Talk:bubby

Attestation of Etymology 3

The form bubby has been used as an alternative spelling of bubbe for many decades, sufficient to satisfy Wiktionary:Criteria for inclusion.

1985, Journal of Psychology and Judaism, volume 9, page 69:

• Yes, I did a mitzvah today, I kissed my bubby (Grandmother).

1995, Richard Lodish, A Child in the Principal's Office, →ISBN, page 41:

• For those of you who don't speak Yiddish — or didn't grow up with my Bubby Fanny...

2012, Ron Silver and Jen Bervin, Bubby's Homemade Pies, →ISBN, introduction:

• When I opened Bubby's Pie Co. in 1990, I was twenty-eight. I told both of my grandmothers, Grammy and Nanny, I was naming the company after them.

Cnilep (talk) 02:27, 8 August 2014 (UTC)