Re: Ningen Dock

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:37:02 +0900, "necoandjeff" <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:

>I've got another gem to add to the wasei eigo list (although it is only half
>wasei eigo): 人間ドック. How many people here thought ドック was a reference
>to "doc," which is short for doctor? I sure did. It is actually "dock" and
>it comes from the analogy with a boat that docks for maintenance and repairs
>before heading out on its next voyage.
>
>http://gogen-allguide.com/ni/ningen_dock.html

I recall seeing a Japanese magazine in which a Japanese doctor said
that AIDS キャリア was "AIDS career", so named because it's with you
for the long haul.

Moral: Don't put too much stock in single sources, even when the
single source is a professional.




--

Michael Cash

"Clowns to the left of me and jokers to the right, Mr. Cash.
Clowns and jokers."

Prof. Ernest T. Bass
Mount Pilot College
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