Kad bajadera zaigra - by Marija Radović

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word bayadera? Cake? And to us. Even though, ove balls they also work as a great dessert option. Let's go back to the bayadera. In the Dictionary of Matica Srpska, bajadera has three meanings - and, believe it or not, dessert is only the third. First is - Indian ritual dancer, second a kind of striped transparent colorful fabric.

There are many expressions that we use every day when talking about food, and we are not quite sure where they come from. Everyone has heard of the cheese that bears the name Gouda, and do you know that it got its name from the town of the same name?

We prepare potatoes in countless ways, e.g. like potato salad, but there is such a term that means (or at least used to mean) entertainment for the common world.

A forger often becomes *cheat, neither guilty nor obliged. Drumsticks (born drumsticks or similar) become a real specialty when prepared, e.g. on the this way.

Is it correct vanilla-sugar or vanilla sugar? Smoked or smoked? Do you vacuum there are really two u? Find the answers to these questions in our next text.

Marija Radović worked as a presenter of the morning program on Radio Belgrade 202, then as a high school teacher, but her love for proofreading prevailed. Now he collaborates with many wonderful people who write texts in different fields. He answers questions and writes about language concerns on his site karakter.rs