Re: I can't resist telling you this fine example of language evolution!

Nick wrote:

On Nevsky Bridge the Russian stood
Chewing his beard for lack of food
He said "it's tough, this stuff, to eat
But a darn sight better than Shredded Wheat".

In Turkey once I came across a cafe menu that had clearly been translated for the owner by a passing tourist with a sense of humour. Against "baklava", which is a delicious filo-pastry confection saturated with honey and sprinkled with pistachio, appeared the English version: "Shredded wheat".

I also recall many years ago on the London to Edinburgh railway line an enormous sign on a factory opposite one of the stations one passed through: "Welwyn Garden City -- Home of Shredded Wheat"' How desperate would a town have to be to make that its main claim to fame? I've no idea if it's still there.
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