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About this title: 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 ...
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English as She is Spoke
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Collins, Paul (Editor)
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Publisher: McSweeney's Books, United States
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13: 9781932416114
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Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Originally published in 1855 by Jose Da Fonseca and Pedro Carolino who translated common phrases of english but horribly mangled most of them because Carolino did not know English. Text clean, wrappers in great shape. read more
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English as She Is Spoke: Being a Comprehensive Phrasebook of the English Language, Written by Men to Whom English Was Entirely Unknown
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Carolino, Pedro, and Fonseca, Jose Da, and Collins, Paul, Mrc (Editor)
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English as She is Spoke: Being a Comprehensive Phrasebook of the English Language, Written By Men to Whom English Was Entirely Unknown (Collins Library)
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Jose Da Fonseca, Pedro Carolino
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English as She is Spoke (Collins Library Series)
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Jose Da Fonseca, Paul Collins, Pedro Carolino
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English as She is Spoke (Collins Library Series)
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English as She is Spoke: Being a Comprehensive Phrasebook of the English Language, Written By Men to Whom English Was Entirely Unknown (Collins Library)
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Fonseca, Jose Da; Carolino, Pedro
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English as She is Spoke: Being a Comprehensive Phrasebook of the English Language, Written By Men to Whom English Was Entirely Unknown (Collins Library)
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Fonseca, Jose Da; Carolino, Pedro
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English as She is Spoke: Being a Comprehensive Phrasebook of the English Language, Written By Men to Whom English Was Entirely Unknown (Collins Library)
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Jose Da Fonseca; Pedro Carolino
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Edition: Revised
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Date Published: 2004-06-20
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English as She is Spoke: Being a Comprehensive Phrasebook of the English Language, Written By Men to Whom English Was Entirely Unknown (Collins Library)
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Jose Da Fonseca; Pedro Carolino
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Edition: Revised
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Date Published: 2004-06-20
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Description: Good. Minimal damage to the cover, dust jacket not necessarily included minimal wear to binding, majority of pages undamaged, minimal to no highlighting/underlining of text, no missing p. read more
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English as She is Spoke: Being a Comprehensive Phrasebook of the English Language, Written By Men to Whom English Was Entirely Unknown
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Fonseca, Jose Da And Pedro Carolino
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ISBN-13: 9781932416114
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English as She is Spoke: Being a Comprehensive Phrasebook of the English Language, Written By Men to Whom English Was Entirely Unknown (Collins Library)
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Jose Da Fonseca; Pedro Carolino
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Edition: Revised
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English as She is Spoke (Tr)
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English as She is Spoke: Being a Comprehensive Phrasebook of the English Language, Written By Men to Whom English Was Entirely Unknown (Collins Library)
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José Da Fonseca~Pedro Carolino~Paul Collins
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English as She is Spoke: Being a Comprehensive Phr
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Carolino, Pedro; Fonseca, Jose Da And Co
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English as She is Spoke
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Da Fonseca, Jose
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Publisher: McSweeny's Books, San Francisco, CA
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13: 9781932416114
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Description: New. No Jacket. 5 1/2 " x 8 1/4" BRAND NEW PAPERBACK IN AS NEW CONDITION. "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. " 2002 edition, revised in 2004. Shipping includes ID tracking within U.S. read more
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English as She is Spoke
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Da Fonseca, Jose; Carolino, Pedro
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: McSweeneys Books, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
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English as She is Spoke: Being a Comprehensive Phrasebook of the English Language, Written By Men to Whom English Was Entirely Unknown (Collins Library)
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Jose Da Fonseca, Pedro Carolino
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English as She is Spoke
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Collins, Paul
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