Re: Abbreviation systems (was Re: Hello everybody)

On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:21:19 -0500 John Cowan <jcowan@...>
writes:
> Steg Belsky scripsit:
> > ST"M "Stam" [stam], short for (if i remember correctly) Seifer
> (Torah)
> > Tefillin Mezuza.
> Is this connected with the "stam" that means "Just because" or
> "That's the way things are"?
> Mother:  Yossi, why are you peeing on the sidewalk?
> Yossi:  Stam, ima.
> --
> John Cowan <jcowan@...>
-

I doubt it... it just seems that the abbreviation is spelled the same way
(with the exception of the " ) as the other word.  _stam_ can also mean
"plain, regular", or "any":

Mother: tein li niyar (give me a paper)
Yossi: eize niyar? (which paper?)
Mother: stam niyar (any paper.)

or

Mother: tein li niyar (give me a paper)
Yossi: niyar `aveh? (thick paper?)
Mother: lo', niyar stam. (no, a plain paper)

I'm pretty sure that those are accurate uses of the
adjective/interjection _stam_.  Dan Sulani could probably give a better
account of it.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "i am the invincible sword goddess!"
     ~ jen, 'crouching tiger, hidden dragon'