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? ;-> >> >> >> >> * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * >> * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * >> > > >-- >Gehan Gehale >[log in to unmask] > >* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * >* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * > >* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * >* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *