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Re: [OM] OT: Ich bin ein Zuik (was "Still OT but it's my turn")

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Ich bin ein Zuik (was "Still OT but it's my turn")
From: John Pendley <jpendley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 10:49:32 -0500
The problem is the "ein."  If Pres. Kennedy had left it out, he would have
said what he meant, that he was a Berliner (in spirit, at least).  With the
"ein," he said he was a doughnut (I think) as this phrase refers to a German
popular name for same.  That's the extent of my German, so sombody in Europe,
help!  I still think the crack about the bagel was a hoot.
John

Ian A. Nichols wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>
> > Let's see if I can guess your meaning. A "berliner" is some sort of
> > pastrie? Is a bagel referred to as a "New Yorker" out east?  News to me.
> > Anyway, if I were president I'd stay out of Frankfurt and Hamburg.
>
> It was once explained to me, though this is possibly apocryphal, that a
> "berliner" *would* be the Berlin equivalent of a frankfurter, i.e. some
> sort of sausage whose origin is peculiar to Berlin.  So a "New Yorker"
> would be something whose origins are inextricably associated with New
> York, I'd guess.
>
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