Today be Interrrrnational Talk like a Pirate Day. Yaaarrrrr! As be th’ norm fer this blog, I must post a little nonsense t’ mark th’ occasion. If ye’re usin’ Linux, th’ easiest way t’ convert a chunk o’ text into somethin’ respectable be t’ use th’ pirate filter. On Ubuntu (and prrrrrobably other Debian-based distrrrros), do th’ followin’ or walk the plank:
sudo apt-get install filters
Open a terminal then run:
/usr/games/pirate
Paste a chunk o’ text into th’ terminal, and it will echo yer text as filtered through enough grog t’ waylay Blackbeard himself.
If you already have a chunk of text in a file, do the following:
cat textfile.txt | /usr/games/pirate > walktheplank.txt
Previous Talk like a Pirate posts:
- Play like a Pirate (Telltale Games’ Tales of Monkey Island series is 70% off today through the 26th by the way!)
- How do you talk like a pirate?
- Happy Talk like a Pirate Day!
Other FtB bloggers who won’t be made to walk the plank:
Get on it, me hearties! Post yer piratey entries now or we’ll chum the waters with yer entrails! Yarr!
Since I run Ubuntu at home, I had t’ do this. Aarrr! Talk like a pirate day will no nay ne’er be th’ same! Aarrr!
Initial Public Offering!! Return on Investment!! Earnings per Share!! Quarterly projections!! Bullish on this stock!! Balanced portfolio!! Mutual Funds!! Short Squeeze!! Naked Shorts!!
Arrr. Buy til it hurts, me mateys!
Arrrr. I’ve stolen your post and put it on me facebook wall. Arrrr.
Yarr, it be a good day for some cross-border raidin’!