An edition of Here speeching American (2004)

Here speeching American

a very strange guide to English as it is garbled around the world

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An edition of Here speeching American (2004)

Here speeching American

a very strange guide to English as it is garbled around the world

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Looks at the challenges confronting English-speaking travelers around the world, from less-than-coherent road signs, to odd sounding food and drink, to impossible-to-follow directions, to other lighthearted examples of fractured English.

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Publisher
Villard Books, Villard
Language
English
Pages
223

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Here speeching American: a very strange guide to English as it is garbled around the world
2004, Villard Books, Villard
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Here Speeching American
2004, Random House Publishing Group
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Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Genre
Humor.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
428/.002/07
Library of Congress
PN6231.E74 P47 2004, PN6231.E74P47 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 223 p. :
Number of pages
223

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3302251M
ISBN 10
0812973151
LCCN
2004042036
OCLC/WorldCat
54821920
LibraryThing
105520
Goodreads
647860

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL553841W

Work Description

THE STRANGEST (AND FUNNIEST) TRAVEL GUIDE YOU'LL EVER READThe celebrated authors of the perennial bestseller The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said set the typical travel guide squarely on its head--taking you from the airport to the hotel, from sightseeing to dining out--by using 100 percent real examples of fractured English as spoken and posted abroad:- Feel like shopping?We have no good things to sell.--shop sign, Lovina Beach, Bali - Feeling sick?Are you haunted by the horribles? Do you run after your own nose?--Japanese medical form- Wondering what to wear?A sports jacket may be worn to dinner, but no trousers.--in a French hotel brochure- Wondering where to eat?Grill and Roast your clients! Open for lunch, dinner and Sunday Brunch.--slogan of the Hibiscus restaurant in the Jakarta Hilton InternationalBut don't take our word for it, come see for yourself. And if that's too much to ask, remember the sage advice from the staff of a Taipei hotel: "If there is anything we can do to assist and help you, please do not contact us."

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