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Ah, OK then, that works. Joel Send a noteboard - 19/09/2012 11:00:00 PM
But you have to sign up to view the article, so I linked Cracked. There are tons of other places where they discuss how pirates didn't talk like pirates.

I have no dog in this fight, but do find National Geographic a bit more credible than Cracked. Mind, I cannot guarantee that will persuade everyone. ;)
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I want to pre-empt your asinine Pirate Day with the inconvenient truth. Tom - 19/09/2012 03:29:45 AM 1372 Views
Yarr, this do be a truth most unfortunate, matey. Nate - 19/09/2012 04:18:59 AM 741 Views
You're such an asshole. LiterateDog - 19/09/2012 04:19:51 AM 863 Views
Who the fuck are you??? everynametaken - 19/09/2012 05:04:39 AM 907 Views
I indeed yet live. LiterateDog - 19/09/2012 03:30:38 PM 856 Views
... the fuck? Praziquantel - 19/09/2012 08:32:59 AM 813 Views
Don't you mean nightmare? LiterateDog - 19/09/2012 03:31:03 PM 895 Views
??? Stephen - 19/09/2012 01:58:25 PM 855 Views
I stop by at times and see if there is anything interesting to read. LiterateDog - 19/09/2012 03:32:49 PM 960 Views
Very true. *NM* Stephen - 19/09/2012 03:53:17 PM 435 Views
Not that anyone would ever mistake this ... Roonas - 29/09/2012 12:59:17 AM 835 Views
Y nossy - 19/09/2012 04:30:52 AM 850 Views
A nossy - 19/09/2012 04:31:13 AM 865 Views
R nossy - 19/09/2012 04:31:42 AM 785 Views
R nossy - 19/09/2012 04:32:06 AM 816 Views
R nossy - 19/09/2012 04:43:23 AM 732 Views
You better! *NM* Stephen - 19/09/2012 02:00:19 PM 405 Views
M ironclad - 19/09/2012 12:26:46 PM 742 Views
C ironclad - 19/09/2012 12:26:59 PM 855 Views
A ironclad - 19/09/2012 12:27:09 PM 866 Views
It's fun to stay at the Tom - 19/09/2012 01:38:51 PM 825 Views
nossy - 19/09/2012 01:22:39 PM 826 Views
Q: Who is a pirate's favourite Star Trek character? Nate - 19/09/2012 04:46:40 AM 838 Views
Q: What is a pirate's favourite animal? Nate - 19/09/2012 04:49:04 AM 828 Views
What's a pirate's favorite chemical element? Darth_Katie - 19/09/2012 04:51:54 AM 1000 Views
What's a pirate's favorite open source statistics program? Darth_Katie - 19/09/2012 04:52:17 AM 1050 Views
Who's a pirate's favorite member of the Fellowship of the Ring? Darth_Katie - 19/09/2012 04:53:05 AM 1074 Views
What's a pirate's favorite arrangement of small landmasses? Darth_Katie - 19/09/2012 04:54:21 AM 976 Views
What's a pirate's favorite knit pattern? Darth_Katie - 19/09/2012 04:55:01 AM 1019 Views
Not Jean-Luc Picarrrrd? *NM* Ghavrel - 19/09/2012 08:52:12 AM 400 Views
these puns Arrrrr scraping the bottom of the rum barrel, me harties *NM* Yunalesca - 19/09/2012 10:17:57 AM 484 Views
In all fairness, that wasn't real Star Trek, but Star Trek: The Next Generation *NM* Tom - 19/09/2012 01:39:50 PM 358 Views
Oh, now you have done it! *cowers* Joel - 19/09/2012 11:03:11 PM 956 Views
And here I expected to find Jack making the jokes - Nate *bows in your general direction* : Roonas - 29/09/2012 01:00:38 AM 813 Views
You promised me an Al Gore movie and now I expect you to deliver! Joel - 19/09/2012 05:02:28 AM 993 Views
I am glad to hear it ironclad - 19/09/2012 08:23:22 AM 845 Views
A lot did, in fact snoopcester - 19/09/2012 10:34:43 AM 785 Views
The stereotype pirate accent is totally due to Robert Newton in Disney's Treasure Island. Tom - 19/09/2012 02:50:23 PM 814 Views
Trust me, if you think the pirate accent is an exageration you've not spent time in the West Country snoopcester - 19/09/2012 08:05:07 PM 1051 Views
But the "arr", the poor grammar (like "me matey" and such) and the colorful words ARE the accent. Tom - 19/09/2012 10:42:30 PM 764 Views
When talking about an accent, the actual language doesn't occur to me snoopcester - 20/09/2012 12:13:20 AM 816 Views
But what if they got a nasty splinter or something. They'd have said Arrrgh then. Mark - 19/09/2012 11:16:31 AM 913 Views
nossy - 19/09/2012 01:46:47 PM 762 Views
Burn! *NM* Stephen - 19/09/2012 02:12:00 PM 369 Views
Also, perhaps I say it as should not, but I do not think Cracked a reliable source. Joel - 19/09/2012 10:36:44 PM 1013 Views
Cracked is not the only source that says pirates didn't talk like that. National Geographic did. Tom - 19/09/2012 10:40:16 PM 805 Views
Ah, OK then, that works. Joel - 19/09/2012 11:00:00 PM 869 Views
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