Arghrrrrrr you ready for International Talk Like A Pirate Day? Aye, it's today, matey!

Today is Sept. 19 and, mateys, that means, arrrrr, one thing: It's International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

It began as a joke, sort of, about 25 years ago and in the interim has become a special date on the calendar for those who enjoy pillaging, drinking rum and annoying co-workers by calling them "matey" all day. It might also involve parrots, but those can be hard to come by.

USA Today, though, didn't take kindly to it, calling it a "fake holiday." 

We'd make those guys walk the plank, but we seem to have misplaced it. Arrrrrrr.

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Strangely, one of USA Today's sister publications, The Asbury Park Press, published some tips on talking like a pirate, in case you need a primer or haven't watched those "Pirates" movies in a while.

So enjoy the day. Maybe contract Cape Horn Fever and spend the day drinking rum on a dead man's chest, or something.