International Talk like a Pirate Day!

As to the picture, it captures Wallace Beery as Long John Silver as well as Jackie Cooper as Jim Hawkins. I mention this in passing because September 19^th, this very day, is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. The iconic word, Arrrr, turns out to be a West Country UK word for yes. It was popularized in the 1934 movie version of Treasure Island. With a parrot upon his shoulder, crying pieces of eight, and a peg leg, Beery brought to life the iconic imagery of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Lobby card for the 1934 film Treasure Island on Wikipedia

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Forty years toiled in the Tel-com industry, married for 36 years widowed at sixty-one. Ten years in a relationship with a woman until her death. Was a Tea Party supporter. Today a follower of the Last American President to be honestly elected, Donald J. Trump. Recently had Ancestry.com tell me I'm Swedish, not Danish. I may need to change my avatar.

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