tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 04 14:27:17 2000
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Re: jIrop
- From: SuSvaj <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: jIrop
- Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 17:46:14 -0500
At 04:09 PM 02/04/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>jatlh vay':
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>> But should we assume that Klingons make the distinction, when even *we* do
>> not? Even in the 24th century, if you take TNG and the other shows as an
>> indication? Nurses there do things routinely that even doctors now
>> cannot.... yet they still call them nurses.
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>I still call myself a nurse too. I just use a word I prefer. Don't forget,
>*rachwI'* doesn't only mean nurse. It means "one who strengthens, one who
>invigorates, one who fortifies". *rachwI'* could be a counselor, a friend, a
>religious leader, etc.. Just like QelHom can mean several different things.
>There is no literal translation for nurse that I am aware of.
Not so. Marc Okrand specifically gave us "rachwI'" as "nurse." It does
not apply to any counselor or anything else.
SuSvaj
There are only
>words to describe the concept of nurse.
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