Japanese crossword «Bag»
| Size: 11x15 | Picture: | Difficulty: | Added: | 24.06.19 | Author: AlyonaR |
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While it does look like a
ladybug
it's really not. As soon as I read the title I knew exactly what this was supposed to be. After all, my grandma & many of her friends used to have these in the 90s :D
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it's a small make-up bag / wallet. The red-with-balck pattern seemed to be the most common one, it was rare to see any other patterns. For a general idea it would have been similar to this:
https://i.etsystatic.com/7277025/r/il/fdb88d/1865051647/il_794xN.1865051647_rqwz.jpg
Probably a very ex-soviet-country thing, which is why you Westerners don't know recognize it
ladybug
it's really not. As soon as I read the title I knew exactly what this was supposed to be. After all, my grandma & many of her friends used to have these in the 90s :D
Basically
it's a small make-up bag / wallet. The red-with-balck pattern seemed to be the most common one, it was rare to see any other patterns. For a general idea it would have been similar to this:
https://i.etsystatic.com/7277025/r/il/fdb88d/1865051647/il_794xN.1865051647_rqwz.jpg
Probably a very ex-soviet-country thing, which is why you Westerners don't know recognize it
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The puzzle looks nothing like that reference image. I still think it looks like a ladybug/ladybird insect.
Now that you mention them I kinda remember them! They were like in your picture but with ladybug design and the same button to close them.
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you ruined the chance to rick roll dude oh wait lol was rickroll a thing in 2019?
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Thanks wilkatis for the explanation! :D Now that I know there is kind of a pun in the title, I love it even more, haha! And thank you AlyonaR for this fun puzzle! ;)
replyEven with that explanation (I have seen those pouches, mostly for coins), I am pretty sure it was supposed to read "Bug".
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Entomologists prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles as these insects are not classified as true bugs.
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Actually we entomologists call them Coccinellids, short for the family name Coccinellidae - and because we’re nerds. Seems to me that the purse pictured below is designed to look like a “ladybug” “ladybird” coccinellid - what have you, appropriate for a lady.
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Probably that or a mistranslation: In Russian, "кошелка" means wallet/purse, and "коровка" means ladybug. Pretty similar words.
I don't speak any Slavic languages so they may be even closer in another language.
replyI don't speak any Slavic languages so they may be even closer in another language.
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I think it's likely an error, either in spelling or translation, but it could be both. ;-)
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I enjoyed the heated discussion as much as the puzzle :):):)
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