Just Say Nu

Here is a practical book designed to help you make Yiddish a part of your daily life. The author notes that ¿Yiddish has the unique ability to diminish human misery without providing any concomitant increase in happiness.¿ Along with enough grammar to enable you to put together a comprehensive sentence and avoid embarrassing mistakes, this book will teach you to ¿shmooze¿ your way through activities like meeting and greeting; eating and drinking; praising and finding fault; going to...
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Here is a practical book designed to help you make Yiddish a part of your daily life. The author notes that ¿Yiddish has the unique ability to diminish human misery without providing any concomitant increase in happiness.¿ Along with enough grammar to enable you to put together a comprehensive sentence and avoid embarrassing mistakes, this book will teach you to ¿shmooze¿ your way through activities like meeting and greeting; eating and drinking; praising and finding fault; going to the doctor; driving; parenting; committing crimes; going to singles bars; talking politics and talking trash. ¿There¿s nothing in the world that can¿t be improved by translating it into Yiddish, and this is the book that shows you how.¿ ¿Funny, erudite.¿