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Mermish 101

In Second Life, the Mermish language is often used when greeting another mermaid or merman. Only a few words and expressions get much use, so it is not difficult to come up to speed.

Tala - Hello
Lusa Em - See you (Good bye)
Sessa - Mermaid
Sesmuna - Friend of Mermaids
Nulma - Love

Want to learn more? Ask Cynthia for the complete notecard. The dialect of Mermish we use in SL comes from The Secret World of Mermaids by Francine Rose. Many other dialects are out there, and most are quite awkward to use. One example uses O-kee'-ya for Hello and Jai-quay' for Good bye.

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Man Meets Mermaid

In Nantucket, near the performance area
[18:20] Man1: psssstt....there's a mermaid in the water, Woman1.
[18:20] Woman1: oooh
[18:20] Woman1: i've never seen a mermaid yet
[18:20] Woman1: hi :)
[18:20] Woman2: ooh im a part time mermaid
[18:20] Cynthia: hello
[18:20] Woman1: omg ok i rreeeeally want a mermaid outfit
[18:20] Woman2: have a great sea garden
[18:21] Man1: Hi, Cynthia
[18:21] Man1: What's the best tuna?
[18:21] Woman1: tha's fabulous!
[18:21] Woman1 shakes her finger at Man1
[18:21] Man1: singing...Ask any mermaid you happen to see....
[18:21] Woman1: lol you goof :P
[18:21] Man1: grinnin
[18:21] Cynthia: teehee
[18:22] Man1: Never had the opportunity before.
[18:23] Man1: Bye, Cynthia
[18:23] Cynthia: bye
[18:23] Man1: Was nice meeting you. smilin
[18:23] Cynthia: nice meeting you

At Cave Rua, a guy comes underwater to see who could be there
[19:11] Man: hmm....I think you are better adapted to this environment than I...lol
[19:12] Cynthia: there you are
[19:12] Man: yeah....thats me...the one holding his breath
[19:12] Cynthia: please don't turn blue
[19:13] Man: oh I dunno....then maybe you'd be compelled to save me

At Merlantis
[22:24] Man1 whispers to his love, "a mermaid"
[22:24] Cynthia: hello
[22:24] Woman1 is enthralled, watching her move through the water.
[22:25] Woman1 whispers, close to his ear, bubbles tickling "I want to be a mermaid"
[22:25] Man1: awww, he holds her tightly, "Such a setting truly inspires the imagination"

At Image Reflections
[16:52] Cynthia: hello Man1
[16:52] Tonks: Tala Man1
[16:53] Man1: Hi
[16:53] Man1: are you a dream?
[16:53] Cynthia: could be
[16:53] Man1: it's a nice one

In Jamestown near Mystic
[18:23] Cynthia: Hello
[18:23] Woman1: HEY!!!!
[18:23] Woman1: wow, you're beautiful
[18:23] Cynthia: thank you
[18:23] Woman1: i love mermaids
[18:24] Cynthia smiles
[18:24] Woman1: wow!!
[18:24] Woman1: ahaa i got a little excited when i first saw you, and fell right into the ocean

In Blake Sea - Windlass
[13:39] Man1: I see mermaids
[13:39] Woman1: do i need to tie you to the mast, Man1???

Mermaid pet?
[18:12] Woman1: will you be my first mermaid friend?
[18:12] Cynthia smiles
[18:12] Man1: you can come and live in our fish tank
[18:12] Cynthia: is it big?
[18:12] Man1: umm
[18:12] Woman1: how big should it be?

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Heard on Twitter

Conference call is finally over. Going to the beach and not surfacing until I'm a mermaid.

There are plenty of fish in the sea. and dolphins. and crustaceans. and sea lions. I won't settle till I find a mermaid.

"But I'm a mermaid! I can't go into time out!", says the upset 3 year old.

I wish I were a mermaid so I could swim around all day singing about how I want legs.

Seaweed excellent healthy kid snack option as can be positioned as 1) mermaid food or 2) dinosaur food.

Concocting a super secret elixir to turn into a mermaid.

4yo was sad all the way home cause she's not a mermaid. We're not talking Halloween, the kid really wants to live in the sea.

Finding a Bigfoot is not so hard. Try finding a mermaid. I've been searching the oceans for 30 years and not seen one yet.

Is it perverse to feed the kids fish fingers while they watch The Little Mermaid?

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