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Pirate stereotypes

posted 9 years ago by bobbiekaye69
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I read somewhere that most of the 21st Century pirates stereotypes originated with Treasure Island, in particular this version. Everything from "Arrggh!" to "Avast, ye lubbers," to "Fifteen men on a dead man's chest, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum," to treasure maps, peg legs, eye patches, and parrots on the shoulder were inspired by this film.

Any truth to this? After all, no one is left alive who knew anyone who knew anyone from those days!

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[–] TheGuyWithTheFeet 9 years ago

Here's a great article on pirate stereotypes created by movies:

http://www.cracked.com/article_19482_6-absurd-pirate-myths-everyone-believes-thanks-to-movies.html

[–] bobbiekaye69 9 years ago

Thanks, that was an awesome article! Thanks so much!

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[–] Karl Aksel 8 years ago

Those are all factors from the 1883 book, not just this film.

[–] MoviemanCin 8 years ago

A pirate's favorite fast food restaurant: Arrrrrrbys!

Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar and doesn't.

[–] bobbiekaye69 8 years ago

Thanks for the laugh!

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