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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> tlhIngan-Hol [mailto:tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Christa Hansberry<br><b>Sent:</b> June 2, 2016 13:43<br><b>To:</b> tlhInganHol discussion group; qeSan@btinternet.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [tlhIngan-Hol] Personal Preferences and use of {HIja'} or {HISlaH}<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I can't decide which one to use; my brain just freezes up at the prospect of a decision like that! So my solution is to just always say no. :-Ъ <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Just kidding...<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>-QISta'<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><i>Verbing AWESOMES language!</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 12:46 PM, qe'San <<a href="mailto:qeSan@btinternet.com" target="_blank">qeSan@btinternet.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: Lieven [mailto:<a href="mailto:levinius@gmx.de">levinius@gmx.de</a>]<br>> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 11:39 AM<br>> To: <a href="mailto:tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org">tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org</a><br>> Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Conversational klingon and the use of {nuq}<br>><br>> Am 30.05.2016 um 12:27 schrieb mayqel qunenoS:<br>> > the longer a klingon sentence is, the happier I get !<br>><br>> That sounds like those people who prefer {HISlaH} over {HIja'} simply<br>because they enjoy knowing another word (since HIja' can also mean "tell<br>me").<br><br>Just curious regards other's use of {HISlaH} and {HIja'}. I know there's no<br>difference and correct me if I'm wrong but personally I like {HIja'} and<br>especially with the glottal stop cutting off it's short and sweet well<br>befitting any enthusiastic yes as opposed to a {HISlaH} which I personally<br>prefer for a reluctant yes like I'm saying yes but swearing under my<br>breath as I do so ;-)<br><br>Do other people just use the one they prefer, randomly use either or some<br>other personal rule of thumb?<br><br>qe'San<br>aka Jonathan Brown<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>tlhIngan-Hol mailing list<br><a href="mailto:tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org">tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org" target="_blank">http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>