Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site hplabs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!kdp From: kdp@hplabs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: JFK quotation Message-ID: <1598@hplabs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 15-Jul-83 13:31:04 EDT Article-I.D.: hplabs.1598 Posted: Fri Jul 15 13:31:04 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 16-Jul-83 04:56:41 EDT References: <1799@phs.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA Lines: 8 Sorry, Chuck. "Ich bin Berliner" means "I am a resident of Berlin". "Ich bin ein Berliner" DOES mean "I am a jelly doughnut". A "Berliner" is a type of doughnut as well as a resident of Berlin; German does make the distinction between the two in this fashion. As told to me by real Germans... Ken Poulton ...hplabs!kdp