Becoming Long John Silver just for a dayImportant news. But In the 1950 film Treasure Island, Newton gave such an iconic performance as Long John Silver, the accent he used became a template for future swashbuckling films. He enjoyed the same role in a television series, The Adventures of Long John Silver, and it is no surprise he became the patron saint of the Talk Like a Pirate organisation. However, the truth is that no one really knows what accent pirates spoke and the real pirates probably would not understand a word Newton said. On the old ships the ropes that gave tension to the sails were called sheets.

Source: Bangkok Post September 18, 2021 23:03 UTC