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<p style="text-align: center;"></p> <p>Talk Like a Pirate Day rolls around every year on Sept. 19, turning usually quiet, conservative accountants, programmers and writers into swashbuckling, larger than life versions of themselves, ready to plunder the farthest reaches of the Internet.</p> <p>“Talking like a pirate is fun,” claim Ol' Chumbucket (John Baur) and Cap'n Slappy (Mark Summers), founders of the holiday they established in 1996. “It adds a zest, a swagger, to your everyday conversation."</p> <p>When humorist Dave Barry latched on to the day in 2002, the holiday eventually became a worldwide celebration and an Internet sensation.</p> <p>In honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day, TechNewsDaily offers a list of pirate bounty found across the Internet to help our readers talk, tweet and blog like pirates, and maybe win a little booty.</p> <p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p> <p>Set your <a alt="((CONLINK|1111|Facebook))" href="http://www.technewsdaily.com/1111-how-to-use-facebook-places-without-getting-robbed.html">Facebook</a> page to pirate language. Click on "Account" and then select the "Language" tab. Nope, it's not listed under "P" ― keep scrolling to find English (pirate) and select. You're now the Cap'n of yer ship.</p> <p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p> <p>Use the pirate version of <a href="http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=xx-pirate" target="_blank" title="Google search in pirate">Google</a> search.</p> <p><br></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p> <p>Avast, the internet security software firm, this week launched a pirate version of its <a href="http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/" target="_blank" title="Antivirus software review">antivirus software</a>. While the company's name was derived from an acronym, "Anti-Virus - Advanced Set”, avast is also an old pirate term meaning stop or stand still. <br><br>The company has added spoken alerts like, "Avast! Thar be a scurvy man-o-war off yer starboard bow!" Avast users can get the pirate version by opening the avast! application, going to the Maintenance tab and clicking on Program Update. Go to settings menu on the top right corner. Choose language, click on Pirate Talk and wait for installation.<br><br></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p> <p>The big names in massive multiplayer online games are gearing up for the celebration. Dungeons and Dragons Online has marked down anything that could possibly be considered pirate-related by 30 percent. World of Warcraft gamers may be treated to a stein of grog by the Dread Captain Demeza and join her crew for the magical 12 hours again this year.</p> <p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p> <p>Telltale Games will celebrate the day with a deep discount on pirate-based Tales of Monkey Island. From the evening of Friday, Sept. 17 until early morning Monday, Sept. 20 the full season of Tales of Monkey Island for PC and Mac is $4.95, regular price is $34.95. Backroom pirates say the iPhone and iPad versions may get the special treatment as well.</p> <p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p> <p>Every pirate needs a suitable name. Head over to the <a href="http://www.piratename.net/generate.php" target="_blank" title="Pirate Name Generator">Pirate Name Generator</a>, type in your name and you'll be assigned a new pirate name along with a vessel. Leslie became Bloody Minx Chaisson aboard the Miss Mada Seven Seas.</p> <p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p> <p>If you'd like to translate plain English into pirate-speak, there are plenty of free <a href="http://translation-software-review.toptenreviews.com/" target="_blank" title="Translation software review">translator</a> sites. Not quite as sophisticated as Google Translate, this home grown <a href="http://www.fissio.com/pirate.pl" target="_blank" title="free pirate translator">translator</a> will get you through simple online conversations. Mac users are in luck. Try the Pirate Translator, a <a href="http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/calculate_convert/piratetranslator.html" target="_blank" title="Free Apple widget pirate translator for Mac">free widget</a> available from Apple.<br><br></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p> <p>Turn friends and family into pirates with the free iPhone, <a href="http://www.ipadnewsdaily.com/" title="iPadNewsDaily">iPad</a>, iPod Touch photography app IArrPirate. Choose costumes, accessories and physical features like hair, eyes and blackened teeth. App supports sharing photos to Facebook, Twitter and by email. <br><br>To celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day, Riptide Games is giving away a $50 iTunes Gift Card to the landlubber that tweets the best photo from iArrPirate by the end of Talk Like a Pirate Day September 19, 2010. <br><br>Here's what you have to do:</p> <p>Entries must be posted before midnight on Sunday.</p> <p> </p> <p><br><br><br><br></p>
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