At 06:25 PM 7/9/1998 -0400, Brent Eades so eloquently stated:
>On 9 Jul 98, Rainmaker wrote:
>
>> The most famous German foul up translation was
>> President Kennedy, who, while in Berlin said "Ich bein ein
>> Berliner," thinking he said "I am a Berliner." In reality he
>> said I am a Jelly Donut.
>
>Er, well, um... this is actually a bit of an urban legend, I fear. From the
>soc.culture.german FAQ:
>
But it sounded so good ;-}. I was actually in Germany when he
said it. Everybody laughed and cheered. Then some German
friends translated the local translations.
G
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