If You Can't Say Anything Nice, Say It in Yiddish: Say It in Yiddish

By Lita Epstein

Book Overview

For any schmuck who's had it up to here with all the putzes in the universe irritating the daylights out of them on a daily basis - an easy-use Yiddish dictionary of insults, outbursts and all-purpose rants. Functions as a genuine historical overview of the Yiddish language and a full-on repertoire of curses, ranging from the mildly irritated to howling barrages of unappeasable wrath. Includes advice on how to hold grudges, a key to pronunciation and enough ill wishes to destroy a year's worth of brainless morons.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806527315
• ISBN13: 9780806527314
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Citadel Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Accurate cover baloons--a little scary regarding "curses"

I should have considered that the cover indicates "curses". There are plenty of mean-spirited curses, which frankly scared me; these are clearly idiomatic within Yiddish language, but were not what I expected. I should have purchased a Yiddish dictionary or thesaurus for my interest level. The book contains much more, and the curse section (i.e., a hex or spell vs. calling people nasty names when they take your parking spot) is not primary, and there are plenty of OTHER areas of the book which are FUN and INTERESTING. It's a personal choice, obviously, so a potential reader shouldn't disregard the book based on MY superstitious nature alone! I guess I just wanted to understand the terms I've heard TO SWEAR for my own venting agenda.

emes

Very funny, especially if you have a non-Yiddish speaker read it out loud. I bought two copies as gifts. If you grew up hearing Yiddish, now you have the translations of what the Bubbe's were saying.