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John Cowan wrote:
>You aren't.  Robin is using "hesitation" in the sense of "pausing",
>whereas Jorge is using it in the sense of "saying 'y'".  Instant
>non-communication.

And of course one can hesitate *during* a word by lengthening a vowel.
"zooooooooo" might be the way to handle quoting a complicated word.

-zefram