267: One From the Archives
Dear Hank & John
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The American English and the British English
The pirate accent was made up by a man whose name was robert newton, who played long john silver and in 19 50, ninee he called treasure island really ye. He based it on a the west country in southwest england, which is where he livedan it was also where long john silver was from in the book but not where pirates were from in real life. But english pirates were mostly from london. Yes, i have this problem all the time, and we'll never stop having it. I will say that the flat american accent that you and i, not to brag, are both ab lute masters of s what i choose to be sometimes i want
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