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CAUTION: Coronach does not speak German
I was told it was like this:
To say 'I am a Berliner' as in 'I am a person from Berlin' you would say 'Ich bin Berliner.'
Adding the 'ein' in there changes the meaning from 'I am from Berlin' to 'I am a berliner', and a berliner is a jelly doughnut, not a resident of that great, divided city.
Is this correct? I have no idea. But I was told that by people who know far more german than I do, so I believed it. 
Mike
Ich bin ein schweinhundt!
Der tintenfisch regeart nicht auf die gedankenkontrolle!
Oh yes, quotes? I'm rather fond of the one at the bottom:
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The axe bites into the door, ripping a hole in one panel. The maniac puts his face into the hole, cackling gleefully, "Here's Johnny...erk."
"And here's Smith and Wesson," murmurs Coronach, Mozambiquing six rounds of .357 into the critter at a range of three feet. -Lawdog
"True pacifism is the finest form of manliness. But if a man comes up to you and cuts your hand off, you don't just offer him the other one. Not if you want to go on playing the piano, you don't." -Sam Peckinpah
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert Heinlein
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