[Ipg-smz] Yiddish (was: Things that suck)

[Tom Geller]

On 22 Jan 2019, at 13:30, Mac McCarthy <mac.mccarthy at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can recommend "Every Goy's Guide to Common Yiddish Expressions," in which Arthur Naiman defines several dozen expressions and illustrates each with a joke. A very funny joke.

That sounds like a knock-off of books by the amazing Leo Rosten, starting with "The Joys of Yiddish" in 1968. There are sequels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joys_of_Yiddish

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