Pedro Carolino

Jose da Fonseca

Being a Comprehensive Phrasebook of the English Language, Written by Men to Whom English was Entirely Unknown (Collins Library)

English as She Is Spoke

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."

Jose Da Fonseca

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English as She Is Spoke; Or, a Jest in Sober Earnest

José da Fonseca

English as She is Spoke; Or, A Jest in Sober Earnest

In 1855, 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.

Being a Comprehensive Phrasebook of the English Language, Written by Men to Whom English Was Entirely Unknown

English As She Is Spoke

José Da Fonseca

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