<p dir="ltr">I use {HISlaH} because I can spell it. <br>
I could never remember how to spell {HIja'} when I was new to the language . </p>
<p dir="ltr">Likewise, in English, I write "sofa" because I can spell it. </p>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Jun 3, 2016, 00:39 John R. Harness <<a href="mailto:cartweel@gmail.com">cartweel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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.<div> </div><div>I would put myself in the 'randomly-use-either-or' camp.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#808080" face="Arial, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.6667px"><br>--<br><br><a href="http://www.socialistalternative.org/" target="_blank">Socialist Alternative</a></span></font><div><font color="#808080" face="Arial, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.6667px"><a href="http://www.kli.org/" target="_blank">Klingon Language Institute</a></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 5:44 PM, DloraH <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:seruq@bellsouth.net" target="_blank">seruq@bellsouth.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">> On Behalf Of Robyn Stewart<br>
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> HIja' is my usual affirmative response. I'll say the longer<br>
> HISlaH when there is any chance of ambiguity with "tell me"<br>
> and when I want for some reason to prolong the word:<br>
> emphatically, hesitantly, languidly, whatever.<br>
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</span>While reading through the thread, I starting thinking about how I would word my thoughts. Qov's<br>
response expresses exactly how it works with me.<br>
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- DloraH<br>
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