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▲It is the eastern slang that Spook spoke before the [[Final Ascension]] of Harmony. After the ascension of Harmony, High Imperial turned from an eastern street slang into a scholarly, formal language that was rarely used outside of important legal documents.
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** If you must refer to the subject do so at '''the end'''.
* Use '''nicknames for people''', the language is based off moving the structure of a sentence into as many ''confusing manners'' as possible. In fact, using a '''nickname of a nickname''' is best. For example, Spook uses the nickname Nip to refer to Breeze, which is in itself a nickname.
* ''Adjectives'' come '''first''', Then ''verbs'', even if you form them as nouns
** The longer the sentence is it becomes '''symmetrical'''.
** Remember it '''TAV-GuN; Nug VAT''' Those in parenthesis (see above) ''can be swapped'' around with each other.
*** I don't know where the
* It's better to use '''
* '''Don't use possessives''' unless they are formed as ''adjectives''.
Reference Mistborn:The Final Empire for Lestibourne's parts.
Guide dictated by Lady Amdin, written by Sir Kit
== Trivia ==
* The dialect's grammatical rules are intentionally vague.{{wob ref|14727}}
* High Imperial was inspired by a person Brandon knew from the [[Timewasters Guide]] forums, who sometimes posted random gibberish that, upon close inspection, turned out to be rather poetic.{{wob ref|2378}}
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