Plurk Pirate Emoticon to celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day

Plurk launched a new emoticon, pirate emoticon. New emoticon was launched to celebrate the Talk Like a Pirate Day, 19 September. How to get this pirate emoticon?

Previously, I have never know about Talk Like a Pirate Day. After plurk launched pirate emoticon, I find out information about this parodic holiday. It turned out that Talk Like a Pirate Day was first created in 1995 by John Baur and Mark Summers. On this day everyone must speak in a style like a pirate. Why on this day people have to talk like a pirate?

On one day, Summers and Baur playing racquetball. One of them suffered injuries and shouting "Arrr!" Moans are similar to the pirate cry. Shouts typical pirate "Arrr!" or "yarrr!" was first heard in 1934 that is in the film Treasure Island. The word "rrr" is then always associated with pirates.

Well, to use emoticons pirate, you also have to shout like a pirate. Type (yarr), then the pirate emoticon will appear.

Plurk Lottery, chat feature to look for new friends

Yesterday, Plurk has added a new feature that is plurk lottery. This is a chat feature for meeting new people and look for new friends. Plurk will randomly find a friend chat to us. We can chat with people who are matched. We also can make of him/her as a friend. If we want to find another friend, we can choose to search for a new match. How to use plurk lottery?


To use plurk lottery, mouse over the bottom right of the screen. Click on the box. Plurk will find a friend to us. During the chat, We can also use plurk emoticons. With the existence of this new feature, now more exciting interaction through plurk. Does Plurk lottery increase karma? Plurk developer yet still keep it. So, let's try plurk lottery.