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English as She Is Spoke: Being a Comprehensive Phrasebook of the English Language, Written by Men to Whom English was Entirely Unknown (Collins Library)
by Jose da Fonseca ; Pedro Carolino
Binding: Paperback, Revised edition, 151 pages
Publisher: McSweeney's
Weight: 0.62 pound
Dimension: H: 0.55 x L: 8.11 x W: 5.51 inches
ISBN 10: 1932416110
ISBN 13: 9781932416114
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Book Description:
In 1855, when Jose da Fonseca and Pedro Carolino wrote an English phrasebook for Portuguese students, they faced just one problem: they didn't know any English. Even worse, they didn't own an English-to-Portuguese dictionary. What they did have, though, was a Portuguese-to-French dictionary, and a French-to-English dictionary. The linguistic train wreck that ensued is a classic of unintentional humor, now revived in the first newly selected edition in a century. Armed with Fonseca and Carolino's guide, a Portuguese traveler can insult a barber ('What news tell me? All hairs dresser are newsmonger'), complain about the orchestra ('It is a noise which to cleve the head'), go hunting ('let aim it! let make fire him'), and consult a handy selection of truly mystifying 'Idiotisms and Proverbs.'

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