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Berliner

2007-04-12T00:38:35Z

Pixie:

A '''Berliner Pfannkuchen''' (often called simply '''Berliner''') is a type of [[donut]] common in parts of [[Germany]], especially [[Berlin]]. It is usually filled with jam or [[marmalade]], and sprinkled with powdered [[sugar]].

Some people assume that [[John F. Kennedy]] referred to this food when he said ''"Ich bin ein Berliner."''in a speech that he made in [[West Berlin]] on June 26, 1963.

The sentence is grammatically correct German, albeit ambiguous in meaning - ''"Berliner"'' is intended to mean''"person from Berlin"'' (compare to "[[New York]]er"), in which case the sentence translates to ''"I am a person from Berlin"'' rather than ''"I am a donut"'' - clearly, the "donut" meaning cannot be taken literally. It is obvious what Kennedy intended, as the other translation makes no sense and would have no place in a diplomatic speech.
Additionally, the food was not called "Berliner" in that region at that time, but rather "''Pfannkuchen''" (pancake) {{fact}}.

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Berliner

2007-04-11T17:02:00Z

Pixie:

A '''Berliner Pfannkuchen''' (often called simply '''Berliner''') is a type of [[donut]] common in parts of [[Germany]], especially [[Berlin]]. It is usually filled with jam or [[marmalade]], and sprinkled with powdered [[sugar]].

Some people assume that [[John F. Kennedy]] referred to this food when he said ''"Ich bin ein Berliner."''in a speech that he made in [[West Berlin]] on June 26, 1963.

The sentence is grammatically correct German, albeit ambiguous in meaning - ''"Berliner"'' is intended to mean''"person from Berlin"'' (compare to "[[New York]]er"), in which case the sentence translates to ''"I am a person from Berlin"'' rather than ''"I am a donut"'' - clearly, the "donut" meaning can be taken literally. It is obvious what Kennedy intended, as the other translation makes no sense and would have no place in a diplomatic speech.
Additionally, the food was not called "Berliner" in that region at that time, but rather "''Pfannkuchen''" (pancake) {{fact}}.

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Berliner

2007-04-10T17:25:19Z

Pixie:

A '''Berliner Pfannkuchen''' (often called simply '''Berliner''') is a type of [[donut]] common in parts of [[Germany]], especially [[Berlin]]. It is usually filled with jam or marmalade, and sprinkled with powdered sugar.

It is a common misconception that it was this type of donut that was famously referred to by [[John F. Kennedy]] when he said ''"ich bin ein Berliner"'' in a speech that he made in [[West Berlin]] on June 26, 1963. However, citizens of Berlin do not refer to jelly donuts as "berliners." Kennedy's famous words, (adopting the grammer and coloquialisms of the sector of the population which Kennedy addressed) therefore, were correct.

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Foot-binding

2007-04-10T17:16:07Z

Pixie:

The historical [[China|Chinese]] practice of binding the feet of female children with tight bandages to prevent them from growing, small feet being considered more attractive, and an indication of high [[class]] - as women with bound feet were incapable of most physical labour, or even of walking more than a few steps unassisted.

Footbinding was a practice that originated to prevent women from running away from an opressive home-life and give husbands greater control over their wives. Over time, foot-binding developed into a traditional mark of beauty, and the unbound foot became a social stigma--the sign of a peasant woman who was needed to work the fields. However idealized foot-binding has become over the years, the sentiment behind it has remained the same: a nasty symbol towards the repression of women, the mutilation they face as part of traditional beauty regimines, and a subconcious effort to keep them "in their place," at home, with the children.

The practise is said to have originated in the imitation of the small-footed [[concubine]] Yao Niang of [[Sung Dynasty]] prince Li Yu. Its adoption as a fashion by tens of millions of Chinese women over several centuries, probably represents the most widespread [[fetish]] in human history. [CITATION NEEDED]

Following the 1911 revolution of [[Sun Yixian|Sun Yat-Sen]], the practise died out in all but remote rural areas, and only a small number of women with bound feet survive today.