maːnazɛː ɪst aɪ̯n aɪ̯nt͡siːɡaːrtiːɡɛːr paːrfyːmɔɪ̯r. ɪç hatɛː ɡɛːlɛːɡɛːnhaɪ̯t aɪ̯nɛːs zaɪ̯nɐ
zɛːmiːnaːrɛː t͡suː bɛːzʊxɛːn. ɛːs vaːr fyːr mɪç aʊ̯sɡaŋspʊŋkt t͡suː aɪ̯nɛːr paːrfʏmkrɛːaːtiːoːn.
nax aɪ̯nɛːm fiːrtɛːl jaːr hilt ɪç aɪ̯n dʊftɛndɛːs vʊndɛːr iːn dɛːn hɛndɛːn. ɛːs ɪst
ʊnbɛʃraɪ̯blɪç. alzoː diːzɛːr bɛːkɛːr haːt vyːrklɪç zuːpɛːr brœçtɛːn, diː kan maːn
aɪ̯nfax nuːr vaɪ̯tɛːr ɛmp͡fɛːlɛːn. aːbɛːr vaːs traʊ̯riːɡ ɪst daːs diː bɛːdiːnʊŋ nɪçt
bəzɔndɛːrs aʊ̯f dɛːm kʊndɛːn aɪ̯ŋeːt zɔndɛːr liːbɛːr miːt iːrɛː koːlɛːɡiːn yːbɛːr daːs
vɔxɛndɛː sprɪçt. daːs fand ɪç dɔx zeːr hɛftiːɡ! oːb dɛːkoːraːtiːoːn oːdɛːr fɔɪ̯ɛːrvɛːrk,
ɪç biːn bɛːɡaɪ̯stɛːrt foːn dɛːr aʊ̯svaːl ʊnd dɛːr kvaːliːtɛːt. haːbɛː diː bɛstɛltɛːn aːrtikl̩
prɔmpt ɛːrhaltɛːn. zuːpɛːr zɛːrfiːkɛː. fiːlɛːn daŋk. daŋkɛː fyːr dɛːn ʃøːnɛːn uːrlaʊ̯b iːn
mɛklɛnbuːrɡ foːrpɔmɛːrn, viːr haːbɛːn iːn zeːr ɡɛːnɔzɛːn. 7 taːɡɛː ɛːrhoːlʊŋ iːm
fɛːriːnhaʊ̯s aːm myːriːt͡s zeː iːn aɪ̯nɛːr iːdʏlɪʃɛːn land͡ʒaft ɪnmɪtɛːn dɐ
mɛklɛnbuːrɡɪʃɛːn zenplatɛː. viːr hatɛːn vʊndɛːrʃøːnɛː spaːt͡siːrɡɛŋɛː ʊnd diː
ʃtɛːtɛː dɛːr rɛːɡiːoːn miːt iːrɛːn ɡrʏndɛːrt͡saɪ̯tɔɪ̯zɛːrn zɪnd zeːɛnsvɛːrt. alɛːs iːn alm̩
vaːr diːzɛːr uːrlaʊ̯b miːt kɪnd ʊnd hʊnd aɪ̯n ɛːrlɛbniːs ʊnd viːrd ʊns iːn ɛːrɪnɛːrʊŋk
blaɪ̯bɛːn. spaːs, ʊntɛːrhaltʊŋ, ɡtɛːs biːr ʊnd ɡtɛːs ɛzɛːn. meːr braʊ̯xt maːn nɪçt
zaːɡɛːn. haːbɛː hɔɪ̯tɛː kɛtɛː ʊnd radkraːnt͡s doːrt ɡɛːkaʊ̯ft. ɪç kan diːzɛːs ɡɛʃɛft nuːɐ̯
vɛːrmstɛns ɛmp͡feːlɛːn. daːs maːn zoː nɛt ʊnd frɔɪ̯ndlɪç miːt kʊndɛːn ʊmɡeːt biːn ɪç iːn
hɛlmstɛːt aɪ̯ɡɛntlɪç nɪçt ɡjuːont. lɛt͡stɛː vɔxɛː hatɛː ɪç aɪ̯n paː
fʊŋktiːɔnshɛmdɛːn ɡɛːkaʊ̯ft. ɪç daxtɛː miːr, diːzɛːr shoːp ɪst fyːr zaɪ̯nɛː ʃnɛpxn̩
bəkant, alzoː bɛːkɔmɛː ɪç ɡtɛː maːrkɛnvaːrɛː t͡suːm ɡ̈nstiːɡɛːn praɪ̯s. knap 20 ɔɪ̯roː haːt
jɛː aɪ̯n taɪ̯l ɡɛːkɔstɛːt. ziː hɪŋɛːn t͡suːm ʃlʊs hiːn viː aɪ̯n nazɛːr zaːk aːn miːr. ɪç
mʊstɛː ɛkstrɛːm aʊ̯fpazɛːn, das ɪç mɪç nɪçt nɔx iːm vald ɛːrkɛltɛː. ɪnsbɛːzɔndɛːrə
dɛːr zeːr ɡtɛː zɛːrfiːkɛː ʊnd diː aʊ̯zɛːrɡjuːønlɪçɛː kɔmpɛːtɛːnt͡s zɪnd hɛːrfoːrt͡suːɛːbɛːn.
daːs pɛːrzoːnaːl ɪst frɔɪ̯ndlɪç ʊnd aʊ̯tɛntɪʃ. iːm maɪ̯ 2010 haːbɛːn viːr dən
ɡəbuːrtstaɡsɡtʃaɪ̯n t͡suːm 67. maɪ̯nɛːs faːtɛːrs aɪ̯ŋɛːlœst. dɛːr ɛmp͡faŋ vaːr zeːɐ̯
frɔɪ̯ndlɪç. viːr vaːrɛːn diː lɛt͡stɛːn paːnt͡sɛːrkutʃɛːr foːr faɪ̯ɛːraːbɛnd, vaːs zɪç als
naxtaɪ̯l hɛːraʊ̯s stɛltɛː. dɛːshalb "mʊstɛː" alɛːs zeːr ʃnɛl ɡeːɛːn. ɛːs fand aɪ̯nə
draɪ̯miːnyːtiːɡɛː aɪ̯nvaɪ̯zʊŋ baɪ̯ laʊ̯fɛndɛːm paːnt͡sɛːr - moːtoːr yːbɛːr fʊŋk stat. maɪ̯n faːtɐ
haːt diːzɛː aɪ̯nvaɪ̯zʊŋ fɛːrstɛndlɪçɛːrvaɪ̯zɛː nɪçt zoːfoːrt ʊmzɛːt͡sɛːn kœnɛːn. diː
rɛːaktiːoːn dɛːs bɛɡlaɪ̯tɛndɛːn paːnt͡sɛːrfaːrɛːrs vaːr zeːr ʊnfrɔɪ̯ndlɪç ʊnd ɡɛːnɛːrft. ɐ
brax foːn zɪç aʊ̯s diː aɪ̯nvaɪ̯zʊŋ aːb ʊnd maɪ̯n faːtɛːr kɔntɛː zoːmiːt nɪçt faːrɛːn.
diː ɡɛʃɛftslaɪ̯tʊŋ boːt dan aːn, ʊns als ɡɛstɛː aʊ̯f dɛːm paːnt͡sɛːrdax yːbɛːr daːs
ɡəlɛndɛː t͡suː faːrɛːn. fyːr 130,00 ɔɪ̯r vaːr daːs fyːr ʊns naːtyːrlɪç kaɪ̯nɛː aʊ̯sraɪ̯çɛndə
ɛntʃɛːdɪɡŋ. diː ɡɛstɛː t͡saːlɛːn noːrmaːlɛːrvaɪ̯zɛː fyːr diː mɪtfaːrt kaː. 10, -- ɔɪ̯r!
nax lɛŋɛːrɛːr dɪskʊziːoːn fuːhr dan maɪ̯n lɛːbɛnsɡɛːfɛːhrtɛː dɛːn paːnt͡sɛːr. dɐ
bəɡlaɪ̯tɛndɛː faːrɛːr brax foːn zɪç aʊ̯s nax aɪ̯niːɡɛːn miːnuːtɛːn oːnɛː bɛːɡrʏndʊŋ aːp
ʊnd fuːhr dɛːn paːnt͡sɛːr dɛːn rɛst dɛːr strɛːkɛː zɛlbst. hiːnt͡suː kɔmt nɔx, das viːr foːɐ̯
bəɡɪn dɛːr faːrt aɪ̯nɛːn fiːdɛːoːmitʃnɪt fyːr 20, -- ɔɪ̯r foːn dɛːr paːnt͡sɛːrfaːrt maɪ̯nɛːs
faːtɛːrs bɛstɛlt hatɛːn. diːzɛːs fiːdɛːoː kɔntɛː aŋɛblɪç nɪçt stoːrniːrt vɛːrdɛːn. iːm
naxhiːnaɪ̯n stɛltɛː zɪç hɛːraʊ̯s, das diː kvaːliːtɛːt dɛːs mitʃnɪtɛːs zeːr ʃlɛçt
vaːr. fyːr daːs ɡɛld aɪ̯nɛː aɪ̯nt͡siːɡɛː ɛntɔɪ̯ʃʊŋ -- niː viːdɛːr! ziːbɪlɛː ʊnd klaʊ̯s
aːrnɛːt͡sɛːdɛːr bɛːtraɪ̯bɛːn daːs viːkɪŋɛːrdoːrf miːt fiːl ɛŋaːɡɛːmɛnt ʊnd fɛːrdiːnɛːn maɪ̯nɐ
maɪ̯nʊŋ nax 5 stɛːrnɛː fyːr diː iːdeː ʊnd diː ʊmzɛːt͡sʊŋ baɪ̯ maɪ̯nɛːm ɛːrstɛːn bɔɪ̯ʃ,
vaːr ɪç yːbɛːr daːs hoːtɛːl ɛːrstaʊ̯nt... tɔlɛː ɛŋaŋiːrtɛː miːtaːrbaɪ̯tɛːr diː aʊ̯x zeːɐ̯
moːtiːfiːrt viːrktɛːn. bɛstɛːr friːzɔɪ̯r iːn ɡaːnt͡sɛːn landkraɪ̯s roːzɛːnhaɪ̯m! zeːr ɡtɐ
zɛːrfiːkɛː ʊnd kɔstɛnloːzɛː ɡɛːtrɛŋkɛː praɪ̯s laɪ̯stʊŋ ɪst zeːr ɡt. abzoːluːt t͡suː
ɛmp͡feːlɛːn zaɪ̯t 1964 ɪst maɪ̯n man rʊnd 1 maːl proː jaːr ɡast iːn diːzɛːm hoːtɛːl. zaɪ̯t
1980 biːn aʊ̯x ɪç daːbaɪ̯ ʊnd nax ʊnd nax kaːmɛːn ʊnzɛːrɛː kɪndɛːr ʊnd nuːn aʊ̯x dɛːrən
ʊnd ʊnzɛːrɛː frɔɪ̯ndɛː miːt. diː antvoːrt dɛːs kaːpiːtɛns aʊ̯f maɪ̯nɛː bɛʃvɛːrdɛː vaː
ʊnfrɔɪ̯ndlɪç ʊnd ɛːbɛnfals nɪçt iːn oːrdnʊŋ. miːt ʃaɪ̯nt, das dɛːr bɛːtraɪ̯bɛːr dɐ
rhaɪ̯nfɛːhrɛː iːn dʏzɛldoːrf ɛːs bɪtɛːr nøːtiːɡ haːbɛːn mʊs vɛn ʃoːn kɪndɛːr ʊntɛːr fʏnf
jaːrɛːn aʊ̯f diːzɛː aːrt ʊnd vaɪ̯zɛː abkaziːrt vɛːrdɛːn mʏzɛːn. daːs ɪst ʊnzoːt͡siːaːl ʊnt
ʃprɪçt nɪçt ɡɛːraːdɛː fyːr aɪ̯nɛː t͡saɪ̯tɡɛːmɛːsɛː ʊmvɛltoːrintiːrtɛː aɪ̯nstɛlʊŋ iːrɛːs
ʊntɛːrneːmɛns. fɛːrzʊxɛːn ziː maːl aːm vɔxɛːnɛndɛː aɪ̯nɛː spɛːtɛː rʏkfaːrt fyːr alə
kaɪ̯zɛːrsvɛːrt bɛːzʊxɛːr aʊ̯s meːrbʊʃ aʊ̯ft͡sʊstɛlɛːn. hiːr vyːrdɛːn ɡɛːrnɛː aɪ̯n paː
lɔɪ̯tɛː nax 20.00 uːhr diː fɛːhrɛː nuːt͡sɛːn vɔlɛːn uːm dɛːn biːrɡaːrtɛːn aʊ̯f dɛːr andɛːrən
zaɪ̯tɛː t͡suː bɛːzʊxɛːn. fyːr ʊns vaːr foːr alɛːm dɛːr haʊ̯sbɛːzʊx daːs hɪɡlɪɡt diːzɛːs
ɔptiːkɛːrs. maɪ̯nɛː mʊtɛːr ɪst bɛtlɛːɡɛːriːɡ ʊnd ɛːr kaːm aɪ̯nfax miːt zaɪ̯nɛːn ɡɛːrɛːtɛːn t͡suː
iːr nax haʊ̯zɛː! haːb 'ɪç foːrhɛːr nɔx foːn kaɪ̯nɛːm ɔptiːkɛːr ɡɛːboːtɛːn bɛːkɔmɛːn. vɐ
ɡərnɛː t͡suːziːt viː dɛːr xɛːf zaɪ̯nɛː fœliːɡ yːbɛːrlastɛːtɛːn aŋɛstɛltɛːn t͡suːr zaʊ̯ maxt,
ɪst hiːr ɡt aʊ̯fɡeːoːbɛːn. zɛːrfiːkɛː vaːr frɔɪ̯ndlɪç, vɛn aʊ̯x toːtaːl ɡeːɛt͡st ʊnt
ʃpɛːt. daːs trɪŋkɡɛld haːb ɪç eːɛːr aʊ̯s mɪtlaɪ̯d ɡɛːɡɛːbɛːn, dɛn vaɪ̯l ɛːs lɛːkɛːr vaːr.
baɪ̯ dɛːr zʊxɛː nax nɔɪ̯ɛːn miːtaːrbaɪ̯tɛːrn vuːrdɛːn viːr kɔmpɛːtɛnt bɛːraːtɛːn ʊnd habn̩
ɪnɛːrhalb kyːrt͡sɛstɛːr t͡saɪ̯t draɪ̯ ɡtɛː proːfiːlɛː ɛːrhaltɛːn, diː ɡɛːnaʊ̯ aʊ̯f ʊnzɛːrɛː fiːrmaː
t͡suːɡɛʃnɪtɛːn vaːrɛːn! viːr kɔntɛːn dɛːshalb diː ɔfɛːnɛː poːziːtiːoːn oːnɛː aɪ̯ɡɛnn̩
rɛːkruːtiːrʊŋzaʊ̯fvand t͡syːɡiːɡ bɛːzɛːt͡sɛːn. vuːrdɛː zeːr ɡt foːn dɛːr kaːnt͡slaɪ̯ zɪŋjuːalt
fɛːrtaɪ̯tɪɡt ʊnd ɡjuːɔnɛːn. fiːlɛːn daŋk fyːr diː ɡtɛː bɛːtrɔɪ̯ʊŋ iːn maɪ̯nɛːn biːshɛːriɡn̩
rɛçtsfɛlɛːn. fyːr mɪç diː anvaltskaːnt͡slaɪ̯ nʊmɛːr aɪ̯ns iːn drɛsdɛːn. daː kan maːn
daːryːbɛːr hɪnvɛɡzeːɛːn, das ɛːs aʊ̯sɛːrhalb dɛːr aːxɛːnɛːr kiːtyː liɡt. ɪç biːn dɐ
maɪ̯nʊŋ, das niːmand iːn diːzɛːm ɡɛʃɛft kaʊ̯fɛːn zɔltɛː! kaʊ̯fɛːn ziː baɪ̯
ɛɐ̯faːrɛːnɛːn t͡sʏçtɛːrn!! ʊnzɛːrɛː ɛːrfaːrʊŋ ʊnd diː ʊnzɛːrɛːr frɔɪ̯ndɛː fyːrɛːn daːt͡suː, das
maːn diːzɛːn laːdɛːn nɪçt meːr ʊntɛːrstyːt͡sɛːn zɔltɛː -- aʊ̯s liːbɛː t͡suː dɛːn tiːrɛːn!!
