Popular Culture References
The Pirates of the Caribbean film series refers to it as being part of the Pirate code. The term was first used in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), when the protagonist Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) is captured by enemy pirates, although the movie franchise later spells the word incorrectly as Parlay. In other films of the series, most notably Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, the term is often used by Captain Jack Sparrow.
The term is used in season 1 of HBO's The Wire by Stringer Bell, Avon Barksdale, Proposition Joe and Omar when arranging a meeting between Stringer and Omar where both men needed assurances of their own safety.
In season 7 episode 10 of The Office, Dwight uses this term to arrange a meeting between Pam and himself. Creed then tells Pam that it's Pirate code.
In season 7 episode 4 of Charmed, Phoebe uses this term when the pirates threaten to kill them. She refers to its use in Pirates of the Caribbean.
In the first minutes of Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino, Christoph Waltz as headhunter Dr. King Schultz wants to 'parley' with the slave traders. In reply they ask him to speak "English" to them.
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