Re: Ningen Dock

"Michael Cash" wrote ... 
"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.

While I strongly agree with the moral, in this particular case "dock" looks pretty strong.

http://www.melma.com/mag/46/m00018446/a00000278.html
日本語のわかる外国人は、人間ドックのドックを "doctor" の "doc"
だと思っている人もいる。しかし、これは、船などを点検する "dock"
のほう。

http://gogen-allguide.com/ni/ningen_dock.html  <- Has Jim got this one for WWWJDIC ?
人間ドック human dry dock, health screening, complete physical checkup, thorough medical examination

http://www.jdtoyo.net/html/kokusai/program.pdf
日本歯科人間ドック学会 The Japan Academy of Dental Human Dock
.

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