møːbɛːl bɔs ɪst mɪtlɛːrvaɪ̯lɛː ɛçt tɔɪ̯ɛːr ʊnd daːs maːtɛːriːaːl lɛst t͡suː vynʃɛːn yːbriːɡ.
fyːr bɛzɛːrɛː kvaːliːtɛːt kan maːn doːrt fiːl ɡɛld lazɛːn, aːbɛːr ɪç vyːrdɛː dan eːɐ
nɔx aɪ̯n t͡svaɪ̯ moːnaːtɛː lɛŋɛːr spaːrɛːn ʊnd ɛtvaːs bɛzɛːrɛːs kaʊ̯fɛːn. foːn miːr alzoː kaɪ̯nə
ɡtɛː bjuːɛːrtʊŋ fyːr møːboː. miːt maɪ̯nɛːm hʊnd vaːr ɪç aɪ̯niːɡɛː maːlɛː baɪ̯ hɛrn viːnrɪç
iːn dɛːr praksiːs, haːbɛː iːn aːbɛːr pɛːrzœnlɪç niː doːrt ɡɛːzeːɛːn. jɛːdɛsmaːl vaːr aɪ̯n
andɛːrɛːr aːrt͡st daː, vaːs ɪç ɛtvaːs ʊnpɛːrzœnlɪç fɪndɛː. daːs miːt dɛːm haʊ̯tspɛːt͡siːaːlɪst
haltɛː ɪç ɛtvaːs fyːr yːbɛːrtriːbɛːn, t͡suːmɪndɛst kɔntɛː maɪ̯nɛːm hʊnd nɪçt ɡeːɔlfɛːn
vɛːrdɛːn. ɡaːnt͡s andɛːrs als iːn t͡sɛːpɛːrniːk. ɪç haːb mɪç ɛtvaːs abɡɛːfɛːrtɪɡt ɡɛːfylt
aʊ̯x vɛn alɛː doːrt zeːr nɛt vaːrɛːn. haːbɛː mɪç oːpɛːriːrɛːn lazɛːn ʊnd biːn jɛt͡st
bəʃvɛːrdɛːfraɪ̯. vaːrʃaɪ̯nlɪç vaːrɛːn daːs diː bɛstɛːn aːrbaɪ̯tsjaːrɛː yːbɛːrhaʊ̯pt. dɛn
zoː aɪ̯nɛː ɡɛːniːaːlɛː trʊpɛː ɡɪbt ɛːs kaɪ̯n t͡svaɪ̯tɛːs maːl. diː maxɛːn nɪçt nuːɐ̯
ʃnaɪ̯dɛːraɪ̯ zɔndɛːrn aʊ̯x raɪ̯nɪɡŋ ʊnd ʃuːhrɛːpaːraːtuːr. maɪ̯n zakoː - ɛːrmɛːl vaːr t͡suː
laŋ, daː haːbɛːn ziː ɛːs viː oːriːɡiːnaːl ɡɛːkyːrt͡st. ɪç vaːr t͡svaːr nuːr aɪ̯nmaːl daː, daːs
diːrɛkt t͡suːm hɛːrt͡s - rœntɡɛːn, aːbɛːr ɪç vyːrdɛː miːr liːbɛːr fyːrs nɛçstɛː maːl aɪ̯nn̩
andɛːrɛːn aːrt͡st zʊxɛːn. ɪç vaɪ̯s nɪçt, oːb ɛːs daːraːn laːɡ, das ɪç vaɪ̯blɪç vaːr,
aːbɛːr ɛːr vaːr zeːr nɛːrføːs, zaː mɪç kaʊ̯m aːn, aʊ̯x als ɛːr miːt miːr sprax, ʊnd diː
ʊntɛːrzʊxʊŋ kaːm miːr zeːr kuːrt͡s ɡɛːfast foːr. ɪç haːbɛː t͡svaɪ̯ nɛçtɛː iːm hotl̩
"laːdɛnmyːlɛː" fɛːrbraxt ʊnd vaːr meːr als aŋɛːneːm yːbɛraʃt. diː t͡sɪmɛːr zaʊ̯bɐ
ʊnd oːrdɛntlɪç, dɛːr xɛːf ʊnd daːs pɛːrzoːnaːl frɔɪ̯ndlɪç ʊnd hɪlfsbɛːraɪ̯t,
zɔndɛːrvynʃɛː - kaɪ̯n prɔblɛːm. diː aʊ̯statʊŋ kan duːrxaʊ̯s miːt aɪ̯nɛːm prɛːmiːuːm -
hoːtɛːl miːtaltɛːn, diː praɪ̯zɛː zɪnd moːdɛːraːt. daːs ɛzɛːn iːm rɛstaʊ̯rant (t͡saːrtɛːs
rʊmpstɛːaːk, 250ɡ miːt baɪ̯laːɡɛːn fyːr rʊnd 14.-- €) aɪ̯n ɡɛːdɪçt! aɪ̯n kɔmpliːmɛnt foːn
hiːr aʊ̯s nɔxmaːl aːn dɛːn kɔx! ɪç frɔɪ̯ mɪç aʊ̯f maɪ̯nɛːn nɛçstɛːn bɛːzʊx iːm
vɪntɛːr! vaːs zɔl ɪç zaːɡɛːn ɛːs ʃaɪ̯nt ʃlɛçt uːm daːs ɡtɛː altɛː fiːnyːl t͡suː steːɛːn,
dɛn ɪmɛːr meːr platɛnlɛːdɛːn haːbɛːn iːn lɛt͡stɛːr t͡saɪ̯t iːn kœln ɡɛʃlɔzɛːn. aːbɛːr ɛːs
ɡɪbt aɪ̯n lɪçt aːm ɛndɛː dɛːs tʊnɛls ʊnd daːs ɪst draːkɛː rɛːkoːrds. ɪç bɛʃɛftɪɡtə
mɪç zaɪ̯t 15 jaːrɛːn miːt muːziːk, aːbɛːr vɛn ɪç mɪç miːt dɛːm baɪ̯st͡sɛːr diːɐ̯k
ʊntɛːrhaltɛː lɛːrnɛːn ɪç ɪmɛːr viːdɛːr vaːs daːt͡suː ʊnd stoːsɛː aʊ̯f ɡɛːniːaːlɛː ʃaɪ̯bɛːn. ɛːs
ɡɪbt voːl kaʊ̯m aɪ̯nɛːn kɔmpɛːtɛntɛːrɛːn ʊnd ɡɛːdʊldiːɡɛːrɛːn platɛːnhɛndlɛːr als iːn. daːs
fɛːrvʊndɛːr aʊ̯x nɪçt, dɛn ʃoːn laŋɛː aːrbaɪ̯tɛːt ɛːr aʊ̯x als dj iːm kœlnɐ
naxtlɛːbɛːn. kan ɪç uːnaɪ̯ŋɛʃrɛŋkt ɛmp͡feːlɛːn. iːm lɛt͡stɛːn jaːr, biːn ɪç aʊ̯f diː
hɔmpɛːpaːɡɛː foːn fraʊ̯ ryːbɛːn ɡɛstoːsɛːn ʊnd haːbɛː dan aʊ̯x diːrɛkt aɪ̯nɛːn tɛːrmiːn
ɡəmaxt. mɪtlɛːrvaɪ̯lɛː vaːr ɪç bɛstɪmt ʃoːn 10 maːl daː, haːbɛː fɛːrʃiːdɛːnə
mazaːɡɛːn aʊ̯sproːbiːrt ʊnd vaːr ɪmɛːr viːdɛːr bɛːɡaɪ̯stɛːrt. maːn viːrd hiːr iːn
aŋɛːneːmɛːr ʊmɡɛːbʊŋ maziːrt ʊnd vɛːdɛːr duːrx tɛːlɛːfoːn nɔx laʊ̯fkʊnd͡ʒaft
ɡəstøːrt. aʊ̯x zɪnd diː tɛːrmiːnɛː ɪmɛːr zoː ɡɛːlɛɡt, das maːn nɪçt aʊ̯f andɛːrɛː kʊndn̩
trɪft. vɛːr alzoː aɪ̯nɛː ɛntspanɛndɛː mazaːɡɛː zʊxt dɛːr ɪst hiːr ɡɛːnaʊ̯ rɪçtiːɡ.
alzoː ɪç biːn œftɛːr hiːr, daː ɛːs miːr hiːr zeːr ɡt ɡɛːfɛlt! vɛn spɔntaːn apɛːtiːt
aʊ̯fkɔmt, ɪst daːs "viːtɛː huːzɛː" ɪmɛːr maɪ̯nɛː ɛːrstɛː vaːl. daːs ɛzɛːn ɪst foːn
ɡlaɪ̯çblaɪ̯bɛnd zeːr ɡtɛːr kvaːliːtɛːt ʊnd daːs ambintɛː ɪst aɪ̯nfax ɡɛːmʏtlɪç! aʊ̯x
haːbɛː ɪç ʃoːn diː mœɡlɪçkaɪ̯t dɛːr ɡrʊpɛnfaɪ̯ɛːrlɪçkaɪ̯tɛːn ɡɛːnʊt͡st ʊnd vuːrdɛː niː
ɛntɔɪ̯ʃt. ɪç kan daːs rɛstaʊ̯rant nuːr vaɪ̯tɛːrɛmp͡feːlɛːn! viːr zɪnd dɛːs œftɛːrən
hiːr, ʊnd daːs aʊ̯s ɡtɛːm ɡrʊnd. daːs ɛzɛːn ʃmɛkt zeːr ɡt, diː rɔɪ̯mlɪçkaɪ̯tn̩
zɪnd zaʊ̯bɛːr ʊnd aŋɛːneːm ɡɛstaltɛːt. dɛːr aʊ̯zɛnbɛːraɪ̯ç vuːrdɛː liːbɛːfɔl nɔɪ̯
aŋɛːlɛɡt, ʊnd lɛːd baɪ̯ ʃøːnɛːm vɛtɛːr t͡suːm fɛːrvaɪ̯lɛːn aɪ̯n. viːr kɔmɛːn ɪmɛːr viːdɛːr.
liːbɛː ɡryːsɛː luːt͡s ʊnd haɪ̯kɛː ɪç vyːrdɛː nɪçt ɛmp͡feːlɛːn.... aɪ̯ɡɛntlɪç hatɛː ɪç
mɪç aʊ̯f maɪ̯nɛː nɔɪ̯ɛː kʏçɛː ɡɛːfrɔɪ̯t... aːbɛːr ɪç hɛtɛː ɛːs vɪzɛːn mʏzɛːn. maːn kaʊ̯ft
ʃliːslɪç zɛltɛːn aɪ̯nɛː kʏçɛː, diː dan aʊ̯x zoː ɡɛːliːfɛːrt viːrd, viː ziː bɛstɛlt
vuːrdɛː. nax aɪ̯ŋeːɛndɛːr ʊnd vɔxɛnlaŋɛːr bɛːraːtʊŋ haːbɛːn viːr iːn diːzɛːm
kʏçɛnstuːdiːoː ʊnzɛːrɛː kʏçɛː bɛstɛlt, ɪmɛːrhiːn fyːr fast 20.000 ɔɪ̯roː. nax dɐ
ʊntɛːrʃrɪft aʊ̯f dɛːm fɛːrtraːɡ haːt diː laɪ̯stʊŋ ʊnd kʊndɛnfrɔɪ̯ndlɪçkaɪ̯t raːpiːdə
naxɡɛːlazɛːn. ʊnzɛːrɛː kʏçɛː vuːrdɛː ɡɛːliːfɛːrt ʊnd ʃoːn baɪ̯m aɪ̯nbaʊ̯ haːbɛːn viːɐ̯
aɪ̯niːɡɛː mɛŋɛːl fɛstɡɛstɛlt. ɪç kan laɪ̯dɛːr kaɪ̯nɛː 0 stɛːrnɛː fɛːrɡɛːbɛːn, vaːs maɪ̯nə
eːrlɪçɛː vɛːrtʊŋ vɛːrɛː. viːr haːbɛːn ʊnzɛːrɛː kʏçɛː jɛt͡st zaɪ̯t juːniː 2011 ʊnd zɪnt
hɛlaʊ̯f bɛːɡaɪ̯stɛːrt. bɛːraːtʊŋ, plaːnʊŋ, liːfɛːrʊŋ ʊnd aʊ̯fbaʊ̯ liːfɛːn vʊndɛːrbaːr.
diː praɪ̯zɛː zɪnd moːdɛːraːt, diː liːfɛːrt͡saɪ̯tɛːn vuːrdɛːn ɛksakt aɪ̯ŋeːaltɛːn, diː
kʏçɛnmɔntɔɪ̯rɛː vaːrɛːn frɔɪ̯ndlɪç ʊnd haːbɛːn aʊ̯x nɪçt ɡɛːmʊrt, das dɛːr aʊ̯fbaʊ̯
ɛtvaːs lɛŋɛːr als ɡɛplant ɡɛːdaʊ̯ɛːrt haːt. aɪ̯nɛː klaɪ̯nɛː bɛːanstandʊŋɛːn vuːrdə
prɔblɛmloːs ɛːrlɛːdɪɡt, bɛːtrɔfɛːn dɛːr jaːluːzinʃraŋk, vuːrdɛː ʊmɡeːn̩t
aʊ̯sɡɛːtaʊ̯ʃt. zuːpɛːr bɛːraːtʊŋ -- ʃøːnɛː aʊ̯stɛlʊŋ miːt tɔlɛːn iːdeːn. haːbɛː maɪ̯nə
kʏçɛː doːrt ɡɛːkaʊ̯ft. ɪç vaːr iːm dɛːt͡sɛmbɛːr baɪ̯ kʏçɛːn valtɛːr ʊnd vuːrdɛː foːm iːnhaːbɐ
mɪçɛːl valtɛːr bɛːdint. dɛːr ɡrʊndrɪs ʊnzɛːrɛːs haʊ̯zɛːs aʊ̯s dɛːn dɛːn 70ɛːr ɪst ɛtvaːs
kɔmpliːt͡siːrt, aːbɛːr hɛr valtɛːr hatɛː zoːfoːrt diː løːzʊŋ fyːr ʊnzɛːr prɔblɛːm. viːɐ̯
vaːrɛːn bɛːɡaɪ̯stɛːrt. nax aɪ̯nɛːr ɛtvaː 4 stʏndiːɡɛːn bɛːraːtʊŋ hatɛːn viːr aʊ̯x ʊnzɛːrən
praɪ̯s, dɛːr aʊ̯x ʊnzɛːrɛːn foːrstɛlʊŋɛːn ɛntsprax. zɛlbstfɛːrstɛndlɪç zɪnd aːbɐ
dan nɔx maːl t͡suː møːbɛːl hœfnɛːr ʊnd aʊ̯x t͡suː zɛɡmʏlɛːr ɡɛːɡaŋɛːn. aːbɛːr vɛːdɛːr iːn dɐ
bəraːtʊŋslaɪ̯stʊŋ nɔx iːm praɪ̯s kɔntɛːn diː miːtaltɛːn. aʊ̯x foːn dɛːr kvaːliːtɛːt,
zoːaɪ̯t ɪç daːs bɔɪ̯rtaɪ̯lɛːn kan, zɪnd diː dɔɪ̯tlɪç ʃlɛçtɛːr. mazɛnvaːrɛː ɛːbɛːn.
