Ich... ich bin... ich bin ein...

[Oeditpus Rex]

Ich bin ein Berliner.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

1. Ohmygosh ...I loved those ...

Seriously when I lived in Germany (from 2000 to 2004) I was addicted to Berliners. They are so good fresh and thats why I ate them all in one setting. 12 in a box - once a night every week. I was addicted to those. I just sat here staring at that picture before stopping myself from licking the screen.

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. Yeah... I've had to do that a lot

:blush:

[reyd reid reed]

16. Awwwww.....

poor baby....

[ZombieNixon]

2. Mmm...Berliners

Tasty, tasty Berliners. :9 :D

[pagerbear]

18. I met some tasty Berliners

...when I was there for a few months in '96.

[Ariana Celeste]

3. ...

:spray:

:beer:

[IChing]

5. "Vita nec scrutata vita nequam est."

Socrates.....

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. 'Name go in book'

Confucius.....

[MissHoneychurch]

6. Also known

as Kreppel :)

[jobycom]

8. Just to clarify,JFK did NOT say he was a jelly doughnut.

Dear Guide:

I have heard and read from several different sources the story that John F. Kennedy made a major German language blunder in his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech in Berlin, Germany. The story goes that he should have said "Ich bin Berliner" ("I am a citizen of Berlin"), and that "Ich bin ein Berliner" really means "I am a jelly doughnut." (A "Berliner" is in fact a type of jelly doughnut made in Berlin.) One of my German instructors even claimed this is true, and I once saw it published in a major American magazine, although I forget which one.

Several years ago when I visited Germany, I found myself having drinks with a German journalist who struck me as fairly intelligent, so I asked her the question. She said that it is certainly not true. President Kennedy said the phrase absolutely correctly, although possibly with a thick American accent. It seems that the German language is simply not that trivial — it has subtleties that very few non-native speakers grasp. She said that if President Kennedy had said "Ich bin Berliner," he would have sounded silly because with his heavy accent he couldn't possibly have come from Berlin. But by saying "Ich bin ein Berliner," he actually said "I am one with the people of Berlin." This is her exact translation as best I can remember it.

I believe, although someone would have to verify it, that President Kennedy actually didn't know German very well, if at all. He had a German journalist translate the phrase for him, and that journalist coached him at length on exactly how to say the phrase.

[Kellanved]

9. You called?

:hi:

And that pfannkuchen doesn't look healthy.

As I wasn't able to find a good picture, this will have to do; the Pfannkuchen are in the lower end.

[MissHoneychurch]

10. You know

when I saw the pic OR posted, that was exasctly my though also. Quiet an old Kreppel :)

PS: It is good to hear that you still call it Pfannkuchen. That is what I used to call it when I lived in Leipzig. Then I moved to South Germany and had to call it Berliner. Now since I live in Frankfurt I need to ask for a Kreppel :rofl:

[xchrom]

11. oh lordy -- now i'm confused -- berliner, kreppel, pfannkuchen..

what do i call it?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[reyd reid reed]

12. Easy....

Sehr gut...

or, to make things easier...

You can just point and drool....

[xchrom]

14. i point and drool good.

i have a degree in it.

[GOPisEvil]

13. Mmmmmm...

:9

[jonnyblitz]

15. oh it's a doughnut! i thought it was some strange sex toy!

I need to wake up!

[Crazy Dave]

17. Was ist los im Berlin?

:shrug:

[Kellanved]

20. CSD

http://www.csd-berlin.de/

http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,670998,00.jpg

http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,670986,00.jpg

http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,670984,00.jpg

And of course our mayor:


http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,428066,00.html

[WritingIsMyReligion]

19. What is THAT?

*scratches head*