V.V.(8) sfacim and sewer stories

David Morris fqmorris at hotmail.com
Tue Jan 23 09:56:47 CST 2001


BTW, if the term really is an commonly-used term of endearment, why would 
these Italian American girls take offense?  It's obviously not THAT commonly 
used...

DM

>From: "David Morris" Maybe I'm crazy, but I think when Benny says his name 
>is "Sfacim" it means "shit."  Shit is closely related to decay/destruction. 
>  I'm not Italian, so I'd have to defer to someone who was raised with the 
>term as the endearing "spunky."
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