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Cargando... English As She Is Spoke (1855)por Jose da Fonseca (Contribuidor), Pedro Carolino
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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." No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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For the table.
Some knives
Some groceries
Some crumb.
Kitchen utensils.
The skimming-dish
The potlid
The pothanger
The spunge
The spark
The fire
The smoke
The clout
The jack
Parties a Town.
The butchery
The cause-way
The sink
The low eating house
The obelis-ks
The prison, geol
& later on:
For to swim.
I row upon the belly on the back and between two waters.
...there's also a very nice list of Idiotisms and Proverbs at the end...
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