Do you know who Robert Newton is? He played Long John Silver on a TV show in the 1950s, and more or less invented the "Arr, Jim, Me Lad" voice we imagine Pirates used. I would not mention this but for some reason, I keep hearing about him this week. During the Eurovision, Terry Wogan (Marty doesn't cut it for me.) made a reference to one of the acts who were dressed as pirates. "One for the Johnny Depp fans, or if you're older, Robert Newton."
On Sunday, while studying my books on Linguistics, Robert Newton is mentioned as regards pirate speech.
Yesterday, QI was on. Guess who came up as a subject? Mr. Newton.
If it happens today, I'll start to be concerned.
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