[tlhIngan Hol] stitch vs. sew

Steven Boozer sboozer at uchicago.edu
Mon Oct 16 06:52:05 PDT 2023


According to the song "Do-Re-Mi" (a.k.a. "Doe, a deer") by Richard Rodgers from "The Sound of Music" :

   "So, a needle pulling thread"

It may or may not be a pun, but it is a good mnemonic.

--
Voragh

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From: DloraH via tlhIngan-Hol

mu'ghomwIj:
sew:  to work with needle and thread.
stitch:  A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.


On Fri, 2023-10-13 Lieven L. Litaer wrote:
> 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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