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

  1. Everyone Talks Like a Pirate Today - Mashable Says:

    [...] 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:

    That is so incredibly awesome. :D

  3. Everyone Talks Like a Pirate Today - Start-Up News | Internet Startups Says:

    [...] 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:

    [...] 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 [...]

  5. Talk like a pirate day, deliver like a pirate… : Essex Courier and Parcel Company Says:

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

  6. Friday Five: arrrrrrrrguably me best ever, matey | higher ed marketing Says:

    [...] Facebook like a pirate [...]

  7. Calum Says:

    Hahaha! That really is funny! I love it!

    Facebook really do have a good sense of humor.

  8. Pirate day | mimimi ? Says:

    [...] geen internationale Piraten dag hebben waar iedereen Piraats moet spreken.  Facebook heet een vertaling bijgevoegd, Friendfeed kon moeilijk anders dan volgen en ook Googlarrr is mee op de boot [...]

  9. Happy International Talk Like A Pirate Day - Pirate T-shirts | The US spreadshirt blog Says:

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

  10. IheartPGH.com » Blog Archive » Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day Says:

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

  11. pinkymooo Says:

    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:

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

  13. Learn Pirate And Escape From The Stressful News of “America’s out of control, drowning in debt” « My Discoveries on the Road to Prosper and Learn Says:

    [...] 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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  15. Mengel Musings » Blog Archive » Twitter’s language problem Says:

    [...] 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:

    Ok will give it a go m8..lol

  17. Forget Facebook Lite, Here’s the Site in uʍop ǝpısdn ɥsıןƃuǝ Says:

    [...] it’s yet another joke language for the site. Another one, “English (Pirate),” has previously launched but is still in “beta”. Both dialects are available as [...]

  18. Prepare Yerselves for Pirate Day on Facebook This Saturday Says:

    [...] has translated its site into Pirate English. Last year, you were able to access the dialect within the normal language chooser available in your account settings. But Pirate English [...]

  19. Happy International Talk Like A Pirate Day! « Mutant Reviewers From Hell Says:

    [...] you use Facebook (and you should, since there’s a Mutant Reviewers group on there!), then change your language settings to “English – [...]

  20. Akilah Says:

    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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