02-17-2007, 02:47 AM
Red Mage Dragon Tiamat Wrote:The sentence was "Ich bin ein Berliner" which means really translated "I am from Berlin" and not "I am a jelly-doughnut"
Wikipedia has an article on it.
"In fact, the statement is grammatically correct and cannot be misunderstood in that context. The urban legend is not widely known in Germany, where Kennedy's speech is considered a landmark in the country's postwar history. The indefinite article is omitted generally when speaking of an individual's profession or residence (ex: "Er ist Soldat" for "He is a soldier") but including it is merely redundant, not ambiguous."