To: presidio9
...famously declare "Ich bin ein Berliner," German for "I am a Berliner."Twit... more like "I am a jelly donut."
8 posted on
06/19/2013 12:09:51 AM PDT by
Smokin' Joe
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To: Smokin' Joe
Some wag came up with the jelly donut jibe well after the speech. “Berliner” was in fact a correct German construct for “citizen of Berlin.” That would be like poking fun at a foreign dignitary who spoke of Manhattan because Manhattan is also a kind of cocktail.
9 posted on
06/19/2013 12:13:07 AM PDT by
HiTech RedNeck
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To: Smokin' Joe
Actually, it is more like “Danish”, as in “I am a Danish” vs “I am Danish”. The correct way to say “I am a Berliner” is “Ich bin Berliner”.
29 posted on
06/19/2013 3:56:12 AM PDT by
beef
(Who Killed Kennewick Man?)
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