International talk like a gentleman o' fortune day be a parodic 'oliday created in 1995 by john baur an' mark summers o' Albany, Oregon, who proclaimed September 19 each yearrr as the day when everyone in the seven seas should talk like a gentleman o' fortune.

'istory
The 'oliday resulted from a sports injury. Durin' a racquetball game between Summers an' Baur, one o' them, in pain, said, "aaarrr!" an' the idea been born. The game took place on June 6, 1995, but out o' respect fer the observance o' the Normandy landings, they chose summers' ex-wife's birthday, as it would be easy fer 'im to remember.

At first an inside joke between two mates, the 'oliday gained exposure when Baur an' Summers sent a letter about their invented 'oliday to the American syndicated 'umor columnist Dave Barry in 2002. Barry liked the idea an' promoted the day, an' later appeared in a cameo in their "drunken sailor" sin' along a-go-go video. Michigan filk musician Tom Smith wrote the original "Talk like a gentleman o' fortune day" song in 2003.

Talk like a gentleman o' fortune day be celebrated with 'idden easter egg features in many games an' websites, with facebook introducin' a pirate-translated version o' its website on talk like a gentleman o' fortune day 2008[9] an' publisher o'reilly discountin' books on the r programmin' language. In September 2014, reddit added a gentleman o' fortune theme to their website.

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