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Help[Opinions] Re: Stasys
in reply to a message by Anya Mel’nik or Mel’nyk
A lot of the names you post about are just about totally unfamiliar to the majority of English speakers on this site, and many English-as-a-second-language speakers too. It's not that they're bad names, just we have no context or experience with them and often don't even know how to say them right.
If I had to guess about Stasys, I'd say it looks too much like the word stasis, which means the state of being unchanged. In a scientific context it means something like, a chemical is stable and doesn't react? In other contexts, it often has a negative implication, like of boredom or not progressing.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
If I had to guess about Stasys, I'd say it looks too much like the word stasis, which means the state of being unchanged. In a scientific context it means something like, a chemical is stable and doesn't react? In other contexts, it often has a negative implication, like of boredom or not progressing.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
