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By including the indefinite article "ein," he supposedly changed the meaning of the sentence from the intended "I am a citizen of Berlin" to "I am a Berliner" (a Berliner being a type of German pastry, similar to a jam- or jelly-filled doughnut), amusing Germans throughout the city. However, this is incorrect from both a grammatical perspective ...
German is a highly precise language and "Berliner Pfannkuchen" means jelly donut, and "Berliner" means "(male) denizen of Berlin." Any controversy to the contrary is purely a media fabrication. 65.29.47.55 08:56, 25 January 2011 (UTC) Your German knowledge is rather limited. Berliner is a perfectly common word to refer to jelly doughnut.
I absolutely remember reading an account of JFK’s “Ich bin ein Berliner” as meaning “I am a jelly doughnut” in the early 1970s in some book about either linguistics or misconceptions. (The actual book is probably at my dad's place across the country.) 73.223.3.143 ( talk ) 08:30, 12 May 2023 (UTC) [ reply ]
Jelly Roll talks about where his name came from and love of doughnuts in a new Dunkin' ad to celebrate National Doughnut Day.
1 "Jelly doughnut" urban legend (the long version) 1 comment. ... 16 comments. 3 Edited the donut legend, cut alot of irelevant information, did this and that. 4 ...
In a video posted to TikTok on Nov. 17, the little girl can be seen laying in bed, singing the Jelly Roll song, 'I Am Not Okay' Mom Shares Video After Catching Little Girl, 6, Singing Jelly Roll ...
John F. Kennedy's words "Ich bin ein Berliner" are standard German for "I am a Berliner", meaning a person from Berlin. Mentioned in Len Deighton 's 1983 novel Berlin Game , an urban legend has it that due to his use of the indefinite article ein , Berliner is translated as "jelly doughnut", and that the population of Berlin was amused by the ...
The pop icon joined forces with fellow Grammy winner Jelly Roll to perform his hit “I Am Not Okay” during the signature segment of "The Kelly Clarkson Show," and a first look of the ...