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Subject:Re: The Kennedy Faux Pas From:"Huber, Mike" <mrhuber -at- SOFTWARE -dot- ROCKWELL -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 9 May 1997 08:12:49 -0500
May I recommend that anyone planning on going to Germany check into this
question beforehand, to avoid possible embarrassment?
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Daniel Wise [SMTP:dewise -at- IX -dot- NETCOM -dot- COM]
>
>The last time I checked, Ich bin ein berliner translated as I am a jelly
>donut, not I am a condom. Admittedly, I have not checked recently, so it
>*is*
>possible that German has changed that much.
>
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