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Old 06-08-2012, 02:32 PM   #1
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Carolino, Pedro: English as she is spoke (illustrated).v1. 08 Jun 2012

A true classic in the canon of unintentional humour. The author, undaunted by his utter ignorance of English, constructed a Portuguese-English phrase-book with the help of a Portuguese-French phrase-book and a French-English dictionary. The result is hilarious, and vaguely poetic. For example, under the section "Idiotisms and proverbs" (Yes, really!), you find "Nothing some money, nothing some Swiss".

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Thanks, it looks interesting.
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Hm... Interesting indeed.

Wikipedia says the book is by Pedro Carolino, though.
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Hm... Interesting indeed.

Wikipedia says the book is by Pedro Carolino, though.
Thanks for pointing that out, Jellby. Doesn't look like Senõr da Fonseca would have appreciated being attributed as the author
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