- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc (May 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0452278996
- ISBN-13: 978-0452278998
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.5 x 0.8 cm
-
Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
1,092,211 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #25 in Books > Languages > Grammar, dictionaries & phrasebooks > Yiddish
- #30 in Books > Languages > By Language > Other European Languages > Yiddish
- #87 in Books > Society, Politics & Philosophy > Social Sciences > Linguistics > Historical & Comparative Linguistics > Dialectology
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details |
More About the Author
Product Description
Synopsis
Drek! introduces readers to Yiddish slang, profanities and colloquialisms in a format that is designed to entertain as well as educate.
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organise and find favourite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Reviews
There are no customer reviews yet on Amazon.co.uk.
5 star
4 star
3 star
2 star
1 star
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
18 reviews
63 of 66 people found the following review helpful
Learning Yiddish - You Need This Book!
4 July 2001
Format:Paperback
As one learns a langauge, knowing what "not to say" can be as important as knowing what you can say. In addition to the "colourful" Yiddish it will show you, this book includes many perfectly acceptable words and phrases for many occasions or places in the life of a Jew. It includes a brief synopsis of Yiddish grammar as its final chapter. Its author's transliteration scheme is a bit unusual, but given this book's strengths, that's a minor flaw.
152 of 170 people found the following review helpful
Vat every Yiddisa Jew knows and everyone else should know!!
15 Oct 1999
Format:Paperback
Yiddish to those who don't know, is a language derived from German (although if you ask three Jews for their opinion as to the origin of Yiddish, you'll get four opinions back at you darling!!). To the Jew who grows up in a Yiddisah "Stub" or house, learns many good expressions, and so many not so good ones! Drek takes a wonderful, factual approach to this dying language via the humorous road!
This book dares to expose to the secrets, words, and expressions that only a Yiddisah-cupe would know!
I recommend this book to anyone; Jew or non-who wants to have a great laugh, return to their childhood roots or just to pick up some very bad words indeed!
My Wife, Helene and I laughed out loud and are going to buy a crate full of "Drek" for our friends and family!
My only complaint is now I may not be able to talk behind people's backs so easily - they have the Drek! Who knows for sure!
Gay-cach-and-yam to all, and to all a goodnight!!
50 of 58 people found the following review helpful
Humorous Analogy
1 Jan 2001
Format:Paperback
Book is broken down into chapters by language category. Humorous and informative introduction followed by chapter by chapter historical introductions and then content. Fairly good attempt at pronunciation help and spelling, however, some prior experience with words in speaking environment is still necessary to truly capture the pronunciation. Overall, short but sound book.
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