diː fiːrmaː vɪntɛːrɡaːrtɛnbaʊ̯ haːt iːn dɛːn fɛːrɡaŋɛːnɛːn 3 jaːrɛːn aɪ̯niːɡɛː laɪ̯stʊŋɛːn iːn
ʊnzɛːrɛːm aʊ̯ftraːɡ aʊ̯sɡɛːfyːrt. miːt ɡtɛːm ɡjuːɪzɛːn haːbɛːn viːr ʊns ɪmɛːr viːdɛːr fyːɐ̯
diːzɛː fiːrmaː ɛntʃiːdɛːn, vaɪ̯l alɛː ɛːrtaɪ̯ltɛːn aʊ̯ftrɛːɡɛː zeːr zaʊ̯bɛːr ʊnd oːrdɛntlɪç
nax ʊnzɛːrɛːn vynʃɛːn rɛːaːliːziːrt vuːrdɛːn. diː aʊ̯stɛlʊŋsrɔɪ̯mɛː zɪnd faːbɛːlhaft
ʊnd viːrklɪç miːt liːbɛː iːm dɛːtaɪ̯l prɛːzɛntiːrt. viːr haːbɛːn ʊns iːm noːfɛmbɛːr fyːr aɪ̯n
tɛrazɛndax ɛntʃiːdɛːn ʊnd fandɛːn diː ʃnɛlɛː aŋɛːbɔtzɛːrstɛlʊŋ ʊnt
t͡saɪ̯tnaːɛː aːrbaɪ̯tzaʊ̯sfyːrʊŋ zeːr poːziːtiːf. ɛːs vuːrdɛː abzoːluːt ɡt ʊnd zaʊ̯bɐ
ɡəaːrbaɪ̯tɛːt foːn dɛːn mɔntɔɪ̯rɛːn. iːm zɔmɛːr zeːɛːn viːr ʊns bɛːt͡sʏɡlɪç aɪ̯nɛːr maːrkiːzə
viːdɛːr. 5 stɛːrnɛː ʊnd aɪ̯n ɡroːsɛːs loːb aːn diː ɡɛːzamtɛː fiːrmaː vɪntɛːrɡaːrtɛnbaʊ̯. filn̩
ɡryːsɛː aʊ̯s falkɛnzeː laɪ̯dɛːr kaɪ̯n paːraːdiːs, zɔndɛːrn aɪ̯n ɡlaːshaʊ̯s fɔlɛːr mɛŋl̩
ɛɐ̯vaːrtɛːtɛː ʊns iːn ʊnzɛːrɛːm vɪntɛːrɡaːrtɛːn, dɛːr foːn dɛːr fiːrmaː vɪntɛːrɡaːrtɛnbaʊ̯
ɡəfɛːrtɪɡt vuːrdɛː. viːr hɛtɛːn ɛːs ʃoːn aːnɛːn mʏzɛːn, als zɪç dɛːr fɛːraɪ̯nbaːrtə
fɛːrtɪɡŋstɛːrmiːn uːm moːnaːtɛː nax hɪntɛːn fɛːrʃoːbɛːn. ʊnd nax dɛːm diː ɛːrstən
rɛçnʊŋɛːn bɛːt͡salt vaːrɛːn, vɛçzɛltɛː dɛːr t͡suːfoːr ɔɪ̯sɛːrst frɔɪ̯ndlɪçɛː toːn dɐ
fɛːrkɔɪ̯fɛːr ʊnd iːnhaːbɛːr laɪ̯dɛːr iːn daːs ɡlatɛː ɡɛːɡɛntaɪ̯l. fiːl ɛːrɡɛːr ʊnd fiːl
ʃtrɛs, stat aɪ̯nɛːs vɪntɛːrɡaːrtɛnpaːraːdiːs! laɪ̯dɛːr fɛːrsprɪçt diː fiːrmaː diː vaːrə
iːn kaː. 7 taːɡɛːn t͡suː liːfɛːrn aːbɛːr nax 8 taːɡɛːn ɪst ɪmɛːr nɔx kaɪ̯nɛː vaːrə
aŋɛːkɔmɛːn. ɪç kaʊ̯fɛː hiːr ɡɛːrn aɪ̯n, vaɪ̯l ɛːs fast alɛːs ɡɪbt ʊnd daːs pɛːrzoːnaːl
frɔɪ̯ndlɪç ʊnd proːfɛziːoːnɛːl ɪst. alɛːrdɪŋs zɔltɛː maːn aːbɛnds daːmiːt rɛçnɛːn daːs
diː frɪʃvaːrɛː diː maːn braʊ̯xt, ʃoːn fɛːrɡrɪfɛːn ɪst. diː fiːrmaː ɪpm yːbɛːrt͡sɔɪ̯kt
duːrx ʊmfazɛndɛː kɔmpɛːtɛːnt͡s aʊ̯f dɛːn ɡɛːbiːtɛːn dɛːr vɛbziːtɛː ʊnd daːtɛnbaŋk
proːɡramiːrʊŋ. ɪç fyltɛː mɪç zeːr ɡt bɛːraːtɛːn ʊnd biːn miːt dɛːr laɪ̯stʊŋ zeːɐ̯
t͡suːfriːdɛːn. vaːr miːt maɪ̯nɛːm kaːtɛːr vɛːɡɛːn aɪ̯nɛːs ɛnt͡sʏndɛːtɛːm aʊ̯ɡɛː doːrt. dɛːr aːrt͡st ɪst
t͡svaːr zeːr frɔɪ̯ndlɪç, aːbɛːr ɛːs traːt zɛlbst nax dɛːm t͡svaɪ̯tɛːn bɛːzʊx kaɪ̯nə
kɔmplɛtɛː haɪ̯lʊŋ duːrx diː fɛːrʃriːbɛːnɛː zalbɛː aɪ̯n. ɡrʊndʊntɛːrzʊxʊŋ baɪ̯
ʊnzɛːrɛːm hʊnd vaːr daːɡɛːɡɛːn iːn oːrdnʊŋ aʊ̯x vɛn diː praɪ̯zɛː eːɛːr aɪ̯n bɪʃɛːn tɔɪ̯ɐ
zɪnd. alɛːrdɪŋs kaːm ɪç aʊ̯x miːt aɪ̯nɛːm foːn aɪ̯nɛːr kaːt͡sɛː ɡɛːbɪzɛnm̩
nʏmfɛnzɪtɪç t͡suː iːm. ɛːr maxtɛː miːr ɛːrst hɔfnʊŋ ʊnd fɛːrʃriːb ɛtvaːs
antiːbaktɛːriːlɛːs. diːzɛːs mɪtɛːl zaː aɪ̯n taːɡ spɛːtɛːr jɛːdɔx ɡaːnt͡s koːmɪʃ aʊ̯s. nax
aɪ̯nɛːs tɛːlɛːfoːnats baɪ̯ dɛːm ɡɛːzaɡt vuːrdɛː, das daːs fɛːrɛndɛːrtɛː aʊ̯zeːɛːn nɪçts
aʊ̯smaxɛː, ɡaːb ɪç ɛːs dɛːm foːɡɛːl aːbɛːr vaɪ̯tɛːr. diː beːandlʊŋ dɛːs andɛːrɛːn taː kaːm
laɪ̯dɛːr t͡suː spɛːt ʊnd zoː staːrb maɪ̯n foːɡɛːl nɔx aːm zɛlbɛːn taːɡ... daːs alpɔntɛː ɪst aɪ̯n
bəlibtɛːr moːtɔraːtrɛf miːt hybʃɛːn zɛːrfiːkɛː - pɛːrzoːnaːl! zuːpɛːr aːpoːtɛːkɛː. baɪ̯m
bətrɛːtɛːn dɛːs laːdɛns vyːrdɪɡt dɛːr iːnhaːbɛːr dɛːm kʊndɛːn kaɪ̯nɛːs bliːkɛːs. aʊ̯x nax
aɪ̯nɛːr ɡɛːfyltɛːn miːnuːtɛː viːrd maːn nɪçt bɛːɡryːst, ɔbvoːl maːn bɛːraɪ̯ts aːn dɛːr tɛːkə
ʃteːt. dɛːr bliːk dɛːs bɛːziːt͡sɛːrs blaɪ̯bt vaɪ̯tɛːrhiːn aʊ̯f dɛːn pk ɡɛːrɪçtɛːt. ɡrʊnt
ʊnzɛːrɛːs bɛːzʊks vaːr dɛːr vunʃ aɪ̯nɛː fɛspaː t͡suː miːtɛːn. diːzɛː hatɛːn viːɐ̯
tɛːlɛːfoːnɪʃ aːn aɪ̯nɛːm fraɪ̯taːɡ kuːrt͡s foːr laːdɛnʃlʊs aŋɛːfraɡt ʊnd dɛːrzɛlbə
fɛːrkɔɪ̯fɛːr zaɡtɛː ʊns, maːn zɔlɛː aɪ̯nfax kuːrt͡s foːrbaɪ̯kɔmɛːn aːm zamstaːɡ moːrɡɛːn ʊnt
ɛːs vɛːrɛːn nɔx aʊ̯sraɪ̯çɛnd mitfaːrt͡sɔɪ̯ɡɛː foːrhandɛːn. baɪ̯m bɛːzʊx vaːr dan
ʃliːslɪç kaɪ̯nɛː fɛspaː meːr daː. aːbɛːr daːfyːr zɛlbstfɛːrstɛndlɪç aɪ̯n andɛːrɐ
klaɪ̯nɛːr rɔlɛːr fyːr dɛnzɛlbɛːn praɪ̯s. miːt zoː aɪ̯nɛːr aɪ̯nstɛlʊŋ t͡suːr aːrbaɪ̯t ʊnd t͡suː
kʊndɛːn fraːɡɛː ɪç mɪç viːrklɪç, viː zoː aɪ̯n laːdɛːn yːbɛːrhaʊ̯pt nɔx kʊnd͡ʒaft habn̩
kan. ɛːs ɪst zeːr traʊ̯riːɡ! ɛmp͡feːlɛnsvɛːrtɛːs vɛlnɛs - hoːtɛːl miːt
fɛːrbɛzɛːrʊŋsmœɡlɪçkaɪ̯tɛːn. ʃøːnɛːr ʊnd ɡrɔzɛːr spaː-/vɛlnɛs-bɛːraɪ̯ç (miːt
frɔɪ̯ndlɪçɛːm pɛːrzoːnaːl!) ʊnd ɡtɛː mazaːɡɛːn. aʊ̯x ɡɛːfalɛːn haːt ʊns das ɛːs bɛkvɛːmə
zɪt͡sɡrʊpɛːn miːt kaːmɪnfɔɪ̯ɛːr ʊnd aɪ̯nɛːr ɡastroːnoːmiː iːm spaː - bɛːraɪ̯ç ɡaːb. t͡sɪmɐ
zɪnd aːbɛːr eːɛːr iːn traːdiːtiːoːnɛlɛːm stiːl ɡeːaltɛːn. viːr hɛtɛːn ɡɛːrnɛː vaːs moːdɛːrnɛːrɛːs
ɡeːabt. ʊnd daːs praɪ̯s - laɪ̯stʊŋs - fɛːrhɛltniːs stɪmt zɪçɛːrlɪç. ɪç vɛːrdɛː aːbɐ
nɪçt meːr hɪŋeːɛːn, daː ɪç fyːr maɪ̯nɛː bɛːdyːrfnɪzɛː bɛzɛːrɛː oːrtɛː kɛnɛː. aɪ̯n hotl̩
t͡suːm volfyːlɛːn. duː kɔmst, ɡest ʊnd kɔmst daʊ̯ɛːrnd viːdɛːr. ɪç ɡeːɛː ɡɛːrnɛː miːt
maɪ̯nɛːr faːmiːliː ɪns hoːtɛːl zɔmɛːr, vaɪ̯l diː ʊmɡɛːbʊŋ aʊ̯x dɛːn kɪndɛːrn zuːpɐ
ɡəfɛlt. maɪ̯nɛː kɪndɛːr zɪnd zɔnst nɪçt zeːr foːn vɛlnɛs aŋɛːtaːn, aːbɛːr aʊ̯s dəm
beːaɪ̯t͡stɛːn fraɪ̯baːd bɛːkɔmɛː ɪç ziː nuːr miːt ɡrɔzɛːn ʃviːrɪɡkaɪ̯tɛːn vɛːɡ...
