tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 21 15:45:18 1997
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Re: KLBC: obsterician
- From: Bill Willmerdinger <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: obsterician
- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 18:19:33 -0500
- Organization: IKV Crystal Dagger, Klingon Assault Group Rochester NY
- References: <[email protected]>
David Trimboli wrote:
> 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.
Perhaps {be'pu' yatlh Qel}? Surely an obstetrician (you left out that
second "t", BTW) is a doctor of pregnant women. (One could simplify
even further, since most obstetricians are also gynecologists, and just
call OB/GYNs {be'pu' Qelmey}. In context, no one would have a problem.
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