V.V.(8) sfacim and sewer stories

[Judith A. Panetta]

It depends on the context. I knew a Spanish au pair in London that would
happily bounce the baby on her knee with "Ahhhh, mi puta pequeña."

Judith Panetta
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org]On
Behalf Of David Morris
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 10:57 AM
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: V.V.(8) sfacim and sewer stories



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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