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English As She Is Spoke: Or, a Jest in Sober Earnest

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Unintentionally hilarious Portuguese-English phrase book written by an author who spoke no English. In his Introduction to this literary curiosity, Mark Twain warmly praised it for its "miraculous stupidities."

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English As She Is Spoke: Or, a Jest in Sober Earnest, José Da Fonseca, Pedro Carolino

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