ARE YOU A BERLINER (DONUT)? How To Read German, Understand and Tell Jokes In And About German Language and German People
Did JFK say Ich bin Ein Berliner, referring to himself as a donut. This is a Berliner. Pic from wiki article on the speech. How is your German? I just tried to credit a photographer with a German name for his photo. I linked back to his page but got a German message. It was clearly saying this page no longer exists. I looked at the words and tried to decipher them. At school I learned French and Latin and have never learned German although I completed the Duolingo German first course on my laptop and mobile phone. The course is free. Today I could easily recognize these words: German - English Du - you (Like tu in French. If it helps, think f the phrase Do you? Du is German for you.) existiert - exist und - and wenn - when I used Google translate but you are likely to end up with unintended humour. You probably know this joke about English being converted to German in the EU. English to become official language of the EU The European Commission has ...