fɛːrdintɛː 5 stɛːrnɛː! haːbɛː laɪ̯dɛːr nɪçts ɡtɛːs t͡suː bɛːrɪçtɛːn, daː diː bsr trɔts
ɡəlaɪ̯stɛːtɛːr aːrbaɪ̯tɛːn ʊnd taɪ̯labnaːmɛː diː rɛçnʊŋɛːn nɪçt bɛːt͡salt haːt. habn̩
handvɛːrkɛːr zoː laŋɛː t͡sapɛln lazɛːn biːs ɛːr aʊ̯ɡɛːbɛːn mʊstɛː. baɪ̯ yːbɛːr 150 t € ɪst
ɛːs aʊ̯x jaː nɪçt zoː ʃvɛːr. "œfɛntlɪç rɛçtlɪçɛːr bɛːtriːb" iːr fɪndɛːt hiːr aʊ̯f
dɛːr kaːrtɛː daːs fɪtnɛspɔɪ̯nt laːdyː iːn vaɪ̯ŋaːrtɛːn. ɪç vɔltɛː hiːr maːl poːziːtiːf
daːryːbɛːr bɛːrɪçtɛːn. daːs stuːdiːoː ɪst zuːpɛːr aʊ̯sɡɛstatɛːt miːt dɛːn nɔɪ̯ɛstɛːn tɛçnoːɡyːm
- ɡɛːrɛːtɛːn ʊnd fɛːrfʏɡt yːbɛːr zaʊ̯bɛːrɛː ʊmklaɪ̯dɛːn, dʊʃɛːn, zoːlaːriːn, rɔlɛːn ʊnt
bandmazaːɡɛː, aɪ̯nɛːn ɡroːsɛːn ɡʏmnastɪkzaːl ʊnd zaʊ̯naː. ɡlaɪ̯ç vɛn iːr daːs stuːdiːoː
bətrɛːtɛːt fɪndɛːt iːr aɪ̯n tɔlɛːs ambintɛː miːt nɔɪ̯ɛːn lɛːdɛːrkuːxɛːs, aɪ̯nɛːr tɔln̩
tɛːkɛː, pazɛndɛːn tɪʃxɛːn miːt aʊ̯fvɛndiːɡɛːr dɛːkoː ʊnd ʃøːnɛː lɔɪ̯çtɛndɛː faːrbən
foːr! daːs pɛːrzoːnaːl ɪst zeːr nɛt ʊnd maːn traɪ̯niːrt iːn tɔlɛːr ɡɛːzɛlʃaft. ɪç
kan ɛːs ɔɪ̯ç nuːr ans hɛːrt͡s lɛːɡɛːn -- iːr vɛːrdɛːt ɛːs møːɡɛːn! nɛtɛːs pɛːrzoːnaːl ʊnd daːs
ɛzɛːn ʃmɛkt aʊ̯x, nuːr alɛːs ɪst aɪ̯n vɛːniːɡ tɔɪ̯ɛːr viːr zɪnd zuːpɛːr ɡlʏklɪç,
das viːr ziː haːbɛːn! haːbɛːn laɪ̯dɛːr nɪçt meːr ɛːrkʊndɛːn kœnɛːn. ɛːs ɪst aʊ̯s maɪ̯nɐ
zɪçt dɛːr stiːl, dɛːr zɪç als roːtɛːr faːdɛːn duːrx dɛːn ʊntɛrɪçt, diː
rɔɪ̯mlɪçkaɪ̯tɛːn, diː ɡɛstaltʊŋ dɛːs raːmɛns, diː bɛːɡɛnjʊŋ miːt dɛːn taɪ̯lneːmɛːɐ̯n
ʊnd aʊ̯x diː pɛːrzoːn dɛːs yːoːɡaː - leːrɛːrs t͡siːt. hiːrfyːr fɛːrdint toːrstən
bʊrɪçtɛːr maɪ̯nɛːn bɛːzɔndɛːrɛːn rɛspɛkt. ɛːs sprɪçt fyːr zɪç, das toːrstən
bʊrɪçtɛːr daːs aŋɛːboːt zaɪ̯nɛːr yːoːɡaː - stʊndɛːn aʊ̯fɡrʊnd dɛːr ɡroːsɛːn naxfraːɡɛː iːn
dɛːn lɛt͡stɛːn jaːrɛːn kɔntiːnyːɛːrlɪç ɛːrvaɪ̯tɛːrt haːt. fyːr mɪç ɪst buːrtaːriːs yːoːɡaː t͡suː
aɪ̯nɛːr vɪçtiːɡɛːn ɪnstaːnt͡s ɡjuːoːrdɛːn, diː ɪç nɪçt meːr mɪzɛːn mœçtɛː! ɪç biːn dɐ
ɡrøːstɛː aŋstaːzɛː dɛːr vɛlt vaːs t͡saːnɛːrt͡stɛː aŋeːt. laɪ̯dɛːr mʊs ɛːs jaː aɪ̯nfax maːl
zaɪ̯n ʊnd maːn mʊs hɪŋeːɛːn. alzoː vaːr ɛːs baɪ̯ miːr foːr t͡svaɪ̯ vɔxɛːn zoː vaɪ̯t... dr.
ziːbɛːn ɪst viːrklɪç hɛːrfɔraːɡɛnd miːt miːr ʊmɡɛːɡaŋɛːn. ɛːr haːt zɪç aʊ̯f maɪ̯nɛː aŋst
aɪ̯ŋɛstɛlt ʊnd fɛːrzʊxt ziː miːr t͡suː neːmɛːn, vaːs t͡suːm taɪ̯l aʊ̯x ɡɛklapt haːt. ɪç
biːn ɛçt bɛːɡaɪ̯stɛːrt. aʊ̯f jɛːdɛːn fal vɛːrdɛː ɪç jɛt͡st ɪmɛːr t͡suː dr. ziːbɛːn ɡeːɛːn!!
ɪç vɔltɛː miːr aɪ̯nɛː kroːnɛː maxɛːn lazɛːn ʊnd vaːr dɛːshalb baɪ̯ t͡svaɪ̯ t͡saːnɛːrt͡stɛːn, diː
baɪ̯dɛː ʊnfɛːrʃɛmtɛː praɪ̯zɛː daːfyːr haːbɛːn vɔltɛːn. aɪ̯nɛː bɛːkantɛː ɛmp͡faːl miːr dan
hɛr dr. ziːbɛːn ʊnd viː zɪç hɛːraʊ̯stɛltɛː, vaːr dɛːr praɪ̯s, dɛːn ɪç doːrt bɛːt͡saltə
70 % ʊntɛːr dɛːm dɛːr andɛːrɛːn baɪ̯dɛːn t͡saːnɛːrt͡stɛː!!!! ʊnd diː kroːnɛː ziːt viːrklɪç
klazɛː aʊ̯s!!! biːn jɛt͡st ʃoːn zaɪ̯t aɪ̯niːɡɛːn jaːrɛːn baɪ̯ hɛrn dr. ziːbɛːn iːn
beːandlʊŋ ʊnd ɪç biːn ɪmɛːr t͡suːfriːdɛːn ɡjuːɛːzɛːn! hɛr dr. ziːbɛːn ɪst aɪ̯n ɔɪ̯sɛːrst
kɔmpɛːtɛntɛːr ʊnd zeːr ɛːrfaːrɛːnɛːr t͡saːnaːrt͡st. diː praksiːs ɪst zeːr ʃøːn
aɪ̯ŋɛːrɪçtɛːt, frɔɪ̯ndlɪçɛːs vaːrtɛːt͡sɪmɛːr, ʃøːnɛː ʊnd ɡɛp͡flɛɡtɛː beːandlʊŋsrɔɪ̯mɛː,
alɛːs tɪptoːp!! kan ɪç ɛçt nuːr vaɪ̯tɛːrɛmp͡feːlɛːn ;-) zoː ɛːbɛːn vaːr ɪç daːs ɛːrstə
maːl iːn dɛːr praksiːs baɪ̯ fraʊ̯ dɔktoːr luːɡɛːr. uːnaŋɛːmɛldɛːt vuːrdɛː ɪç daːt͡svɪʃɛːn
ɡəʃoːbɛːn ʊnd haːbɛː kaː 45 miːnuːtɛːn ɡjuːaːrtɛːt (ɛːrtrɛɡlɪç oːnɛː tɛːrmiːn). diː
ʃprɛçstʊndɛːnhɪlfɛːn aːm ɛmp͡faŋ zɪnd zeːr frɔɪ̯ndlɪç ɛːbɛnzoː aʊ̯x diː fraʊ̯ dɔktoːr.
viːrd aʊ̯f jɛːdɛːn fal maɪ̯n nɔɪ̯ɛːr haʊ̯zaːrt͡st vɛːrdɛːn. nuːr t͡suː ɛmp͡feːlɛːn! nɛtɛː ʊnt
kɔmpɛːtɛntɛː bɛːraːtʊŋ biːs t͡suːr ɛntʃaɪ̯dʊŋsfɪndʊŋ. aɪ̯nvandfraɪ̯ɛːr aɪ̯nbaʊ̯ oːnə
kriːtɪkpʊŋktɛː. viːr zɪnd ʊnmɪtɛlbaːrɛː naxbaːrn foːm raʊ̯ʃɡɔld ʊnd laɪ̯dɛːn zeːɐ̯
ʊntɛːr dɛːm lɛːrm dɛːr doːrt fɛːruːrzaxt viːrd. viːr haːbɛːn t͡svaɪ̯ klaɪ̯nɛː kɪndɛːr, diː ɪmɐ
viːdɛːr uːm iːrɛːn ʃlaːf ɡɛːbraxt vɛːrdɛːn. laɪ̯dɛːr vaɪ̯ɡɛːrt zɪç daːs raʊ̯ʃɡɔld aɪ̯nn̩
faxmɛnɪʃɛːn lɛːrmʃuːt͡s aːnt͡suːbrɪŋɛːn, zoː das viːr diːzɛː loːkaːtiːoːn nɪçt
ɛmp͡feːlɛːn kœnɛːn. filmeːr foːrdɛːrn viːr: blaɪ̯bt dɛːm raʊ̯ʃɡɔld fɛːrn, daːmiːt diː
kɪndɛːr iːn ruːɛː ʃlaːfɛːn kœnɛːn. dɛn ɛːs ɡɪbt zoːfiːl andɛːrɛː oːrtɛː voː maːn spaːs
haːbɛːn kan ʊnd diː zoːkiːalyː kɔrɛːkt zɪnd. stɛlt diː fɛːranstaltɛːr t͡suːr rɛːdɛː diː
pɪt͡sɛːriːaː valdhoːrn ɪst aɪ̯nɛː viːrklɪç ɡtɛː ɡastviːrtʃaft, nuːr vaɪ̯tɛːr t͡suː
ɛmp͡feːlɛːn! haːbɛː ʃoːn draɪ̯maːl bɛstɛlt, laɪ̯dɛːr vaːr t͡svaɪ̯maːl diː laːzanjɛː aɪ̯nfax
ʊŋɛːniːsbaːr. dɛːr høːɛːpʊŋkt vaːr zoːɡaːr als yːbɛːr diː fɛːrbrantɛː oːbɛːrflɛçɛː aɪ̯nfax
aɪ̯nɛː vaɪ̯tɛːr ʃɪçt kɛːzɛː ɡɛːlɛɡt vuːrdɛː daːmiːt maːn daːs fɛːrbrantɛː nɪçt ziːt. diː
fryːlɪŋsrɔlɛː vaːr miːt hakflaɪ̯ʃ ɡɛːɡ̈lt ʊnd daːs ɛzɛːn alɛːs iːn alɛːm iːn øːl
bt͡sv. bʊtɛːr ɡɛːtrɛŋkt. zeːr ɡtɛːs rɛstaʊ̯rant ʊnd hoːtɛːl. kan ɪç nuːr ɛmp͡feːlɛːn.
hɛr oːpiːt͡s ɪst viːrklɪç nɛt, ɪmɛːr t͡suː aɪ̯nɛːm plɔɪ̯ʃɛːn bɛːraɪ̯t ʊnd viːrkt duːrxaʊ̯s
kɔmpɛːtɛnt. diː praksiːs / ɡɛːrɛːtɛː viːrkɛːn alɛːrdɪŋs zeːr fɛːraltɛːt. kaɪ̯n fɛːrɡlaɪ̯ç
miːt dɛːr praksiːs iːn dɛːr ɪç jɛt͡st biːn nax maɪ̯nɛːm uːmt͡suːɡ. hɛr prɔmɛːrsbɛːrɡɛːr fylt
zɪç zeːr ɡt iːn dɛːn mɛnʃɛːn / paːtintɛːn aɪ̯n ʊnd kɔntɛː miːr zeːr ɡt hɛlfɛːn.
alɛːs pɛːrfɛːkt. zuːpɛːr bɛːdiːnʊŋ ʊnd daːs ɛzɛːn vaːr biːs jɛt͡st aʊ̯x ɪmɛːr ɛːrstə
zaːnɛː. iːn dɛːr pɪt͡sɛːriːaː moːnaːkoː ɪst ɡastfrɔɪ̯nd͡ʒaft zeːr hɔx ɡɛʃriːbɛːn. diː
pɪt͡saː, pastaː, zaːlaːtɛː ʊnd aʊ̯x diː flaɪ̯ʃɡɛːrɪçtɛː zɪnd zeːr lɛːkɛːr!! aʊ̯x tf
mynxɛːn ʊnd diː mynxnɛːr t͡saɪ̯tʊŋ haːbɛːn ɡtɛː kriːtiːkɛːn hɪntɛːrlazɛːn. dɛːr fɛːrnzeːɐ
lɔɪ̯ft aɪ̯ɡɛntlɪç nuːr fyːr ʊns ɡɛstɛː baɪ̯ aɪ̯nɛːr liːf yːbɛːrtraɡŋ (vɛltmaɪ̯stɛːrʃaft
ɛːkt.) t͡suːm fuːsbal ʃaʊ̯ɛːn. fyːr dɛːn viːrt ɛntsteːɛːn daːbaɪ̯ nuːr kɔstɛːn (ɡɛːmaː) fals
daːs jɛːmand ɪntɛːrɛziːrt. ɛːr kan nɪçt ɡɛːmʏtlɪç miːt aɪ̯nɛːr flaʃɛː vaɪ̯n daːs
fiːnaːlɛː bɛːtraxtɛːn! tyːpɪʃ iːtaːliːnɪʃ! alzoː liːbɛːs moːnaːkoː tɛːaːm blaɪ̯bt zoː viː
iːr zaɪ̯d!! ɪç / viːr frɔɪ̯ɛːn ʊns jɛt͡st ʃoːn aʊ̯f dɛːn nɛçstɛːn bɛːzʊx!! diː
faːrʃuːlɛː ʊnd dɛːr bɛːziːt͡sɛːr zɪnd aɪ̯nfax spiːt͡sɛː. dɛːr hoːlt͡sfaxmaːrkt iːm oːbiː
ʃtɛːfanskiːrxɛːn - t͡siːɡɛlbɛːrɡ vuːrdɛː ʊns foːn ʊnzɛːrɛːm handvɛːrkɛːr ɛmp͡foːlɛːn. ɛːs
handɛlt zɪç laʊ̯t aʊ̯spraɪ̯zʊŋ uːm dɛːn ɡrøːstɛːn hoːlt͡sfaxmaːrkt t͡svɪʃɛːn mynxɛːn ʊnt
zaːlt͡sbuːrɡ. foːn dɛːr ɡroːsɛːn aʊ̯svaːl vaːrɛːn viːr viːrklɪç yːbɛraʃt ʊnd aʊ̯x daːs
pɛːrzoːnaːl viːrkt kɔmpɛːtɛnt ʊnd nɪmt zɪç diː t͡saɪ̯t fyːr aɪ̯nɛː tɔlɛː bɛːraːtʊŋ, diː
aʊ̯x ɛtvaːs tiːfɛːr ɡeːt, vɛn bɛːdaːrf ɪst. viːr haːbɛːn ʊns iːm ɡroːsɛːn
zɔndɛːrpɔstɛnmaːrkt fyːr paːrkɛt - ʊnd laːmiːnatbøːdɛːn ɡlaɪ̯ç aɪ̯nmaːl zoː aɪ̯ŋɛːdɛkt,
das viːr t͡suː haʊ̯zɛː 3 t͡sɪmɛːr miːt nɔɪ̯ɛːn bøːdɛːn fɛːrzeːɛːn kɔntɛːn... baɪ̯ dɛːn praɪ̯zɛːn
fyːr kvaːliːtɛtsbøːdɛːn foːn haːroː kɔntɛːn viːr aɪ̯nfax nɪçt andɛːrs. alɛːs iːn alɛːm nuːɐ̯
