------------------ Me: "Why don't you live in Hong Kong?" Rachel Roberts: "Hong Kong? Nah. Oh, but we can live in China! Yeah, China has great Chinese food!"
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Nein! Man kann "Ich bin ein Berliner" sagen und bedeutet einen Berlinwohner. Ich glaube.
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Frank: They way I was taught it, when Germans talk about where they're from, they speak in adjectives (hence, "Ich bin berliner" or "I am Berlinian", or "Berlinite", or "Berlinese, or whatever the word would be in English). Whereas, if one says "Ich bin ein Berliner", it means "I am a Berliner", and a Berliner is a type of doughnut.
But, then, my high school German teacher was a moron, so I can't be sure that's true. Where are all the native German-speakers 'round here, anyway? Bernd? Fitz? Anyone? *L*
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My high school German teacher (a native Frankfurter ) said that "Ich bin ein Berliner" is perfectly valid for someone from Berlin to say, so that's what I've been going by...
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My German teacher told our class about the jelly donut crap too, and says "Ich bin Berliner" is correct
------------------ Me: "Why don't you live in Hong Kong?" Rachel Roberts: "Hong Kong? Nah. Oh, but we can live in China! Yeah, China has great Chinese food!"
(If you're thinking something like 'HUH?', my high school German teacher's name was Tissink)
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(Are you sure it isn't 'Leeuwenhoek'? The name is clearly Dutch, but 'Leuw' isn't. 'Leeuw' is the Dutch word for lion.)
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) said that "Ich bin ein Berliner" is perfectly valid for someone from Berlin to say, so that's what I've been going by...
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