On 9/19/2013 12:28 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2013-09-19, jmcquown > wrote:
>
>> Who the heck knows how pirates talked, anyway?
>
> Robert Newton, of course. The best film Long John Silver, ever.
> Treasure Island ('50). Arggh!.....
>
> nb
>
Books leave us to infer what we will. A film (I love old films) is
someone's interpretation.

Pirate/privateer Jean Lafitte most likely spoke French and English.

I'd probably say "arggh" if someone ordered me to the crow's nest. I'm
terrified of heights. I don't climb ladders much less ones made of rope
strung to climb up the tall masts of a ship.

Jill