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English As She Is Spoke
José da Fonseca
Pedro Carolino
其他書名
Being a Comprehensive Phrasebook of the English Language, Written by Men to Whom English Was Entirely Unknown
出版
McSweeney's Books
, 2004
主題
Foreign Language Study / Portuguese
Humor / General
Humor / Form / Essays
Humor / Topic / Language
Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies
ISBN
1932416110
9781932416114
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=QbUbAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
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 newsmonger"), complain about the orchestra ("It is a noise which to cleve the head"), go hunting ("let aim it! let make fire him"), and consult a handy selection of truly mystifying "Idiotisms and Proverbs."