t͡suː ɛmp͡feːlɛːn!!! vɛn ɛːs ʃoːn fastfoːd zaɪ̯n mʊs, dan baɪ̯ jiːm bloːk. frɪʃə
lɛːkɛːrɛː t͡suːtaːtɛːn, ɡaːnt͡s viː baɪ̯ dɛːn mʊtɛːr - rɛstaʊ̯rants bloːk - haʊ̯s. kaɪ̯n
fɛːrɡɛːlɪç t͡suː fastfodkɛtɛːn, diː iːr ɛzɛːn iːn papʃaxtɛln anbiːtɛːn. hiːr ɡɪpt
ɛːs rɪçtiːɡɛː buːrɡɛːr -- aɪ̯n hambuːrɡɛːr oːriːɡiːnaːl zaɪ̯t yːbɛːr 20 jaːrɛːn! dɛːr ladn̩
kiːrxɛːnaleː støːst t͡suː haʊ̯pt͡saɪ̯tɛːn laɪ̯dɛːr aːn zaɪ̯nɛː kaːpaːt͡siːtɛtsɡrɛːnt͡sɛː. baɪ̯ jiːm
bloːk bɛːkɔmɛːn ziː zuːpɛːr lɛːkɛːrɛː buːrɡɛːr t͡suː viːrklɪç ɡtɛːn praɪ̯zɛːn. daːs flaɪ̯ʃ
ʊnd dɛːr zaːlaːt zɪnd ɪmɛːr frɪʃ ʊnd diː buːrɡɛːr ʃmɛːkɛːn zuːpɛːr! maːn bɛːkɔmt doːɐ̯t
diː fɛːrʃiːdɛnstɛːn buːrɡɛːr faːriːantɛːn ʊnd nɛːbɛnbaɪ̯ ɡɪbt ɛːs aʊ̯x nɔx diː bɛːkantə
oːfɛŋkaːrtɔfɛːl ʊnd daːs lɛːkɛːrɛː knɔblaʊ̯xbroːt. diː bɛːdɪŋŋɛːn zɪnd ɪmɐ
frɔɪ̯ndlɪç ʊnd dɛːr ɡɛːzamtɛː laːdɛːn viːrkt zeːr ɡɛp͡flɛɡt. fyːr mɪç aɪ̯nɛːr dɛːr bɛstn̩
buːrɡɛːr lɛːdɛːn iːn hambuːrɡ! hatɛː aɪ̯n t͡sɪmɛːr t͡suːm hɪntɛːrhoːf, vaːr abzoːluːt ruːiːɡ. diː
laːɡɛː mɪtɛːn iːm niːdɛːrdoːrf, voː aːbɛnds aːm maɪ̯stɛːn loːs ɪst, ɪst viːrklɪç
zɛnzaːtiːoːnɛːl. daːs t͡sɪmɛːr vaːr zaʊ̯bɛːr ʊnd hatɛː badjuːan ʊnd aɪ̯nɛːn ʃøːnɛːn, ɡrɔzɛːn
flaːt - tf, dɛːn maːn zɔnst foːn 3 - stɛːrnɛː - hɔɪ̯zɛːrn nɪçt kɛnt. daːs frystyːk vaː
zeːr raɪ̯çhaltiːɡ, frɪʃ ʊnd lɛːkɛːr. fyːr aɪ̯nɛːn stɛːtɛːtrɪp ʊnbɛːdɪŋt t͡suː
ɛmp͡feːlɛːn. ʃøːnɛːs hoːtɛːl daːs t͡suːrt͡saɪ̯t rɛːnoːfiːrt viːrd. nɛbst dɛːn nɔɪ̯ɛːn tf's viːɐ̯t
diː fazaːdɛː toːtaːl rɛːnoːfiːrt. daːs frystyːk haːt zɪç zaɪ̯t maɪ̯nɛːm lɛt͡stɛːn bɛːzʊx
ʃtaːrk fɛːrɛndɛːrt ʊnd haːt aɪ̯nɛː ɡrɔzɛː aʊ̯svaːl aːn joːɡuːrt, zɛftɛːn, kɛːzɛː ɛːtk. diː
miːtaːrbaɪ̯tɛːr zɪnd frɔɪ̯ndlɪç, kɔmpɛːtɛnt ʊnd ɡɛstɛːoːrintiːrt. hɛːrt͡slɪçɛːn daŋk aːn
alɛː miːtaːrbaɪ̯tɛːr yːbɛːr dɛːn ɡoɡlɛː maps aɪ̯ntraːɡ biːn ɪç aʊ̯f diː vɛbziːtɛː foːn fraʊ̯
vaɪ̯zɛnboːrn aʊ̯fmɛːrkzaːm ɡjuːoːrdɛːn. ɪç biːn jɛt͡st ʃoːn kaː. 4 jaːrɛː kʊndɛː baɪ̯
hɛːrbaːliːfɛː. miːt dɛːr bɛːraːtʊŋ ʊnd bɛːliːfɛːrʊŋ maɪ̯nɛːs kʊndɛnbɛːraːtɛːrs hoːrst
roːzɛnbɛːrɡɛːr biːn ɪç zeːr t͡suːfriːdɛːn. duːrx zaɪ̯nɛː hɪlfɛː haːbɛː ɪç rɛːlaːtiːf aɪ̯nfax
maɪ̯n vunʃɡjuːɪçt ɛːraɪ̯çt ʊnd aʊ̯x ɡeːaltɛːn iːm ɡɛːɡɛnzaːt͡s t͡suː ɛtlɪçɛːn andɛːrən
diːɛtfɛːrzʊxɛːn miːt viːdɛːrkeːrɛndɛːm joːjoː - ɛfɛkt. hɔɪ̯tɛː kɔntɛːn viːr t͡suːm ɛːrstən
maːl iːm rɛstaʊ̯rant staːrk t͡suː aːbɛnd ɛzɛːn. viːr kœnɛːn daːs ɡɛːrnɛː vaɪ̯tɛːrɛmp͡feːlɛːn --
ʊnd vɛːrdɛːn aʊ̯x ɡɛːrnɛː ɡɛstɛː mɪtbrɪŋɛːn. nɛtɛːs huːmoːrfɔlɛːs pɛːrzoːnaːl. ɛzɛːn ɪst
oːk. ɡtɛːr duːrxʃnɪt. poːrtiːoːnɛːn zeːr raɪ̯çhaltiːɡ (ɡrʏŋkoːl platɛː) vaːr ɡaːns
nɛt. braʊ̯x ɪç aːbɛːr nɪçt viːdɛːr. ɪç fand 's ɡt. zoː maxt ɛːnɛːrɡɛːtɪʃə
zaːniːrʊŋ spas. ʃøːnɛːn ɡruːs byːroː fyːr baʊ̯tɛçniːk, tɛːzɪŋ biːn laŋjɛːhriːɡɐ
kʊndɛː baɪ̯ ksf ʊnd kan diː fiːrmaː nuːr vaɪ̯tɛːrɛmp͡feːlɛːn. aʊ̯ftrɛːɡɛː vɛːrdɛːn ɪmɐ
ʃnɛl ʊnd iːn zuːpɛːr kvaːliːtɛːt ɛːrlɛːdɪɡt. kan maːn aʊ̯x yːbɛːr diː ɪntɛːrnɛtzaɪ̯tə
ʃiːkɛːn ʊnd spɛːtɛːr iːn dɛːr fiːliːaːlɛː aːbhoːlɛːn. biːn ɪmɛːr iːn dɛːr papɛːl oːdɛːr iːn dɐ
bɔks; miːtaːrbaɪ̯tɛːr zɪnd nɛt ʊnd haːbɛːn aːnʊŋ, foːn dɛːm vaːs ziː tuːn. kan mɪç dɐ
ɛɐ̯stɛːn bjuːɛːrtʊŋ yːbɛːrhaʊ̯pt nɪçt anʃliːsɛːn. kɛnɛː dɛːn shoːp ʃoːn meːrɛːrɛː jaːrə
ʊnd haːbɛː ɪmɛːr zeːr ɡtɛː ɛːrfaːrʊŋɛːn ɡɛːmaxt. ɡeːt ʃnɛl. maːn viːrd bɛːraːtɛːn ʊnt
bəkɔmt aʊ̯x oːnɛː prɔblɛːmɛː meːrɛːrɛː drʊkproːbɛːn diː nɪks ɛkstraː kɔstɛːn. alzoː zeːɐ̯
ɛmp͡feːlɛnsvɛːrt ʊnd t͡suːfɛːrlɛziːɡ. diː bɛːtraɪ̯bɛːr dɛːs koːpyːshɔps bɛːnuːt͡sɛːn
aʊ̯sxliːslɪç vɪndoːs-rɛçnɛːr ʊnd aːkt͡sɛptiːrɛːn kaɪ̯nɛː maːk-foːrmaːtiːrtən
ʊsb-stɪks. dan høːrtɛːn viːr foːm hʊndɛːt͡sɛntruːm - fʊldaː iːn lœʃɛːnroːd. daː viːɐ̯
nɪçts meːr t͡suː fɛːrliːrɛːn hatɛːn, fɛːrzʊxtɛːn viːr ɛːs doːrt. bɛːraɪ̯ts nax dɛːr ɛːrstən
traɪ̯nɪŋzaɪ̯nhaɪ̯t, diː daʊ̯ɛːrtɛː ɛtvaː t͡svaɪ̯ stʊndɛːn, kɔntɛːn viːr fast noːrmaːl miːt
ʊnzɛːrɛːm hʊnd laʊ̯fɛːn. ɛːr ɡɪŋ t͡svaːr nɔx nɪçt baɪ̯ fuːs, aːbɛːr diː laɪ̯nɛː hɪŋ duːrx.
fiːr vɔxɛːn spɛːtɛːr ɡɪŋ ʊnzɛːr hʊnd miːt ʊnd oːnɛː laɪ̯nɛː baɪ̯ fuːs, ziːt͡s ʊnd plaːt͡s
aʊ̯s dɛːm laʊ̯fɛːn hɛːraʊ̯s vaːrɛːn kaɪ̯n prɔblɛːm. ziː vɛːrdɛːn zɪç fraːɡɛːn vaːruːm haːt ɛːs
zɛçs jaːrɛː ʊnd draɪ̯ hʊndɛʃuːlɛːn ɡɛːdaʊ̯ɛːrt biːs ʊnzɛːr hʊnd fɛːrstand, vaːs viːr foːn
iːm vɔltɛːn. iːm hʊndɛːt͡sɛntruːm ɡɪbt ɛːs kaɪ̯nɛː "mazɛːnabfɛːrtɪɡŋ" diː ɡrʊpə
ʊmfastɛː maksiːmaːl fiːr hʊndɛː. ʊnd ɡaːnt͡s vɪçtiːɡ, diː kɔmuːniːkaːtiːoːn miːt dɛːm hʊnt
aɪ̯nfax oːnɛː spraxɛː, nuːr yːbɛːr dɛːn køːrpɛːr. daːs ɪst vaːs hʊndɛː fɛːrsteːɛːn. hɛtɛː ɛːs
daːs hʊndɛːt͡sɛntruːm bɛːraɪ̯ts foːr zɛçs jaːrɛːn ɡɛːɡɛːbɛːn, hɛtɛː ɛːs ʊns fiːl t͡saɪ̯t,
ɛɐ̯ɡɛːr, strɛs ʊnd ɡɛld ɡɛspaːrt. alzoː aːn alɛː hʊndɛːbɛːziːt͡sɛːr, hʊndɛʃuːlɛː aːdɛː,
hʊndɛːt͡sɛntruːm viːr kɔmɛːn. aːb jɛt͡st fɛːrsteːɛː ɪç diː zɪnjaːlɛː maɪ̯nɛːs hʊndɛːs. ʊnt
vɛn ɛːr miːt dɛːm ʃvaːnt͡s vɛːdɛlt frɔɪ̯t ɛːr zɪç :-). hɔɪ̯tɛː kan ɪç yːbɛːr maɪ̯nə
"altɛːn" anzɪçtɛːn ʃmuːnt͡sɛln. diːzɛːs t͡sɛntruːm hɛlt vaːs ɛːs fɛːrsprɪçt. ɛndlɪç
aɪ̯nɛː anlaʊ̯fstɛlɛː voː maːn zɪç t͡saɪ̯t fyːr diː aɪ̯nt͡sɛlnɛːn prɔblɛmxɛːn nɪmt. hiːɐ̯
maxt lkv vaɪ̯tɛːrbɪldʊŋ spaːs ʊnd ɪst zeːr ɪnfoːrmaːtiːf! ɪç traːɡɛː zaɪ̯t 5 jaːrən
aɪ̯n vɛːaːfɪŋ haːrtaɪ̯l ʊnd fyːlɛː mɪç daːmiːt aʊ̯x zeːr voːl. haːbɛː iːn dɛːn 5 jaːrən
aɪ̯niːɡɛː stuːdiːoːs, aʊ̯f ɡrʊnd bɛːrʊflɪçɛːr uːmt͡syːɡɛː, kɛnɛːn ɡɛːlɛːrnt. aːbɛːr nɔx niː biːn
ɪç zoː ɡt, zoː ʃnɛl ʊnd zoː kɔmpɛːtɛnt viː baɪ̯ hɛrn klɪmɛːt bɛːdint voːrdɛːn.
alɛː vaːrɛːn nuːr daːraʊ̯f aʊ̯s aɪ̯nɛːm aɪ̯n nɔɪ̯ɛːs haːrtaɪ̯l t͡suː fɛːrkaʊ̯fɛːn. dɛn bɛːfoːr ɪç
miːr zoː aɪ̯n tɔɪ̯rɛːs haːrtaɪ̯l kaʊ̯fɛː, muːs ɪç aʊ̯x fɛːrtraʊ̯ɛːn iːn daːs faxlɪçɛː kœnn̩
ɡjuːɪnɛːn. daːs haːrtaɪ̯l ɪst fyːr mɪç ʃliːslɪç aɪ̯nɛː proːtɛːzɛː. ʊnd diːs vaːr baɪ̯
hɛrn klɪmɛːt ɡlaɪ̯ç ɡɛːɡɛːbɛːn. ɪç hatɛː zoːfoːrt fɛːrtraʊ̯ɛːn t͡suː iːm. nuːn yːbɛːrlɛːɡə
ɪç oːb ɪç nɪçt liːbɛːr 3 std. anfaːrt iːn kaʊ̯f neːmɛː uːm mɪç baɪ̯ hɛrn klɪmɛːt
oːrdɛntlɪç ʊnd frɔɪ̯ndlɪç, bɛːdiːnɛːn t͡suː lazɛːn. ɛːs ɡɪbt iːn diːzɛːr branxɛː t͡suː
fiːlɛː ʃvaːrt͡sɛː ʃaːfɛː diː daːs handyːkaːp dɛːr kʊndɛːn fɔl aʊ̯snuːt͡sɛːn. kaːm miːt ɡroːsɛːn
t͡sanʃmɛːrt͡sɛːn t͡suː dr. bruːnɛː aʊ̯fɡrʊnd aɪ̯nɛːr ɛmp͡feːlʊŋ. ɛːr haːt aɪ̯nə
vuːrt͡sɛlkaːnalbeːandlʊŋ duːrxɡɛːfyːrt. fœliːɡ ʃmɛːrt͡sfraɪ̯ ʊnd oːnɛː prɔblɛːm. biːn zoː
froː, das ɪç dɛːn t͡saːn nɪçt fɛːrloːrɛːn haːbɛː. zaɪ̯tdɛːm ɪç aɪ̯nmaːl baɪ̯ dɛːluːkaː
ʃuːɛː ɡɛːkaʊ̯ft haːbɛː, ɡeːɛː ɪç ɪmɛːr doːrt hiːn! diː kvaːliːtɛːt dɛːr ʃuːɛː ɪst
aɪ̯nfax iːdɛːaːl. ziː haltɛːn vɛːzɛntlɪç lɛŋɛːr, als bɪliːɡ - ʃuːɛː, daːɛːr spaːɐ̯t
maːn zeːr fiːl ɡɛld. aʊ̯sɛːrdɛːm spaːrt maːn fiːlɛː fiːlɛː blaːzɛːn aːn dɛːn fyːsɛːn :-). dɐ
zɛːrfiːkɛː ɪst vʊndɛːrbaːr. hiːr lazɛː ɪç maɪ̯n ɡɛld ɡɛːrnɛː! ɪç vaːr hɔɪ̯tɛː daː. diː
fɛːrinvoːnʊŋɛːn zɪnd ɡrøːsɛːr als maːn ɛːrvaːrtɛːt ʊnd dɛːr praɪ̯s ɪst ɡɛːrɛçtfɛːrtɪɡt.
