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  1. 28th June 14, 08:26 AM #1
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    Talk like a pirate...or Shakespeare.

    Stumbled across this video on pronunciation during the time of Shakespeare.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPlpphT7n9s

    It was posted on Reddit by someone suggesting Shakespeare era English was the source for what we now think of as a pirate accent.
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    Thanks for the link. I enjoyed that. Produced by the Open University, who are a very credible seat of learning.
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    Shiver me timbers matey! Now, I have to read all those wretched plays over again.

    Thanks for posting.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mookien View Post
    Shiver me timbers matey! Now, I have to read all those wretched plays over again.

    Thanks for posting.
    Arrr, right ye be, Johnnie!
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