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Topic: Ingliss is easy!

This is a transcript of an item from a book by Stewart Clark, original title: Broken  English Spoken Perfectly. The actual book I have is unusual, it has titles and headings in Estonian, and was printed in Norway. Without the accents, it is titled: Duu juu spiik ingliss?.

Most of the book is hilarious, but I felt I should post this little gem:

BET US YOUR LETTER OF BUSINESS
TRANSLATION DO. EVERY PEOPLE
IN OUR STAFFING KNOW ENGLISH
LIKE THE HAND OF THEIR BACK.
UP TO THE MINUET WISE-STREET PHRASES,
DON'T YOU KNOW, OLD BOY

Origin: Moscow Times.

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Re: Ingliss is easy!

LOL. I’m reminded of a little phrasebook that was compiled by a Portuguese man who knew little or no English. He used, if I remember correctly, a Portuguese-French dictionary and a French-English dictionary to achieve the feat, and in doing so he came up with wonderful phrases (that every native English speaker knows!) like “to craunch the marmoset”.

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Re: Ingliss is easy!

Alfred, I have a copy of that book, had it for years. Never fails to amuse, nay, convulse!