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English as She Is Spoke : Being a Comprehensive Phrasebook of the English Language, Written by Men to Whom English was Entirely Unknown (Collins Library Series)
English as She Is Spoke Being a Comprehensive Phrasebook of the English Language Written by Men to Whom English was Entirely Unknown - Collins Library Series
Author: Jose da Fonseca, Pedro Carolino, Paul Collins
In 1855, when Jose da Fonseca and Pedro Carolino wrote an English phrasebook for Portuguese students, they faced just one problem: they didn't know any English. Even worse, they didn't own an English-to-Portuguese dictionary. What they did have, though, was a Portuguese-to-French dictionary, and a French-to-English dictionary. The lingui...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781932416114
ISBN-10: 1932416110
Publication Date: 6/20/2004
Pages: 151
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Publisher: McSweeney's
Book Type: Paperback
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