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From: ecl@mtgzz.UUCP (e.c.leeper)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Kennedy's use of German language
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Date: Mon, 29-Jul-85 13:13:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 29 13:13:00 1985
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In article <130@prime.UUCP> pj@prime.UUCP (Peter J. Weyman) writes
	(paraphrased for conciseness):
> > [John Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" versus "Ich bin Berliner"]
> > ["Ich bin ein Berliner"  as "I am a jelly doughnut"]

In article <410@Cascade.ARPA> asente@Cascade.ARPA (Paul Asente) writes:
> If you know enough English to understand the difference between "I am
> Danish" and "I am a danish" you should be able to understand why this
> is so in German.

But I *remember* that speech; he started by saying "I am a Berliner" (in
English) which we heard the translator render as "Ich bin ein Berliner".  After
two renderings through the translator, *then* he said "Ich bin ein Berliner"
(in German).  So what the heck was the translator thinking of (if the "jelly
doughnut" statement is true.)?!?

					Evelyn C. Leeper
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