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Subject: aUI
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Date: Thu, 29-Sep-83 18:26:36 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 29 18:26:36 1983
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Those of you who are intrigued by Loglan might also like to know
something about aUI, "the language of space", a much less serious
distant cousin of Loglan.  aUI was invented as a means of communi-
cating with the occupants of UFOs, if you want to know just how
serious it is.  The official grammar of the language ("aUI, the
Language of Space" by Dr. John W. Weilgart) is full of little
stories about pleasant conversations with the space people ("'No,'
says space-girl (a-ynyvu), 'I give you a space-kiss' (a-ubogta).")

One feature of aUI is that there is a one-to-one correspondence
between its phonemes and its sememes.  Every consonant or vowel
is associated with an unanalizable unit of meaning and words are
made by gluing these together into (hopefully) pronounceable combi-
nations.  In the interest of communication with Space Beings, the
assignment of sounds to meanings is based on purportedly universal
principles: "a", for instance, means "space" since it is the vowel
made by opening the mouth wide.  (By pleasant coincidence, the
Martians have the same vocal apparatus as us.)

So, if those colored disks have been buzzing your house lately and
you expect to get picked up any night, you can prepare for it by
dropping a line to:

             Dr. John W. Weilgart
             Cosmic Communication Company
             100 Elm Ct.
             Decorah, Iowa  52101