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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