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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 (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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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 (Whatever promise that God has made, in Jesus it is yes. See my page.)
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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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