I just had to take a photo of this sweatshirt....

The 1940s-era tropical kitsch made me think of a postcard Rita Hayworth might have sent to hubby Orson Welles from Buenos Aires... I’m picturing big hibiscus flowers over the ear and Carmen Miranda fruit basket up-dos.

Looking closer we notice that not only are all the words English, but it’s bad English.... there are nonsensical combinations and bad spellings...

I saw the phenomenon in Italy, English writing on clothing... and in particular fake tourism tee shirts for Brooklyn and California.... but there the spelling was usually correct and the phrases were usually correct... and pop-culturally relevant...

Apparently this guy bought the shirt at Cropp, which is a Polish clothing store chain based in Gdańsk and found in every mall in Poland... Just one of several chain stores in a larger retail group which have stores in every mall in Poland.

…Thinking they should invest in an English consultant…