Russian as she is writ (continued)

[John Dunn]

A shop found the corner from where I live (a delicatessen that normally specialises in traditional Bolognese foodstuffs) has mounted a display of impressive-looking wooden boxes.  The contents of these boxes are naturally invisible to passers-by, but they do have stencilled on them some helpful information, including the following:
Newá (which I take to be a brand name) and копчённая посось.

All things considered, it probably isn't, as my wife has suggested, some sort of Oriental counterfeit (though what conclusion would you draw if you saw something labelled 'Clide brand smoakt samlon'?).  Instead the thought that occurs to me is this: we follow with great attention the careers of our more distinguished graduates, but perhaps we ought also to look a little more closely at what happens in later life to those of our students who do not graduate.

Bån Nadèl e bån Chèp d'Ân a tótt quant!

John Dunn.


Honorary Research Fellow
SMLC (Slavonic Studies)
University of Glasgow

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