Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

The editors: James & Alex

Talk Like a Pirate Day 2008

Posted by James Turnbull, Friday, 19th September 2008

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars

Avast Ye! ‘Tis only turned ou’ t’ be International Talk Like a Pirate Day again! Arr! We got a bucketload o’ Street View sights for you scurvy dogs, gar!

This pirate’s ship gone an been turned int’ a landlubber’s restaurant – Ye should walk t’ plank for this sin! Gaaar!

Har be some scallywag buccaneers guardin’ a shop full o’ tourist tat, they should be sent t’ Davy Jones’ locker!

Aar, this be more like it – a giant jug o’ grog! And ‘t be a stripper bar! Shiver me timbers!

Yaar, also ye can see Talk Like A Pirate Day 2007.

I be thanking Virtual Seatrotting! Yaaaaar.

5 Responses to 'Talk Like a Pirate Day 2008'

  1. Alan says:

    Who is Long John Silver’s favourite singer?

    Arrrrrr Kelly.

  2. Rob says:

    Aarr, so its a joke ye’ be after, eh?

    How do ye keep the gold thieves at bay?

    Use anti-perse-pirate.

    I’ll be in me brig.

  3. Lee Bennett says:

    Well, I would have posted a street view link to Placemark: Tampa’s Gasparilla pirate ship / Google Earth but it apparently had been towed somewhere else at the time the street view car drove by. It’s occasionally taken on tour.

  4. Polly wants a cracker says:

    Aaaaar! It’s a Pirate Ship Maze!

    Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

  5. Landlubber says:

    Aye, look at what I did last e’enin’ people Aye, me parrot concurs.

Leave a Reply

This form supports simple HTML, but URLs will be automatically linked.

Link to specific places with a Google Maps link, or with a latitude and longitude written like this:
lat/lng:55.9494,-3.2000

If you've found something that you think should be posted in its own entry then use the suggestion form!

Want your own icon? Get a Gravatar.