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minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days ago“I am a jelly donut.” — President John F. Kennedy Jr.
minus-squarekambusha@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoIs there a way to say you’re a “Berliner” or can you only say “from Berlin”?
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 days agoThat’s technically what he said, but a donut called krapfen is also very commonly called a Berliner. I am from Berlin (Ich komme aus Berlin) is the more common way to say it. So he wasn’t really wrong, so much as it was funny colloquially.
“I am a jelly donut.”
— President John F. Kennedy Jr.
Is there a way to say you’re a “Berliner” or can you only say “from Berlin”?
That’s technically what he said, but a donut called krapfen is also very commonly called a Berliner. I am from Berlin (Ich komme aus Berlin) is the more common way to say it.
So he wasn’t really wrong, so much as it was funny colloquially.