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Send us your Piratical Parlance

Chris Vallance|15:00 UK time, Tuesday, 19 September 2006

gibbet.jpgIt's Talk like a Pirate Day. Linguistically lazy Second Lifers can purchase a parrot which will do it for them but that seems to me to be taking the joy out of it. As I write this I'm looking at the spot (give or take a bit) on the Thames where Captain Kidd was strung-up and evening plans may possibly include a pint of rum in the bar of the aforementioned piratical boozer. Meanwhile, honour, but no cash prizes, to the best bit of BBC News Output adapted to Pirate Speak left in the comments or better still send us a piratical voice mail. Here be the headlines aaarggghhh.
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