[tlhIngan-Hol] Personal Preferences and use of {HIja'}or{HISlaH}

[Michael Roney, Jr.]

I use {HISlaH} because I can spell it.
I could never remember how to spell {HIja'} when I was new to the language
.

Likewise, in English, I write "sofa" because I can spell it.

On Fri, Jun 3, 2016, 00:39 John R. Harness <cartweel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I remember also speaking with taD about his consistent use of HISlaH, who
> (don't quote me) seemed to explain that he chose to do so simply so that
> *someone* out there was using it.
>
> I would put myself in the 'randomly-use-either-or' camp.
>
>
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> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 5:44 PM, DloraH <seruq at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> > On Behalf Of Robyn Stewart
>> >
>> > HIja' is my usual affirmative response. I'll say the longer
>> > HISlaH when there is any chance of ambiguity with "tell me"
>> > and when I want for some reason to prolong the word:
>> > emphatically, hesitantly, languidly, whatever.
>>
>> While reading through the thread, I starting thinking about how I would
>> word my thoughts.  Qov's
>> response expresses exactly how it works with me.
>>
>>
>> - DloraH
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