We picture pirates as speaking with an English West Country accent for a couple of reasons. Edward Teach, who became famous as Blackbeard, was from somewhere in the Bristol region so would presumably have spoken with this accent. Also the 1952 film "Blackbeard the Pirate" cast a Dorset-born actor in the lead role, who also spoke with a West Country accent, cementing the accent in popular culture.
The peg-leg is a old popular image of experienced sailors. Sailing has always been a highly risky occupation and it's easy to lose a leg to due gangrene from splinters, scurvy, cannonball impact or getting it caught in the rigging.
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We picture pirates as speaking with an English West Country accent for a couple of reasons. Edward Teach, who became famous as Blackbeard, was from somewhere in the Bristol region so would presumably have spoken with this accent. Also the 1952 film "Blackbeard the Pirate" cast a Dorset-born actor in the lead role, who also spoke with a West Country accent, cementing the accent in popular culture.
The peg-leg is a old popular image of experienced sailors. Sailing has always been a highly risky occupation and it's easy to lose a leg to due gangrene from splinters, scurvy, cannonball impact or getting it caught in the rigging.
I can't explain the parrot though.