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MadMenSuze wrote this and I'm wondering what the question even means. Was there a Miss Basushka or are you calling one of the player's that because of accent or dress??? Maybe I need to watch again
Now...who is Miss Babushka and what does this mean
Yes it it. Babushka is the scarf, and Russian women are sometimes referred to that way because of they used wear them all the time.
A babushka is a polish word for head scarf.
Yah, I was referring to Joy -- I didn't get her name.:)
A lot of my Polish-American friends in high school in the 1950s used the term "babushka" all the time. Also, "stadda babba" (sp?) referring to an old Polish woman. i.e., "I look like a stadda babba in my babushka today".
I am assuming he was refering to Joy as "Miss Babushka" because of the scene where she gets into her convertible and ties the scarf around her head. I think a babushka is typically tied once under the chin and not wrapped around the throat as Joy did it, but it looks the same in the end, I guess. I think "babushka" is a Russian word, but not sure - I better look it up.
In Russian, "babushka" can also mean a old woman (some of them hardy old birds. Black dress down below the knees, long sleeves and a white head scarf. Literally, "little old woman."
The diminutive of the Russian, "baba" - grandmother or old woman.
However, in this case, it refers to a scarf worn over the head.
to her convertible and ties the scarf around her head. I think a babushka is typically tied once under the chin and not wrapped around the throat as Joy did it, but it looks the same in the end, I guess. I think Web Design