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[wantsyourzex.livejournal.com]

[handwriting is rather poor]

I've become rather curious about something I only recently became aware of, and I was hoping that perhaps the input of others might clarify things somewhat.

What language do you speak now?
What language do you hear others speaking?
What language is this written in?

It's a matter of... some importance to me. If you would be kind enough to answer, I would greatly appreciate it.



Also, my dear human Captain, I was hoping to meet with you again sometime today, if only to prove to myself you weren't a desperate fantasy! Please, let me know what time would be most advantageous for us to... talk again. I do so miss you when we are apart!

Admiral ZEX

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[captain-hunam.livejournal.com]

The instinctual violence was more on the VUX side than the Human, as far as I could tell. I'm not sure the tragedy could have been avoided, though-- even if Rand hadn't sparked the Insult thing, your countrymen would have found something else to justify their hate.

English, mostly, though I picked up pieces of other languages from the people who had been born on Earth-- just enough to recognize them if they're written out, mostly, though I know German a bit better, enough to construct simple sentences.

Humans seemed to have managed writing with hands for a few thousand years. :) It's not all that difficult, once you get used to it.
Do you know which of your hands is dominant, or are you ambidextrous?

[wantsyourzex.livejournal.com]

Is that how it was? For most VUX it was quite the reverse... humans being shallow, brutish, violent creatures, barely sentient at all. Ah, propaganda was in full-swing during the War, and I don't suppose many of us had a chance to truly converse with humans before we engaged in combat and therefore, did not have much reason to think differently. I, of course, was able to see through it all to appreciate humans on their own terms, and we both know how my countrymen cared for that. Ah well.

Only two? Well, it was an isolated colony, wasn't it? I can see where language would be restricted somewhat... how interesting regardless!

:) :) :) :) ? :) ??
I would hesitate to say I had much skill with either hand at the moment, as I'm sure you've seen. I've been experimenting with both and they don't seem any better than the other.
What is ambidextrous? It sounds intriguing.
:): ): ::::))))

[captain-hunam.livejournal.com]

To be honest, when I had to pass through VUX space, I did try to talk with your countrymen to avoid doing battle-- those limpets made my best ships nearly-unusable, and I prefer not to lose crew to avoidable battles-- but nothing I could say would keep them from attacking. It made them seem shallow and violent.

Most humans I know only speak one or two, actually, unless they actually need to know more (for whatever reason). I was surprised to see how many people spoke three or more, here.

Ambidextrous means being able to use both hands equally. Which I suppose means you are ambidextrous-- even if you use both hands equally poorly.

Out of curiosity, what are you writing drawing wri trying to put on the paper?

[wantsyourzex.livejournal.com]

I'm certainly not surprised! They still quite hate humans, you know. I imagine your existence outside of your slaveshield must have almost seemed like an insult to them. I'd hoped once when I was more... idealistic, that I could help open their eyes and hearts to your species (and countless others), but I fear it's a lost cause nowadays. After all, they still turned on me, even after everything I'd done for them. Once set in their ways, they rarely change course.
I suspect my enclave at Alpha Cerenkov is the only outpost of sensible, mature VUX in our sector.

Only one or two? Well, that fits with what I had thought, originally. Language must be a much simpler affair for humans... how interesting!

I see! Then I suppose I am ambidextrous! I'll have to remember that word.

Oh, I was trying to imitate the glyph you included in your last note... it was so unique and intricate. Was that merely a flourish for my sake? Oh Captain~ ::)

Shaking w/laughter IRL, damn you. <3

[captain-hunam.livejournal.com]

I noticed the hatred. They're pretty vehement about it.

How much more complex are the languages on Beta Luyten? One or two seems like enough to me, but it's what I've grown up around.

You mean this?: :)
It's not that unique or special, it's a [several false starts as Captain tries to figure out how to explain a smiley to ZEX] You know how humans smile to express positive emotions? That symbol a sort of extremely stylized approximation of a smile (the two dots represent eyes, the curved line a mouth) to casually express some sort of positive emotion in writing. The symbol on this place's uniform is similar.

what is this "emoticon" you speak of? is it delicious? OD

[wantsyourzex.livejournal.com]

Oh, we have a great deal of languages on Luyten! And on our other colonies as well... numerous variations from city to town to general area to aquatic (which can be very difficult), and all sorts of things in-between. Something of a matter of pride for a collection of VUX to develop a variant of some kind, and eventually what helped us create and improve our translation technology; to ease communication but not force a group to change. Like I mentioned before, we do get so set in our ways!
I used to speak more languages when I was young and traveling, but after many years at Cerenkov (where VUK ZIX tends to dominate, due to most of us being from our military), I only remember a handful of my strongest. [ZUJ KEK]I imagine my poor penmanship and grammar would cause those in YUX to feel quite scandalized.[/ZUJ KEK]

How interesting! A symbol of a human emotion... a human face! Of course, that would only make sense, that's how humans show emotion after all. How interesting! I wonder...
.)
(a series of squiggly lines above a circle)