September 23, 2007
International Talk Like a Pirate Day passed Shanghai on September 19 by with about as much consequence as Typhoon Wipha.
In Beijing, by contrast, everyone seems to think they are a pirate, adding the piratical "rhotic -r" suffix to their words.
"Shiver me timbers, maties, hoist the anchor, duan yidianrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Avast ye varmint, wode grog zai narrrrrrr?"
In Beijing, by contrast, everyone seems to think they are a pirate, adding the piratical "rhotic -r" suffix to their words.
"Shiver me timbers, maties, hoist the anchor, duan yidianrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Avast ye varmint, wode grog zai narrrrrrr?"
