2006-07-25 01:30:04 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ich_bin_ein_Berliner
2006-07-25 01:30:24 · update #1
What JFK meant to say was that he was a citizen of Berlin. So he should have said "Ich ben Berliner." When he said "Ich ben ein Berliner", that translated to "I am a jelly donut." His German audience figured out what he meant, and they applauded anyway.
If you say "Ich ben Frankfurter", you would be saying you are from Frankfurt. If you say "Ich ben ein Frankfurter", you are saying you are a sausage.
And so on.
2006-07-25 02:02:50 · answer #1 · answered by Ogelthorpe13 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Ich bin ein Berliner" ("I am a citizen of Berlin") is a famous quotation from a June 26, 1963 speech of U.S. President John F. Kennedy in West Berlin.
2006-07-25 01:40:25 · answer #2 · answered by landkm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy
2006-07-25 01:42:24 · answer #3 · answered by JOYfilled - Romans 8:28 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy
2006-07-25 01:37:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
fake, actually a pretend assertion. Berliner is likewise a form of German Beer so did JFK incredibly say "i'm a bottle of Beer? as exchange into stated with the aid of Khrushchev as a humorous tale on the subject of the speech. As to the Germans in basic terms approximately giggling at JFK surely no longer that speech exchange right into a significant speech much extra significant than the Speech Reagan's speech wherein he mentioned "Mr Gorbachev tear down this wall" Kennedy's Speech exchange into given at a time whilst the U. S. and the U.S. have been close to to war and Berliners knew that they could be on the front line. the reality that the U. S. President could come to Berlin at that element and supply a speech that stated that the U. S. could stand beside West Berlin and West Germany against Soviet Aggression exchange right into a improve ti the Morale of the German people.
2016-10-08 07:22:50 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be the famous JELLY DONUT J.F.K. Yes ladies and Gentleman in that famous quote he said he was a jelly donut. At least from what I read. See what happened was the Germans had changed their language slightly and someone translated using the old words. Well the speech writer got the wrong terms and actually by the current use of those words he said I am a jelly donut.
2006-07-25 04:07:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
John F Kennedy said this when Russia / USSR built a wall sealing off Berlin and starved the city.
He meant to say "I am a citizen of Berlin" to show solidarity, but it actually translates I am a Jelly Doughnut, as a Berliner is german for a pastry similar to a jelly doughnut.
2006-07-25 02:22:02 · answer #7 · answered by bill d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John F. Kennedy
2006-07-25 01:34:45 · answer #8 · answered by frauholzer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gary Coleman
2006-07-25 01:34:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
One of your greatest Presidents...JFK......John Fitzgerald Kennedy.One of a dynasty,I'm told.Politics.
2006-07-25 03:30:35 · answer #10 · answered by kit walker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