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Babushka Droll (Original Post)
kpete
Jul 2018
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Ilsa
(61,675 posts)1. I really like trumpski as a russian matryoshka doll.
You could make the Traitor Tots (Uday, Qusay, & Ivanka) into the smaller ones to be nested.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,498 posts)2. Babushka was something worn on the head.....
That was what my Slavic/Russian grandmother told me. A head scarf..."if you are going to go outside, put your babushka on "
mitch96
(13,822 posts)3. In my slavic/Ukrainian family it was a term of endearment
for grandmothers.... We always called my grandmother Babushka or Baba......
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smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)5. I'm not Slavic, but I always understood Babushka to be a term of
endearment for grandmothers or elderly women. I have had a number of Polish/Slav friends.
LisaL
(44,962 posts)7. Yes, it just means an old woman, grandma.
Check out the English to Russian dictionary.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,153 posts)6. Depends on where you put the emphasis.
BAbushka is "grandma," while BaBUSHka can be used to describe a headscarf worn by older women.
The Blue Flower
(5,420 posts)8. That's how I learned it in Russian class
I wore a baBUSHka as a kid. Never knew a scarf was called anything else until I was a teen ager. BAbushka was a grandma.
Hekate
(90,202 posts)4. Matryoshka Troll
csziggy
(34,120 posts)9. The correct term is matryoshka doll
peekaloo
(22,977 posts)10. Droll or drool? that way you could use your headscarf to wipe your chin.
Gothmog
(144,005 posts)11. Great cartoon