Carrie wrote: When I took Russian in college, we were
counseled always to use the informal "mama" rather than the
proper "mat'" ... the profs never told us what the actual
phrase was.
Mine didn't either. The closest they came was "Vash mat',"
meaning "Yo' mama," but humorlessly. I think I once found out
the verb but the wind done took it.
Cheers,
Sally
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