""Ich bin ein Berliner", said by John F. Kennedy in West Berlin. According to an urban legend, Kennedy allegedly made an embarrassing grammatical error by saying "Ich bin ein Berliner," referring to himself not as a citizen of Berlin, but as a common pastry."

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