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To: N. Theknow
Ich bin ein Scheisskopf.

Unless a Scheisskopf is something to be eaten, the proper German would be "Ich bin Scheisskopf." Using "ein" changes the meaning completely.

When JFK stood before the Brandenburg Gate and said, "Ich bin ein Berliner," what he was actually saying in German was "I am a jelly doughnut." To say "I am a Berliner," he should have said "Ich bin Berliner."

48 posted on 07/09/2008 1:51:26 PM PDT by E. Cartman (Just say "No" to mug-whores.)
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To: E. Cartman

Urban legend.


60 posted on 07/09/2008 3:52:03 PM PDT by newzjunkey ("La Raza (The Race) is the Klu Klux Klan With a Tan" - Roger Hedgecock, 7/3/08)
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To: E. Cartman

“When JFK stood before the Brandenburg Gate and said, “Ich bin ein Berliner,” what he was actually saying in German was “I am a jelly doughnut.”

Pure nonsense. I spent 4 years in Germany as a translator and the rest of my life refuting this nonsense.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/historical/a/jfk_berliner.htm


67 posted on 07/09/2008 4:10:55 PM PDT by toddlintown (Morons; all of 'em.)
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