[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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