(March 13, 2015 at 10:05 am)DeistPaladin Wrote: Speaking of "Ich bin ein Berlinner" moments, I had heard one of our former presidents, Jimmy Carter, came to Poland once and attempted to say "I love the Polish people" in Polish but wound up saying something a little embarrassingly obscene. Do you happen to know if this story is true?
From what I gather, yes, it is true. Though from what I read it was his translator who messed up. Apparently he translated that the president "desires Polish people" and "abandons the US to come to Poland".