English as She Is Spoke - Hardcover
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:SMK BooksISBN-13:9781515429692ISBN-10:1515429695UPC:9781515429692Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, HumorousSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.25 inchesWeight:0.5115Product ID:SC6R6AHMV8
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."
Languages:EnglishPublisher:SMK BooksISBN-13:9781515429692ISBN-10:1515429695UPC:9781515429692Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, HumorousSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.25 inchesWeight:0.5115Product ID:SC6R6AHMV8
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