Pirate Parrot: It's "lubber".
Youngblood: Really? It's "lubber"? That makes no sense!
Avast! This be a Self-Demonstratin' Arrrticle, matey.
In all o' history since the dawn of time, thar be pirates. Julius Caesarrr fought 'em, and to this day pirates be takin' ships off the coast o' Somalia. Logic dictates that all these pirates be speakin' many a tongue, but in Hollywood, thar be only one way for pirates t' talk!
This trope be New-arrr Than Ye Think. The standard pirate accent was said ta ha' been invented by a scurvy lan'lubb'r what be callin' himself Robert Newton
for the 1950 movie Treasure Island. Thar even be a scene in the film where he ends a prayer with "Arrrmen."
However, yer new-fangled "Piratespeak" be somethin' o' a very exad-urated parody of some English rural accents o' the 16th century. A "snapshot" of a moment in the language durin' the "Great Vowel Shift", as it were. Thar be some who've arrrgued the associatin' o' English rural accents with seafarin' folk be on account o' that scourge o' the sea, Lord Nelson, whose contemporaries noted his heavy Norfolk accent. But the standarrrd "Poirate accent" be soundin' morrre like it be from the West Countrrry (Devon, Dorrrzet, Corrrnwall an' Brrristol), probably 'cos o' memories of famed Devonshire man, Sirrr Francis Drrrake. Treasure Island (which do indeed begin in arrrrbout the right parrrrt of England) did popularize it, as well as that lovliest o' all phrases, "ARRRRHHHH!"
This be specifically inclusive o' characters talkin' like pirates while obviously not bein' pirates, or havin' a pirate-themed episode or moment as a joke. But also be includin' times when a fictional pirate talks "piratey", even tho' he might not 'ave in reality.
For more piratey fun, be ye also lookin' at Dressed t' Plunder, a Sister Trope for costumes, and, o'course, Pirate, the Super-Trope. For a good ol' hearty pirate shanty, look at Pirate Song! And be sure to celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day, or I'll be havin' yer guts fer garters, lan'lubb'r!
Any swab among ye who mixes us up with them poncey fops at Antiquated Linguistics or Flowery Elizabethan English gets a lick o' the Cat.
Space Pirates be sometimes talkin' thus too. But, moons of madness, thar sometimes be variants.
