Comments on: Science Fiction Saturdays: Mermaids. http://emphaticasterisk.com/2008/05/03/science-fiction-saturdays-mermaids/ I am a gay-affirming pro-choice left-wing loony pacifist environmental nutjob Christian! Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:31:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: e2c http://emphaticasterisk.com/2008/05/03/science-fiction-saturdays-mermaids/#comment-1152 e2c Tue, 06 May 2008 16:50:36 +0000 http://shushnow.wordpress.com/?p=112#comment-1152 shush, one other though occurs to me, re. "Lady in the Water." There's one extremely tantalizing scene where Paul Giamatti finds a place that is, apparently, the mermaid's shrine (or maybe a place that's supposed to look like home)... He didn't do *anything* with that - foolishly - but you can! shush, one other though occurs to me, re. “Lady in the Water.” There’s one extremely tantalizing scene where Paul Giamatti finds a place that is, apparently, the mermaid’s shrine (or maybe a place that’s supposed to look like home)… He didn’t do *anything* with that – foolishly – but you can!

]]> By: e2c http://emphaticasterisk.com/2008/05/03/science-fiction-saturdays-mermaids/#comment-1151 e2c Tue, 06 May 2008 16:48:18 +0000 http://shushnow.wordpress.com/?p=112#comment-1151 "I was thinking that she would have been watching humans for a long time and practicing their speech (similar to Ariel). So she’d end up speaking a confusing mish-mash of separate languages, as she’d not understand the concept of multiple languages, only dialects." OK, that makes sense, but then - where does she live? Does she travel around a lot, or is there a particular place that she calls home? Seriously - if she knows "Aloha," she is likely to speak Hawaiian pidgin... check the movie "Picture Bride" for more on that. (Since it has subtitles for the pidgin.) Here's <a href="http://www.eyeofhawaii.com/Pidgin/pidgin.htm" rel="nofollow">one page on this</a> - there are many more. It seems to me that Hawaii (or another group of South Pacific islands) would be a nice place for a mermaid - coral reefs, warm water, etc. etc. “I was thinking that she would have been watching humans for a long time and practicing their speech (similar to Ariel). So she’d end up speaking a confusing mish-mash of separate languages, as she’d not understand the concept of multiple languages, only dialects.”

OK, that makes sense, but then – where does she live? Does she travel around a lot, or is there a particular place that she calls home? Seriously – if she knows “Aloha,” she is likely to speak Hawaiian pidgin… check the movie “Picture Bride” for more on that. (Since it has subtitles for the pidgin.) Here’s one page on this – there are many more.

It seems to me that Hawaii (or another group of South Pacific islands) would be a nice place for a mermaid – coral reefs, warm water, etc. etc.

]]> By: shush http://emphaticasterisk.com/2008/05/03/science-fiction-saturdays-mermaids/#comment-1150 shush Tue, 06 May 2008 14:09:32 +0000 http://shushnow.wordpress.com/?p=112#comment-1150 Thanks everyone! This is one story I keep going back to in my mind. I need to finish editing my current novel before I pad my mattress with another manuscript, though. :) <b>@mmonyte</b>: My mind failed to make the manatee connection even though I know about it. Hm... <b>e2c</b>: Or do Hawaiians speak MERMAID? :o I was thinking that she would have been watching humans for a long time and practicing their speech (similar to Ariel). So she'd end up speaking a confusing mish-mash of separate languages, as she'd not understand the concept of multiple languages, only dialects. Thanks everyone! This is one story I keep going back to in my mind. I need to finish editing my current novel before I pad my mattress with another manuscript, though. :)

@mmonyte: My mind failed to make the manatee connection even though I know about it. Hm…

e2c: Or do Hawaiians speak MERMAID? :o

I was thinking that she would have been watching humans for a long time and practicing their speech (similar to Ariel). So she’d end up speaking a confusing mish-mash of separate languages, as she’d not understand the concept of multiple languages, only dialects.

]]> By: e2c http://emphaticasterisk.com/2008/05/03/science-fiction-saturdays-mermaids/#comment-1147 e2c Mon, 05 May 2008 22:46:47 +0000 http://shushnow.wordpress.com/?p=112#comment-1147 Just curious: Does she speak Hawaiian? (enquiring minds and all that!) Just curious: Does she speak Hawaiian? (enquiring minds and all that!)

]]> By: @mmonyte http://emphaticasterisk.com/2008/05/03/science-fiction-saturdays-mermaids/#comment-1139 @mmonyte Mon, 05 May 2008 00:02:34 +0000 http://shushnow.wordpress.com/?p=112#comment-1139 Mermaids would give birth to live young a la manatees (who probably were the original inspiration for mermaids) because clearly they are air-breathing mammals (OK duck billed platypusses (platypussi?) are air breathing mammals who lay eggs, but that is just too bizarre even for a novel) Mermaids would give birth to live young a la manatees (who probably were the original inspiration for mermaids) because clearly they are air-breathing mammals (OK duck billed platypusses (platypussi?) are air breathing mammals who lay eggs, but that is just too bizarre even for a novel)

]]> By: graceunbound http://emphaticasterisk.com/2008/05/03/science-fiction-saturdays-mermaids/#comment-1136 graceunbound Sun, 04 May 2008 13:45:40 +0000 http://shushnow.wordpress.com/?p=112#comment-1136 Intriguing concept! I do hope you explore it further...I'll be watching for the book. ;) Intriguing concept! I do hope you explore it further…I’ll be watching for the book. ;)

]]> By: wvhillcountry http://emphaticasterisk.com/2008/05/03/science-fiction-saturdays-mermaids/#comment-1131 wvhillcountry Sat, 03 May 2008 22:02:37 +0000 http://shushnow.wordpress.com/?p=112#comment-1131 Shush, I enjoyed reading your story. When you get published I'll be in line for a signed copy. Shush, I enjoyed reading your story. When you get published I’ll be in line for a signed copy.

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