# is manhattan a nazi? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 23, 2000, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-manhattan-a-nazi/47009 "2000-12-23T18:38:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jjason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@jjason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjason)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2000, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-manhattan-a-nazi/47009/1 "2000-12-23T18:38:29Z")
again i ask is manhattan a nazi ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2000, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-manhattan-a-nazi/47009/2 "2000-12-23T18:42:36Z")
Uh-oh! He’s on to you, manny! And our counterintelligence operatives say he may have capitalization and punctuation capabilities within six years! Dear God! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2000, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-manhattan-a-nazi/47009/3 "2000-12-23T18:43:47Z")
::shakes his head in amazement:: in the immortal words of the great Albert Einstein, “There are two things that are infinite: the universe, and human idiocy. I’m still questioning the universe.” * * * Ad Noctum, who will forever be amazed just how dumb people can be. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2000, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-manhattan-a-nazi/47009/4 "2000-12-23T18:46:02Z")
:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2000, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-manhattan-a-nazi/47009/5 "2000-12-23T18:48:15Z")
From [Merriam-Webster](http://www.merriam-webster.com/): > [@](#): > > Main Entry: Man·hat·tan > Pronunciation: man-'ha-t&n, m&n- > Usage: geographical name > 1 city NE central Kansas on Kansas River population 37,712 > 2 island 13 miles (21 kilometers) long SE New York on New York Bay > 3 borough of New York City comprising Manhattan Island, several small adjacent islands, & a small area (Marble Hill) on mainland population 1,487,536 > > Main Entry: Na·zi > Pronunciation: 'nät-sE, 'nat- > Function: noun > Etymology: German, by shortening & alteration from Nationalsozialist, from national national + Sozialist socialist > Date: 1930 > 1 : a member of a German fascist party controlling Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler > 2 often not capitalized : one who resembles a German Nazi I’m not sure what you’re asking, but I don’t think that these two things are the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2000, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-manhattan-a-nazi/47009/6 "2000-12-23T18:48:51Z")
Actually, the better question would be “Is manny an evil Nazi GROUNDHOG?” ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2000, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-manhattan-a-nazi/47009/7 "2000-12-23T18:52:51Z")
Wrong forum. Please read the descriptions of the fora on the message board home page. * * * moderator, «[**Straight Dope Message Board**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php)»