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HSS Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Stoke
Hi.
I was watching a U.S. TV drama "Tru Calling," and in an episode where two high school kids drove over a cliff, and got killed, the coroner says
"The bodies are jammed up. We need a couple of stokes."
What is a stoke? I have no idea. Apparently the Japanese translator didn't what it means, and skipped the line.
My best,
Hiro
I was watching a U.S. TV drama "Tru Calling," and in an episode where two high school kids drove over a cliff, and got killed, the coroner says
"The bodies are jammed up. We need a couple of stokes."
What is a stoke? I have no idea. Apparently the Japanese translator didn't what it means, and skipped the line.
My best,
Hiro
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Hi, I don't know, 'stokes' means nothing to me in this context. Perhaps he said something else and it was misheard? eg 'We need a couple of secs (seconds)'?
- Hi, I don't know, 'stokes' means nothing to me in this context.
- Perhaps he said something else and it was misheard?
- eg 'We need a couple of secs (seconds)'?
- Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,
I don't know, 'stokes' means nothing to me in this context. Perhaps he said something else and it was misheard?
eg 'We need a couple of secs (seconds)'?
Best wishes, Clive
I don't know, 'stokes' means nothing to me in this context. Perhaps he said something else and it was misheard?
eg 'We need a couple of secs (seconds)'?
Best wishes, Clive
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A stoke or stoke litter is a piece of rescue equipment -- a sort of stretcher with raised sides and safety belts for hoisting accident victims by helicopter from the scene of an accident when it is impossible to extract the victims from the scene by any other reasonable means.
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Great, CJ.
I now know what it is. I've tried some of the online dictionaries in vain.
Many thanks, CJ.
Hiro
I now know what it is. I've tried some of the online dictionaries in vain.
Many thanks, CJ.
Hiro
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You're welcome!
I think it's a relatively new word, and I don't know its origin. It is probably because it is a word of such restricted use (first responders' specialized vocabulary for rescue equipment) that it has not yet made its way into a lot of dictionaries.
CJ
I think it's a relatively new word, and I don't know its origin. It is probably because it is a word of such restricted use (first responders' specialized vocabulary for rescue equipment) that it has not yet made its way into a lot of dictionaries.
CJ
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