Once you've learned the basics, you'll be ready to move to the juicier stuff...namely pirate chat-up lines.

Whether you want to woo a buxom beauty by announcing your intention to "drop anchor" in her "lagoon", or you would like to enquire whether she'd be willing to "scrape the barnacles off your rudder", it's all here.

As Talk Like A Pirate co-founder Cap'n Slappy exclusively told The Huffington Post UK: "We love our mates in the UK!

"Keep spreadin' the word - and the word be, 'ARRR!'"

Scroll down for the top ten pirate chat-up lines. Thanks to Capn' Slappy and Ol' Chumbucket at talklikeapirate.com!

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  • Have ya ever met a man with a real yardarm?

  • Prepare to be boarded!

  • Well blow me down?

  • Ya know, darlin', I'm 97 percent chum free.

  • How'd you like to scrape the barnacles off of me rudder?

  • Pardon me, but would ya mind if I fired me cannon through your porthole?

  • I'd love to drop anchor in your lagoon.

  • Yes, that is a hornpipe in my pocket and I am happy to see you

  • Come on up and see me urchins

  • Avast, me proud beauty! Wanna know why my Roger is so Jolly?