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Before Treasure Island (1950) cemented the association of West Country accents with pirates, was any other specific accent associated with pirates? E.g. do we know what, if any, accent Gilbert and Sullivan might have associated with pirates when they created The Pirates of Penzance (1879)?

by /u/JJVMT in /r/AskHistorians

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