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ISBN: 0671430254

ISBN13: 9780671430252

Hooray for Yiddish!: A Book about English

Name: A delight
Item: Hooray for Yiddish: A Book About English
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by Leo Rosten

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Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0671430254

ISBN13:9780671430252

Release Date:September 1982

Publisher:Simon & Schuster

Length:363 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

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Education & Reference Foreign Language Foreign Language Dictionaries & Thesauruses Foreign Language Fiction Foreign Language Learning Foreign Language Study Foreign Language Study & Reference Foreign Languages Humor Humor & Entertainment

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A delight

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago

I never learned Yiddish, although it was spoken in my grandparents' homes. This and The Joys of Yiddish (there is some overlap in the entries) are great reminders when fishing for the appropriate Yiddish sentiment and also just nice to browse through.

English for nincompoops

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago

This book is very, very funny. It's a real rarity, a reference book that you can read from cover to cover in one session.Leo Rosten, does the subject justice and keeps his timeless style intact covering this fascinating and esoteric world of faith, foklore, tradition, genious and history through a cute study of Yiddish philology...