Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 09:45:50 EST

From: Larry Horn LHORN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU

Subject: Re: "Ich bin ein Berliner"



David Bergdahl writes:



There is no question that Kennedy's utterance was interpretable in the

sense he meant it, but I believe the usual utterance would be "Ich komme

aus Berlin"--the "Ich bin. . ." sounds like a calque.



Interesting. For an English speaker, "I am a New Yorker" is quite different

from "I am from New York". Is the distinction neutralized in German? LH