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"Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading
newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the
second hand of a clock."
-- Ben Hecht
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Rarely, if ever, in the US.
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Joe/Joey da New York
English as she is spoken (and sometimes written) in the US.
"English as She Is Spoke" is the common name of a 19th century book credited
to Josᅵ da Fonseca and Pedro Carolino, which was intended as a
Portuguese-English conversational guide or phrase book, but is regarded as a
classic source of unintentional humour.