# Kennedy & "I'm a Berliner": I KNOW we've done this

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 21, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-im-a-berliner-i-know-weve-done-this/256117 "2004-07-21T02:30:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-im-a-berliner-i-know-weve-done-this/256117/2 "2004-07-21T10:49:21Z")

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[Presidential multilingualism](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=242328&highlight=kennedy+donut)

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> But he didn’t say"Ich bin auch ein berliner", according to my cite below he said"Ich bin ein Berliner" which apparently has a literal meaning-I am a jelly donut.

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