{"product_id":"english-as-she-is-spoke-the-guide-of-the-conversation-in-portuguese-and-english-paperback","title":"English as She Is Spoke: The Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and English - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePedro Carolino\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMark Twain\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally conceived as a Portuguese-English phrase book, this literary curiosity was written by an author who, remarkably, spoke no English. With the help of a pair of dictionaries, Pedro Carolino translated a series of expressions from his native Portuguese into French and from French into English. The result is a volume of unintentional hilarity, praised by Mark Twain in his appreciative Introduction for its \"miraculous stupidities.\"\u003cbr\u003eImagine the Portuguese traveler, with this book in hand, offering grooming tips, \"\u003ci\u003eDress your hairs\u003c\/i\u003e,\" making polite dinner conversation, \"\u003ci\u003eLike you the soup?\u003c\/i\u003e\" and inviting an acquaintance to take a walk, \"\u003ci\u003eLet us go to respire the air\u003c\/i\u003e.\" The collection is organized into sections of familiar phrases, familiar dialogues, and familiar letters -- which might not strike the native English speaker as particularly familiar, concluding with a selection of humorous anecdotes.\u003cbr\u003eAs Twain observed, \"In this world of uncertainties, there is, at any rate, one thing which may be pretty confidently set down as a certainty: and that is, that this celebrated little phrase-book will never die while the English language lasts. Its delicious unconscious ridiculousness, and its enchanting naïvete are as supreme and unapproachable, in their way, as are Shakespeare's sublimities.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnglish as She Is Spoke\u003c\/i\u003e is the only published work by Pedro Carolino, and it is confidently presumed that he did not actually speak English. He appears to have attempted to enhance the appeal of his book by appending the name of famous language scholar José da Fonseca.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756305383712,"sku":"9780486829326","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4447cf957813b780f133a367c0ebb62f.webp?v=1780078497","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/english-as-she-is-spoke-the-guide-of-the-conversation-in-portuguese-and-english-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}