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From: Lew on 3 Feb 2010 18:34
Arved Sandstrom wrote:
> Lew wrote:
>> Lew wrote:
>>>> Britishers
>>
>> RedGrittyBrick wrote:
>>> Do all Americaners call Britons Britishers?
>>
>> I don't know, but the term comes from Indian English, not American, so
>> it's the Indiaers who say it. I was just being international.
>> <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Britisher>
>>
>> It's not like I made up the word, or that it's uncommon or incorrect.
>>
>> When Jack Kennedy said, "Ich bin ein Berliner," he was saying, "I am a
>> pastry." That'd be like me saying in English, "I am a Danish."
>>
> Well, no, JFK actually did say - correctly - that he was a citizen of
> Berlin. In fact, in this case, it was probably better for him to say
> "Ich bin ein Berliner" than "Ich bin Berliner". In either case the
> phrase, in context, meant exactly what it was supposed to mean, and not
> that he was a pastry. And in Berlin, in particular, there wasn't even
> any ambiguity: http://www.esskultur.net/lm/berliner3.html.

Damn it! I forgot the sign again:

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"Berliner" = "pastry" | HUMOR!!!!! |
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I keep forgetting that no one has a sense of humor around here.

--
Lew
From: Jeff Higgins on 3 Feb 2010 20:47

> Damn it!

From: Jeff Higgins on 3 Feb 2010 20:48

> Damn it!
From: Jeff Higgins on 3 Feb 2010 20:48

> Damn it!
From: Jeff Higgins on 3 Feb 2010 20:48
> Damn it!
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