Gary: Actually, "Ich bin Berliner" would have been wrong because it would have meant "I'm from/live in/was born in Berlin". Kennedy used exactly the right German phrase, and that's why Germans like me consider the "legend" around the quote just silly.
Von Jan van Werth (nicht überprüft) | 12 März, 2008 - 01:43 |
Gary: Actually, "Ich bin Berliner" would have been wrong because it would have meant "I'm from/live in/was born in Berlin". Kennedy used exactly the right German phrase, and that's why Germans like me consider the "legend" around the quote just silly.
Von Jan van Werth (nicht überprüft) | 12 März, 2008 - 01:43 |