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For those who celebrate Talk Like Pirate Day 2010, then today is definitely a different and fun day for us. Yes, every September 19 is celebrated as a Talk Like Pirate Day. Even though the day is celebrated by many people all around the world, but actually the day is the result of spontaneity.
They are John Baur and mark Summers who become the creator of this parodic holiday. It was started when Summers and Baur played racquetball and one of them got injured, and then one of them shouted like pirate. From the event, an idea to talk like a pirate started. Even though the injury occurred on June 6th, but the event was celebrated in September 19th. The date is Summer’s ex wife birthday date and the choosing was only aimed to make Summer remember the day of celebration.
The news about this small scoped celebration was spreading because of the role of American columnist Dave Barry. He wrote about the day and it only took a short time for the day to be celebrated internationally. Summer and Baur become so popular nowadays and they sell various items in their website. Not only that, they participated in some serial TV as well, like Wife Swap.
Hare are some vocabularies that we can apply today. Aye for yes, I be for I am, thar for here, ahoy for hi, lass for woman, me for my.

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In US, 2010 Ramadan started in Wednesday August 11, 2010, so as in the other countries. More than 1.6 billions of Moslems around the world began the first night pray that symbolized Ramadan on Tuesday night. From New York to Mecca, all Moslems welcomed the Ramadan and prepared for fasting until the next 30 days. Here are some stories on how Moslems in different countries welcomed Ramadan this year.

If we are living in Morocco, then some of us should be prepared to pay in tents for this Ramadan because more than 1,250 mosques was closed by the government due to safety reason related to the mosque construction. In Egypt, there will be a Ramadan lantern festival.

From Indonesia, The communication and IT Minister, Tifatul Sembiring stated that Indonesia was preparing to welcome Ramadan by closing all the nightlife services like clubs, blocking all porn websites, and preventing food and drink commercial in the morning and afternoon.

In New Jersey, US, some schools were giving their student a holiday in order to respect the holy month of Ramadan and in Miami, Friday sermon will be broadcast live on TV. In New York, the New York City board stated that they will increase the security system in New York mosques and all Moslems Center. It is aimed to protect the Moslems from racism actions. In Canada, the first day of Ramadan is in Thursday August 12, 2010

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