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826. Yiddish Words used in English (with Sebastian Marx)

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How to Have a Good and Bad Spiel

Shvitz is a word you might see in a Billy Crystal film if he's playing a very Jewish character. Shvitzing means sweating to sweat, and so it's a verb. What's your spiel? It's kind of like a pitch. Some stuff you say is your spiel. You can have good spiel and bad spiel, spiel, can you?

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