"Captain: Ever since pirates begins, pirates only speaks in the present tense, does pirates! First man on this ship as uses the past or pluperfect tense dies where he stands!
BANG
Captain: Or a conditional..."
Michael and I laughed so much...read the whole script here
http://scienceoftheinvisible.blogspot.co.uk/2008/09/arrrr.html
The notion that pirates say "arrr" comes from the 1950 Disney Movie "Treasure Island" Robert Newton, who played Long John Silver, came from southwest England where the accent emphasizes the "R".
Newton played the part with gusto, rolling his eyes and exaggerating his "RRRRRs" He also played "Blackbeard the Pirate" in 1952. Many actors since then have tried to duplicate his accent.
See also "The one and only, official, accept-no-substitutes Talk Like a Pirate Day Web site
http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html
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