Shiver me timbers, it's International Talk Like a Pirate Day

We kid ye not, landlubbers….

Ok, it stops now, but yes this silly idea has blossomed from something celebrated by a few friends into a worldwide campaign. So they say on the official website.

This crowd got in on it yesterday outside the Dáil, no less.

Some of you have been getting into the spirit of things on Twitter.

Please raise your tea to Ching Shih, the Chinese pirate Queen who was de facto head of state and Admiral. #ITLAPD pic.twitter.com/R1geXzedPE

— Matthew Ward Hunter (@HistoryNeedsYou) September 19, 2013

Others, well, not so.

International 'Kick a grown person in the privates if they talk like a pirate in front of you' Day. Celebrate it.

— Mikey (@fsmikey) September 19, 2013

If you want to learn Pirate talk, then let Ol' Chumbucket and Cap'n Slappy (we're guessing they're not their real names) steer you through it.

Clip via OfficialWench on YouTube.

Or you could just dress like Keith Richard from the Rolling Stones and slur your words.

Clip via RedRosyify on YouTube.