[Sca-cooks] national talk like a pirate day

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> Oh, no not again!!
>
> 98% of that whole "talk like a pirate" thing comes from Robert Newton's
(Long John Silver, Treasure Island, Disney, 1951) decision to talk like the
dock workers in his native Devonshire did when he was a child...
>
> It's NOT "Talk Like a Pirate Day" it's really "Talk Like A Devonshire Dock
Worker Day"
>
> This is one "holiday" that can't possibly die soon enough.
>
> Capt Elias

Relax, Brandu. Granted, the entire thing is silly/stupid, but silly stuff
like this will get a few curious enough to learn more about the topic, and
perhaps develop a real interest in historical pirates and ships.

I remember, many years ago, my local library, in Carmel, California, ran a
summer reading program, where reading so many books made you a page, a
squire, then a knight. I went through the program in 3 days, then got
permission to access the adult section, and actuallt start learning about
knights and the Middle Ages. Look where I am, now, 40 years later ;-) A
simple start can help develop a lifelong interest ;-)

Saint Phlip,
CoD

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....