buffalo_bill Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Since this fine board sems to be heading for new hights of intellectual wrestling I am consequently joining the discussion : " Ich bin Berliner " specifies kind of national membership like " I am New Yorker " . " Ich bin ein Berliner " compares to " I am a New Yorker " , I forgot now what I wanted to comment , sorry . If you are in your local bakery and and a brownish piece-of-shite looking thing talks to you " I am a Berliner " , then you can eat it . If your favorite Katoey says to you " I am a Kennedy " he is probably lying . BuBi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 OK - How come Buff Bills German explanation is the only one I understand outside all the other "Germans" here in this thread? Buff - are you the only real german other than Helmut? The othes using translation machines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 BuBi your oversimplification might not be appropriate for the intellectual level of this board! probably, but what if he says "I am a Wiener", is he coming from Wien/Vienna or is he referring to something else? and what is a appropriate answer from a German like Helmut? "I have a Frankfurter!" but for a american Katoey, would it be appropriate to say: "I am a Kennedy and i will hide my Vice President Johnson (alternatively: i left my VP Johnson in Yanhee!)"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomick Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Fuck just went though 30 replies and we still haven't heard or found out who is Helmut And this german stuff is starting to hurt me head. I only try and speak German while at home when I cross border into Acchen (then the wife speak's fluent German) and usually that's only "eine bier bitter" (Dog, one beer please , note to Dog:as an international beer drink I think it important that one should have the relative skills to order beer in multiple languages) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo_bill Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Still can't recall what I wanted to say , only that it was f####### brilliant . ND , no reason to be scared by Yeorman language as long as you can understand : Achtung ! and Das Betreten des Rasens ist verboten ' The latter meaning : Don't walk on the grass . uBi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 glad to know that former Chancellor Helmut Kohl is now member on this board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 I thought it was Helmut Newton ... http://www.temple.edu/photo/photographers/spring03/photographers/heatherprice/newton/gallery.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayjann Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 'I think it important that one should have the relative skills to order beer in multiple languages' hear,hear. one of the 1st things i try to learn whenever i visit foreign shores. what's the Welsh version then Mick?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Ahh Helmut Newton, whose wife was an Australian called Alice Springs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 So now I know who the fahk Alice is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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