Actcherly
he said 'I am a sausage'.
'Ein Berliner' is 'One Sausage*', literally translated.
He should have said 'Ich bin Berlinerich', which would have meant 'I am a Berliner'.
I suppose our American friends had to turn it into a donut so the populace would understand.
*Sausage produced/sold exclusively in Berlin, if the story be right
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Fri 4 Apr 2003, 1:45,
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'Ein Berliner' is 'One Sausage*', literally translated.
He should have said 'Ich bin Berlinerich', which would have meant 'I am a Berliner'.
I suppose our American friends had to turn it into a donut so the populace would understand.
*Sausage produced/sold exclusively in Berlin, if the story be right