Talk:English As She Is Spoke

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The "full text" (link to everything2.com in the "External Links" section) is not. It contains only the English portion of the book, not the Portugese "translations".

[edit] surparse

Stephen Pile mentions this work in the Book of Heroic Failures, and says of it "who can surparse the unrivalled beauty of the phrase "To craunch a marmoset"?"'

Because it is supposed to be a direct quotation I haven't changed it, but since the word "surparse" doesn't actually exist I am requesting that someone with a copy of the book check to see if it is in there as that (in which case add ^[sic] to the quote) or correct it to "surpass" (which I assume what is meant). MrWeeble Talk Brit tv 20:37, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

My copy reads "Is there anything in conventional English which could equal the vividness of 'To craunch a marmoset'?". I think I'll make the article say that.

[edit] I vill not buy this rrrrecord

This seems like it must have inspired the famous Hungarian Phrasebook sketch in Monty Python. I can't back that up, of course, but, any thoughts? 66.167.141.43 05:14, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Could be. -- Derek Ross | Talk 21:55, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Item that shouldn't be included

"What o'clock is it?" would be a perfectly valid way of asking the time in English in 1854 [1]. I've removed this entry. Tevildo 20:28, 1 October 2007 (UTC)