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To: Past Your Eyes

Ich bin ein Berliner

What JFK meant: "I am a Berliner."

What his German-speaking audience heard: "I am a jelly doughnut."

3 posted on 06/26/2006 5:19:18 PM PDT by sourcery (A libertarian is a conservative who has been mugged ...by his own government)

To: sourcery

Yeah, I've heard that over the years, but Babblefish translates 'ich bin ein Berliner' to "I am Berlin."

4 posted on 06/26/2006 5:23:27 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)

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