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Just Say Nu: Yiddish for Every Occasion (When English Just Won't Do) (P.S.)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 439
EAN: 9780061657320
Edition: Rep Blg
ISBN: 0061657328
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: September 01, 2008
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date: September 09, 2008
Studio: Harper Perennial
Features:- ISBN13: 9780061657320
- Condition: New
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In his New York Times bestseller, Born to Kvetch, author Michael Wex led readers on a hilariously edifying excursion through Yiddish culture and history. With Just Say Nu, he shows us how to use this remarkable language to spice up conversations, stories, presentations, arguments, and more, when plain English will not suffice (including, of course, lots of delightful historical and cultural side trips along the way).
There is, quite simply, nothing in the world that can't be improved by being translated into Yiddish. With Just Say Nu, readers will learn how to shmooze their way through meeting and greeting, eating and drinking, praising and finding fault, maintaining personal hygiene, parenting, going to the doctor, committing crimes, going to singles bars, having sex, talking politics, talking trash, and a host of other mundane activities. Here also is a healthy schmear of optional grammar and the five most useful Yiddish words—what they mean, and how and when to use them in an entire conversation without anybody suspecting you don't have the vaguest idea about what you're actually saying.
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I was a bit disappointed with this book. It's written in a style that's hard to
follow.
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The book arrived here quickly as expected, in the condition expected. It is informative,
great fun and historically (hysterically) interesting.
C. Lynch
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I loved Born To Kvetch in so many ways. Just Say Nu, however, feels like the outtakes from Wex's first book on Yiddish. It seems to be based on lectures and classes Wex has given on the Yiddish language through the years and has a very disjointed feel. Just Say Nu is clever and insightful in spots, but the reader should understand that the Yiddish Wex is talking about is really a Polish-based dialect that he learned as a kid. The subtitle for this book should be, "How to Say Clever Things in ... Read More
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Unless you're a linguist (I think the author is), the book is too technical for casual Yiddishkeit.
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Great little book that fills in some of the gaps left by "Born To Kvetch". Both good books, Read "Kvetch" first, then "Nu".
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