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From the Wikipedia: > O novo guia da conversação em portuguez e inglez, commonly known by the name English as She Is Spoke, is a 19th-century book written by P
by DiggyJohnson 4y ago
From the Wikipedia:
> O novo guia da conversação em portuguez e inglez, commonly known by the name English as She Is Spoke, is a 19th-century book written by Pedro Carolino, with some editions crediting José da Fonseca as a co-author. It was intended as a Portuguese–English conversational guide or phrase book. However, because the "English" translations provided are usually inaccurate or unidiomatic, it is regarded as a classic source of unintentional humour in translation.
> The humour largely arises from Carolino's indiscriminate use of literal translation, which has led to many idiomatic expressions being translated ineptly. For example, Carolino translates the Portuguese phrase chover a cântaros as "raining in jars", when an analogous English idiom is available in the form of "raining buckets".
> It is widely believed that Carolino could not speak English and that a French–English dictionary was used to translate an earlier Portuguese–French phrase book, …
- kwhitefoot 4y ago> "raining buckets" Really? Which part of the UK does that come from. Where I come from *Nort Wilts.) the related phrase would be "It's bucketing down!" but I've never heard anyone say "It's raining buckets!".
- humanistbot 4y agoIt's more "buckets of rain"
- adelie 4y agoit's a common expression here in the US, at least! unsure about the UK.
- eru 4y agoIt would be exceedingly funny, if the expression had become idiomatic in the US, _because_ of the book. (However, it might have come to US English from Spanish which is pretty close to Portuguese and thus ultimately from the same source as the book?)
- anthk 4y agoSpanish has "llover a cántaros" too.
- nickcox 4y agoAlso from north Wilts and I'm pretty sure I've heard (and used) both forms.
- andrew_ 4y ago"raining cats and dogs" also popular in the U.S.
- denton-scratch 4y agoI just stepped on a poodle.
- parrellel 4y agoRaining Buckets is definitely still in use in America, and shows up enough in old books? Linguistic drift?
- jasonhansel 4y agoWhere I am (Boston area) "raining cats and dogs" seems to be the more common idiom.
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