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		duskwuff 13 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How far back in time can you understand English? Fun fact: stereotypical "pirate speech" is actually a relic of the English West Country dialect.

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Podrod 13 days ago [–]

Not so much a relic as it was West County actor Robert Newton putting on an exaggerated accent in his depections of Long John Silver and Blackbeard in several films of the 1950s. His depictions were extremely influential on later pirates in film.

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