Fonseca, José da,  1788-1866 <br/><br/>
English as she is spoke; or, a jest in sober earnest 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_as_She_Is_Spoke  Release date is 2009-11-07 
<br/><br/>Produced by Doran Gaston  Produced by Doran Gaston 
<br/><br/> "English as she is spoke; or, a jest in sober earnest" by Fonseca and Carolino is a Portuguese-English phrase book published in 1855. Intended as a practical conversational guide, it became instead a legendary monument to hilariously mistaken translation. The author appears to have used a French-English dictionary to translate a Portuguese-French phrase book, producing absurd results like "raining in jars" and "to craunch a marmoset." Mark Twain declared it perfect in its unintentional comedy, noting that "nobody can add to the absurdity of this book." (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Errors and blunders, Literary English language -- Conversation and phrase books -- Portuguese 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN