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A wife learns her husband is returning after 30 months in Russian captivity. (imgur.com)

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm guessing the word in their language is a cutesy moniker, like pumpkin or peanut in English.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah. Sounds odd, though. Now I have a better understanding of translators who insist on being literal vs. translators who are willing to bend the rules slightly in order to clarify what the speaker meant.

[–] dirthawker0 3 points 3 weeks ago

A French term of endearment is "my little cabbage"

[–] Brickhead92 1 points 3 weeks ago

I prefer to use my lumpy potato