Re: [MV] Kettenkrads and funny translations

From: Douglas Greville (dgrev@ruralnet.net.au)
Date: Mon Feb 25 2002 - 15:09:51 PST


John

> Normally in German, the phrase is "Ich komme aus..." , "I come from...." ,
> rather than the English usage, "I am a...." , as in "I am a New Yorker".
> Kennedy used "Ich bin ein..." which is "I am a...".
> People from Berlin do sometimes call themselves Berliners, tongue in cheek.
> (ouch).

Well! Finally someone with enough knowledge to answer that one. Even in
Germany I couldn't get a straight answer as to why "Ich bin ein
Berliner" wasn't korrekt. Germans are very literal, I obviously wasn't
asking the question the right way.
Makes one wonder just how much mirth having a US President describe
himself as a jam donut caused both in the west and the east.

Regards
Doug

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