diː aʊ̯statʊŋ ɪst oːk ʊnd zoː viː maːn zɪç aɪ̯nɛː voːnʊŋ foːrstɛlt. alɛːs iːn
alɛːm nuːr t͡suː ɛmp͡feːlɛːn.... diːzɛː fiːrmaː ɪst ʃoːn laŋɛː nɪçt meːr iːn nɔɪ̯ -
iːzɛnbuːrɡ anzɛsiːɡ ʊnd diː faksnʊmɛːr ɪst nɪçt diː rɪçtiːɡɛː. baɪ̯dɛːs zɔltə
ɡəlœʃt vɛːrdɛːn! xoːklɛːt yːbɛːrt͡sɔɪ̯ɡt! daːs xoːklɛːt ɪst aɪ̯n ɡtɛːr oːrt, uːm zɪç miːt
frɔɪ̯ndɛːn t͡suː trɛfɛːn, iːn diː naxt t͡suː staːrtɛːn oːdɛːr dɛːn aːbɛnd aʊ̯sklɪŋɛːn t͡suː
lazɛːn. ɪç vaːr ʃoːn ɔft iːm xoːklɛːt. aːm roːzɛːnhaɪ̯mɛːr baːnhoːf bɛːkɔmɛː ɪç stɛts
t͡sɛntraːl maɪ̯nɛːn mitvaːɡɛːn. dɛːr zɛːrfiːkɛː fɛːrsprɪçt zaʊ̯bɛːr abɡɛstɛltɛː faːrt͡sɔɪ̯ɡɛː aːn
dɛːn hɛːrt͡s - stɛlplɛːt͡sɛːn! pʏŋktlɪçkaɪ̯t ʊnd zɛːrfiːkɛː zɪnd aːn diːzɛːm standoːrt zeːɐ̯
ɡroːs ɡɛʃriːbɛːn ʊnd maːn kan zɪç aʊ̯f dɛːn zɛːrfiːkɛː foːr oːrt ʊnd dɛːrɛːn aʊ̯zaɡn̩
hʊndɛːrtproːt͡sɛntiːɡ fɛːrlazɛːn. daːmiːt maɪ̯nɛː ɪç zoːoːl dɛːn baːnhoːf als aʊ̯x dən
ʃtandoːrt dɛːr iːzaːrstrazɛː! maːn kan hɛːrt͡s iːn roːzɛːnhaɪ̯m iːn fɔlɛːm ʊmfaŋ dɛːs
zɛːrfiːkɛː ʊnd proːɡrams als maːrktfyːrɛːr ɛmp͡feːlɛːn! iːn bɛːrliːn ɡɪbt ɛːs mɪtlɛːrvaɪ̯lə
ʃtrandbaːrs viː zand aːm meːr. mɛːtaksaː baɪ̯ ɪst aɪ̯nɛː dɛːr nɔɪ̯ɛstɛːn, aːbɛːr laɪ̯dɛːr nɪçt
aɪ̯nɛː dɛːr bɛstɛːn. diː laːɡɛː iːn dɛːr nɛːɛː dɛːs haʊ̯ptbaːnhɔfs ʊnd diːrɛkt aːm
hʊmbɔlthaːfɛːn ɪst viːrklɪç priːmaː! laɪ̯dɛːr haːt maːn fɛːrɡɛzɛːn, ɛntsprɛçɛnd fiːl
pɛːrzoːnaːl aɪ̯nt͡suːzɛːt͡sɛːn, daːs dɛːr abfɛːrtɪɡŋ dɛːr bɛːzʊxɛːrmɛŋɛːn aʊ̯x ɡɛːrɛçt viːrd.
viːr muːstɛːn nɪçt nuːr laŋɛː aʊ̯f ʊnzɛːrɛː ɡɛːtrɛŋkɛː vaːrtɛːn (20 biːs 30 miːnuːtɛːn),
zɔndɛːrn aʊ̯x baɪ̯m fɛːrzʊx, foːn dɛːr zɛːrfiːkɛːkraft fɛːrɡɛzɛːnɛː bɛstɛlʊŋɛːn zɛlbst
aːm trɛːzɛːn aːbt͡suːoːlɛːn, daːs diːs nɪçt mœɡlɪç ɪst. nɛt ʊnd frɔɪ̯ndlɪç vaːrɛːn diː
zɛːrfiːkɛːkrɛftɛː, aːbɛːr fœliːɡ yːbɛːrfoːrdɛːrt. vɛn maːn ʃoːn aʊ̯f zɛːrfiːkɛː zɛt͡st, zɔltə
maːn ʃoːn ɡtɛːn zɛːrfiːkɛː liːfɛːrn! diː pɛːnɛːtrant aʊ̯s dɛːn laʊ̯tsprɛçɛːrn duːdɛlndə
muːziːk vaːr dɛːraːrt laʊ̯t, daːs maːn zɪç nuːr ʃvɛːr ʊntɛːrhaltɛːn kɔntɛː. aɪ̯n bliːk iːn
diː ɡɛːzɪçtɛːr dɛːr andɛːrɛːn bɛːzʊxɛːr bɛstɛːtɪɡtɛː, daːs viːr nɪçt diː aɪ̯nt͡siːɡɛː ɡrʊpə
(7 pɛːrzoːnɛːn) vaːrɛːn, diː foːn dɛːr "kraːval" - bɛspaːsʊŋ aŋɛːnɛːrft vaːr. ɛntspantɛːs
hɛːrʊmziːt͡sɛːn iːn aɪ̯nɛːr strandbaːr ziːt andɛːrs aʊ̯s. hiːr ɪst dɛːr ɡast viːrklɪç
køːniːɡ. hiːr viːrd viːrklɪç ɡt bɛːraːtɛːn, frɔɪ̯ndlɪç ʊnd t͡suːfoːrkɔmɛnd ʊnd t͡suː faɪ̯rən
baɪ̯trɛːɡɛː. hiːr ɪst alɛːs rʊnduːm ɛmp͡feːlɛnsvɛːrt. haːbɛː fɛːrɡaŋɛːnɛː vɔxɛː aɪ̯nɛːn nlp
kuːrs baɪ̯ diːdɛŋkvaɪ̯zɛːn bɛːzʊxt! dɛːr baːziːs nlp kuːrs (praːktiːtiːoːnɛːr) vaːr zeːɐ̯
hɪlfraɪ̯ç ʊnd zuːpɛːr duːrxɡɛːfyːrt. fyːr alɛː nlp ɪntɛːrɛziːrtɛːn iːn ʊnd uːm kœln
kan ɪç diːzɛː zaɪ̯tɛː abzoːluːtɛː vaɪ̯tɛːrɛmp͡feːlɛːn! viːr vɛːrdɛːn foːn ʊnzɛːrəm
aːrbaɪ̯tɡɛːbɛːr doːrt ʊntɛːrɡɛːbraxt. maɪ̯nɛː ɛːrstɛː vaːl vɛn ɛːs uːm muːziːkɪnstruːmɛntɛː ʊnt
aʊ̯diːøkvɪpmɛnt ɡeːt. haːb hiːr ʃoːn ɔft bɛstɛlt ʊnd vɛːrdɛː ɛːs ɪmɛːr viːdɛːr tuːn!
haːbɛː hiːr ʃoːn meːrfax ɔnliːnɛː bɛstɛlt ʊnd ɛːs haːt ɪmɛːr alɛːs raɪ̯bʊŋsloːs
fʊŋktiːoːniːrt. miːt dɛːm zɛːrfiːkɛː vaːr ɪç abzoːluːt t͡suːfriːdɛːn, ʊnd aʊ̯x aːn dɛːn praɪ̯zɛːn
ɡɪbt ɛːs nɪçts aʊ̯st͡suːzɛːt͡sɛːn. ɡtɛː praɪ̯zɛː ʊnd astraɪ̯nɛːr zɛːrfiːkɛː! ɪç kaʊ̯fɛː zaɪ̯t
jaːrɛːn doːrt maɪ̯nɛː tɛçniːk ʊnd vuːrdɛː biːshɛːr niː ɛntɔɪ̯ʃt! ɛːs ɡɪbt kaɪ̯n prɔblm̩
vaːs foːn dɛːnɛːn nɪçt ɡɛːlœst vɛːrdɛːn kan! ɔɪ̯zɛːrst frɔɪ̯ndlɪçɛːr kʊndɛnzɛːrfiːkɛː, toːp
praɪ̯zɛː ʊnd spiːt͡sɛnzɛːrfiːkɛː! vaːs vɪl maːn meːr? ɛkstrɛːm fiːl aʊ̯svaːl ʊnd dɐ
fɛːrzand daʊ̯ɛːrt maɪ̯st nuːr 2 taːɡɛː! ɪç biːn zeːr t͡suːfriːdɛːn miːt toːman ʊnd vɛːrdə
aʊ̯x nɔx vaɪ̯tɛːrhiːn doːrt aɪ̯ŋkaʊ̯fɛːn. (dɛːr shoːp toːman ɪst nɔx zeːɐ̯
filfɛːrsprɛçɛndɛːr!) daːs muːziːkhaʊ̯s toːman haːt nɪçt nuːr aɪ̯n riːziːɡɛːs aŋɛːboːt
miːt ɡ̈nstiːɡɛːn praɪ̯zɛːn, ɛːs haːt aʊ̯x nɔx aɪ̯nɛː spiːt͡sɛːn loːɡɪstiːk. 17.45 uːhr hatə
ɪç bɛstɛlt. 18.00 uːhr vaːr diː vaːrɛː bɛːraɪ̯ts fɛːrzandfɛːrtiːɡ ʊnd 2 taːɡɛː spɛːtɐ
hatɛː ɪç diː bɛstɛltɛːn aːrtiːkɛːl t͡suː haʊ̯zɛː. zoː maxt ɔnliːnɛː shɔpɪŋ spaːs. baɪ̯
fraːɡɛːn uːm lʊstɛːr ʊnd lɔɪ̯çtɛːn ɪst diː faː maːrɛʃ krɪstal lɔɪ̯çtɛːn maɪ̯nɛː ɛːrstə
vaːl. ɪç vɔltɛː t͡suːr poːliːt͡saɪ̯ ɡeːɛːn. t͡suːm ɡlyːk haːbɛː ɪç ɛːrst iːn dɛːm byːroː
aŋɛːruːfɛːn. hɛr fɛldkamp riːt miːr dɛːn tɛːrmiːn aːbt͡suːzaːɡɛːn ʊnd t͡suː kɔmɛːn. nax dɐ
aktɛːnaɪ̯nzɪçt haːt ɛːr miːt miːr t͡suːzamɛːn aɪ̯nɛː stɛlʊnnjaːmɛː ɛːraːrbaɪ̯tɛːt. daːs
fɛːrfaːrɛːn kaːm nɪçt foːr ɡɛːrɪçt zɔndɛːrn vuːrdɛː zoːfoːrt nax dɛːr stɛlʊnnjaːmə
aɪ̯ŋɛstɛlt. daːs hatɛː ɪç ɡeːɔft... diː aktɛː vuːrdɛː aʊ̯sfyːrlɪç bɛsprɔxɛːn. diː
foːrbɛːraɪ̯tʊŋ aʊ̯f diː haʊ̯ptfɛːrhandlʊŋ vaːr zuːpɛːr. iːm tɛːrmiːn liːf alɛːs viː
bəsprɔxɛːn. liɡt voːl aʊ̯x daːraːn, das ɛːr zaɪ̯t 1991 iːn bɛːrliːn als
ʃtraffɛːrtaɪ̯diːɡɛːr tɛːtiːɡ ɪst. maɪ̯nɛː ɛː - maɪ̯ls vuːrdɛːn zoːfoːrt bɛːantvoːrtɛːt ʊnd foːɐ̯
dɛːm ɛːrstɛːn ɡɛsprɛç iːm byːroː hatɛː maːn bɛːraɪ̯ts alɛːs ɛːrfoːrdɛːrlɪçɛː iːn diː vɛːɡə
ɡəlaɪ̯tɛːt. daːs ɛːrɡɛbniːs vaːr ɛntsprɛçɛnd. naxdɛːm ɪç diː hoːmɛːpaːɡɛː ɡɛːzeːɛːn hatə
ʊnd mɪç doːrt zeːr ɡt ɪnfoːrmiːrɛːn kɔntɛː, liːf alɛːs vaɪ̯tɛːrɛː pɛːr ɛː - maɪ̯l ʊnt
tɛːlɛːfoːn. nax 8 taːɡɛːn zaːs ɪç t͡suːm ɛːrstɛːn maːl iːm byːroː foːn hɛrn fɛldkamp, dɛːr miːɐ̯
t͡suːfoːr diː ɛːrmɪtlʊŋzaktɛː maɪ̯nɛːr strafzaxɛː proːfɛziːoːnɛl fɛːrʃlʏzɛlt pɛːr ɛː -
maɪ̯l als pdf ɡɛʃɪkt hatɛː. daːs ɛːrɡɛbniːs vaːr t͡suː maɪ̯nɛːr ɡrøːstɛːn t͡suːfriːdɛːnhaɪ̯t.
dɛːr praɪ̯s stɪmtɛː aʊ̯x. kan ɪç oːnɛː foːrbeːaltɛː ɛmp͡feːlɛːn. dɛːr anvalt vaː
tatzɛçlɪç ʊntɛːr dɛːr aŋɛːɡɛːbɛːnɛːn noːtrʊfnʊmɛːr ɛraɪ̯çbaːr ʊnd ɡaːb ɛːrstɛː tɪps.
alɛːs iːn alɛːm pɛːrfɛkt oːrɡaːniːziːrt. vɛn maɪ̯nɛː fraʊ̯ maːl nɪçt t͡suː haʊ̯zɛː ɪst, hoːlə
ɪç miːr ɪmɛːr aːbɛnds aɪ̯nɛːn dɛːr lɛːkɛːr ɡɛːfʏltɛːn p͡fanɛŋkʊxɛːn. fiːlaɪ̯çt nɪçts
fyːr faɪ̯nʃmɛːkɛːr, aːbɛːr vɛːr ɛːs ʃøːn dɛftiːɡ ʊnd hɛːrt͡shaft maːɡ, dɛːr kɔmt hiːɐ̯
fɔl aʊ̯f zaɪ̯nɛː kɔstɛːn. ɪç jɛːdɛnfals kan kaʊ̯m ɡɛːnuːɡ daːfoːn bɛːkɔmɛːn. daːs
pɛːrzoːnaːl ɪst klazɛː, aɪ̯nfax nɛt. aːbɛnds hatɛː ɪç mɪç iːn dɛːn ɡaːrtɛːn ɡɛːzɛt͡st
ʊnd lɛːkɛːr ɡɛːɡɛzɛːn. laɪ̯dɛːr fiːl ʊnzɛːrɛː vaːl aʊ̯f daːs ʃʊxman's. ɪç mœçtə
hiːrmiːt alɛː vaːrnɛːn. daːs ɛzɛːn doːrt ɪst zeːr zeːr ʃlɛçt. ɛːs bɛsteːt
aʊ̯snaːmɛːloːs nuːr aʊ̯s fɛːrtɪɡproːdʊktɛːn diː nax paːkʊŋzanvaɪ̯zʊŋ t͡suːbɛːraɪ̯tɛːt
vɛːrdɛːn. ɪç hatɛː zaʊ̯ɛːrbraːtɛːn, vɛlxɛːr miːt aɪ̯nɛːr fɛːrtɪɡzaʊ̯kɛː zɛːrfiːrt vuːrdɛː, diː
nɪçt ɡɛːniːsbaːr vaːr. daːs ɛzɛːn maɪ̯nɛːr fraʊ̯ vaːr nɔx ʃlɛçtɛːr. paːniːrtɛːs
ʃɔlɛnfiːlɛːt (iːn fɛːrtɪɡpaːnaːdɛː) miːt fɛːrtiːɡ rɛːmoːlaːdɛː ʊnd dɛːn ɡlaɪ̯çɛːn kaːrtɔfɛln.
