There be

Did a pirate say that?

It's probably the same one who said, "There be gold in them thar hills!"

Yes. A pirate said that.

AlpheccaStars "There be gold in them thar hills!"

And yes I noticed that e.g. in Pirates of the Caribbean, they do not use possessive pronouns, but it was not only about pirates. me effects

thar: there? I haven't heard it.

The stereoypical pirate in English lore speaks a stylized version of the Cornish dialect with a Cornish accent. There is an extinct Cornish language that the Anglo-Cornish dialect derives from. "Me" means "my" in that dialect. I don't know much more about it, but I think it's safe to say that you are hearing what an Englishman (or American) would imagine a Cornishman would say when you hear a movi

This expression is dated to the 1800's - and, like pirate-talk, it is a throwback to an earlier English, current to the time of the colonial settlements. There are still a few isolated populations in the US which retain their old dialects. Authors writing historical novels will sometimes use the prevailing language of the time.

Thar = far away, way over there (a regional variation of

Your explanations were interesting and thank you both.