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Posts: 21 (08/30/06 17:42:06) Lilly-Livered Lubber |
From what I have read, the phrase "dead men tell no tales" is a slogan uttered by the crew of Captain Gibbs in the 1820's. He was quite ruthless in the disposing of imprisoned crews. Does anyone have any insight into the validity of this? Or has anyone found any accounts of this phrase from earlier pirates?
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Posts: 39 (09/18/06 12:57:21) Lilly-Livered Lubber |
In the 1930-something film, "Captain Kidd," he says, "Dead men don't talk." ...
I just thought that was interesting for some reason. 
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Posts: 1 (01/06/07 21:06:06) Lilly-Livered Lubber |
I had read an article which quoted a pirate (might have been Gibbs) as saying this phrase at his execution, explaining his never taking prisoners.
Robert Louis Stevenson then stole this phrase and had it spoken by Long John Silver. |
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Posts: 1114 (03/22/07 10:06:33) Moderator
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I've read the same thing when I was leafing through books on piracy in Borders last year.
I just ordered some books on piracy, so should I get confirmation in those I'll definitely let you know  I have a Disney cast member pin with that slogan btw, it's a great text www.flickr.com/photos/hou...201240813/ (and that was my completely irrelevant nonesence for today, sorry about that) |
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