[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Oh, the subtle differences in meaning! A babushka was something worn > >by mostly German Jews. At least in our part of the country. > > On 3/11/08 11:12 AM, Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote: > > >There must have been another shift in meaning. "Babushka" > >was what people called head scarves after they went out of > >style >
When I was a kid, living in Pittsburgh Pa. USA, a bubushka was a square scarf, folded into a triangle, placed over the head and tied under the chin. It was the '40's. Everyone wore them, even the Irish. They were bright and colorful. We got new ones every fall before school started. Much later I ran across another meaning for the word, "grandmother" or old lady. Don't recall if the origin was German, Russian, central European? I didn't start to wear "scarves" til post college. For me a headscarf remains a bubushka, translated to be intelligible to non-Pittsburghians. :-D Michelle White Rock NM where I wear a cowboy hat or a baseball cap on windy or sunny days
