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RE: apology for 2 {KLBC wot puS lubuSlu'taHvIS}'s

Joseph:
> My apology for the duplicate posting on this, but I'm having an odd 
> assortment of  problems with my email software since I created a 
> new account. 
> 
> In this case, I thought I had sent the email Thursday night, but on 
> arising Friday morning, found no copy in my COPIESTOSELF folder, 
> but did find a copy still in my queued mail (in which I noticed 
> a mistake in the subject line). Thinking it had not been sent (I 
> get the digest version of this list), I corrected the mistake and 
> resent it. Now I find it did indeed post Thursday night.
> 
> The intermittent yet variable nature of the problem I'm having, re: 
> my queued email, leads me to believe there may be a bug in my 
> version of PEGASUS, though I had no problem before the new account. 
> I'm considering installing the software if this continues.
> 
> Again, my apology for the duplicate.  

yItlhIjQo'. qa'meH vIttlhegh yIlo'.

This is the perfect time to mention replacement proverbs. In Klingon
society, instead of appologizing after a social gaffe, a replacement proverb
is used. Replacement proberbs must be uttered forcefully and confidently.
The choice of replacement proberb is apparently unimportant, as is its
literal meaning. I have noticed, though, that the shorter ones get used most
often, and longer ones are generally reserved for more serious oversights -
but that may just be us. If the replacement proverb is accepted, the
oversight is forgotten and everyone goes on as if it never happened. If not,
then it's probably time to leave...

Here are the replacement proverbs I can remember. The list may not be
complete:

reH latlh qabDaq qul tuj law' Hoch tuj puS
Hagh qoHpu' neH HeghtaHvIS SuvwI'pu'
DopDaq qul yIchenmoH QobDI' ghu'
jagh DajeymeH nIteb yISuvrup
reH Suvrup SuvwI''a'
HIvqa' veqlargh

pagh 'utlh

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