very easy,
Berliner has 2 meanings
1=citizen of the city of Berlin
2=sweet roll
So, if you say "Ich bin ein Berliner"
it either means you are/feel like a citizen of Berlin or that you are a
sweet roll.
Of course JFK meant that he felt like a citizen of Berlin when Berlin was
an island surrounded by communist East-Germany.
Brice just started this when he brought Frankfurter and Wiener and asked if
I was a canibal.
Cause they are either a citizen of these cities or a hot dog.
German isn't such a hard language as I speak it ;)
Have a nice weekend
Michael
On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 09:35:25 -0800, Newton, Ernie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I've always been a big JFK fan. It was the first political
>convention and election I watched, at age 7, and then my first
>assassination and presidential burial, at age 10.
>
>I've never understood why what he said translated into a jelly doughnut.
>
>When I use my favorite online translator...
>
>http://translation2.paralink.com/
>
>...and put in Kennedy's quote, it translates into
>"I am a Berliner".
>
>When I put in "I am a jelly doughnut", it returns,
>"ich bin ein Gelee-Krapfen".
>
>So what gives??
>
>Ernie
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gehan Gehale [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 6:49 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Here is one for Mr Baier
>
>
>Ich bin ein Berliner
>I am a doughnut.
>
>Usually er is added to say from, or belonging to. Ich bin ein
>amerikanischer.
>
>On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 17:45:01 -0500, Brice Yokem <[log in to unmask]>
>wrote:
>> Oh Brice,
>>
>> I also notice that your lack of knowledge exceeds your knowledge by
>> far. rather eat a wiener or frankfurter then a hot-dog.
>>
>> and to enhance your knowledge,
>> Berliner and Amerikaner are similar to doughnuts.
>> Do you think that JFK knew that when he said "Ich bin ein Berliner"?
>>
>> -----------------------
>>
>> So... Do you mean they taste like doughnuts, or appear to you as
>> looking like doughnuts? ;->
>>
>>
>>
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