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Thought I'd point out that Babushka means "grandmother" or "old lady" in Russian. Based on your logo, you were thinking Matryoshka. http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
by shazow 17y ago
Thought I'd point out that Babushka means "grandmother" or "old lady" in Russian.
Based on your logo, you were thinking Matryoshka. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matryoshka_doll http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matryoshka_doll
It's also known as a "Babushka doll" (because it features a grandmother-like image) but the doll is definitely not the first thing that comes to mind when hearing "Babushka".
I have no feedback on the actual product. Looks fun, best of luck. :-)
- asnyder 17y agoWhen I hear Babushka I think of an elderly Russian woman who won't let me leave until I eat a substantial amount of food.
- ben_h 17y agoYep, I was aware of that :) I chose babushka because here in Australia at least, the nested Russian dolls are known as babushka dolls. (Also, Matryoshka is kind of already taken by the video container format http://www.matroska.org/ http://www.matroska.org/). And hey, I'm cool with babushka being a kindly grandmother that helps you remember things you've researched, as long as you explain them in its DSL first :)
- hristov 17y agoLittle known fact, babushka also means butterfly in Russian (if you put the stress on a different syllable). So if you do not like the old lady as a marketing image you can always go with a pretty butterfly.
- ben_h 17y agoHey, that's cool—pretty tempting to start using that reference retrospectively. Maybe a few canvas-animated butterflies on the website? :) Cheers!
- d0mine 17y agograndma and butterfly are different words in Russian. Listen http://tts.imtranslator.net/A3Xz http://tts.imtranslator.net/A3Xz
- hristov 17y agoyes butterfly is technically babochka, but they sound the same to the english ear.
- nzmsv 17y agoThere's definitely a difference between CH and SH, even in English. The pronunciations are: BAH - bush - ka: grandma BAH - botch - ka: butterfly I am currently teaching Russian to my wife, and the things she says sound the same continually surprise me :)
- gruseom 17y agoThere's no "technically" about it. That's just what the word means. It's irrelevant how similar they sound to the English ear; you might as well argue that "the" is interchangeable with "duh". Also, contrary to the GP, there's no difference in stress, which is on the first syllable in both words. The reason they're different words is that "sh" vs. "ch" is a phonemic distinction in Russian, just as it is in English. That's why we distinguish between "sheep" and "cheep", for example, and would regard it as bizarre to conflate them.
- Groxx 17y agoMaybe they can go for a near-homonym pun? A nested grandmother doll with butterfly wings?
- Nwallins 17y agoAlso, babushka is pronounced like "Bob is good." not ba-BUSH-ka. Matryoshka is, however, pronounced more-or-less like "ma-TROYSH-ka". Well, so says my US-ian ear.