International Talk Like a Pirate Day

[auld argonian]

With all due respect, the pinnacle of pirate parlance and pronunciation was no other than Robert Newton.

http://www.mooncove.com/newton/impers.htm

Mr. Newton is etched on my memory since the show was run a whole lot when I was a youngster. I believe that he set the standard for pirate talkin'.

But one of my favorite lines from a pirate movie remains James Mason's rebuke to the boarding pirates from Yellowbeard: "One pet per pirate; parrots preferred."

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[macwilkin]

With all due respect, the pinnacle of pirate parlance and pronunciation was no other than Robert Newton.

http://www.mooncove.com/newton/impers.htm

Mr. Newton is etched on my memory since the show was run a whole lot when I was a youngster. I believe that he set the standard for pirate talkin'.

But one of my favorite lines from a pirate movie remains James Mason's rebuke to the boarding pirates from Yellowbeard: "One pet per pirate; parrots preferred."

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Wow -- a whole site dedicated to Robert Newton! I can't wait to show my Dad!

Not to hijack the thread, but my all-time favourite Robert Newton movie is this one:

http://www.mooncove.com/soldiersthree/

But he will always be Long John Silver to me.

T.