Jewish As a Second Language

Written to Help Her Gentile Husband and Others Like Him Who Fall for Believing a Jewish Mother-In-Law When She Says, "Don't Bother Driving Me, I'll Take a Cab," Jewish As a Second Language Shows How to Be One of the Family-How to Worry, How to Interrupt, How to Change Your Hotel Room. It's Not Yiddish. Though Non-Jews Can Endear Themselves by Learning How to Mis-Use Words Like Schmendrick and Schmatta-Providing Both Laughs and Confirmation of Jewish Superiority-This Jewish Language is About the Complex Twists and Somersaults of Everyday Speech, of Unexpected Nuances, Hidden Meanings, and Swampy Thickets of Behavior, of Wins, Losses, and Draws in Competitions You Never Knew You Entered. It's About the Most Common Oaqs (Obsessive Anal Questions) "This Mole Looks Okay, Doesn't It?" "Can Saltines Go Bad?" "They'll De-Ice the Wings Before Takeoff, Right?" the Four Basic Shrugs. Acronyms Never to Use Again Nascar, STD, and Mrsa (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, the Potentially