zoː maxt daːs kɔxɛːn fyːr dɛːn viːrt spas, dɛn diː praɪ̯zɛː vaːrɛːn fyːr daːs ɡɛːboːtɛːnə
ʏpiːɡ. ʊns ɪst daːs ɛzɛːn iːm halzɛː stɛːkɛːn ɡɛbliːbɛːn. daːs haːt ʊns dɛːn zɔntaːk
fɛːrdoːrbɛːn. viːr vaːrɛːn aʊ̯f dɛːm vɛːɡ nax rʊsland miːt ʊnzɛːrɛːm vonmoːbiːl baɪ̯ miːriːaːm
ʊnd xrɪstoːf. ziː haːbɛːn hiːr fyːr iːrɛː ɡɛstɛː aɪ̯n klaɪ̯nɛːs paːraːdiːs ɡɛːbaʊ̯t. hiːɐ̯
kan maːn zɪç iːn aɪ̯nzaːmɛːr naːtuːr vʊndɛːrbaːr ɛːrhoːlɛːn. ɛːs ɡɪbt fiːl plaːt͡s fyːɐ̯
vonmoːbiːlɛː ʊnd vɛːr kaɪ̯nɛːs daːbaɪ̯ haːt kan iːn aɪ̯nɛːr dɛːr ɡlɔɪ̯biːɡɛːn hʏtn̩
yːbɛːrnaxtɛːn. diː ɡastɡɛːbɛːr zɪnd zeːr frɔɪ̯ndlɪç ʊnd hɪlfsbɛːraɪ̯t. viːr haːbɛːn 60qm
diːlɛnboːdɛːn abɡɛʃlɪfɛːn ʊnd ʊns diː maʃiːnɛːn baɪ̯ dɛːr fiːrmaː pleːnɛːrt iːn dɐ
vaɪ̯dɛːnaleː ɡɛːmiːtɛːt. viːr haːbɛːn dɛːn boːdɛːn dan ɡɛːœlt. ɛːr ziːt jɛt͡st zeːr kt
aʊ̯s. daː dɛːr zɛːrfiːkɛː ʊnd diː praɪ̯zɛː iːn dɛːr vaɪ̯dɛːnaleː stɪmɛːn kœnɛːn viːr diː
fiːrmaː nuːr vaɪ̯tɛːrɛmp͡feːlɛːn. daːs hɔstɛːl ɪst zeːr haɪ̯mɛːliːɡ. maːn fylt zɪç zoːfoːɐ̯t
t͡suːaʊ̯zɛː. foːr alɛːm diː ɔfɛːnɛː kʏçɛː ʊnd dɛːr ɡrɔzɛː aʊ̯fɛntaltsraʊ̯m zɪnd zeːɐ̯
ʃøːn. duːrx iːrɛː hɪnvaɪ̯zɛː zɪnd viːr nuːn zɪçɛːr diː rɪçtiːɡɛː ɛntʃaɪ̯dʊŋk
ɡətrɔfɛːn t͡suː haːbɛːn. diː aɪ̯nt͡sɛlstʊndɛːn aːm zɔntaːɡ vaːr zeːr ɡt, ziː fand iːn aɪ̯nm̩
frɔɪ̯nd͡ʒaftlɪçɛːn toːn stat, maɪ̯nɛː fraːɡɛːn vuːrdɛːn aʊ̯sfyːrlɪç bɛːantvoːrtɛːt, maɪ̯n
hʊnd "ɛːmiːliːyː" libt diː traɪ̯nɛːriːn foːm ɛːrstɛːn aʊ̯ɡɛnbliːk aːn. vaːs baɪ̯ maɪ̯nɐ
fiːrbaɪ̯niːɡɛːn bɛɡlaɪ̯tɛːriːn ʃoːn ɛtvaːs haɪ̯st. nɔx aːm zɛlbɛːn aːbɛnd ɛːrhilt ɪç
aɪ̯nɛː ɛːmaɪ̯l miːt aɪ̯nɛːr t͡suːzamɛnfazʊŋ dɛːr aɪ̯nt͡sɛlstʊndɛːn ʊnd aɪ̯nɛː bɛʃraɪ̯bʊŋ dɛːs
vaɪ̯tɛːrɛːn traɪ̯nɪŋs. oːnɛː diːzɛː hʊndɛʃuːlɛː vɛːrɛːn viːr fɛːrt͡svaɪ̯fɛlt. ʊnzɛːrɛː hʏndiːn
vaːr aɪ̯n ɛçtɛːr prɔblɛːm fal!!! ziː haːt yːbɛːrhaʊ̯pt nɪçt ɡeːøːrt, ɪst ɪmɛːr viːdɐ
abɡeːaʊ̯ɛːn ʊnd haːt diː voːnʊŋ stɛndiːɡ dɛːmoːliːrt. viːr hatɛːn ʃoːn aɪ̯niːɡə
hʊndɛʃuːlɛːn aʊ̯sproːbiːrt aːbɛːr ɛːs vuːrdɛː ʃlɪmɛːr als bɛzɛːr. oːnɛː diːzə
hʊndɛʃuːlɛː hɛtɛː ɪç niː diː bɛɡlaɪ̯tʊndɛːpryːfʊŋ ʊnd dɛːn hʊndɛːfyːrɛːrʃaɪ̯n
bəstandɛːn. viːr vaːrɛːn zeːr ɛntɔɪ̯ʃt. ɛːs hɛrʃt aɪ̯n raʊ̯ɛːr, uːnhœflɪçɛːr toːn --
taɪ̯lvaɪ̯zɛː aʊ̯x dɛːn hʊndɛːn ɡɛːɡɛːnyːbɛːr. aɪ̯n aɪ̯ɡɛːnɛːs ɡɛːlɛndɛː ɡɪbt ɛːs nɪçt. dɐ
trɛfpʊŋkt vaːr nɪçt aɪ̯ŋɛːt͡sɔɪ̯nt, laːɡ aːn aɪ̯nɛːr straːsɛː ʊnd ɛːs fandɛːn zɪç mʏl,
ʃɛːrbɛːn ʊnd t͡siːɡaːrɛtɛnstʊmɛːl: ( diː ɡrʊpɛː vaːr rɛçt ɡroːs, diː hʊndɛːbɛːziːt͡sɐ
ɡɪŋɛːn aʊ̯x rɛçt haːrt iːrɛː hʊndɛː aːn ʊnd haːbɛːn taɪ̯lvaɪ̯zɛː vɛːhrɛnd dɛːr stʊndə
ɡəraʊ̯xt. ʃaːdɛː, aːbɛːr viːr kœnɛːn diːzɛː hʊndɛʃuːlɛː laɪ̯dɛːr nɪçt ɛmp͡feːlɛːn!!!
naːjaː, daːs baːdeːaʊ̯s ɪst t͡svaːr mɪtɛːn iːn dɛːr kiːtyː aːbɛːr miːr haːt ɛːs foːn dɐ
aʊ̯statʊŋ ʊnd atmɔsfɛːrɛː nɪçt zoː zeːr ɡɛːfalɛːn. diː aɪ̯nrɪçtʊŋ viːrkt kyːl
ʊnd ɪst nɪçt viːrklɪç ɡɛːmʏtlɪç. t͡suː aɪ̯nɛːr zaʊ̯naː ɡeːøːrt fyːr mɪç aɪ̯nɛː vaːrmə
hɛːrt͡slɪçɛː ʊnd ʃøːnɛː atmɔsfɛːrɛː. daːs haːmaːm ɪst ʃøːn, diː zaʊ̯naː zɛlbɛːr fɪndɛː ɪç
aʊ̯x nɪçt zoː zuːpɛːr. dɛːr aʊ̯sɛnbɛːraɪ̯ç -- ɪst laɪ̯dɛːr zeːr bɛːdryːkɛnd, ɪç fyːlə
mɪç zeːr aɪ̯ŋeŋt miːt al dɛːn hɔɪ̯zɛːrmaʊ̯ɛːrn. daː vɛːrd ɪç voːl nɔx aɪ̯niːɡə
andɛːrɛː zaʊ̯naː iːn brɛːmɛːn aʊ̯sproːbiːrɛːn. ɛːs vaːr faːst͡siːniːrɛnd miːt iːnɛːn t͡suːzamɛːn t͡suː
aːrbaɪ̯tɛːn. voː zɔl maːn daː anfaŋɛːn???? viːr vaːrɛːn zeːr yːbɛraʃt. diː rɛːaːliːtɛt
dɛːr fɛːrinvoːnʊŋ noːrdɛːrnaɪ̯ miːt dɛːm naːmɛːn zɔnɛndyːnɛː ɪst bɛzɛːr als diː bɪldɛːr.
diː laːɡɛː ɛkskluːziːf, viːrklɪç hɪntɛːr dɛːr dyːnɛŋkɛtɛː ʊnd aʊ̯sɡɛsprɔxɛːn ruːɪç
ɡəlɛːɡɛːn. dɛːr praɪ̯s nɪçt vɛːniːɡ, dɔx baɪ̯ dɛːr aʊ̯statʊŋ ʊnd kvaːliːtɛːt duːrxaʊ̯s
aŋɛːmɛzɛːn. hatɛː fyːr ɡaːnt͡s andɛːrɛːs ʃoːn dɔɪ̯tlɪç meːr bɛːt͡salt. viːr vɛːrdɛːn diː
zɔnɛndyːnɛː als ɡeːaɪ̯mtɪp handɛln. daːs rɛstaʊ̯rant iːm 6. stoːk dɛːs bɛst vɛstɛːɐ̯n
dɔnɛːr 's hoːtɛːl iːn kʊkshaːfɛːn vuːrdɛː fœliːɡ ʊmɡstaltɛːt. blɪkfaŋ ɪst dɛːr ɔfɛːnə
kʏçɛnbloːk mɪtɛːn iːm rɛstaʊ̯rant, daːs iːn aŋɛːneːmɛːn faːrbɛːn ɛːrstralt. iːm
bəɡeːbaːrɛːn vaɪ̯ŋkliːmaʃraŋk vɛːhlt dɛːr ɡast, vɛn ɛːr mœçtɛː, zaɪ̯nɛːn vaɪ̯n aʊ̯s. diː
kaːrtɛː biːtɛːt rɛːɡiːoːnaːlɛː spɛːt͡siːaːliːtɛːtɛːn aʊ̯s naxhaltiːɡɛːm anbaʊ̯. dɛːr fyːr kʊkshaːfɛːn
aɪ̯nmaːliːɡɛː bliːk yːbɛːr dɛːn haːfɛːn ʊnd diː ɛlbmʏndʊŋ ɪst ɡɛbliːbɛːn ʊnd fɛːrvønt dən
ɡast aʊ̯fs vaɪ̯tɛːrɛː! diː paːrkplɛːt͡sɛː zɪnd ʊmzɔnst!!! nɛːɡaːtiːf ɪst: daːs t͡sɪmɛːr 101
(aɪ̯nt͡sɛːlt͡sɪmɛːr) ɪst zeːr laʊ̯t. diː ɛːlɛktrɪʃɛː aɪ̯ŋaŋstyːr ɪst diːrɛkt ʊntɛːr dəm
t͡sɪmɛːr. diː dʊʃɛː vaːr ɛtvaːs ɛŋ ʊnd baːdɛʃlapɛːn daːrf ɪç baɪ̯ fiːr stɛːrnən
aʊ̯x ɛːrvaːrtɛːn! daːs rɛstaʊ̯rantɛː ɪst zeːr ɡt! hiːr kan maːn t͡suː (fast) jɛːdɛːr taːɡɛːs
- ʊnd naxt͡saɪ̯t vaːrm ɛzɛːn. viːr vaːrɛːn lɛt͡stɛː vɔxɛː iːm hɛksɛnʃɔp͡f ɛzɛːn. ɛːs vaː
fantastɪʃ. hiːr vaːrɛːn viːr miːt zɪçɛːrhaɪ̯t nɪçt daːs lɛt͡stɛː maːl. viːr haːbɛːn ʊns
zeːr voːl ɡɛːfylt. zɛlbst mɪtɛːn iːn dɛːr vɔxɛː vaːr daːs loːkaːl ɡt bɛːzʊxt. iːn
diːzɛːr vɛːrkstat løːzɛːn viːr al ʊnzɛːrɛː faːradprɔblɛːmɛː. ʊnzɛːrɛː ɛːrfaːrʊŋɛːn vaːrən
biːshɛːr duːrxɡeːɛnd poːziːtiːf. fyːr diː vɛːrkstat sprɪçt das ziː zeːr ɡ̈nstiːɡ ɪst.
fyːr diː rɛːpaːraːtuːr maɪ̯nɛːr œlbrɛmzɛː vuːrdɛːn miːr aːbt͡sʏɡlɪç ɛːrzat͡staɪ̯lɛː nuːr 8 €
bərɛçnɛːt. aʊ̯zɛːrdɛːm ɪst daːs pɛːrzoːnaːl zeːr frɔɪ̯ndlɪç ʊnd dɛːr zɛːrfiːkɛː ɪst zeːɐ̯
ɡt. baɪ̯ oːbiːɡɛːr rɛːpaːraːtuːr haːbɛː ɪç fɛːrɡɛzɛːn t͡suː zaːɡɛːn, das maɪ̯nɛː ʃaltʊŋ nɔɪ̯
aɪ̯ŋɛstɛlt vɛːrdɛːn mʊs. daːs haːbɛːn ziː aɪ̯nfax aʊ̯x ɡɛːmaxt oːnɛː daːfyːr ɛtvaːs t͡suː
bərɛçnɛːn! t͡suːzɛt͡slɪç bɪldɛːt dɛːr bɛːtriːb jʊnjdlɪçɛː oːnɛː ʃuːlabʃlʊs ʊnd /
oːdɛːr miːt abɡɛːbrɔxɛːnɛːr leːrɛː aʊ̯s. ɛːr biːtɛːt dɛːn pɛːrspɛktɪfloːzɛːn zoː aɪ̯nɛː t͡suːkʊnft.
