Did pirates really say "arrrr"? »
Posted by: _kam0_ 1 year, 2 months agoProbably not. Both that phrase and the accent that goes with it are strictly Hollywood. They originated with Robert Newton, the actor who played Long John Silver in the movies and on TV through much of the 1950s.
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