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English as She Is Spoke

by Pedro Carolino and José da Fonseca

Length: 8,757 words, about 35 pages, about 37 minutes to read

Satire and humour

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What it is

A phrasebook of unintentionally hilarious English.

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Pages from the book itself, chosen to make you want to read on. Each opens in the reader at that exact spot.

Familiar Dialogues

John, make haste, lighted the fire and dress-me.

Give me my shirt.

There is it sir.

Is it no hot, it is too cold yet.

If you like, I will hot it.

No, no, bring me my silk stocking’s.

Its are make holes.

Make its a point, or make to mend them.

Comb me, take another comb. Give me my handkarchief.

There is a clean, sir.

What coat dress you to day?

Those that I had yesterday.

The tailor do owe to bring soon that of cloth.

Have you wexed my shoes?

I go wex its now.

It must that I may wash my hands, the mouth and my face.

The Walk

Will you and take a walk with me?

Wait for that the warm be out.

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Familiar Dialogues

It is difficult to enjoy well so much several langages.

For to Ride a Horse

Here is a horse who have a bad looks. Give me another; I will not that. He not sall know to march, he is pursy, he is foundered. Don’t you are ashamed to give me a jade as like? he is undshoed, he is with nails up; it want to lead to the farrier.

Your pistols are its loads?

No; I forgot to buy gun-powder and balls. Let us prick. Go us more fast never I was seen a so much bad beast; she will not nor to bring forward neither put back.

Strek him the bridle, hold him the reins sharters. Pique stron gly, make to marsh him.

I have pricked him enough. But I can’t to make march him.

Go down, I shall make march.

Take care that he not give you a foot kick’s.

Then he kicks for that I look? Sook here if I knew to tame hix.

With a Watch Maker

I bring you a watch that want to be ordered.

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Anecdotes

Cuttler, a very rich man too many avaricious, commonly he was travel at a horse, and single for to avoid all expenses. In the evening at to arrive at the inn did feign to be indispose, to the end that one bring him the supper. He did ordered to the stable knave to bring in their room some straw, for to put in their boots he made to warm her bed and was go lo sleep. When the servant was draw again, he come up again, and with the straw of their boots, and the candle what was leave him he made a small fire where he was roast a herring what he did keep of her pocket. He was always the precaution one to provide him self of a small of bread and one bring up a water bottle, and thus with a little money.

A blind did hide five hundred crowns in a corner of their garden; but a neighbour, which was perceive it, did dig up and took its. The blind not finding more her money, was suspect that might be the robed, but one work for take again it? He was going find the neighbour, and told him that he came to get him a council; than he was a thousand crowns which the half was hided into a sure part and I don’t know if want, if to put the remains to the same part. The neighbour was council him so and was hasten to carry back that sum, in the hope soon to draw out a thousand.

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10 of the best lines

This girl have a beauty edge.

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He has scratch the face with hers nails.

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He was wanting to be killed.

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The field has by me a thousand charms.

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Few, few the bird make her nest.

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Cat scalded fear the cold water.

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So many go the jar to spring, than at last rest there.

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He turns as a weath turcocl.

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After the paunch comes the dance.

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To make paps for the cats.

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Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Author’s Preface
  3. Of the Man
  4. Familiar Phrases
  5. Familiar Dialogues
  6. Familiar Letters
  7. Anecdotes
  8. Idiotisms and Proverbs

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