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Re: All yours, Babooshka, Babooshka, Babooshka-ya-ya

From: wisner@mica.berkeley.edu (William Wisner)
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 89 20:29:48 PDT
Subject: Re: All yours, Babooshka, Babooshka, Babooshka-ya-ya
Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa
Organization: Earl's Reptile Farm and Cheesy Dinosaur Park

It seemed obvious to me the first time I ever heard _Babooshka_. I had always
thought of the word babooshka as a Russian endearment. I also thought that the
idea that the word is a Russian endearment could be nothing but a Western myth.
I've never had a chance to ask a Russian, though..