International Talk Like a Pirate Day
September 19th, 2009
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September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Aaaarrgggh, matey. Have a swill of the mush and gimme yer booty! Make a swearin’ to the holy Capt’n, then off with yer head!
Digital Ink Los Angeles endorses the famous New Orleanian Jean Laffite into the Pirate Hall of Fame.
A New Orleans landmark still stands on the corner of Bourbon Street and St. Philip — in the Vieux Carre’ section of the French Quarter neighborhood — as remembrance of pirate lore from yester-years. Jean Laffite’s Blacksmith Shop was a place where gris-gris, voodoo, black-market commerce, and pirate legends were commonplace and encouraged.
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