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![]() "G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message ... 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. |
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