Today Is International Talk Like a Pirate Day

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21 points·rkta··7 comments

For completeness sake, adding some history of the accent [1] and the person that created it.

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7giyx13xcM0 [video][14 mins]

It’s plenty informative, but I’m kind of surprised and let down that there are no actual clips / samples shown of the material referred to. No one reading the book out loud even. It would have been better with real examples to show.

Good point. Here [1] is Robert Newton speaking as a pirate from Treasure Island 1950 Long John Silver. Or Robert Newton as Blackbeard [2] all the Arrr's.

Of course my favorite pirate is Depp playing Capt. Jack Sparrow summing up internet security without realizing it. [3]

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TktTeF3PaY [video][4 mins]

[2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdGuGaNDH6Q [video][3 mins]

[3] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4zwh26kP8o [video][2 mins]

Aw thanks! Long John Silver is classic obviously, but I haven’t seen Blackbeard!

Steve Jackson Games (SJ himself likes pirate games) is having a pirate day sale. I don't think I'd seen one before elsewhere. I saw it mentioned on their Kickstarter for the game Tabloids. https://warehouse23.com/collections/sales

What movies do pirates like?

Anything on thepiratebay[1] that's rated arrrrr...

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37568732

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