blake wrote on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:03:55 GMT:

??>> blake wrote on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:46:55 GMT:
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??>>>> modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
??>>>>> On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:58:48 +0100, "Ophelia"
??>> > wrote:
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??>>>>>> modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
??>>>>>>> On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 11:15:56 +0100, "Ophelia"
??>> > wrote:
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??>>>> thank you Modom)) I agree, he was mensch)
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bm>>> i recommend leo rosten's (the guy cited in the wikipedia
bm>>> article) 'the joys of yiddish.' the examples he uses for
bm>>> the definitions of yiddish words are often quite funny.
bm>>> it's also a useful book.
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??>> I'd second that but it's "The Joys of Yinglish", I think!
??>> It's surprising sometimes how someone's lack of knowledge
??>> can shake you. Someone was recently called a "Naked Putz"
??>> on http://finance.comcast.net/www/overview.html
??>>
??>> James Silverton

bm> nope, 'joys of yiddish.' i've got it right here. i was
bm> hoping it would help me catch more jewish girls.

bm> your pal,
bm> blake

I'll be....., there *are* 2 similar books? In front of me too,
I have "The Joys of Yinglish", Leo Rosten, 1999 but I note that
he is also listed as the author of "The Joys of Yiddish" so we
are both right!

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not