<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Er…. I believe you *sow* seeds, not sew.<br><br><div dir="ltr">Russ</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 13, 2023, at 2:01 PM, Will Martin via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>From my own usage, while there is some overlap, “sew” and “stitch” are different in English.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>“Sew” is only a verb, and it implies attaching one piece of cloth to another.</div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>You also sew seeds, putting them into soil. You don’t stitch seeds.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope this helps.</div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Oct 13, 2023, at 1:31 AM, Lieven L. Litaer via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div>Hello dear Klingonists,<br><br>at the qepHom words wish list, somebody asked for a word for "to sew". I<br>searched for that, and noticed that we have a verb {QIS} of which I<br>thought it has that meaning, at least it does so in German.<br><br>So I wondered: What is the difference between "stitch" and "sew", if<br>there is any?<br><br>--<br>Lieven L. Litaer<br>aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany"<br>http://www.tlhInganHol.com<br>http://klingon.wiki/En/NewWordsQepa27<br>_______________________________________________<br>tlhIngan-Hol mailing list<br>tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org<br>http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org<br></div></div></blockquote></div><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>tlhIngan-Hol mailing list</span><br><span>tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org</span><br><span>http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>