“Babu” At what time in your life were you happiest and why?
“Babu” u kojem ste razdoblju u životu bili najsretniji i zašto?
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Mene moji unuci zovu “Babu” umjesto hrvatska riječ “Djed”. Zašto? Odgovor je vrlo jednostavan. Moj prvi unuk Zane je rođen u Los Angelesu mjeseca rujna 2002. Moja supruga i ja smo došli u Los Angeles posjetiti našu kćer Catherine, zeta Erik i naravno unuka Zane u ljeto 2004. Jednog poslijepodne svi smo otišli u gradski park, šetali se. Ja sam uzeo malog unuka Zane i bacio ga u zrak te ga mojim rukama uhvatio, stavio ga na zemlju i mojim rukama pleskao i vikao: “bravo Zane, bravo Zane” i to mnogo puta ponavlja. Kada smo ih opet došli posjetiti u ljeto 2006., Annie i ja smo pokazivali slike iz godije 2004. Kada je naš unuk Zane kojem još nije bilo ni pune 4 godine ugledao te slike i mene kako ja rukama pleskam i vičem “Bravo”, a mali unuk Zane nije znao izgovoriti “Bravo” nego je stalno pleskao svojim rukama i vikao “Babu”, “babu” itd. I to “Bravo” je zamijenilo hrvatsku riječ Djede u “Babu”. Sada mene moji unuci tako zovu i ja sam vrlo zadovoljan s tim, jer se je s tom izrekom izrazila jedna tisućljetna hrvatska izreka koja kaže: “GDJE JE TKO NIKAO, TU SE JE I OBIKAO”.
“Babu” DJED Mile Boban.
Austin, Texas.
Nedjelja 17 prosinca 2023
My grandchildren call me “Babu” instead of the Croatian word “Djed”. Why? The answer is very simple. My first grandson Zane was born in Los Angeles in September 2002. My wife and I came to Los Angeles to visit our daughter Catherine, son-in-law Erik and of course grandson Zane in the summer of 2004. One afternoon we all went to the city park, took a walk. I took my little grandson Zane, threw him in the air and caught him with my hands, put him on the ground and clapped my hands and shouted: “Bravo Zane, Bravo Zane, Bravo Zane” and repeated it many times. When we came to visit them again in the summer of 2006, Annie and I were showing pictures from 2004. When our grandson Zane, who was not even 4 years old, saw those pictures and me clapping my hands and shouting “Bravo”, and little grandson Zane didn’t know how to say “Bravo” but constantly clapped his hands and shouted “Babu”, “Babu” etc. And that “Bravo” replaced the Croatian word Djede in “Babu”. Now my grandchildren call me that and I am very happy with that, because that saying is expressed by a thousand-year-old Croatian proverb that says: “WHERE ONE IS BORN, HE GETS USED TO IT”.
Austin, Texas.
Sunday, December 17, 2023
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