Shiver me timbers. Saturday be International Speak Like A Pirate Day! It just so happens that I be doing a talk on metaprogramming that very same day at Edmonton Code Camp n’ I think I may have found a way t’ mix in a little pirate speak.

In hopes o’ helping out anyone else who may find themselves suprised by tha upcoming Speak Like A Pirate Day … I give ye The Booty Gem!

Install n’ run ahoy matey

gem sources -a http://gems.github.com
sudo gem install mdeering-booty
# We all require a little...
require 'booty'
msg =  'There was no question this was going to work as a singleton call.  All puns intended!'
Booty.call(msg) # => "There was nay question this was going t' brig as a singleton call.  All puns intended! surrender yer booty."