Re: NonVerbal Conlang?
From: | Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, June 27, 2006, 20:07 |
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> long-short-long-short-long-long-short-long
>
> I will not think, "ah --- that's a C, uh, followed
> by
> let's see, a Q. Oh, CQ. what does that mean?
> Oh yeah, I remember now."
> If I hear that sequence, I'll _know_ that someone
> is searching for listeners. Just as automatically as
> if they had used the words "Is anybody listening?"
> The intent may be verbal, but the expression of the
> intent
> and the comprehension of it isn't!
Back in the 50's a very old ham radio friend of my
dad's informed me that "CQ" means "seek you", just as
the modern varient "ICQ" means "I seek you."
--gary