Talk:Mersea Island

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Mersea Island has been proposed [Barton et al.] as the island described in Shakespeare's "The Tempest".That is to say, as an island which the author well knew, and that he incorporated a close description of it in his play in respect of fauna and flora, the springs (St. Peter's artesian well in West Mersea), brine-pits, mussels,crabs, (Act 1, sc.2); ...nettle-seed, or docks, or mallows..., general shape and climate, etc. It is not a Mediterranean island, but a bleak, marshy, and cold place to which Prospero is exiled from Milan. This proposition is held mainly by Oxfordians, since Mersea is the only large island close to Castle Hedingham, where some of the plays are said traditionally to have been written, and would have almost certainly been known to Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford.There are suggestive passages in "The Tempest" which may be Elizabethan puns: Gonzalo [when the ship hits the island]: "Mercy on us!" - "We split, we split!"[Act 1 sc.1]; Stephano: "I'll turn my mercy out of doors, and make a stock-fish of thee" [Act 2 sc.1]; Prospero: "At this hour lie at my mercy all mine enemies" [Act 4 sc.1] Prospero's island is described by Adrian [Act 2 sc.1] as "almost inaccessible", and Prospero refers to "the strong-based promontory"; the only land access to Mersea is a Roman Stroud, or causeway, and this is covered at high tide. Colcestrian (talk) 23:47, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Baring-Gould
He also composed the hymn "Now the Day is Over", a book on werewolves, and much more. His fiction novel "Mehala" is discussed under "Ray Island", (an uninhabited marsh close to Mersea)for which it is a pseudonym.Colcestrian (talk) 23:59, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Most Easterly Island?
The article claims that Mersea is the most easterly island in the UK. Surely that honour goes to Great Britain, and even the referenced webpage says 'Allegedly' the furthest east. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.81.199.35 (talk) 00:08, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
 * "It is the most easterly inhabited island in the United Kingdom". It isn't even the most easterly inhabited island in Essex. How about Horsey Island ? RGCorris (talk) 09:52, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
 * The BBC and Time Out contradict your unsourced assertion; nobody permanently lives on Horsey and you can't just drive into it on a day trip, while only the weather and tide will stop you getting on (or off!) Mersea. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  10:05, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
 * My source is the Wikipedia link, which states Horsey is inhabited. Whether or not you can drive there for a day trip is irrelevant. RGCorris (talk) 15:40, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Well Wikipedia is not a reliable source. Sorry, but when a random Wikipedian off the street says something and the BBC says something different, we have to take the BBC. In the meantime, I have found a source that asserts there a few private farm buildings on Horsey, so I've cleaned up that article to state that, and changed this one to say it is the easternmost publicly accessible island Ritchie333 (talk)  (cont)  15:46, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

Pronunciation
Lots of articles have IPA pronunciation indications. I'm surprised this one doesn't as I've had a few discussions with native English speakers on this. MERCEE or MERZEE or something else? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.207.145.188 (talk) 16:27, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
 * That is actually a very good question, and my initial answer would have to be "I'm not sure". I tend to go for "mer-zee" but I've also cracked jokes about the Duffy song in relation to the place. There is a weighty academic thesis on "Mersea Island English" if anyone fancies wading through that lot. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  17:14, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I've added the IPA - it's MER-ZEE, apparently. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.207.145.188 (talk) 17:16, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Except in inclement weather, when it's pronounced "murky" - or maybe that is a description of the weather. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  17:27, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

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