A Bissel ‘Kvetch’ Goes a Long Way
Allan Nadler
September 29, 2005
Wex analyzes the many ways that Yiddish — a language that has perfected the art of the curse while experiencing deep discomfort with praise — developed a strategy to deal with those rare times when a Yiddish Jew (henceforth, the \”Yid\”) has nothing negative, nasty or bitter to say.
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