garyfritz wrote:
swmartian wrote:
She learned the language of Mohkadun pretty quickly.
That's not how I read it. She was barely speaking pidgin Mohk after
"many seasons" of learning.
And assuming Gwynn and Siphy are experiencing the passage of time similarly, Siphy was barely speaking English after
a year of tutoring from Aylee. After presumably more time, she was speaking very good English by the time Riff and Zoe came back. So I don't think Gwynn's language skills are that much better than Siphy's.
Whereas on the island, they've only been there for days, maybe a week or so. Not enough to learn much of a language when you have no bilingual teacher, no matter how cute the guy is.
Dude, I did not say that she was fluent. Nor did I say that she had some sort of "super" power when it comes to learning languages. She is just more motivated to "communicate" - you did see that I used the word pantomime, right? She likely has picked up a few key words and is able to understand basic meanings (no doubt helped by the animas), and communicate basic ideas. And while the others may be doing that as well, Gwynn is ahead of them. That does not imply genius, fluency, or "super" powers.
A "week" may be a more advanced concept, but they could have indicated that they were returning "soon", and Gywnn in turn interpreted "soon" to be a "week
or so". And actually it is not that advanced of a concept if you include drawing in the sand to indicate sunrise to sunset and count to seven... Similarly, because she's interacting more with the indigenous people, it wouldn't be all that hard for her to figure out who the leader is. "Dumb muscle" is then her interpretation, not necessarily some "advanced concept" that was communicated to her.