This Ad Wouldn’t Fly in Manhattan, Kansas
Only in New York City would you not even think twice about using a Yiddish word in an ad, because you’re pretty sure everyone already knows what it means.
(Seen on a Manhattan Mini-Storage ad on the N train.)
(For all the goyim out there, a meshuggeneh is a crazy person, which actually makes the phrase ”kooky meshuggenehs” a little repetitive.)
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September 25th, 2007 at 10:50 am
M says:I’ve been reading your blog for a month or two and I love it!
I actually live in KS.. so I thought this one was a real gem! It’s so true!
Thanks for giving me great stuff to read when I should be working!
September 25th, 2007 at 11:01 am
[Cherry] Ride says:And why is “meshuggeneh” even mentioned at all in a storage ad?
September 25th, 2007 at 11:23 am
j$ says:oy vey
September 25th, 2007 at 11:34 am
Beej says:Yeah… we definitely don’t use Yiddish in Kansas.
Then again, people have trouble with English here in Kansas.
September 25th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
Ha Ha Sound says:The best Yiddish word ever is “gonif”. It sounds like a part of the male reproductive system, but it’s really a great word for somebody who’s not quite a full on thief but yet definitely shouldn’t be trusted.
September 25th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
brookLyn gaL says:Most of the Manhattan Mini-Storage ads wouldn’t fly in Kansas. The ads tend to be, how do you say, quite liberal.
September 25th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
The Artist Formally Known as Midwesterner in NYC says:I saw Alan Alda Sunday night at the 92nd st Y which is obviously a very Jewish crowd. He made a Yiddish joke and the crowd went nuts. Me…… I had no clue.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:34 am
Jen says:I live in Colorado, and further away from Boulder/Denver, many people wouldn’t know where to start with pronunciation. Sometimes I forget how close we are to Kansas…
September 26th, 2007 at 7:53 am
Beej says:Jen…
Eastern Colorado is basically West Kansas.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:19 am
brookLyn gaL says:Jen and Beej- there’s even a place if you’re driving on I-70 from KC to Denver near the borderline called Kanorado. They can’t make up their mind where they are.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:30 am
keith says:sure that would fly in kansas. isn’t that what drunk rednecks call hispanics (usually preceded by the word fuckin, i.e. “can you believe john mccain wants to give amnesty to all the fuckin meshuggensh?”)