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What people are saying - Write a reviewUser Review - Flag as inappropriate Only one of the most unintentionally brilliant books ever written. The Portuguese author, who spoke no English, nevertheless bravely set about writing a phrase book, relying on a French/Portuguese phrase book, and an English/French phrasebook. The results are masterful and sidesplitting. Related booksOther editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesaccustom the Portuguese answered astrologer baared don't look bad tooth Balaam blind blu stories Boileau breakfast bring catched cold clean of gallicisms cloth coach coat countryman Degrees of kindred despoiled phrases dine dress drink English English language Familiar Dialogues Familiar Letters Familiar Phrases farrier fatten the foot fish french language friends G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS gentilman Gentlemen Gleek go the jar gout hair dresser Henri IV horse baared hunting Idiotisms and Proverbs Italyan kicks king language laugh leave lute Madam mentioned idioms morrow nails neighbour night o'clock obole parterre partridges Pedro Plato play Portuguese language PUTNAM'S SONS Quadruped's beasts quater master reply roll not heap Roma servants shirt Snail Solemn-feasts soon speak french starch supper swim take a broth tell thing of duration Thrush told tongue Txailde venison walk warm weather whistted Woman Objects word References from web pagesGeorge Monteiro - English as She Is Spoke: 150 Years of a Classic ... The Online Books Page: English as She is Spoke: or, A Jest in ... Bibliographic information
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