"Ich bin ein Berliner." It has often been claimed that if you put the article ahead of "Berliner" then it refers to a kind of jelly donut, rather than to a resident of Berlin; that he should have said "Ich bin Berliner," but apparently that is not so.
Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================= On 2013-06-16, at 1:15 PM, michael sylvester wrote: > > > > > > > On the 50th anniversary of John Kennedy's speech of he being a Berliner, > some questions were raised as to whether he used the appropriate > German phraseology.What did Kennedy say and what should he have said? > As the cross-cultural dude on Tips,is it true that the best German is spoken > in Hanover? > mic > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=26094 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-26094-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=26098 or send a blank email to leave-26098-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
