From: benlizro@ihug.co.nz   
      
   "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   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)