tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post113355690542426281..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Berliner means DoughnutIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1133728754117656822005-12-04T20:39:00.000+00:002005-12-04T20:39:00.000+00:00Wat, it's called "Know Thine Enemy"!Wat, it's called "Know Thine Enemy"!Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1133728577335538772005-12-04T20:36:00.000+00:002005-12-04T20:36:00.000+00:00I once asked a real live German about that famous ...I once asked a real live German about that famous "I am a doughnut" speech of Kennedy's. He looked at me as if I had gone potty. Turns out that although there is a Berliner doughnut, "Ich bin ein Berliner" is actually perfectly good German for what it was supposed to mean.<BR/><BR/>How disappointing.<BR/><BR/>As for the Guardian...er, why are you reading it, again?Mike Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16180293743525495466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1133690726689416922005-12-04T10:05:00.000+00:002005-12-04T10:05:00.000+00:00German style "Berliner" doughnuts, especially thos...German style "Berliner" doughnuts, especially those made in Berlin, called <A HREF="http://home.comcast.net/~osoono/ethnicdoughs/krapfen/krapfen.htm" REL="nofollow">Krapfen</A> do not usually have any holes in them.<BR/><BR/>Of course the "Berliner" newspaper i.e. the "Berliner Zeitung", published in Berlin, is not printed in the "Berliner" or <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midi_(newspaper)" REL="nofollow">Midi" size format</A>.<BR/><BR/>Is there actually any more real news content in the longer articles of a broadsheet ? Or is it the fewer snippets of "space filler" short paragraph news items which make it seem that there is less news content overall in the Midi or Tabloid format ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com