(January 23, 2020 at 7:52 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(January 23, 2020 at 7:47 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The quote is ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ and it’s an urban myth that Kennedy called himself a jelly doughnut.
Boru
He still did not pronounce "I am from Berlin" correctly. He still meant to say, "I am a German too", like any empathetic politician trying to garner empathy from another population.
He didn't say I am from "Berlin " properly, and it did come across, to many in the crowd as the common german/austrian word for pastry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_(doughnut)
Wrong on all counts. The legend isn’t an issue of pronunciation, but one of grammar. Kennedy’s grammar was perfect. Furthermore, the pastry in question isn’t called a Berliner in Berlin, but a Pfannkuchen. The crowd knew exactly what he meant (which explains why the remark was greeted with thunderous cheers instead of a puzzled silence).
Go back to the Wikipedia page you linked and scroll down to the section ‘John F. Kennedy Urban Legend’.
Boru
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