London's Elephants - No 10 in a series
Another week, another elephant (or two). First, this elephant spotting comes to you courtesy of the excellent Kitten Heels, for which much thanks. Location is the old Elephant & Castle pub in Vauxhall. I had forgotten it - last time I was there it was a dive, now it is a Starbucks and I have to confess for once that's an improvement.
Keep reading for another of my favourite London trivia. The Russian word for station is Vokzal (or вокзал in cyrillic - thanks Julia!) One of the reasons given for this is that at the start of the railway revolution, the Russians sent a delegation over to England to see what it was all about. Unfortunately, They didn't speak a word of English. They were shown Vauxhall station (one of the earliest ones) and went away assuming that the word for station was Vauxhall. Isn't that beautiful?
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A shame that there's the telegraph pole and lamp post to spoil the view. It's the curse of modern photography.
Love the Vokzal story. Excellent.
thank you Ham for the vokzal story...I knew the word from the school when I learned Russian but I didnt know its origin.:)
Isn't it strange that there is a word in another language that is based on one of our stations? Thanks for that Ham!
Je ne connaissais pas ce post, belle serie d'elephants.
sont-ils des fois peints en roses ?
I did not know this post, beautiful series of elephants. are times painted pinks?