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Imaginations I: Bernadette in Wien
Introduction
"This story began life as an 'imagination' I wrote years ago for my online sub at that time, emmaadmirer, who was at one time a poster in > both this Library and the Forum. The mixture of Deutsch and English that makes this story so difficult to read is the consequence of this origin. For those of you who know Deutsch, I apologize for my pidgin, but that's the way she liked it. For those of you who don't read Deutsch a partial key has been provided, but you'll probably find reading this an exercise in frustration more than an exercise of your left hand. If you have a find-and-replace function in your word processing program, feel free to use it. Keep this warning in mind while writing your reviews. For those who struggle through to the end, my hat's off to you; take comfort in your moral superiority. Just to make matters more complicated, some dialogue is framed in single rather than double quotes. Single quoted dialogue is actually a 'thought balloon' -- internal monologue. In this story, Bernadette and Bernie are different names for the same person. Likewise, Annette and Annie are different names for another, offscreen person. Through most of the story Bernadette/Bernie is pretending to be Annette/Annie. And, yes, I did that just to annoy you. "The character of Bernadette represents emmaadmirer, the peculiar American (also referred to as her Sir and her Master) represents me, and the Annette Meyer who Bernadette pretends to be is loosely based upon a real person whom I've never met but hope I will someday. It would be absolutely scurrilous to suggest that the character of Frieda is in any way, shape or form based upon the real-life person Tina Two Beers. Absolutely scurrilous. The barely-mentioned Tina is based on Frau Zweistein. All other characters are complete fabrications based upon my own limited imagination. The city of Wien , the street Die aeussere Kaerntnerstrasse, and the unit of measurement hereinafter termed 'meters' really do exist and are very similar to the way I portray them. At least, that's my story, and I'm sticking to it. "My beta reader for this story was slavelucy, who don't come 'round here no more. Proofreading and selection of story codes was performed by my able amanuensis, woodsman'sgame. Alex Bragi had something to do with this, but just what eludes me at the moment. If wg continues to browbeat me I may someday post another of my 'imaginations' with Bernadette as the main character under the heading of "Fragments: Bernadette in the Napoleonic Wars", but don't hold your breath. The character of Annette is more likely to resurface, in a series of shorts entitled "Games Lovers Play". If I ever post anything again, it's more likely than not that I'll appear as a character, but the names by which that character is identified shall vary based upon time of day, relative humidity and ambient temperature. "I hope you enjoy yourself. Maybe a couple of times."VOCABULARY KEY:
achtzig 末 80
aeussere 末 outer (? correction requested)
Brueste 末 breasts
Danke Sie 末 thank you
deine 末 your (informal conversation)
Die 末 the
dir selbst 末 yourself
drei 末 3
dritte 末 third
du 末 you (as spoken to a friend)
dumkopf 末 stupid person
eins 末 one
erste 末 first
Fraeulein 末 Miss (unmarried woman)
Frau 末 goodwife
fuenfhundert 末 500
geil 末 horny
Gott 末 God
gut 末 good
Herr 末 Mister (respectful; 'Sir')
Herrin 末 Lady
ihr 末 your, singular (?)
Ihrer 末 your, plural (? formal conversation)
ja 末 yes
Kaerntner 末 ? (your guess is as good as mine; contributions welcome)
kleines 末 little
Kuessen 末 kiss (more like 'be kissing, I think)
Maedchen 末 girl or girls
mein 末 my
mit 末 with
Muschi 末 pussy
nacht 末 night
nein 末 no
Nippels 末 nipples
Salzburg 末 a mythical town ('the salt city', better known as Syracuse , New York )
sechs 末 6
sehr 末 very
Sie 末 you (as spoken to a superior)
Strasse 末 street
Toillette 末 toilet
und 末 and
verdamt 末 a swear word (not to be used in polite company)
wasser 末 water
Wien 末 a real town (better known as Vienna )
zwei 末 2
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