[Tdol's Blog] Do not might one's understand to speak

[Tdol]

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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[birdeen's call]

:-D It's a good thing I wasn't having hot coffee while listening to her.

 

[Tdol]

And if you did listen to her, you'd never get a cup of very hot coffee in the UK again. ;-)

 

[~Mav~]

:-D It's a good thing I wasn't having hot coffee while listening to her.

You might want to check out the videos which Tdol and I linked in this thread. ;-) ( Post #4 by Tdol and post #6 by me.)