"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Philip Sondericker wrote:

The editors of several Berlin newspapers would be surprised to hear that
(Berliner Morgenpost, Berliner Zeitung, etc.). Berliner refers to a
resident
of Berlin, just as a Hamburger is a denizen of Hamburg and a Frankfurter
resides in Frankfurt.

"Ich bin Berliner" translates as "I am a Berliner". "Ich bin EIN Berliner"
translates as "I am a jelly doughnut".


Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries.