Enjoy Yer Facebook in Pirate Mode Today

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Justin Smith•Sep 19th, 2008

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For those who haven’t been gearing up in recent weeks, September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. To celebrate, Facebookers have created an easter egg and translated the whole site into swashbuckler using Facebook’s crowd-sourced Translations app. Enjoy!

To translate your Facebook for the high seas, scroll to the bottom and choose Pirate English:

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23 Responses to “Enjoy Yer Facebook in Pirate Mode Today”

1. Everyone Talks Like a Pirate Today - Mashable says:
   September 19th, 2008 at 3:30 am

   [...] know that it’s the International Talk Like a Pirate Day if it weren’t for Facebook, who added a new translation (English (Pirate)) to their Translations application, or FriendFeed, which has turned into an [...]

2. Robbi says:
   September 19th, 2008 at 3:46 am

   That is so incredibly awesome. :D

3. Everyone Talks Like a Pirate Today - Start-Up News | Internet Startups says:
   September 19th, 2008 at 4:15 am

   [...] know that it’s the International Talk Like a Pirate Day if it weren’t for Facebook, who added a new translation (English (Pirate)) to their Translations application, or FriendFeed, which has turned into an [...]

4. Everyone Talks Like a Pirate Today  »TechAddress says:
   September 19th, 2008 at 5:33 am

   [...] know that it’s the International Talk Like a Pirate Day if it weren’t for Facebook, who added a new translation (English (Pirate)) to their Translations application, or FriendFeed, which has turned into an [...]

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   September 19th, 2008 at 5:38 am

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   September 19th, 2008 at 5:40 am

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7. Calum says:
   September 19th, 2008 at 5:55 am

   Hahaha! That really is funny! I love it!

   Facebook really do have a good sense of humor.

8. Pirate day | mimimi ? says:
   September 19th, 2008 at 8:54 am

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   September 19th, 2008 at 11:01 am

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    September 19th, 2008 at 11:07 am

    [...] Enjoy Yer Facebook in Pirate Mode Today [...]

11. pinkymooo says:
    September 19th, 2008 at 12:47 pm

    Yays! I love International Talk Like a Pirate day.

    I wanted to be a pirate when I was little.

    Now my facebook is piratey.

    Will this stay on facebook permanently or is it just for today?

12. Nick Stamoulis says:
    September 19th, 2008 at 7:28 pm

    I noticed some people talking about this but wasn’t quite sure what they were referring to. Now I know :)

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    September 20th, 2008 at 9:53 am

    [...] I even know that it’s the International Talk Like a Pirate Day if it weren’t for Facebook, who added a new translation (English (Pirate)) to their Translations application, or FriendFeed, which has turned into an [...]

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    June 3rd, 2009 at 12:03 pm

    [...] media platforms are now available in foreign languages (heck, Facebook even allows for an ”English -Pirate” option). I have several multilingual friends whose Facebook walls are an even mix of English [...]

16. Kevin Dawson says:
    September 8th, 2009 at 11:47 am

    Ok will give it a go m8..lol

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    September 11th, 2009 at 12:41 pm

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    September 18th, 2009 at 7:01 am

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    September 19th, 2009 at 5:36 am

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20. Akilah says:
    October 1st, 2009 at 8:49 am

    HAHA! I did it when my friend posted it as a status! I love it!!! it’s friggen hilarious!

    posted 2 shots o’ rum ago XD

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22. bluebeard says:
    May 27th, 2010 at 1:16 pm

    aaarrrrrrgggg!!!

23. habib says:
    August 29th, 2010 at 5:04 am

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