When Kate Bush came up with the name for her famous single “Babooshka,” she had no idea it is the Polish and Russian word for grandmother or old woman—spelled “babushka,” and pronounced a little differently. It is also a scarf women wear tied under the chin. The singer/songwriter was looking for a character name for […]
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