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Bubbee | Bubbee

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Jun.01.2012
What's In A Name? The Answer
America’s southern president, Bill Clinton has a nickname, “Bubba”. It’s a very popular southern pet name. I have a cousin in Louisiana we call “Bubbee”. The word “Bubbee” is Yiddish, pronounced BUB-ee and is a “friendly term for anybody you like”. Could this nickname have been a way for Southern...