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minus-squareMaoTheLawn [any, any]hexbear18·edit-23 years agoreminds me of when I think Kennedy made a speech in Berlin, and tried to say he was one of them. "Ich bin ein berliner" he said. in German, berliner means donut. link
minus-squarePosadas [he/him, they/them]hexbear14·3 years agoJFK assassinated by a German language teacher, confirmed. link
minus-squareMaoTheLawn [any, any]hexbear13·3 years agotbf the way he said it can also be a correct way of saying he belongs to Berlin, but it still got laughs from lots of Germans at the time. link
minus-squaressjmarx [he/him]hexbear7·3 years agoIt's a great Eddie Izzard bit, and Berliners are fukken delicious. link
minus-squarechlooooooooooooo [she/her]hexbear4·3 years agoyeah, but everyone understood what he meant link
minus-squareAcidSmiley [she/her]hexbear4·3 years ago in German, berliner means donut. Except in Berlin, were Berliners (the donut kind) are called Pfannkuchen (pancakes). To make things more confusing, German bakeries also offer a kind of donut that looks like a pancake with sugar glazing and is known as Amerikaner. link
reminds me of when I think Kennedy made a speech in Berlin, and tried to say he was one of them.
"Ich bin ein berliner" he said.
in German, berliner means donut.
JFK assassinated by a German language teacher, confirmed.
tbf the way he said it can also be a correct way of saying he belongs to Berlin, but it still got laughs from lots of Germans at the time.
It's a great Eddie Izzard bit, and Berliners are fukken delicious.
yeah, but everyone understood what he meant
Except in Berlin, were Berliners (the donut kind) are called Pfannkuchen (pancakes).
To make things more confusing, German bakeries also offer a kind of donut that looks like a pancake with sugar glazing and is known as Amerikaner.
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