Yinglish

Author : Gene Bluestein
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803219144
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anglish/Yinglish written by Gene Bluestein and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades, writers have celebrated the fruitful dialogue between English and Yiddish. Here Gene Bluestein introduces Anglicized Yiddish, in which a Yiddish word is integrated into English and English into Yiddish. Featuring the words of some of America's most distinguished voices, this updated second edition reveals the ways Yiddish has transformed the American language.

Author : Leo Rosten
Publisher : Signet Book
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Joys of Yinglish written by Leo Rosten and published by Signet Book. This book was released on 1992 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More irresistable humor and interesting anecdotes from the author of Joy of Yiddish as he explores hundreds of Yiddish words and phrases that have become part of the English language. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Benjamin Blech
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780028633879
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Yiddish written by Benjamin Blech and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You're no idiot, of course. You can serve up a mean s'il vous plaît in a French bistro, live la vida loca for a night of margaritas, and manage a sayonara! after sushi, sake, and karaoke. But when it comes to throwing around a little Yiddish, you feel like a total nebbish! Don't throw up your hands in a helpless “Oy, vey” just yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Learning Yiddish is your guide to this unique tongue, whether you're tackling rules of grammar or just throwing around some key phrases so you sound a little less goyish. In this Complete Idiot's Guide® you get: --A fascinating explanation of how and why Yiddish developed. --An easy introduction to the Yiddish alphabet, as well as to the distinctive sound of Yiddish. --All the Yiddish you'll need for communicating with family and friends or for bargain-hunting on New York's Lower East Side. --A treasury of Yiddish words and phrases for everything.

Author : Sasha Klotz
Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806530727
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yinglish written by Sasha Klotz and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents an introductory course in Yinglish - a clever combination of Yiddish and English that yields a wholly unique lexicon able to describe the indescribable. Words and phrases include deja nu, bialystuck and Jew jitsu.

Author : Ruchel Jarach-Sztern
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1387365967
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yankee Yinglish written by Ruchel Jarach-Sztern and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-11-13 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For more than one century, Yiddish has been in contact with American English. To examine the linguistic traces of this contact we first retrace the background of Jewish immigration to the United States and present a history of Yiddish as a 'contact language'. We then proceed to the diachronic, synchronic and sociolinguistic analysis of Yiddish features in American English as expressed by the New York Ashkenazi Jewish people. Our primary sources are of four different types and cover a time span of sixty years: shops signs, books, articles from The Forward in English; extensive extracts from American Jewish websites and forums. In these sources we examine the lexical, morphological and syntactic features characterizing the presence of Yiddish in American English. When we study the evolution which took place in the last sixty years regarding Yiddish and its presence in American English, our conclusion, when making the link between this data and the sociological determiners involved, is that after a period of assimilation and fading, we witness today the revival of Yiddish words features in American English, especially morphological ones; the ethnic/ religious commitment of a young generation of 'connected' observant Jews brings about a modified American English compared to the previous generation"--back cover.

Author : Yetta Emmes
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780452278998
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drek! written by Yetta Emmes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1998-12-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One doesn't have to be Jewish to recognize the words that have made their way into every fold of popular language: Chutzpah, Mensch, Tokhes, Mishmash, Nudge, Shtick, Schmaltzy, Schlep, Icky, and so on. Then there are phrases whose meaning and syntax are borrowed from Yiddish: "bite your tongue", "drop dead", "enough already", and "excuse the expression". This hilarious, concise guide includes chapters on the Basic Descriptions of People (the good, the bad, the ugly, and the goofy), the Fine Art of Cursing, Juicy Words and Phrases, Exclamations and Exasperations, and the Fine Art of Blessing.

Author : Leo Rosten
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 : 0307566048
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Joys of Yiddish written by Leo Rosten and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2010-04-14 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a quarter of a century ago, Leo Rosten published the first comprehensive and hilariously entertaining lexicon of the colorful and deeply expressive language of Yiddish. Said “to give body and soul to the Yiddish language,” The Joys of Yiddish went on to become an indispensable tool for writers, journalists, politicians, and students, as well as a perennial bestseller for three decades. Rosten described his book as “a relaxed lexicon of Yiddish, Hebrew, and Yinglish words often encountered in English, plus dozens that ought to be, with serendipitous excursions into Jewish humor, habits, holidays, history, religion, ceremonies, folklore, and cuisine–the whole generously garnished with stories, anecdotes, epigrams, Talmudic quotations, folk sayings, and jokes.” To this day, it is considered the seminal work on Yiddish in America–a true classic and a staple in the libraries of Jews and non-Jews alike. With the recent renaissance of interest in Yiddish, and in keeping with a language that embodies the variety and vibrancy of life itself, The New Joys of Yiddish brings Leo Rosten’s masterful work up to date. Revised for the first time by Lawrence Bush in close consultation with Rosten’s daughters, it retains the spirit of the original–with its wonderful jokes, tidbits of cultural history, Talmudic and Biblical references, and tips on pronunciation–and enhances it with hundreds of new entries, thoughtful commentary on how Yiddish has evolved over the years, and an invaluable new English-to-Yiddish index. In addition, The New Joys of Yiddish includes wondrous and amusing illustrations by renowned artist R.O. Blechman.

Author : Payson R. Stevens
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743233352
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Meshuggenary written by Payson R. Stevens and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-09-06 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

Author : Sholem Aleichem
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815606345
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nineteen To the Dozen written by Sholem Aleichem and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2000-04-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of classic Yiddish novels and short stories, Sholem Aleichem—best known for having inspired the popular play, Fiddler on the Roof, evokes the voices of Yiddish speakers in these monologues written between 1901 and 1916. In each piece, a man or a woman comes forward to tell the story. The implied listeners—a rabbi, a doctor, or the author himself—says virtually nothing. Aleichem pretends to have transcribed these private performances for the reader's benefit.

Author : Leo Rosten
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780156278119
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Education of Hyman Kaplan written by Leo Rosten and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1937 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The hilarious, timeless tale about a unique American experience"--Cover