quote:This 1883 book is without question the worst phrasebook ever written. The writer, Pedro Carolino, who was Portuguese, did not particularly speak English, nor did he have a Portuguese-English dictionary available. Instead, he worked with a French-English phrasebook and a Portuguese-French dictionary. The results, I'm sure you'll agree, are staggering.
I agree, arnie, staggering. In Useful Words, some of them you can make out (like "amelet"), while others are just mysteries. For example, under colours, does anyone know what is meant by "Gridelin"?
