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I met two aliens once. They were poets like me, I mean, a poet and a poetess. Their language sounded like music, though its gender distinction wasn't hard to notice. She’s from the Venus, he is from the Mars. They speak different languages like us. *** Below is a translation of the poem "Aliens" into Venusian (a vowel is replaced by the next vowel in alphabetical order): O mit twu eloins unci. Thia wiri puits loki mi, O mien, e puit end e puitiss. Thior lengyegi suyndid loki mysoc, thuygh ots gindir dostonctoun wesn't herd tu nutoci. Shi's frum thi Vinys, hi os frum thi Mers. Thia spiek doffirint lengyegis loki ys. Below is a translation of the poem "Aliens" into Martian, (a consonant is replaced by the next consonant in alphabetical order): I nev vxo amiept opde. Vjey xese qoevt mile ne, I neap, a qoev apf a qoevett. Vjeis maphuahe toupfef mile nutid, vjouhj ivt hepfes fitvipdviop xatp'v jasf vo povide. Tje't gson vje Weput, je it gson vje Nast. Vjey tqeal figgesepv maphuahet mile ut.

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Date: 10/30/2019 9:29:00 PM
Vjit it ope og ny gawosivet, hseav!
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Kurt Ravidas
Date: 10/31/2019 2:44:00 AM
Vjaplt, Kojp) By the way, such translations from Russian sound more impressive: probably due to the lack of unreadable letters, they retain rhymes.
Date: 10/30/2019 12:37:00 PM
YOu have quite a creative mind, Kurt. Reminds of the pig latin thing people do. I am from Venus but my hubbie is not even from Mars. I think he is from a planet that nobody has heard of yet!!
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Kurt Ravidas
Date: 10/30/2019 1:07:00 PM
Thank you, Andrea. I don't show my girlfriend my birthplace on the star map either or just lock myself in the bathroom for a little meditation. Aliens need it from time to time)
Date: 10/29/2019 12:42:00 PM
I'm so disappointed in myself that I've forgotten all the Venutian and Martian that I thought I'd picked up in weird dreams. You've spurred me on to dream oddly and strangely again ~ Dr. Strangelove, newly alienated
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Kurt Ravidas
Date: 10/30/2019 1:09:00 PM
Have a good dream, Dr. Strangewolf)
Date: 10/29/2019 6:14:00 AM
I need a translator...I think I captured a few words but not enough...
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Kurt Ravidas
Date: 10/29/2019 12:11:00 PM
Corrected. Thanks, Michael)

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