Tony Cox wrote:
"C J Campbell" wrote in message
...

He did claim to be a jelly donut (literal translation of "Ich bin ein
Berliner"), but the wall that went up on his watch came down on the hated
Reagan's watch.

I thought a "Berliner" was a type of sausage. Anyway, the picture
of an earnest JFK, waffling away in such seriousness, while the
locals tittered and guffawed must be the highpoint of his entire
presidency. Wish I'd been there.

Sorry to disappoint, but I was there (attending a German "Hochschule" that
year) and heard no comments at all on the minor grammatical error from
Germans. I only saw mention of it in the American press. Any "tittering"
must have been drowned out in the loud applause and cheering in response to
that statement of his.