“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
You spent 4 years as a translater in Germany? Then you really should know better. A German would never use the indefinite article (”ein”) in front of a adjective serving as a noun to denote his city of origin. (Likewise, Germans do not say “Ich bin ein Deutscher.”) Kennedy misspoke; however, what he meant was clear by context.
Vielen Dank- solche wahnsinn stoert mich auch. Ich bin in Nuernberg stationiert geworden und lebte in Deutschland fuer fast 13 Jahren. Schade dass ich nur “vielen Dank” sagen kann....