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       Brilliantly funny!
       By: Alharacas Date: May 9, 2018, 5:54 pm
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       "In 1855 a little book was published in Paris to little notice—a
       Portuguese/English phrase book. It was nearly thirty years
       before it was discovered to
       contain a rich deposit of pure hilarity. Briefly, Carolinho, who
       knew no English, had
       constructed it by taking a Portuguese/French phrasebook written
       by Da Fonseca and
       translating the French word for word into English using a
       dictionary. The result is a
       book written in a language no-one ever spoke or will ever speak,
       but which is a
       masterpiece of unintended humour."
       Many thanks to Allie, who mentioned this book in
  HTML https://evengreener.createaforum.com/cultural-miscellanea-8/foreigners-speaking-english/
       It's available as a pdf:
  HTML https://www.exclassics.com/espoke/espkpdf.pdf
       Here's a little excerpt:
       "How is that gentilman who you did speak by and by?
       Is a German.
       I did think him Englishman.
       He is of the Saxony side.
       He speak the french very well.
       Tough he is German, he speak so much well italyan, french,
       spanish and english, that
       among the Italyans, they believe him Italyan, he speak the
       frenche as the Frenches
       himselves. The Spanishesmen believe him Spanishing, and the
       Englishes, Englishman.
       It is difficult to enjoy well so much several langages."
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       Re: Brilliantly funny!
       By: the lost minion Date: May 10, 2018, 3:39 am
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       Ah, phrasebooks. Have you heard about this one:
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_OwaA0yFJY
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       Re: Brilliantly funny!
       By: Alharacas Date: May 10, 2018, 6:13 pm
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       Yes, I had. And my hovercraft is always full of eels!
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