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KoomValley? That was where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the trolls. It was far away. It was a long time ago.
But if he doesn’t solve the murder of just one dwarf, Commander Sam Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch is going to see it fought again, right outside his office.
With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war-drums sounding, he must unravel every clue, outwit every assassin and brave any darkness to find the solution.And darkness is following him....
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Title: Joys of Yiddish
Author: Leo Calvin Rosten
ISBN: 0671473492
EAN: 9780671473495
534 Pages
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publication date: 1984-03
Author: Leo Calvin Rosten
ISBN: 0671473492
EAN: 9780671473495
534 Pages
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publication date: 1984-03
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2002-08-12 The Joys of Yiddish by Leo Rosten
A fair overview of common words and phrases in the (mainly Poilisher dialect of) Yiddish. This book won't teach you to speak Yiddish, but is invaluable in understanding and appreciating Jewish humour, some of which features even in Gentile American comedy. Rosten illustrates the majority of the entries with anecdotes and jokes, most of which are very funny indeed.One thing though; if it's Hebrew you want to know about, well, it's an entirely different language and, as a hebraist myself, I have to say that some aspects of Rosten's notes on Hebrew are rather troubling. But his Yiddish seems sound, and that is, after all, what I bought this book to sample. I did so in 1980, and still dip into it on occaision.
Enjoy!
Aleichem (or, dear Ladies, Aleichen) Shalom,
John Griffiths RGN BD(hons.)
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