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Born to Kvetch : Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods by Michael Wex (2006, Trade Paperback)
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You can "kvetch an orange to get juice, "kvetch a buzzer for service, or "kvetch mit di pleytses, shrug your shoulders, when no one responds to the buzzer that you "kvetched. All perfectly good, perfectly common uses of the verb "kvetchn, none of which appears to have the remotest connection with the idea of whining or complaining.
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From The Three Stooges to Seinfeld, Born to Kvetch is a smart and witty portrait of Yiddish and its relationship to both Jewish culture and American life. "An earthy romp through the lingua franca of Jews.... This treasure trove of linguistics, sociology, history and folklore offers a fascinating look at how, through the centuries, a unique and enduring language has reflected an equally unique and enduring culture."--Publishers Weekly, starred review The main spoken language of the Jews for more than 1,000 years, Yiddish offers a comprehensive picture of the mind-set that enabled them to survive a millennium of unrelenting persecution across Europe. Through the idioms, phrases, metaphors, and fascinating history of this wonderful tongue, Michael Wex gives us a moving and inspiring portrait of a people, and a language, in exile. From tukhes to goy, meshugener to bobe mayse (cok-and-bull story), Born to Kvetch offers a wealth of material, some that has never appeared in English before, on all elements of Yiddish life, including food, nature, divinity, humanity, and even sex.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100061132179
ISBN-139780061132179
eBay Product ID (ePID)87789366
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Number of Pages336 Pages
Publication NameBorn to Kvetch : Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
SubjectYiddish, Jewish, Jewish Studies
TypeLanguage Course
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, History, Social Science
AuthorMichael Wex
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight10.2 oz.
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
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- 28 Dec, 2017
Hillarious amd clever book
If you want a very funny cute of Jewish culture, which is respectful but hilariously irreverent at the same time, then this is the book. It's quite long, and could have been just as good with a chapter or two fewer, but I loved it. The book gives a great background to Jewish life of the Yiddish speaker, with witty observation and a clever introduction to Yiddish (through common phrases, curses, insults and so on) but the book can be enjoyed by anyone (Jew, jentile, speaker, non-speaker).Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
