Yetta Emmes: 1 book
Drek!
The Real Yiddish Your Bubbe Never Taught You
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1998
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...
