The purpose of the looking at the future...is to disturb the present!

Gaston Berger (1896-1960), francuski futurolog

How did pirates really talk?

September 19 is Talk Like a Pirate Day. But where does "pirate speak" come from, and is this how historical pirates really talked?
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