[robin_reala]

The title’s a pun on a legendarily bad English phrasebook English as She Is Spoke: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/pedro-carolino_jose-da-fon...

[andrepd]

All your base, but in 1855 Portugal instead of 1991 Japan.

[kqr]

The reason for this choice is explained in the article. It is a highly apt analogy.

[KineticLensman]

E.g. with phrases such as "Let us go and respire the air"

(which I am now keen to use in an actual conversation)