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kpete

(72,028 posts) Sun Jul 22, 2018, 11:15 AM Jul 2018

Babushka Droll

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Babushka Droll (Original Post) kpete Jul 2018 OP

I really like trumpski as a russian matryoshka doll. Ilsa Jul 2018 #1

Babushka was something worn on the head..... ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2018 #2

In my slavic/Ukrainian family it was a term of endearment mitch96 Jul 2018 #3

I'm not Slavic, but I always understood Babushka to be a term of smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #5

Yes, it just means an old woman, grandma. LisaL Jul 2018 #7

Depends on where you put the emphasis. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2018 #6

That's how I learned it in Russian class The Blue Flower Jul 2018 #8

Matryoshka Troll Hekate Jul 2018 #4

The correct term is matryoshka doll csziggy Jul 2018 #9

Droll or drool? that way you could use your headscarf to wipe your chin. peekaloo Jul 2018 #10

Great cartoon Gothmog Jul 2018 #11

Ilsa

(61,709 posts)

1. I really like trumpski as a russian matryoshka doll.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2018, 11:27 AM

Jul 2018

You could make the Traitor Tots (Uday, Qusay, & Ivanka) into the smaller ones to be nested.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,826 posts)

2. Babushka was something worn on the head.....

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2018, 11:32 AM

Jul 2018

That was what my Slavic/Russian grandmother told me. A head scarf..."if you are going to go outside, put your babushka on "

mitch96

(13,931 posts)

3. In my slavic/Ukrainian family it was a term of endearment

Reply to ProudMNDemocrat (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 22, 2018, 01:21 PM

Jul 2018

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

Reply to mitch96 (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 22, 2018, 01:31 PM

Jul 2018

endearment for grandmothers or elderly women. I have had a number of Polish/Slav friends.

LisaL

(44,974 posts)

7. Yes, it just means an old woman, grandma.

Reply to smirkymonkey (Reply #5)

Sun Jul 22, 2018, 01:32 PM

Jul 2018

Check out the English to Russian dictionary.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,469 posts)

6. Depends on where you put the emphasis.

Reply to ProudMNDemocrat (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 22, 2018, 01:31 PM

Jul 2018

BAbushka is "grandma," while BaBUSHka can be used to describe a headscarf worn by older women.

The Blue Flower

(5,447 posts)

8. That's how I learned it in Russian class

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #6)

Sun Jul 22, 2018, 02:02 PM

Jul 2018

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

(90,878 posts)

4. Matryoshka Troll

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2018, 01:28 PM

Jul 2018

csziggy

(34,139 posts)

9. The correct term is matryoshka doll

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2018, 02:20 PM

Jul 2018

Matryoshka set in a row

Nesting of opened matryoshkas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matryoshka_doll

peekaloo

(22,977 posts)

10. Droll or drool? that way you could use your headscarf to wipe your chin.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2018, 02:26 PM

Jul 2018

Gothmog

(145,694 posts)

11. Great cartoon

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2018, 04:04 PM

Jul 2018

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