By the process of dragging his phrases through the conversion from Portuguese to French, and then from French to English, without any understanding of the semantics of the latter language, he was able to create phraseology that easily outranks anything produced by Babelfish in its bizarre nature.
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Although I have read the book, I am still uncertain what he was aiming at with the phrase "to craunch a marmoset."Comment
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One can almost discern the intended meaning in "Go us more fast never i was seen a so much bad beast; she will not nor to bring forward neither put back."Comment
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As he says,
Originally posted by PedroCarolinoThe Works which we were conferring for this labour, found use us for nothing; but those that were publishing to Portugal, or out, they were almost all composed for some foreign, or for some national little aquainted in the spirit of those languages. It was resulting from that corelessness to rest these Works fill of imperfections, and anomalies of style; in spite of the infinite typographical faults which some times, invert the sense of the periods.Comment
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Pedro kindly offers a selection of amusing anecdotes, sufficient to establish the traveller's reputation as a droll fellow. For example...Last edited by NickFitz; 8 November 2007, 19:39.Comment
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