Yo Ian,
on Wed, 26 Jan 2000 09:40:49 +0000 (GMT), you wrote:
>It was once explained to me, though this is possibly apocryphal, that a
>"berliner" *would* be the Berlin equivalent of a frankfurter, i.e. some
>sort of sausage whose origin is peculiar to Berlin. So a "New Yorker"
Nope. "Berliner" is an expression used in some regions of Germany for a
certain kind of jelly donut. And, of course, everywhere, for the inhabitants
of Berlin. :-)
MtFbwy,
Volkhart
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