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Drek!: The Real Yiddish Your Bubbe Never Taught You by Emmes, Yetta

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“May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend ...
Binding
Paperback
Weight
0 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
No
ISBN
0452278996
Book Title
Drek! : the Real Yiddish Your Bubbe Never Taught You
Item Length
8in
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year
1998
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.3in
Author
Yetta Emmes
Genre
Foreign Language Study, Référence, Humor, Fiction
Topic
Dictionaries, General, Yiddish, Topic / Adult
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
3.6 Oz
Number of Pages
112 Pages

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One doesn't have to be Jewish to recognize the words that have made their way into every fold of popular language: Chutzpah, Mensch, Tokhes, Mishmash, Nudge, Shtick, Schmaltzy, Schlep, Icky, and so on. Then there are phrases whose meaning and syntax are borrowed from Yiddish: "bite your tongue", "drop dead", "enough already", and "excuse the expression". This hilarious, concise guide includes chapters on the Basic Descriptions of People (the good, the bad, the ugly, and the goofy), the Fine Art of Cursing, Juicy Words and Phrases, Exclamations and Exasperations, and the Fine Art of Blessing.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0452278996
ISBN-13
9780452278998
eBay Product ID (ePID)
892079

Product Key Features

Book Title
Drek! : the Real Yiddish Your Bubbe Never Taught You
Author
Yetta Emmes
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Dictionaries, General, Yiddish, Topic / Adult
Publication Year
1998
Genre
Foreign Language Study, Référence, Humor, Fiction
Number of Pages
112 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.3in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
3.6 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Pj5118.E66 1998
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Grade to
Up
Table of Content
Drek!Introduction: A Note on Pronunciation and Spelling I. People: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (including a mensch, a momzer, and a mieser) II. The Sh Words: For Fools, Misfits, and Other Dysfunctional Types (from shlemiel to shlemazel) III. Words Your Bubbeh Never Taught You Some "bad" and bawdy words that made Bubbehs blush IV. Daily Reflections: Bewitched, Bothered, and Besotted (and Other States of Mind) (or farmisht, fartumelt, and farblonzhet) V. Exclamations and Exasperations (from Alevai to Zay gezunt) VI. The Fine Art of Cursing (such as A krenk zol im arayn in di yosles: May a disease enter his gums; and Er zol vaksen vi a tzibeleh mit dem kop in drerd: You should grow like an onion with your head in the ground.) VII. The Fine Art of Blessing (such as A gezunt dir in pupik: Good health in your belly; and Du zolst nit vissen fun tsores: You should never know from misery.) VIII. Proverbs and Sayings: The Wise and the Witty Yiddish wisdom through the ages IX. Food, Glorious Food (how to order everything from gefilte fish to a glezel tea) X. Yiddish for Everyday Occasions (how to say everything from Where is the post office? to Help!) XI. Love, Marriage, and the Jewish Family (from leben, to khasseneh, to get) XII. Words for the Shul (from what to wear [a tallis] to what to do [daven]) XIII. Juicy Yiddish Words and Phrases (from kitzel to a shtick mazel) XIV. Yinglish: The Yiddish You Already Know without Knowing It (from All right already to You should excuse the expression) Afterword: What Yiddish Looks Like, Reads Like, and Morphs Like
Illustrated by
Brandt, Kim Wilson
Copyright Date
1998
Lccn
98-027347
Dewey Decimal
439/.183421
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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