Are phrases like "Arrrrrr!" and "Shiver me timbers!" and "Avast ye!" and other stereotypical "pirate" phrases actually from pirates from the sailing period? What are the origins of "pirate speak" as we might colloquially know it as today?
by /u/Spam4119 in /r/AskHistorians
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