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If You Can't Say Anything Nice, Say It In Yiddish

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You don't have to be Jewish to get back at the shmendriks* of the world Yiddish. It's the most colorful language in the history of mankind. What other language gives you a whole dictionary of ways to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

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2 ratings

Accurate cover baloons--a little scary regarding "curses"

I should have considered that the cover indicates "curses". There are plenty of mean-spirited curses, which frankly scared me; these are clearly idiomatic within Yiddish language, but were not what I expected. I should have purchased a Yiddish dictionary or thesaurus for my interest level. The book contains much more, and the curse section (i.e., a hex or spell vs. calling people nasty names when they take your parking spot) is not primary, and there are plenty of OTHER areas of the book which are FUN and INTERESTING. It's a personal choice, obviously, so a potential reader shouldn't disregard the book based on MY superstitious nature alone! I guess I just wanted to understand the terms I've heard TO SWEAR for my own venting agenda.

emes

Very funny, especially if you have a non-Yiddish speaker read it out loud. I bought two copies as gifts. If you grew up hearing Yiddish, now you have the translations of what the Bubbe's were saying.
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