| 50 years on... 13:46 - Jun 26 with 598 views | TheBlob |
Ich bin ein Binliner?
or was it Ich Bin Ein Airliner?
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| 50 years on... on 16:06 - Jun 26 with 538 views | ShotKneesHoop |
JFK got it wrong. He should have said : "Ich bin Berliner" -
but he actually said "Ich bin ein Berliner" -
which means : "I am a jam doughnut" (which is what an "ein Berliner" is)
Bet Joey Barton knew that. |  |
| Why does it feel like R'SWiPe is still on the books? Yer Couldn't Make It Up.Well Done Me! |
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| 50 years on... on 16:37 - Jun 26 with 520 views | eastside_r |
| 50 years on... on 16:06 - Jun 26 by ShotKneesHoop |
JFK got it wrong. He should have said : "Ich bin Berliner" -
but he actually said "Ich bin ein Berliner" -
which means : "I am a jam doughnut" (which is what an "ein Berliner" is)
Bet Joey Barton knew that. |
Good story but an urban myth.
http://german.about.com/library/blgermyth06.htm
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| 50 years on... on 16:48 - Jun 26 with 507 views | ichbinnaughty |
Did someone call me? |  | | |
| 50 years on... on 16:59 - Jun 26 with 499 views | RangersDave |
ah but that's wrong.........
you see that outside of Berlin i the rest of Germany the doughnut is called Berleiner. |  |
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| 50 years on... on 17:05 - Jun 26 with 496 views | eastside_r |
| 50 years on... on 16:59 - Jun 26 by RangersDave |
ah but that's wrong.........
you see that outside of Berlin i the rest of Germany the doughnut is called Berleiner. |
Yes but he was IN Berlin, that's the whole point. | | | |
| 50 years on... on 17:57 - Jun 26 with 483 views | TheBlob |
Isn't it a kind of tea cake.....with sultanas 'n stuff.......MMmmmmmmmmmmm....raisins......little granules of sugar.....is yours a raisin liebling?Nein but it sure iss a twitchin'....funny hein?....oh suit yourselves.... | |
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| 50 years on... on 21:31 - Jun 26 with 430 views | FredManRave |
Imagine the furore if he had said "Ich bin ein Battenberger". |  |
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| 50 years on... on 21:35 - Jun 26 with 421 views | CanadaRanger |
| 50 years on... on 21:31 - Jun 26 by FredManRave |
Imagine the furore if he had said "Ich bin ein Battenberger". |
He could have played for the Macdonalds Cricket Team... |  | | |
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| 50 years on... on 21:42 - Jun 26 with 418 views | ShotKneesHoop |
No, he was a jam doughnut
See below off Wikipedia (so it must be right).
"It's worth recalling, again, President John F. Kennedy's use of a German phrase while standing before the Berlin Wall. It would be great, his wordsmiths thought, for him to declare himself a symbolic citizen of Berlin. Hence, Ich bin ein Berliner. What they did not know, but could easily have found out, was that such citizens never refer to themselves as 'Berliners.' They reserve that term for a favorite confection often munched at breakfast. So, while they understood and appreciated the sentiments behind the President's impassioned declaration, the residents tittered among themselves when he exclaimed, literally, "I am a jelly-filled doughnut."
Further clarification is that Yanks call Jam - "Jello" or "Jelly"
To prove a point, get the next plane to Berlin, and when you land, say "Ich bin Englander" to any Berliner and they would be happy you spoke German. If you said 'Ich bin ein Englander", they would probably respond with "So sind Sie "Zigeuner" - which is translated as "Luton, eh?"
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| Why does it feel like R'SWiPe is still on the books? Yer Couldn't Make It Up.Well Done Me! |
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| 50 years on... on 22:38 - Jun 26 with 396 views | eastside_r |
| 50 years on... on 21:42 - Jun 26 by ShotKneesHoop |
No, he was a jam doughnut
See below off Wikipedia (so it must be right).
"It's worth recalling, again, President John F. Kennedy's use of a German phrase while standing before the Berlin Wall. It would be great, his wordsmiths thought, for him to declare himself a symbolic citizen of Berlin. Hence, Ich bin ein Berliner. What they did not know, but could easily have found out, was that such citizens never refer to themselves as 'Berliners.' They reserve that term for a favorite confection often munched at breakfast. So, while they understood and appreciated the sentiments behind the President's impassioned declaration, the residents tittered among themselves when he exclaimed, literally, "I am a jelly-filled doughnut."
Further clarification is that Yanks call Jam - "Jello" or "Jelly"
To prove a point, get the next plane to Berlin, and when you land, say "Ich bin Englander" to any Berliner and they would be happy you spoke German. If you said 'Ich bin ein Englander", they would probably respond with "So sind Sie "Zigeuner" - which is translated as "Luton, eh?"
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Not that I needed to refer to Wikipedia to know it's an urban myth but here is the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ich_bin_ein_Berliner#Jelly_doughnut_misconception
Please refer to the section 'Jelly Donut Misconception'
I have been to Berlin. | | | |
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