{"product_id":"english-as-she-is-spoke-pedro-carolino-9780486829326","title":"English as She Is Spoke: The Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and English","description":"Originally 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pedro Carolino\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0486829324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486829326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.20d","brand":"Pedro Carolino","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049553129727,"sku":"9780486829326","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2145445c-d096-46c2-98e8-ab12434ca35e.jpg?v=1685002166","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/english-as-she-is-spoke-pedro-carolino-9780486829326","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}