Prepare Yerselves for Pirate Day on Facebook This Saturday
It’s that time of year again. No, I don’t mean the onset of autumn, nor Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday coming up next week. It’s International Talk Like A Pirate Day this Saturday, September 19 — an odd meme from the 1990′s that has found millions of new fans this decade through the internet. If you want to read Facebook in Pirate English, here’s how.
Facebook 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 doesn’t appear to be on the list at this point (although maybe Facebook will make it available on Saturday?). For now, if you want to read Pirate, follow this link to Facebook’s ajax language-picker page.
“English (Pirate)” is visible as one of the English dialect options, along with US, UK and “Upside Down” English. Just pick the pirate option and you’ll see Facebook’s masterful site translation go into effect.
September 18th, 2009 at 9:04 am
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September 18th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
facebook pirate day…!!! lol… ;)
September 19th, 2009 at 12:24 am
just letting everyone know….i just went to the language chooser link and “English (pirate)” is no longer there as of 3:26 am Sat. Sept 19, 2009
September 19th, 2009 at 3:19 am
This doesn’t seem as hyped as last year..
September 19th, 2009 at 11:48 am
AARRR!!!
September 19th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
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September 19th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
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September 19th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
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September 19th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
I see English (Pirate) shows up on the list but clicking on it doesn’t do anything. Blast ye Facebook scallywags and your bugs! Arrrr!!
September 19th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
I see “English (Pirate)” on the list, but clicking on it does nothing. Bummer :( Me Firebug tells me ye have a JavaScript error. Blast ye Facebook scallywags and yer bugs! Arrr!
September 20th, 2009 at 12:00 am
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September 21st, 2009 at 2:44 am
Nope, yer blasted Ajax page doesn’t work, it doesn’t! Blast ye!!!
September 21st, 2009 at 3:38 am
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October 7th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
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