What does Jack Sparrow say in Latin?

(at around 1h 40 mins) During Jack Sparrow's monologue to the pirate council, he is heard to remark "Res ipsa loquitur", which is Latin for "speaks to the thing itself", a term used frequently in the writings of the late Hunter S.
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What does it mean when Jack Sparrow say savvy?

Jack Sparrow was known to use the word throughout his pirate career. Savvy is a term used as a synonym for "wisdom" or "understanding". It is derived from the Portugese sabe ("knows") and the Latin sapere ("to be wise"). Savviness relates to practical understanding, shrewdness or intelligence.
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What does Jack mean when he says QED?

Q.E.D., you're not really here. Will Turner and Jack Sparrow. Latin quod erat demonstrandum (which was to be demonstrated). [1] Captain Jack Sparrow abbreviated the quote, when he was reunited with his former crew in Davy Jones' Locker, while explaining to Will Turner that he wasn't here and was simply a hallucination.
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Why does Johnny Depp say savvy?

In the film, main character Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) uses the question Savvy? to punctuate threats, jokes, and other swashbuckling statements. This savvy calls back to its roots for “do you understand?” with the sharp bark of a “Do you hear what I'm saying?”
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What does Calypso say in Pirates?

Prior to dissolving into a swarm of crabs, Calypso shouts an incantation which in the script reads: "Malfaiteur en Tombeau, Crochir l'Esplanade, Dans l'Fond d'l'eau!". This roughly means "Across all the waters, find the path to he who wrongfully entombed me" in French, evidently referring to Davy Jones.
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Why is Tia Dalma mouth black?

The teeth were prosthetic teeth that you just clip in and out. Oh, and I also had to fill my mouth with vegetable dye before each take.
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Why is Davy Jones a squid?

But the pain of Calypso's betrayal caused him was too much to live with, so Davy Jones carved out his own heart and locked it away in the Dead Man's Chest. Abandoning his duty, Davy Jones turned into a hideous humanoid sea monster, with an octopus face, a tentacles beard, a claw of crab as a hand and a giant crab leg.
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What does Jack Sparrow always say?

“Wherever we want to go, we'll go.”
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What does Tortuga mean in Pirates of the Caribbean?

Dangerous, boisterous, drunken, and bawdy, Tortuga is pirate heaven. Named by the Spanish after the turtle it resembled, the island lies to the north of Hispaniola. Tortuga served as the ramshackle haven for pirates, rogues, scoundrels, outlaws and sailors in the Caribbean.
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What does the phrase quod erat demonstrandum mean?

Definition. Latin abbreviation for quod erat demonstrandum: "Which was to be demonstrated." Q.E.D. may appear at the conclusion of a text to signify that the author's overall argument has just been proven.
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Is QED pretentious?

QED means you've proven something. It's pretentious to use it when you're not discussing a proof, and embarrassing to use it you're just ranting and not even remotely proving anything.
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Does QED mean quite easily done?

Then he gets to celebrate that logical feat by declaring "Q. E. D." or "Quod Erat Demonstrandum" or just "Quite Easily Done." Q. E. D. states that he has proven or demonstrated the claim that he wanted to prove. The proof need not be original or surprising. It just needs to be logically correct to produce a Q. E. D.
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What language is savvy?

Savvy is based on the Portuguese term sabe, meaning "he knows," which itself is from Latin sapere, meaning "to be wise." Creole speakers interpreted the Portuguese term as sabi and began using it as one would "know." Eventually, the Creole sabi evolved into today's word.
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Is Savvy a real word?

While the noun savvy, meaning "practical know-how" (as in "her political savvy"), and the adjective use (as in "a savvy investor") are more common, the verb savvy is the oldest of the trio.
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What is savvy short for?

The name Savvy is primarily a female name of American origin that means Smart. Also a short form of Savannah.
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Is Port Royal a real place?

Port Royal, historic harbour town on the southern coast of Jamaica, once the busiest trading centre of the British West Indies and infamous for general debauchery. The town was founded on a natural harbour at the end of a 10-mile (16-km) sand spit between what is now Kingston Harbour and the Caribbean Sea.
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Are there still pirates in Tortuga?

The buccaneers later served under Sir Henry Morgan during his famous raids along the Spanish Main, but their influence waned with the end of privateering. While a few continued to prowl the Caribbean for several decades, Tortuga's buccaneers had all but disappeared by the beginning of the 18th century.
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What is Jack Sparrow accent?

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“It's well-known Depp based his Jack Sparrow accent on Keith Richards and the result is pretty impressive. The British accent is almost meant to be slurred, and Depp pulls it off admirably in four films.”
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What does Jack Sparrow say at the end of the movie?

(at around 2h 35 mins) Jack says, "Drink up me hearties, yo-ho!" This is also his final line in the first film.
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What does barbossa say to Elizabeth?

Elizabeth : Captain Barbossa , I am here to negotiate the cessation of hostilities against Port Royal . Barbossa : There are a lot of long words in there, Miss; we're naught but humble pirates. What is it that you want? Elizabeth : I want you to leave and never come back.
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Why did Will Turner have barnacles?

Will's barnacles

So Davy Jones became ol' squidface specifically because he chose to take a few centuries of vacation time. TL;DR: Will has barnacles because of extended time in the ocean. Not because he didn't ferry around the dead people.
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Why is it called a Flying Dutchman?

The Flying Dutchman (Dutch: De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship which was said to never be able to make port, doomed to sail the oceans forever. The myth is likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and Dutch maritime power.
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What did Calypso say when she was freed?

In Pirates of the Caribbean Online Tia Dalma can be found on Cuba. "Malfaiteur en Tombeau, Crochir l'Esplanade, Dans l'Fond d'l'eau!", the phrase Calypso yells out when she is freed from her bonds, roughly translates to "Across all the seas, find the path to he who wrongfully entombed me!"
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