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Also, perhaps I say it as should not, but I do not think Cracked a reliable source. Joel Send a noteboard - 19/09/2012 10:36:44 PM
They are not scholars, only comedy writers. Actually, they are not even that: They are snide bloggers with a good research department (i.e. people who read a lot of stuff online; that will produce cytogenesis any second. ) They also say Jackie Robinson was not the first black major leaguer, because of a couple of siblings who played for a team that disbanded in the 1880s before anything worthy of the name "professional baseball" existed. They also maintain that Lindbergh was nothing special, because a couple of Brits previously flew non-stop from Newfoundland to Ireland, which is true, but completely ignores the "God is my copilot" aspect of Lindberghs first SOLO flight.

Hence Cracked attributes stereotypical pirate language to the West Country dialect prominent in Stevensons book and the film adaptation thereof, completely ignoring the laundry list of West Country pirates our resident Brits cited, and snoops observation that that is only logical given the West Countrys leading role in British shipping during the Age of Sail. Turns out Stevenson and Hollywood did not just arbitrarily decide to give pirates accents and vocal mannersisms unknown outside England just because it sounded cool. Stevenson probably did not think it especially cool, but just figured it was typical of British pirates, because it most likely was.
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I want to pre-empt your asinine Pirate Day with the inconvenient truth. - 19/09/2012 03:29:45 AM 1231 Views
Yarr, this do be a truth most unfortunate, matey. - 19/09/2012 04:18:59 AM 620 Views
You're such an asshole. - 19/09/2012 04:19:51 AM 724 Views
Who the fuck are you??? - 19/09/2012 05:04:39 AM 781 Views
I indeed yet live. - 19/09/2012 03:30:38 PM 731 Views
... the fuck? - 19/09/2012 08:32:59 AM 688 Views
Don't you mean nightmare? - 19/09/2012 03:31:03 PM 764 Views
??? - 19/09/2012 01:58:25 PM 723 Views
I stop by at times and see if there is anything interesting to read. - 19/09/2012 03:32:49 PM 825 Views
Very true. *NM* - 19/09/2012 03:53:17 PM 377 Views
Not that anyone would ever mistake this ... - 29/09/2012 12:59:17 AM 711 Views
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You better! *NM* - 19/09/2012 02:00:19 PM 351 Views
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Q: Who is a pirate's favourite Star Trek character? - 19/09/2012 04:46:40 AM 716 Views
Q: What is a pirate's favourite animal? - 19/09/2012 04:49:04 AM 689 Views
What's a pirate's favorite chemical element? - 19/09/2012 04:51:54 AM 851 Views
What's a pirate's favorite open source statistics program? - 19/09/2012 04:52:17 AM 886 Views
Who's a pirate's favorite member of the Fellowship of the Ring? - 19/09/2012 04:53:05 AM 921 Views
What's a pirate's favorite arrangement of small landmasses? - 19/09/2012 04:54:21 AM 819 Views
What's a pirate's favorite knit pattern? - 19/09/2012 04:55:01 AM 859 Views
Not Jean-Luc Picarrrrd? *NM* - 19/09/2012 08:52:12 AM 346 Views
In all fairness, that wasn't real Star Trek, but Star Trek: The Next Generation *NM* - 19/09/2012 01:39:50 PM 306 Views
Oh, now you have done it! *cowers* - 19/09/2012 11:03:11 PM 794 Views
I am glad to hear it - 19/09/2012 08:23:22 AM 718 Views
But what if they got a nasty splinter or something. They'd have said Arrrgh then. - 19/09/2012 11:16:31 AM 781 Views
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Burn! *NM* - 19/09/2012 02:12:00 PM 320 Views
Also, perhaps I say it as should not, but I do not think Cracked a reliable source. - 19/09/2012 10:36:44 PM 883 Views
Cracked is not the only source that says pirates didn't talk like that. National Geographic did. - 19/09/2012 10:40:16 PM 678 Views
Ah, OK then, that works. - 19/09/2012 11:00:00 PM 733 Views

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