Just Say Nu: Yiddish For Every Occasion (When English Just Won't Do) - Hardcover

Wex, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312364628 ISBN 13: 9780312364625

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 2007

Synopsis

A practical and lighthearted guide to using Yiddish in everyday situations provides introductory grammatical guidelines while counseling practitioners on how to make their way through conversations at a variety of occasions. 100,000 first printing.

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Review:

Praise for BORN TO KVETCH: " 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" " Wise, witty and altogether wonderful... Mr. Wex has perfect pitch." - William Grimes, "The New York Times"
" All the wonderful elements of Yiddish language and culture are represented here. Highly recommended" - "Library Journal""" " A great read for those who know and love Yiddish, and those who just drop the occasional ' schmuck' into the conversation." - "New York"" Press"

Praise for BORN TO KVETCH: " 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 & nbsp; " Wise, witty and altogether wonderful ... Mr. Wex has perfect pitch. " - William Grimes, The New York Times
" All the wonderful elements of Yiddish language and culture are represented here.& nbsp; Highly recommended " - Library Journal & nbsp; " A great read for those who know and love Yiddish, and those who just drop the occasional ' schmuck ' into the conversation. " - New York Press

Praise for BORN TO KVETCH: "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" "Wise, witty and altogether wonderful...Mr. Wex has perfect pitch." -William Grimes, "The New York Times"
"All the wonderful elements of Yiddish language and culture are represented here. Highly recommended" -"Library Journal""" "A great read for those who know and love Yiddish, and those who just drop the occasional 'schmuck' into the conversation." -"New York"" Press"

Praise for JUST SAY NU: "With verve, elan and something only a non-Yiddish speaker would call chutzpah, Michael Wex returns to the linguistic mother lode that yielded "Born to Kvetch," his brilliant cultural history of Yiddish. This time around in "Just Say Nu," he gets down to the everyday business of putting Yiddish to use."
--"NY Times"
"This is not your bubbe's--or Leo Rosten's--Yiddish. Translator, novelist and performer Wex follows his witty and erudite "Born to Kvetch" with a colorful, uncensored guide to the idiomatic, use of Yiddish in such areas as "madness, fury and driving." Wex's advice on the complex usage of these words can help even the greenest Yiddish speaker."

--"Publisher's Weekly"

Praise for BORN TO KVETCH:
"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" "Wise, witty and altogether wonderful...Mr. Wex has perfect pitch." -William Grimes, "The New York Times"
"All the wonderful elements of Yiddish language and culture are represented here. Highly recommended" -"Library Journal""" "A great read for those who know and love Yiddish, and those who just drop the occasional 'schmuck' into the conversation." -"New York"" Press"

"More than just a dictionary, Wex's book waxes on the possible Biblical origins of certain phrases and offers useful phrases as well. Wex's parents must be kvelling."--New York Post

"So you enjoyed Michael Wex's Born to Kvetch, a North American introduction to Yiddish...? Even if you have no social connection with the haredi Ashkenazic community, you will probably also enjoy Just Say Nu - Yiddish for Every Occasion.... [I]t's a delight."--Jerusalem Post

"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

"All the wonderful elements of Yiddish language and culture are represented here. Highly recommended"--Library Journal

More than just a dictionary, Wex s book waxes on the possible Biblical origins of certain phrases and offers useful phrases as well. Wex s parents must be kvelling. --New York Post"

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"

About the Author:

MICHAEL WEX is a novelist, professor, translator (including the only Yiddish translation of The Threepenny Opera), lecturer, and performer (of stand-up and one person shows). Wex has been hailed as "a Yiddish national treasure" and is one of the leading lights in the current revival of Yiddish, lecturing widely on Yiddish and Jewish culture.  He lives in Toronto.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0312364628
• ISBN 13: 9780312364625
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304