Guest guest Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 , " Amy " <sandpiperhiker> wrote: > > I asked a German lady at work, she just said it means " I'm from > Berlin " but the bin is missing in the sentence. She also said where > she's from in Germany is means jelly donut.....LOL Who knows? (:- > ))))) Donna > > > I think that's the big joke about the whole thing, ever since he said it. it's not so much where your German co-worker is from, it's that the proper way to say it is " Ich bin Berliner " ; when he put the " ein " in front of Berliner it completely changed the meaning to a jelly donut that was sold in Berlin. But they adored JFK, so they let him get away with it, with only a small bit of chiding. That was one story my German teacher told us, and it stuck with me. So when I was in Germany and people asked me where I was able to respond correctly. There are some interesting rules in the German language, but they all seemed to make sense to me when explained. My high school German teacher was really good at telling us stories about the German language and it really helped me remember things. Another product I had in Berlin that you can't get elsewhere in German is red or green beer, I believe it was called Weisse. I tried both when I was there. And when I lived in Munich we went to a theater on my birthday and I had Czechoslovakian Budweiser, it was 13% alchohol and it knocked me on my butt! To say the least I had a great 21st b-day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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