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"Mr. Wex has perfect pitch. He always finds the precise word, the most vivid metaphor, for his juicy Yiddishisms, and he enjoys teasing out complexities.... [BORN TO KVETCH] is a thoughtful inquiry into the religious and cultural substrata of Yiddish, the underlying harmonic structure that allows the language to sing, usually in a mournful minor key."Wex, Michael is the author of 'Born to Kvetch Yiddish Language And Culture in All Its Moods', published 2005 under ISBN 9780312307417 and ISBN 0312307411.
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