates of the Caribbean." Skip the burgoo if you have a few doubloons. You may want the salmagundi instead. 

Talk the talk: vocab lesson, video instruction, the Pirate Guys video report on the five A's, pirate laws, the pirate encyclopedia. More highlights: how a pirate dumps his date, knit like a pirate,  fly the flag.