"Aye, an' fer once th' real thing's less foul an' fearsome than th' story." This really wasn't the best vocabulary with which to discuss legends: myth vs. reality, was it? Oh well.

"Yarr, well, takin' into consideration th' number of vittles in these parts shaped like that bilge rat Mickey, I was thinkin' it were amusin'. Th' ones with th' mouse ears all sold faster n' rum in Tortuga. Folk hereabouts be startin' to feel a little quarrellous towards that lubber."