tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 21 09:32:39 1997
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Re: KLBC: obsterician
>Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 18:44:48 -0800 (PST)
>From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
>
>On Thursday, March 20, 1997 1:31 AM, [email protected] on behalf of
>[email protected] wrote:
>
>> Is there a word for obsterician? I have an idea for a way to express
>the
>> idea of an obsterician; How does 'nobwI' qoS' sound? Personaly, I think it's
>> a long shot, so if anyone has any ideas let me know.
>
>"Giver birthday" doesn't work.
>
>No, there's no word for obsterician (that we know of). Don't look for a quick
>word; if you've got a context, say it's a doctor {Qel} and explain it once,
>then just call him or her {Qel} from then on. That's the easiest way. It's
>probably the best.
>
>At first I was inventing something like {boghlI'ghach Qel}, but then I
>realized that an obsterician is also {boghta'ghach Qel} and {boghrupghach
>Qel}. But that's okay; I wouldn't have used this phrase anyway, because it's
>really a hindsight idea.
Simply "Qel" is likely best, agreed. I was thinking things along the lines
of "boghmeH QaHwI'" (or "boghmeH QaHbogh Qel"), at least for explaining.
~mark