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- Japan
Do not might one's understand to speak
The title comes from Pedro Carolino's English as She is Spoke (1883), an accidental classic that is meant to be an English phrasebook and conversational guide, but as the author couldn't speak much or any English, he created a garbled translation of a Portuguese-French phrasebook that has a charm in its ridiculousness.
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The title comes from Pedro Carolino's English as She is Spoke (1883), an accidental classic that is meant to be an English phrasebook and conversational guide, but as the author couldn't speak much or any English, he created a garbled translation of a Portuguese-French phrasebook that has a charm in its ridiculousness.
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