RE: NANFA-- Mermaids in Seattle/off-topic

Jay DeLong (thirdwind_at_att.net)
Wed, 04 Apr 2001 10:04:48 -0700

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Stupid question: does mermaid translate into seamaiden, after the French
"la mer"?

That John Smith! Mermaids, Pocahontas, Turkish princess, whatever else...
he liked the maidens and they liked him!

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Jay DeLong
Olympia, WA

At 10:57 AM 4/4/01 -0500, you wrote: >Give the man a prize! John Smith did indeed report seeing (and nearly >falling in love with) a beautiful mermaid. I do not know about Ponce de >Leon, but there is another well-known navigator who reported that two named >members of his crew saw a mermaid in North American waters.

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