English As She Is Spoke
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English As She Is Spoke Or A Jest In Sober Earnest
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Author : José da Fonseca
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-11-21
English As She Is Spoke Or A Jest In Sober Earnest written by José da Fonseca and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-21 with Fiction categories.
English as she is spoke by Jose de Fonseca is a befuddled Portuguese-to-English dictionary which was intentionally published as a humorous guide. Excerpt: "A choice of familiar dialogues, clean of gallicisms, and despoiled phrases, it was missing yet to studious Portuguese and Brazilian Youth; and also to persons of others nations, that wish to know the Portuguese language. We sought all we may do, to correct that want, composing and devising the present little work in two parts."
English As She Is Spoke
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Author : Pedro Carolino
language : en
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Release Date : 2018-10-17
English As She Is Spoke written by Pedro Carolino and has been published by Courier Dover Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-17 with Humor categories.
Unintentionally hilarious Portuguese-English phrase book written by an author who spoke no English. In his Introduction to this literary curiosity, Mark Twain warmly praised it for its "miraculous stupidities."
English As She Is Spoke
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Author : Pedro Carolino
language : en
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-05-16
English As She Is Spoke written by Pedro Carolino and has been published by BoD - Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-16 with Fiction categories.
In 1855 Pedro Carolino set out to write an English phrasebook for Portuguese travelers visiting England. The only problem was that he couldn’t speak English. Undeterred by this minor setback, Carolino decided to base his guide on a respected Portuguese–French phrasebook written by José da Fonseca. He took the French translations of Portuguese, and used a French–English dictionary to translate those to English. The result was an unintentional comedy of literal translation, as English phrases like “the walls have ears” became “the walls have hearsay” (via the Portuguese as paredes têm ouvidos), and “waiting for someone to open the door” became “to craunch the marmoset” (via a ridiculous misreading of archaic English, and the shape of the grotesque door knockers popular at the time). The entire guide was quite large, and not only was it of no practical use as an actual phrasebook, but its length made it too much of a slog to appeal as a comedy. But its legend slowly grew, until in 1883 it was republished in an abridged form as a book of humor titled English as She Is Spoke (a phrase which, incidentally, doesn’t appear in the book itself). The abridged edition, taking the comedic highlights from the long and tedious original, is the edition that became famous. This Standard Ebooks edition is based on that abridgment. The book’s absurd mistranslations were said to have made Lincoln laugh aloud when read to him by his secretary John Hay, and Mark Twain said that “nobody can add to the absurdity of this book, nobody can imitate it successfully, nobody can hope to produce its fellow; it is perfect.”
English As She Is Spoke
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Author : Jose de Jose de Fonseca & Carolino
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-01-17
English As She Is Spoke written by Jose de Jose de Fonseca & Carolino and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-17 with categories.
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."
English As She Is Spoke
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Author : Jose De Fonseca
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-04-03
English As She Is Spoke written by Jose De Fonseca and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-03 with Fiction categories.
this book was intended as a Portuguese-English conversational guide or phrase book, but is regarded as a classic source of unintentional humour, as the given English translations are generally completely incoherent. The humour appears to be a result of dictionary-aided literal translation, which causes many idiomatic expressions to be translated wildly inappropriately. Mark Twain said of English as She Is Spoke that "Nobody can add to the absurdity of this book, nobody can imitate it successfully, nobody can hope to produce its fellow; it is perfect.
English As She Is Spoke
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Author : José da Fonseca
language : en
Publisher: McSweeney's
Release Date : 2004
English As She Is Spoke written by José da Fonseca and has been published by McSweeney's this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Foreign Language Study categories.
"In 1955, Pedro Carolino set about writing an English phrasebook for Portuguese students. But there was just one problem: he didn't know any English. The linguistic train wreck that ensued is a classic of unintentional humor, now revived in the first newly selected edition in a century." --Back cover.
English As She Is Spoke
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Author : José da Fonseca
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1884
English As She Is Spoke written by José da Fonseca and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1884 with Errors and blunders, Literary categories.
The Last Lingua Franca
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Author : Nicholas Ostler
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2010-11-04
The Last Lingua Franca written by Nicholas Ostler and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-04 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
In this provocative and persuasive new book, Nicholas Ostler challenges our assumption that English will continue to dominate as the global lingua franca. Drawing on his encyclopaedic knowledge of world languages and their history, Ostler reveals that just as past great languages like Latin and Sanskrit have died out, so English will follow. The influence of English now is hard to exaggerate - it is the world's preferred medium for business, science and entertainment, and is claimed to be a basic educational tool like mathematics or computing. So is it here to stay? For the last four centuries, the dominant world power has been English-speaking, but the global balance of power is shifting. And in countries like Brazil, Russia and China, English plays no part in the national tradition. Although globalization has helped the rise of English, trade, migration, economic development and technological innovation are now changing the way we access and use language. Ostler shows how we are headed towards a much more multilingual and diverse future. And as English retreats, no single language will take its place. We can embrace this future but first we need to accept it: the last competitive advantage of native English-speakers will soon be consigned to history.
English As She Is Spoke
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Author : Pedro Carolinho
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-02-12
English As She Is Spoke written by Pedro Carolinho and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-12 with categories.
"This celebrated little phrasebook will never die while the English language lasts. Its delicious unconscious ridiculousness, and its enchanting naiveté, are as supreme and unapproachable, in their way, as are Shakespeare's sublimities." - Mark Twain
English As She Is Spoke The New Guide Of The Conversation In Portuguese And English In Two Parts
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Author : José da Fonseca
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
English As She Is Spoke The New Guide Of The Conversation In Portuguese And English In Two Parts written by José da Fonseca and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with English language categories.