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From: Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz>
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Subject: International Talk Like A Pirate Day (19 September)
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"a joke"
"all good fun"
"an extra way of raising money for good causes" (really?)
all seems now to be something that passed by in a puff of 
electrons....how many years ago?

At least Crystal does note that the definitive understanding of how 
pirates talked comes from Robert Newton's portrayal of Long John Silver 
in the 1950 Disney-produced version of _Treasure Island_ (my first 
Favourite Movie -- saw it three times).

So: RLS for the syntax and lexis, Newton for the "arrr!".

Newton himself (1905-1956): Born in Shaftesbury, Dorset; spent some 
formative years (7-13) in Cornwall, then schooled in Exeter, Devon.
So he did have some genuine West Country speech to draw on (plausibly) 
when portraying Silver.

He was in a lot of films, including the 1940 _Gaslight_ (!). Carried on 
as Silver in an eponymous 1954 film and a one-season TV series.

"Known for his hard-living life, he was cited as a role model by the 
actor Oliver Reed and the Who's drummer Keith Moon."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Newton