Talk:Long John Silver/Archive 1

Inappropriate add
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"In relation to sexual intercourse, "Long John Silver", aka: "Angry pirate", is when a male ejaculates into the eye of his partner then proceeds to kick him/her in the shins, so the impression of a one eyed, one legged man is given. A hearty "YEAAAAARRRRGH" can also accompany this act."

It isn't appropriate to a page which is associated exclusively with an historical character for almost everyone and belongs elsewhere even if it is verifiable. Wikipedia has places specifically for unusual sexual acts. Robertbrockway 10:58, 18 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Not to mention the fact that, like any number of other supposed "acts", it's far from likely that it's a genuine practice anywhere, by anyone. -Tenmiles 01:54, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

he was not a pirate but john silver was a peg legged sailor who travelled with william dampier, and was hanged for mutiney.

Muppet Treasure Island (?)
There is no mentioning of the movie Muppet Treasure Island as being an adaptation.

--Sakamura


 * ??and what do you want to tell with this?? -- have a look at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117110/ to see that it IS an adaption. --Wittkowsky (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 15:36, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Another autobiography
In addition to the book by Björn Larsson - "Long John Silver" in its English translation - there is now a second autobiography, this one by Edward Chupack, Its title is "Silver : My Own Tale as Written by Me with a Goodly Amount of Murder"

ISBN-13: 978-0-312-53936-8 ISBN-10: 0-312-53936-3

There is, of course, a website: http://www.silverpirate.com/default.asp

Roger Scrafford (talk) 00:35, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

My Edit
TV serials: Peter Vaughan's name was scrambled, the sequence was incorrect and I added the earlier serial with Tony Quinn. This was the Irish actor of that name - nothing to do with the film star Anthony Quinn (also mentioned in the article as a Silver).

Rogersansom (talk) 07:37, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Black Sails
He is in Black Sails TV-series black-sails.wikia.com/wiki/John_Silver 85.23.206.44 (talk) 19:51, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

"villain"?
The lead sentence says Long John Silver is the main villain in the novel. May I suggest a better term would be "antagonist," as compared to Jim Hawkins as the protagonist? I will change it under WP:BOLD and see if anyone objectsPurplethree (talk) 21:18, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

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Silver's post on Walrus.
I think the description of quartermaster is not relevant to John Silver - it is unlikely that the only person Captain Flint feared was in charge of ships supplies. I heared a theory that in this case the quartermaster was actually quarter-deck commander, senior officer on a pirate ship. The quarter deck is the place where boarding party was assembling before attacking another ship's crew in hand-to-hand combat. So the chief of boarding party must have been an extremely capable and courageous pirate, to be feared even by the notorious captan himself. --147.234.2.2 10:35, 14 May 2006 (UTC) michagal


 * On a pirate ship, the quartermaster was much more important than the mere supply officer who went by that name in the merchant and naval services. Pirate quartermasters were in charge of discipline, could veto the decisions of the captain at any time except during a chase or battle, and generally functioned as second in command to the captain.  Also, they were expected to be first aboard during boarding, as you suggest.  So when Silver says he was Flint's quartermaster, he is indeed showing he was second only to Flint, and Flint was well justified in fearing him.
 * --Pirate Dan 19:46, 10 May 2007 (UTC)


 * my understanding is that this is more correct. I would go so as far as to say that except in battle, the quartermaster is the actual 'leader' of a pirate crew in as much as they had a leader. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.42.185.197 (talk) 16:45, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

It is correctly, "Yarr, meetey".
From the article...

Reportedly,[according to whom?] the writers of this piece, and Newton, were the first to present the phrase "Arrrrrh, matey!".[citation needed]

From me...

This phrase existed LONG before the movies, and, in real life, it is correctly, Yarr, meetey! ("Yes, meety"). The word, "meetey", meant a "person you meet with to have meat (a meal) with" (someone you are really close to, like family or fellow pirates). Long ago, both "meat" and "meet" were pronounced as modern "mate". When used in the movie, Long John is saying "yes, my close friends/fellows". Both "yarr" and "meetey" are still used among some people of Saxon descent to this day.

Thibeinn (talk) 06:08, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

"means of gaining Jim's trust"
It's never explained who "Jim" is prior to this. 139.138.6.121 (talk) 01:21, 26 May 2021 (UTC)