What happens when someone who doesn't speak English attempts to write a Portuguese-English phrasebook? THIS is what happens."Nobody can add to the absurdity of this book, nobody can imitate it successfully, nobody can hope to produce its fellow; it is perfect." - Mark Twain" T]he second chapter is titled 'Familiar Phrases, ' and features sentences intended to help the weary Portuguese traveler in everyday conversation. These phrases include classics like 'He has spit in my coat'; 'take that boy and whip him to much'; and the oft-used 'these apricots and these peaches make me and to come water in mouth.' - Tucker Leighty-Phillips, Atlas Obscura" T]he book migrated to literary circles in London, where it became the Victorian equivalent of a viral video. Friends passed it to friends who giggled over - even then - unintentionally sexual phrases such as, 'He do the devil at four.' - Mike Drucker, Splitsider"Is there anything in conventional English which could equal the vividness of 'to craunch a marmoset'?" - Stephen Pile