Have you ever wondered why pirates say "Arrr"? We answer this burning question with help from National Geographic and American Profile. Pronounced also as “Yarrr!” and “Arg!”, the word “Arrr!” is traditionally said by pirates when responding "yes" or when expressing excitement. But did pirates really "arr" all the time?

2014年9月19日 · As for the particular word “Arrr," or “Arrgghh" or many other variations, historians believe its popularity started with the 1950 film version of Treasure Island. In that movie, English actor Robert Newton played a pirate from the West Country in the southwestern part of England. He used an accent from that region and threw “Arrr!"

Arrrgh, Matey: Common Sayings from Pirate Talk By Nathaniel Eatwell. Arrrgh. Today, September 19, is the annual Talk Like a Pirate Day. To help ye improve your nautical vocabulary, matey, here are some terms ye may have already heard that, according to some sources, came from the buccaneers or at least were nautical expressions from the Age of ...

2020年11月23日 · ARRRR is more of a battle cry, or a form of rallying. ARGH, is more of a vicious snarl used to intimidate your enemy, or it can be used as a form of tennis grunt to add power. Yarrrrr! To me, Argh sounds more like a cry of frustration, something you say when you can't get the lid on a jar of jelly to open.

2022年7月20日 · "The archetypal pirate word "Arrr!" (alternatively "Rrrr!" or "Yarrr!"), which in West Country parlance means "yes",[24] first appeared in fiction as early as 1934 in the film Treasure Island starring Lionel Barrymore,[23] and was used by a character in the 1940 novel Adam Penfeather, Buccaneer by Jeffery Farnol.[23]

Few sounds resonate with our mental image of pirates as distinctly as the hearty, boisterous “Arrr!” that seems to flow as easily as rum from a buccaneer's lips. But where did this most famous of pirate expressions originate? And why, when we impersonate a pirate, is it the first utterance that springs to the forefront of our minds?

The word “Arrr!” is also known as “Yarrr!” and “Arg!” by pirates when they say “yes” or “excited.” Why do pirates tell me to “Arrr, hearties”? When pirates say “me hearties,” they’re honoring a person for their bravery or other admirable qualities.

Most pirate sentences begin with a standard pirate-sounding hedge to lend authenticity. A frequent hedge is arr, but the variations yar, yarr, and yargh are also quite common. Is there a distinction in meaning between arr and the yar variants, or are these simply different spellings of the same exclamation?

Correction, June 7, 2007: The original version incorrectly said that the pirate’s “arrr” originated with Robert Newton. Lionel Barrymore used “arrrgh” in a film from 1934.

2011年5月24日 · Ask people to imitate a pirate, and they instinctually adopt the “pirate accent” immortalized in film and television. This unique brogue is renowned for it’s strong “r” sound, as in “yarrr” and “arrrrr.” Pirate imitators may wonder, “What accent am I doing? Some kinda Irish?”