"Ich bin ein Berliner" != "I am a citizen of Berlin"
It's a real burden being right so often.
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Polter-Cow - Nov 20, 2005 7:18:58 am PST #6348 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Jesse - Nov 20, 2005 7:19:17 am PST #6349 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ooh, I love this one! He meant to say "I'm a Berliner," like "I'm one of you." Except in Berlin, a berliner is a jelly donut, so you have to say "Ich bin Berliner" to mean a person and he said "Ich bin ein Berliner," calling himself a donut.
bon bon - Nov 20, 2005 7:38:40 am PST #6350 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Not so different from saying "I am a Danish"
Tom Scola - Nov 20, 2005 7:39:09 am PST #6351 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
It's sort of similar, syntactically, to saying "I am a Danish" as opposed to "I am Danish".
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Jesse - Nov 20, 2005 7:39:48 am PST #6352 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Just like that. "I am a Dane" = person. "I am Danish" = person. "I am a Danish" = pastry.
tommyrot - Nov 20, 2005 7:42:05 am PST #6353 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
"I am a Danish" = pastry.
And song lyric.
WindSparrow - Nov 20, 2005 7:52:08 am PST #6354 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Wait, there are songs about being pastry?
Polter-Cow - Nov 20, 2005 7:54:12 am PST #6355 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Stop calling yourselves pastries!
Tom Scola - Nov 20, 2005 7:59:14 am PST #6356 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I once heard a parody of "Rock Me Amadeus", called "Eat Me, I'm a Danish". I don't know if that's what tommyrot is talking about, though.
Nilly - Nov 20, 2005 8:04:11 am PST #6357 of 10001
Swouncing
Thanks P-C and Jesse!
Couldn't he ask anybody before saying that in a speech where he could be recorded?
"I am a Dane" = person. "I am Danish" = person. "I am a Danish" = pastry.
Oh, I love this example and how it makes sense.