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To: Boiler Plate

I read that pirate talk to a great extent came from Robert Newton who was Long John Silver in the 1950 Disney movie.

Apparently the area of England where he was born they really do talk a bit like that.

9 posted on 08/29/2013 8:07:06 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)

To: yarddog

I forgot to mention the movie was “Treasure Island” of course.

Some of it came from the book such as “15 men on a dead mans chest, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum”.

11 posted on 08/29/2013 8:10:14 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)

To: yarddog

Are you implying that Talk Like a Pirate Day is some kind of trumped up hoax and not a celebration of our true cultural heritage?

You are so walking the plank limey!

12 posted on 08/29/2013 8:11:40 PM PDT by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)

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