Why do pirates talk weird?

Why do pirates talk weird?

Why do pirates talk weird?

The linguist Molly Babel points out that our current associations of pirate speech came about largely through film, and that one of the primary influences was the native West Country
West Country
The West Country (occasionally Westcountry) is a loosely defined area of South West England, usually taken to include all, some, or parts of the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Bristol, and, less commonly, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire.
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › West_Country
West Country - Wikipedia
dialect of Robert Newton, who played the main characters in several early pirate movies: Treasure Island in 1950, Blackbeard the Pirate ...

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What do gamers like to talk about?
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How to talk like a pirate?
All you have to do is talk in a deep, gravelly voice, grunt and growl a lot, use insults abundantly, yell “arr!” every now and then, mumble incoherently from all the rum you've drunk, slur your words, give up g's and v's in most words, and replace “you” and your“ with “ye” and “yer”.
2023-09-01 01:36:20


Why do pirates talk funny?
The linguist Molly Babel points out that our current associations of pirate speech came about largely through film, and that one of the primary influences was the native West Country
West Country
The West Country (occasionally Westcountry) is a loosely defined area of South West England, usually taken to include all, some, or parts of the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Bristol, and, less commonly, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire.
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › West_Country
West Country - Wikipedia
dialect of Robert Newton, who played the main characters in several early pirate movies: Treasure Island in 1950, Blackbeard the Pirate ...
2023-01-09 16:44:04