[tlhIngan Hol] stitch vs. sew

[Will Martin]

I do semantics better than spelling.

Language is verbal. Writing represents verbal language, and in English, it’s very flawed in that function. It’s one of the things I like about Klingon better than English.

pItlh

charghwI’ ‘utlh
(ghaH, ghaH, -Daj)




> On Oct 13, 2023, at 3:07 PM, Russ Perry Jr via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol at lists.kli.org> wrote:
> 
> Er…. I believe you *sow* seeds, not sew.
> 
> Russ
> 
>> On Oct 13, 2023, at 2:01 PM, Will Martin via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol at lists.kli.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> From my own usage, while there is some overlap, “sew” and “stitch” are different in English.
>> 
>> For one thing, “stitch” is both a verb (poke a threaded needle back and forth through a piece of cloth, either to attach two pieces of cloth, or to add a decorative pattern of colored thread, typically of a contrasting color to a single piece of cloth), and it is also a noun: the decorative thread, itself, where it is woven through the cloth. A stitch is a single, tiny bit of thread showing between the hole it comes out from and the hole where it goes back in.
>> 
>> “Sew” is only a verb, and it implies attaching one piece of cloth to another.
>> 
>> Also, the medical term for using thread to hold the skin together from a cut to help the skin heal is “stitch”. You talk about “getting stitches” (a.k.a. “sutures”). You don’t “sew” a wound. You “stitch” a wound. 
>> 
>> You also sew seeds, putting them into soil. You don’t stitch seeds.
>> 
>> I hope this helps.
>> 
>> pItlh
>> 
>> charghwI’ ‘utlh
>> (ghaH, ghaH, -Daj)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Oct 13, 2023, at 1:31 AM, Lieven L. Litaer via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol at lists.kli.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello dear Klingonists,
>>> 
>>> at the qepHom words wish list, somebody asked for a word for "to sew". I
>>> searched for that, and noticed that we have a verb {QIS} of which I
>>> thought it has that meaning, at least it does so in German.
>>> 
>>> So I wondered: What is the difference between "stitch" and "sew", if
>>> there is any?
>>> 
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