Posted by Peter Ceresole on September 21, 2008 at 10:06:05 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Re: Shiver me timbers posted by David Bamford on September 20, 2008 at 22:32:24:
It is this that is the basis of the 'Talk Like a Pirate' day.
It certainly is. In fact, in a newsgroup far, far away (uk.comp.sys.mac) for several years I and others have been making the point that it shouldn't be called 'talk like a pirate day' but rather 'talk like Robert Newton day'. Of course, realistic it ain't.
These Mac users are very keen on 'talk like a pirate day', and also on 'Mornington Crescent'. Not *all* the time, but every now and again we burst into song...
I think that the point about Newton's Long John Silver interpretation is that he camped it up outrageously; as opposed to anybody else's his version was totally memorable. Nothing since has come close...