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Re: KATE'S GRANDMA....?

From: ed@wente.llnl.gov (Ed Suranyi)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 08:57:54 -0700
Subject: Re: KATE'S GRANDMA....?
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In article <65369@apple.Apple.COM> u907295@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (Scott Keene) writes:
>I just happened to notice in my Russkiy Slovar the other day that "BABOOSHKA"
>  is Russian for "GRANDMOTHER".  Is this common knowledge?

It's common knowledge among those who know Russian. :-)  Actually, in
the Russian word the accent is on the first syllable, not the second.

I don't know if Kate knew this, though.  It's possible she wanted to
use a word that sounded Russian and endearing.

Ed
ed@wente.llnl.gov