[PLUG-TALK] Way off topic: time travelling indefinite articles

Denis Heidtmann denish at dslnorthwest.net
Mon Feb 2 17:28:30 UTC 2009


Russell Senior wrote:
>>>>>> "Keith" == Keith Lofstrom <keithl at kl-ic.com> writes:
> 
> Keith> On June 26, 1963, President Kennedy announced "Ich bin ein
> Keith> Berliner".  Which means "I am a jelly donut".  He meant to say
> Keith> "Ich bin Berliner", but added the superfluous indefinite
> Keith> article.
> 
> FWIW:
> 
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ich_bin_ein_Berliner#Jelly_doughnut_urban_legend
> 
> 
Does this place Keith in the same league as Alistair Cook?




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