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English as She Is Spoke: The Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and English

Jose Da Fonseca

  • Categorie: Vrije tijd & Hobby
  • EAN: 9780486829326
The Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and English
Inhoud
Taal:en
Bindwijze:Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum:30 november 2018
Aantal pagina's:128
Illustraties:Nee
Betrokkenen
Hoofdauteur:Jose Da Fonseca
Tweede Auteur:Pedro Carolino
Co Auteur:Jose Da Fonseca
Hoofdredacteur:Paul Collins
Hoofduitgeverij:Dover Publications Inc.
Overige kenmerken
Extra groot lettertype:Nee
Product breedte:127 mm
Product lengte:178 mm
Studieboek:Nee
Verpakking breedte:127 mm
Verpakking hoogte:7 mm
Verpakking lengte:178 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht:124 g


Productbeschrijving

Originally conceived as a Portuguese-English phrase book, this literary curiosity was written by an author who, remarkably, spoke no English. With the help of a pair of dictionaries, Pedro Carolino translated a series of expressions from his native Portuguese into French and from French into English. The result is a volume of unintentional hilarity, praised by Mark Twain in his appreciative Introduction for its "miraculous stupidities."
Imagine the Portuguese traveler, with this book in hand, offering grooming tips, " Dress your hairs," making polite dinner conversation, " Like you the soup?" and inviting an acquaintance to take a walk, " Let us go to respire the air." The collection is organized into sections of familiar phrases, familiar dialogues, and familiar letters — which might not strike the native English speaker as particularly familiar, concluding with a selection of humorous anecdotes.
As Twain observed, "In this world of uncertainties, there is, at any rate, one thing which may be pretty confidently set down as a certainty: and that is, that this celebrated little phrase-book will never die while the English language lasts. Its delicious unconscious ridiculousness, and its enchanting naïvete are as supreme and unapproachable, in their way, as are Shakespeare's sublimities."