Ich komme aus berlin? = I am from Berlin.

Ich bin ein berliner = I am a berliner.

This is not the most intelligent thing to say.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ich_bin_ein_Berliner#Jelly_doughnut_urban_legend

i ate a berliner, then she ate me

And to think Bush can't even say "I'm an American" without sounding like a retard.

I am a delicious pastry.

Thanks for the link grinter! I changed my tags in your honor.

Some excerpts:

In fact, Kennedy's statement is both grammatically correct and perfectly idiomatic, and cannot be misunderstood in context. The urban legend is not widely known within Germany, where Kennedy's speech is considered a landmark in the country's postwar history. The indefinite article ein can be and often is omitted when speaking of an individual's profession or residence but is necessary when speaking in a figurative sense as Kennedy did. Since the president was not literally from Berlin but only declaring his solidarity with its citizens, "Ich bin Berliner" would not have been correct...

The citizens of Berlin do refer to themselves as Berliner; what they do not refer to as Berliner are jelly doughnuts. While these are known as "Berliner" in other areas of Germany, they are simply called Pfannkuchen (pancakes) in and around Berlin. Thus the merely theoretical ambiguity went unnoticed by Kennedy's audience, as it did in Germany at large. In sum, "Ich bin ein Berliner" was the appropriate way to express in German what Kennedy meant to say

They need someone to say "ana Arabia" and cut the sheisty dealings with the Israel to move forward with relations in the Middle East.

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^ Say what you will about Israel - but at least there is a semblance of democracy at play. The same cannot be said for SA, Kuwait or others.

Too bad he didn't go to Hamburg.

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