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TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY | September 19
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| September 19, 2025
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Posted on 09/19/2025 5:52:58 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: jmcenanly
Yep. Robert Newton invented Pirate Talk for his role of Long John Silver, basing it on a Cornish accent.
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posted on
09/19/2025 7:08:11 AM PDT
by
Rinnwald
To: Red Badger
"Talk like a Pirate" really means "do a really bad imitation of a Dorset or Devon accent". Ever since Robert Newton played Long John Silver in the 1950s Treasure Island film, people seemed to think that all pirates came from the southwest of England, or that the southwest England accent was somehow unique to pirates.
To: Red Badger
Aye Aye Arrrr Sea.....IIRC....If I Recall Correctly
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posted on
09/19/2025 7:09:44 AM PDT
by
xp38
To: ek_hornbeck
And the crews were all Cockney.................
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posted on
09/19/2025 7:09:56 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: V_TWIN
The executives had it pegged. Insane, drunk, and gay is the way Depp played Sparrow.
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posted on
09/19/2025 7:10:35 AM PDT
by
Rinnwald
To: ek_hornbeck
In reality Pirates come in many different stripes. Somalian pirates I’m sure don’t talk like Robert Newton.
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posted on
09/19/2025 7:11:57 AM PDT
by
xp38
To: ek_hornbeck
“Ever since Robert Newton played Long John Silver in the 1950s Treasure Island film....”
Tells you what a great actor he really was, to have that long lasting effect on society.
Johnny Depp is in that same class, since he’s redefined the ‘Pirate’ genre.
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posted on
09/19/2025 7:13:05 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: xp38
To: Red Badger
Since you're a fan of Newton, have you seen the late 1940s Carol Reed movie Odd Man Out (nothing to do with pirates, but he's great in it)?
To: ek_hornbeck
Unfortunately no, my wife will not watch any movies in B&W..................
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posted on
09/19/2025 7:20:16 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
That’s a shame. Some of the greatest ones were in B&W.
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posted on
09/19/2025 7:26:35 AM PDT
by
xp38
To: Red Badger
Yar and avast! We'll be friggin' in the riggin' an' pizzen' off the mizzen!
Not sure about that naming convention though... My new moniker turned out to be Blue Wolf Nerd...
Courtesy of Grok...
Which is actually kinda close... :-)
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posted on
09/19/2025 7:33:21 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(A Psalm in napalm...)
To: Red Badger
Today would be a good day to reread The Pyrates, by George MacDonald Fraser. I recommend that book (well, anything by Fraser) to anyone.
To: Red Badger
“my wife will not watch any movies in B&W...”
Well, them, watch Olivier’s version of “Henry V” - Newton plays Ancient Pistol in it, in glorious Technicolor.
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posted on
09/19/2025 10:25:22 AM PDT
by
decal
(They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
To: jmcenanly
Newton made two other pirate movies: “Long John Silver” and “Blackbeard the Pirate.” LJS is currently available on Tubi.
It was all three movies that made the Newton’s Devon accent THE pirate accent.
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posted on
09/19/2025 10:32:09 AM PDT
by
decal
(They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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