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Yep, 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 kin
by ben_h 16y ago
Yep, 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 16y 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 16y agoHey, that's cool—pretty tempting to start using that reference retrospectively. Maybe a few canvas-animated butterflies on the website? :) Cheers!
- d0mine 16y agograndma and butterfly are different words in Russian. Listen http://tts.imtranslator.net/A3Xz http://tts.imtranslator.net/A3Xz
- hristov 16y agoyes butterfly is technically babochka, but they sound the same to the english ear.
- nzmsv 16y 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 16y 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 16y agoMaybe they can go for a near-homonym pun? A nested grandmother doll with butterfly wings?