This was Wil Wheaton's first credited acting role, and the character he played could likely kick the ass of every other character he ever played.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeUfj5jeZkw

  • Mardoniush [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Shakespeare couplets always rhyme if you say it like a pirate. This is because the Cornish accent is closest to middle class 16th century London.

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        2 years ago

        https://youtu.be/qYiYd9RcK5M?t=18

        And a comparison of sonnet 116 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt7OynPUIY8&ab_channel=ShakespeareonToast

    • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      The Cornish accent is associated with pirates because Robert Newton played a lot of pirate characters, most famously Long John Silver, and he had a Cornish accent.

      • Mardoniush [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Yes, I know the story, though, honestly, lotta rl pirates from Bristol (Yes I know that's Somerset, it and Devon are "Greater Conwall" fight me.)

        In reality Cornish accents are simply the closest to Shakespeare. A lot of people hear Yorkshire or Welsh or even Norwegian, because that was all part of the London community that developed Early Standard English. Having lived in Frisia, I hear a lot of Frisian.

    • DoubleShot [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Hey! I watch Doc Martin so I know what Cornish people sound like!