West Country English
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West Country English is a group of English-language varieties and accents traditionally used by the native population of the West Country: the southwest of England.
"D'reckly" on souvenir clocks in Cornwall
Robert Newton
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Robert Guy Newton was an English actor. Along with Errol Flynn, Newton was one of the more popular actors among the male juvenile audience of the 1940s and early 1950s, especially with British boys. K
West Country English
…hailed from Tavistock in Devon. Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta The Pirates of Penzance may also have added to the association. West Country native Robert Newton's performance in the 1950 Disney film Treasure Island is credited with popularising the stereotypical West Country "pirate voice". Newton's strong West…
Newton in The High and the Mighty (1954)
Newton and Linda Darnell in Blackbeard the Pirate (1952)