Talk Like A (Somali) Pirate Day

This year on Talk Like A Pirate Day, will we have to speak Somali?
I checked out a English-To-Somali phrase translator, and it came up with some pretty suspicious phrases...

Music by Greenday... song's called Last Ride In.

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[DaLeezu]

The reason you didnt see 'Hello' is because there is no actual word for it in the Somali language because they are all muslims and instead adopted the muslim/arabic phrase of greeting 'Assalaamu alaikum'

[theboredone]

@DaLeezu

Ah that's pretty interesting, but still... some basic greeting would've been more helpful than some of those odd phrases.

[DaLeezu]

@theboredone

Yea I agree but these phrases where all summed up by a guy who just took words that have to do with piracy or fighting which is still going on in Somalia sadly. I found out that Somalis usually use the word "nabadeey" which I think means "peace upon you" or just "peace".

[theboredone]

@DaLeezu

That makes sense really. I didn't see anywhere on the site that it said it was for piracy situations, but that's the main reason I thought it was hilarious.

You look for phrases in the Somali language and all you get is this.

that'd be like looking for American phrases and all you get is "Can you make that a large?", "Extra ketchup, please", "Hey! Taxi!", "You're fired!" and "Lawyers are douchebags."

[HeebaNura]

ROTFLMFAO!!!!! LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL I SWEAR TO GODDD I HAVE NEVER LAUGHED THAT HARD IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!!!! dude you AWESOME and rock on post some more funny videos..............p.s. ur cute :p

[theboredone]

@HeebaNura

I've heard I'm funny before, but not cute, hahah

Thanks for all the love :3

[DaLeezu]

@theboredone

Haha true true! xD

There arent many sites where you can learn Somali even tho there is such a large diaspora but here in Sweden there is a translation site for Somali-Swedish and several other languages that immigrants speak such as Kurdish, Arabic, Albanian, Amharic and more. There is also Linguistic University of Qaran where you learn normal sentences in the daily life and basic words that I found.

[theboredone]

@BnB4life Sorry, I couldn't read your comment. But I'm glad you liked my video :D!

[BnB4life]

it would be more funnier if you didn't sound like a douche. Ask someone who can read to do the video---

[theboredone]

@MegaPassionfashion Type in "Somali Pirate" into google images. The very first picture is still of the guy in the red scarf. Click the link.

It is a news article.

Its story from 2009.

It is an article about Somali pirates

It begins:

"Pirates operating off the coast of Somalia are being controlled by crime syndicates, including foreigners lured by the multi-million-dollar ransoms, Interpol and other officials said on Wednesday."

This video is about the strange choice in phrases to be translated.