Where Does the Pirate Accent Come From?
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Date: 2023-02-19
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John
At 6: 40, [Language] evolves and changes over time. Bzzt. That is false.
Evolution means to go from the simple to the complex. No where do we find that. There is much evidence of language devolving into vernaculars, pidgins, creoles.
English is a language that has simplified. Dutch is another language that has done the same. Simplifying is devolution, not evolution.
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At 6: 40, [Language] evolves and changes over time. Bzzt. That is false.
Evolution means to go from the simple to the complex. No where do we find that. There is much evidence of language devolving into vernaculars, pidgins, creoles.
English is a language that has simplified. Dutch is another language that has done the same. Simplifying is devolution, not evolution.
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education
I recently found out that YE was never pronounced YE but truely pronounced THE. The Y was a letter dropped from the modern alphabet and was originally the TH. The 'Y with the 'TH Sound had a little horizontal line added one of the upper top of the letter. Old English town cryer pronounce it HERE THEE, HEAR THEE not 'Here Ye Here Ye'.
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I recently found out that YE was never pronounced YE but truely pronounced THE. The Y was a letter dropped from the modern alphabet and was originally the TH. The 'Y with the 'TH Sound had a little horizontal line added one of the upper top of the letter. Old English town cryer pronounce it HERE THEE, HEAR THEE not 'Here Ye Here Ye'.
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Later, his brother Hayreddin recognized the Ottoman sultan as his suzerain. Suleyman, at once detecting a depth of political wisdom and military genius in Hayreddin, gave him the title of Grand Admiral (Kaptan-i-Derya meaning Captain of the Oceans) and had an entirely new fleet constructed for him.
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Later, his brother Hayreddin recognized the Ottoman sultan as his suzerain. Suleyman, at once detecting a depth of political wisdom and military genius in Hayreddin, gave him the title of Grand Admiral (Kaptan-i-Derya meaning Captain of the Oceans) and had an entirely new fleet constructed for him.
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NAVRET
Molly Babel. What a perfect name for a linguistics type. I wonder if she was the first to find the Babel Fish? If so, Ford Prefect is indebted to her.
Aren t all good stories about pirates? The History Guy
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Molly Babel. What a perfect name for a linguistics type. I wonder if she was the first to find the Babel Fish? If so, Ford Prefect is indebted to her.
Aren t all good stories about pirates? The History Guy
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Monica
Do a story about how long New York City took to become a city and what did it look like before becoming a city, who and what was there before, building and becoming the city.
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Do a story about how long New York City took to become a city and what did it look like before becoming a city, who and what was there before, building and becoming the city.
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Following the Battle of Preveze, which made Barbarossa unquestioningly the greatest admiral of naval history, the Mediterranean Sea as if became a Turkish Lake.
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Following the Battle of Preveze, which made Barbarossa unquestioningly the greatest admiral of naval history, the Mediterranean Sea as if became a Turkish Lake.
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BB
Where I m from in England people say that it be instead of that s true or that is so in the style of Robert Newton and also say matey.
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Where I m from in England people say that it be instead of that s true or that is so in the style of Robert Newton and also say matey.
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Joe
A pirate was seen dragging a board with a leash. When asked why he said it was because the Captain told him to walk the plank.
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A pirate was seen dragging a board with a leash. When asked why he said it was because the Captain told him to walk the plank.
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