Re: Ich Bin ein Berliner

Arthaey Angosii scripsit:

> I've heard vaguely about JFK saying something silly to the Germans, and
> I've also heard vaguely that it isn't true.  Your post made me go googling
> for more info, and I thought I'd share:
>
>     http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa021700a.htm
I watched JFK on TV at age five (possibly at someone else's house, we
didn't have a TV at the time) with my native-German-speaking mother;
she certainly didn't laugh.

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John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all.  There
are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language
that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.
        --_The Hobbit_