Or, as Anna Russell hilariously put it: "The English horn is a French instrument, not to be confused with the French horn, which is a German instrument" :-)
For those of you not of that certain age to know Anna Russell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07E5sLsJQe0 Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================= On 2013-06-17, at 6:06 AM, Helweg-Larsen, Marie wrote: > Good point but only in English. > In Danish there is no confusion because a Danish (the pastry) is not called a > Danish but "bread from Vienna". > So in Danish it would be called: "Jeg er dansker" vs. "Jeg er et wienerbrød" > > Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. > Associate Professor l Department of Psychology > Kaufman 168 l Dickinson College > Phone 717.245.1562 l Fax 717.245.1971 > http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Steele [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 5:25 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] Isch bin eich Berliner > > > The typical example of the difference an article can have in this context is: > > "I am Danish." vs. "I am a Danish." > > Wiedersehen. Ich bin weg vom Fenster. > > Ken > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [email protected] > Professor > Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu > Appalachian State University > Boone, NC 28608 > USA > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > On 6/16/2013 2:43 PM, Mike Palij wrote: >> On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:13:20 -0700, 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? >> >> First, what you have in the subject is some really weird stuff. >> Google's >> translate program says: >> >> "Isch bin eich Berliner" translates into "Ish'm custody Berlin". >> >> Maybe that some kind of downlow German jive talk but I tend to doubt >> it. >> >> What Kennedy said was "Ich bin ein Berliner" which some have >> disparaged (e.g., my high school German teacher who just happened to >> be a fascist priest but that another story) because although Google >> translates it into "I am a Berliner" it can also be interpreted as "I >> am a jelly doughnut" >> (usually by people, like my German teacher, who would proudly say "Ich >> bin ein A-hole"). For more on this point see: >> http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/historical/a/jfk_berliner.htm >> >> NOTE: Some (like my a-hole German teacher) have said that Kennedy >> should have said *Ich bin Berliner* (no quotes) which Google Translate >> interprets as "I am in Berlin" which is not what Kennedy was trying to >> say. >> >>> As the cross-cultural dude on Tips,is it true that the best German is >>> spoken in Hanover? >> >> Depends on what one means by "best" and "German". NOTE: Hanover is a >> good place to get your daily dose of Derp; see: >> http://offthewall.tv/video/derp_derelict_places_-_hanover_germany >> >> NOTE: Derp in Hanover is not the same derp as the derp used here; >> see: >> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=derp >> >> To all a derp day. >> >> -Mike Palij >> New York University >> [email protected] >> > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a4468797f&n=T&l=tips&o=26096 > or send a blank email to > leave-26096-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > 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=26108 > or send a blank email to > leave-26108-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@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=26109 or send a blank email to leave-26109-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
