JFK

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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"Ich bin Berliner" translates as "I am a Berliner". "Ich bin EIN Berliner"
translates as "I am a jelly doughnut".


Wouldn't jelly doughnut be gelee krapfen?

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

Wouldn't jelly doughnut be gelee krapfen?

There's a particular type of jelly doughnut that's called a Berliner.

George Patterson
They say nothing's certain except death and taxes. The thing is, death
doesn't get worse every time Congress goes into session.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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There's a particular type of jelly doughnut that's called a Berliner.


I believe Pizza Hut offered a particular pizza they called a New Yorker a
few years ago, perhaps they still do. So does "I'm a New Yorker" mean "I'm
a pizza"?

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

I believe Pizza Hut offered a particular pizza they called a New Yorker a
few years ago, perhaps they still do. So does "I'm a New Yorker" mean "I'm
a pizza"?

Not in English.

George Patterson
They say nothing's certain except death and taxes. The thing is, death
doesn't get worse every time Congress goes into session.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Not in English.


Nor in German.

**sigh**

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 00:17:16 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:

Not in English.
Nor in German.

Doch auf Deutsch. Der Indefinitivartikel "ein" wird in so einem Satz
einfach nicht gefunden. "Ich bin Berliner" toent richtig. "Ich bin ein
Berliner" hoert sich komisch aus.

Rob

--
[You] don't make your kids P.C.-proof by keeping them
ignorant, you do it by helping them learn how to
educate themselves.

-- Orson Scott Card

"Robert Perkins" wrote in message
news

**sigh**

You've missed the point. It's not about language, it's about logic.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
ink.net...

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
...

There's a particular type of jelly doughnut that's called a Berliner.


I believe Pizza Hut offered a particular pizza they called a New Yorker a
few years ago, perhaps they still do. So does "I'm a New Yorker" mean
"I'm
a pizza"?

For all practical intents and purposes, yes.

("Steven P. McNicoll" wrote)
I believe Pizza Hut offered a particular pizza they called a New Yorker a
few years ago, perhaps they still do. So does "I'm a New Yorker" mean
"I'm
a pizza"?


These posts are starting to make me hungry.

I'll take a Subway, washed down with a Manhattan

....and a big apple for dessert.

--
Montblack

Montblack wrote:

("Steven P. McNicoll" wrote)
I believe Pizza Hut offered a particular pizza they called a New Yorker a
few years ago, perhaps they still do. So does "I'm a New Yorker" mean
"I'm
a pizza"?


These posts are starting to make me hungry.

I'll take a Subway, washed down with a Manhattan

...and a big apple for dessert.


Have an "American" for dessert: it was my favorite cookie (?) as a kid,
although we called them "black & whites". My Dad's the one that really
made out, though: we all cut them in half and gave him the white sides.

- Andrew