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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?"