| Title:
|
ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE
BEING A COMPREHENSIVE PHRASEBOOK OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, WRITTEN BY MEN TO WHOM ENGLISH WAS ENTIRELY UNKNOWN |
| By: |
Jos Da Fonseca, Pedro Carolino, Paul Collins (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
|
£7.99 |
|
We believe that this item is permanently unavailable, and so we cannot source
it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
1932416110 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781932416114 |
| Publisher: |
MCSWEENEY'S PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
17 June, 2004 |
| Edition: |
First Trade Paper Edition |
| Series: |
Collins Library |
| Pages: |
151 |
| Description: |
Helps a Portuguese traveler to: 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'. |
| Synopsis: |
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." |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
McSweeney's Publishing |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |