re: Berliner, doughnuts

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>It was Kennedy who endeared himself to the German masses by declaring that
>he was a doughnut. In German, a >"berliner" is a pastry. What Kennedy
>intended to say was, "Ich bin ein Berlinerman".
>Joel

Maybe he was just foreseeing the future...he did end up with a hole in him...

So this quote should go in the file with the flub that Neil Armstong made
when stepping on the moon. Funny we still regard them as landmark
soundbites...

Back to alfa chat...


Michael Williams
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