ɪnsɡɛːzamt alzoː abzoːluːt ɛmp͡feːlɛnsvɛːrt! dɛːr drɛːk vaːr aʊ̯x vɛːɡ. jɛt͡st viːrd dɐ
drɛːk miːt fiːl lɛːrm aːbɛːr nuːr foːn aɪ̯nɛːr ɛːkɛː iːn diː andɛːrɛː ɡɛblaːzɛːn. daːs tɛːaːm ɪst
frɔɪ̯ndlɪç ʊnd bɛːmyːt, aːbɛːr daːs raɪ̯çt nɪçt aʊ̯s. ɪç haːbɛː aɪ̯nɛːn smaːrt miːt
dɛːfɛktɛːm aːkuːmuːtaːtoːr hɪŋɛːɡɛːbɛːn ʊnd aɪ̯nɛːn smaːrt miːt ɡɛːbrɔxɛːnɛːr fɛːdɛːr iːn dɐ
lɛŋkʊŋ t͡suːryːk bɛːkɔmɛːn. diːzɛː t͡suːzɛt͡slɪçɛː rɛːpaːraːtuːr haːt 6 t͡suːzɛt͡slɪçɛː taːɡə
ɡədaʊ̯ɛːrt ʊnd ɪç dyːrftɛː aʊ̯x nɔx diː hɛlftɛː bɛːt͡saːlɛːn. daːryːbɛːr hiːnaʊ̯s zɔltn̩
aʊ̯x nɔx diː vɪntɛraɪ̯fɛːn ɡjuːɛçzɛlt vɛːrdɛːn, daːs vuːrdɛː nɪçt ɡɛʃaft, ɔbvoːl
daːs aʊ̯toː 10 taːɡɛː iːn dɛːr vɛːrkstat stand. laɪ̯dɛːr vaːr ɪç ʊnfraɪ̯vɪliːɡ daː, daː maɪ̯n
aʊ̯toː vɛːɡɛːn kaːpʊtɛːr lɪçtmaʃiːnɛː abɡɛʃlɛpt vɛːrdɛːn mʊstɛː. t͡syːrst hatɛː maːn
miːr fyːr maɪ̯nɛː altɛː lɪçtmaʃiːnɛː 150 € fɛːrsprɔxɛːn. aːm tɛːlɛːfoːn vaːrɛːn ɛːs dan nuːɐ̯
nɔx 94 €. kɛntroː ɪst vʊndɛːrbaːr! alzoː fyːr mɪç dɛːr rɪçtiːɡɛː oːrt t͡suːm aɪ̯ŋkaʊ̯fɛːn,
vaɪ̯l nɪçt nuːr jɛt͡st dɛːr aplɛː stoːrɛː daː ɪst. diː atmɔsfɛːrɛː ɡɛːfɛlt bɛstɪmt
jɛːdɛːn. daː ɡɪbt ɛːs zoːɡaːr ɛçtɛː troːpɪʃɛː p͡flaːnt͡sɛːn aʊ̯s dɛːm zyːdɛːn. aːbɛːr maːn mʊs
aʊ̯fpazɛːn daːs maːn nɪçt ɪmɛːr foːn aɪ̯nɛːm ɛndɛː biːs t͡suːm andɛːrɛːn hɛlftɛː lɔɪ̯ft. daːs
t͡siːl ɪst filmeːr diː aɪ̯nlaɪ̯tʊŋ aɪ̯nɛːr nɔɪ̯ɛːn øːkoːnoːmɪʃɛːn dyːnaːmiːk, diː iːrə
fɔlksviːrtʃaftlɪçɛːn foːrtaɪ̯lɛː aʊ̯s dɛːr zɛŋkʊŋ foːn rostɔf- ʊnd ɛːnɛːrɡiːkɔstn̩
ʊnd dɛːr fɛːrmaɪ̯dʊŋ foːn ʊmvɛlt- ʊnd ɡɛːzʊndhaɪ̯tsxɛːdɛːn t͡siːt. diːtɛːr spøːriː,
ʃpd-viːrtʃaftsmiːnɪstɛːr iːn tɔɪ̯fɛls ɡroːsɛːr koːaliːtiːoːn baːdɛːn-vyːrtɛmbɛːrɡs, fɪndɛːt,
daːs diː spd aʊ̯s dɛːn fɔlɡɛːn dɛːs raːdiːkaːlɛːn viːrtʃaftlɪçɛːn vandɛls, dɐ
ɡloːbaːliːziːrʊŋ foːn aːrbaɪ̯tsmaːrkt ʊnd proːdʊktiːoːn nɔx nɪçt diː ɛntʃaɪ̯dɛndn̩
fɔlɡɛːrʊŋɛːn ɡɛːt͡soːɡɛːn haːt. diː ɡroːsbaʊ̯ɛːrn straɪ̯çɛːn fiːl aɪ̯n, diː klaɪ̯nɛːn bɛːkɔmn̩
vɛːniːɡ. ɪç biːn daːɡɛːɡɛːn, daːs viːr alɛː ɛːrfaːrʊŋɛːn dɛːr lɛt͡stɛːn 30 jaːrɛː yːbɛːr boːɐ̯t
vɛːrfɛːn. bɛːaːtɛː vɛːbɛːr zʊxt nɔx hɛlfɛːr fyːr diː kɔmɛndɛːn stʊndɛːn, dɔx diː
fɛːrzamɛltɛːn t͡suɡp͡flɛːɡɛːlaɪ̯tɛːrɪnɛːn mʏzɛːn aɪ̯nɛː nax dɛːr andɛːrɛːn pazɛːn. daːs
triːtiːuːm ɪst raːdiːoːaktiːf ʊnd laːɡɛːrt zɪç laɪ̯çt iːm mɛnʃlɪçɛːn køːrpɛːr aɪ̯n. diː
ɔɪ̯-staːtɛːn, diː uːzaː ʊnd poːlɛːn hatɛːn niːɡɛːriːaːs prɛːziːdɛntɛːn zaːniː aːbaxaː ʃoːn aːm
dɔnɛːrstaːɡ aʊ̯fɡɛːfoːrdɛːrt, daːs uːrtaɪ̯l ɡɛːɡɛːn dɛːn ʃrɪftstɛlɛːr kɛːn zaːroː-viːvaː ʊnt
axt vaɪ̯tɛːrɛː poːliːtiːkɛːr rʏkɡɛŋiːɡ t͡suː maxɛːn. daŋk dɛːr ɡɛldmaːrktfɔnds kaːm diː
ɡrʊpɛː aʊ̯f aɪ̯nɛːn mɪtɛːlt͡sʊfluːs foːn pɛːr zaldoː 5,2 mɪliːaːrdɛːn. ɛlf hɔɪ̯zɛːr zaɪ̯ən
dɛːrt͡saɪ̯t ɡɛʃlɔzɛːn, daː diː vaːrɛː ʊntɛːr aɪ̯ɡɛntʊmsfoːrbeːalt steːɛː. ``dɐ
ʃtaːbiːliːtɛtspakt fyːr ɔɪ̯roːpaː ɪst aɪ̯n vɪçtiːɡɛːr t͡suːzɛt͡slɪçɛːr ɪmpʊls fyːr diː
ɡlaʊ̯bvyːrdɪɡkaɪ̯t ʊnd staːbiːliːtɛːt dɛːr ɔɪ̯roːpɛːɪʃɛːn vɛːhrʊŋ aʊ̯f dɛːn ɪntɛːrnaːtiːoːnaln̩
fiːnaːnt͡smɛːrktɛːn'', fɛːrzɪçɛːrtɛː vaɪ̯ɡɛːl. iːm dɛːt͡sɛmbɛːr zɔl daːs ɔɪ̯roːpaːpaːrlaːmɛnt yːbɐ
diː fɛːrviːrklɪçʊŋ dɛːr t͡suːm 1. jaːnuːaːr 1996 ɡɛplantɛːn t͡sɔluːniːoːn dɛːr tyːrkaɪ̯ miːt dɐ
ɔɪ̯ ɛntʃaɪ̯dɛːn. diː zoːt͡siːaldɛːmoːkraːtɛːn zʊxɛːn viːdɛːr naxfɔlɡɛːr fyːɐ̯
miːnɪstɛːrprɛːziːdɛnt kaːrlzoːn. nax anzɪçt dɛːs miːnɪstɛːrs viːrd daːduːrx dɛːr ``ɪnɛːrə
friːdɛːn iːn dɔɪ̯tʃland ɡɛːfɛːhrdɛːt''. ɡaːliː bɛːzʊxt aʊ̯ʃviːt͡s. dɛːr ɡeːaɪ̯mdinst
vuːstɛː foːn dɛːn moːrdplɛːnɛːn. daːs iːsrɛːlɪʃɛː fɛːrnzeːɛːn bɛːrɪçtɛːtɛː, dɛːr 25jɛːhriːɡə
atɛntɛːtɛːr ʊnd zaɪ̯n t͡svaɪ̯ jaːrɛː ɛltɛːrɛːr bruːdɛːr hɛtɛːn zaɪ̯t moːnaːtɛːn fɛːrzʊxt,
raːbiːn uːmt͡suːbrɪŋɛːn. dɛːr sprɛçɛːr dɛːs vaɪ̯sɛːn haʊ̯zɛːs, mɪçɛːl mkʊryː, zaɡtɛː, diː
uːzaː vɔltɛːn nuːn vɪzɛːn, ``vɛlxɛː nɔɪ̯ɛːn kandiːdaːtɛːn zɪç prɛːzɛntiːrɛːn vɛːrdɛːn''.
viː kœnɛːn ɔɪ̯roːpaːvaɪ̯t 15 mɪliːoːnɛːn nɔɪ̯ɛː, zoːt͡siːaːl abɡɛːzɪçɛːrtɛː aːrbaɪ̯tsplɛːt͡sə
ɡəʃafɛːn vɛːrdɛːn? diː maxtaːbɛːr vɔlɛːn daːs ɛːrɡɛbniːs dɛːr ɛːrstɛːn fraɪ̯ən
paːrlaːmɛntsvaːlɛːn foːn 1991 lœʃɛːn aɪ̯nɛː ɡjuːalt proːfoːt͡siːrt ʊnd ɛːrɡɛːnt͡st diː andɛːrɛː.
dɛːr braʊ̯nʃvaɪ̯ɡɛːr biːoːloːɡɛː bɛːoːbaxtɛːtɛː dɔɪ̯tʃɛː aːm stɔɪ̯ɛːr. diː maːsnaːmɛːn ɡɛltn̩
naːtyːrlɪç nɪçt fyːr diːjɛːniːɡɛː pɛːrzoːnɛːn, diː fyːr blʊtaːtɛːn fɛːrantvoːrtlɪç zɪnd.
``aːbɛːr viːr lazɛːn ʊns nɪçt ʊntɛːrkriːɡɛːn. diː xɛfs dɛːr ɪndʊstriː -- ʊnt
ʊntɛːrneːmɛːrfɛːrbɛndɛː aːkt͡sɛptiːrɛːn dɛːn kktuː nɪçt. dɛːr aʊ̯sɛnmiːnɪstɛːr haːt zɪç fyːɐ̯
aɪ̯nɛːn dɔɪ̯tʃ -- fraːnt͡søːzɪʃɛːn ``fɛːrtraʊ̯ɛnsfɛːrtraːɡ'' aʊ̯sɡɛsprɔxɛːn. dən
ɛɐ̯ɡɛbnɪzɛːn t͡suːfɔlɡɛː ɛraɪ̯çtɛː diː rɛːɡiːrʊŋspaːrtaɪ̯ diː maɪ̯stɛːn stɪmɛːn. diː
t͡suːzaːɡɛː dɛːs aːrbaɪ̯tɡɛːbɛːrs aʊ̯f ɛːrstatʊŋ dɛːr uːmt͡sʊɡskɔstɛːn baɪ̯nhaltɛː iːm t͡svaɪ̯fɛːl
aʊ̯x dɛːn ryːkuːmt͡suːɡ, ɛntʃiːd daːs bʊndɛːzaːrbaɪ̯tsɡɛːrɪçt (baːɡ) iːn aɪ̯nɛːm aːm mɔntaːk
iːn kazɛːl fɛːrœfɛntlɪçtɛːn uːrtaɪ̯l (aːt͡s.: 5 aːt͡sr 216 / 94). 10. ɪntɛːrɛziːrtə
lɛndɛːr ʊnd oːrɡaːniːzaːtiːoːnɛːn vɛːrdɛːn ɡɛːbɛːtɛːn, baɪ̯ dɛːr ʊmzɛːt͡sʊŋ diːzɛːs abkɔmɛns t͡suː
hɛlfɛːn. diː fɛːrkeːrsplaːnɛːr iːm ɪslaːmɪʃɛːn ``ɡɔtɛstaːt'' haltɛːn nɔx aɪ̯nə
andɛːrɛː yːbɛraʃʊŋ bɛːraɪ̯t: manxmaːl kœnɛː ziː diː aŋst dɛːs ɡɛnjɛːrs aʊ̯x
riːçɛːn, zaɡt ziː. baɪ̯ ʃlɛçtɛːn kaːrtɛːn kan aɪ̯n spiːlɛːr zaɪ̯nɛːn ɡɛnjɛːr duːɐ̯x
taktiːk baɪ̯m biːtɛːn t͡suːm aʊ̯fɡɛːbɛːn t͡svɪŋɛːn. dɛːr boːnuːs fyːr diː aktiːoːnɛːrɛː, dɛːr t͡sʊm
125jɛːhriːɡɛːn bɛsteːɛːn foːn ʃɛːrɪŋ iːm nɛçstɛːn jaːr ɛːrvoːɡɛːn vuːrdɛː, ɡɛːbɛː ɛːs nɪçt.
daːs bɛːrliːnɛːr landɡɛːrɪçt haːt aːm mɔntaːɡ t͡svaɪ̯ eːɛːmaːliːɡɛː dr-juːrɪstɛːn foːm foːrvuːɐ̯f
dɛːr rɛçtsbɔɪ̯ɡŋ fraɪ̯ɡɛsprɔxɛːn. diː t͡saːl dɛːr ʊntɛːr 18jɛːhriːɡɛːn straftɛːtɛːr fyːɐ̯
diːzɛːs dɛːlɪkt haːbɛː zɪç foːn 1985 biːs 1993 aʊ̯f 61 000 fɛːrdɔpɛlt. diː ``vaɪ̯zɛːn''
vɔlɛːn iːr ɡtaxtɛːn aːm hɔɪ̯tiːɡɛːn dinstaːɡ foːrstɛlɛːn. diː aːrbaɪ̯t zɔltɛː dan
alɛːrdɪŋs nɪçt meːr viː iːn altɛːn taːɡɛːn foːn fast laɪ̯baɪ̯ɡɛːnɛːn dinstmɛdxn̩
fɛrɪçtɛːt vɛːrdɛːn, zɔndɛːrn foːn stʊndɛnvaɪ̯zɛː aŋeːɔɪ̯ɛːrtɛːn haʊ̯shaltsproːfiːs, diː
duːrx fɛːrdrɛktɛː voːnʊŋɛːn fɛːɡɛːn. ``dɛːr bɛstɛː t͡saɪ̯tpʊŋkt, diː ɛːnɛːrɡiːbiːlaːnt͡s aɪ̯nɛːs
ɡəbɔɪ̯dɛːs t͡suː fɛːrbɛzɛːrn, ɪst ɪmɛːr aɪ̯nɛː ansteːɛndɛː zaːniːrʊŋ'', zaɡt oːlaːf
hɪldɛːbrant foːn ɛːbøːk. diː fɛstlɛɡŋ aɪ̯nɛːr mɪndɛstkvoːtɛː fyːr fraʊ̯ɛːn ɛntsprɛçn̩t
dɛːm mɪtɡliːdɛːrantaɪ̯l viːdɛːrsprɪçt dɛːm dɛːmoːkraːtiːpriːnt͡siːp. diː ɔpoːziːtiːoːn
ɪslaːmɪstɪʃɛːr krɛftɛː hatɛː zɪç iːn lɛt͡stɛːr t͡saɪ̯t ɪmɛːr ʃɛːrfɛːr ɡɛːɡɛːn daːs
hɛrʃɛːrhaʊ̯s aʊ̯sɡɛsprɔxɛːn. ``diː bʊndɛːsrɛːpʊbliːk muːs zɪç ɛntʃaɪ̯dɛːn, oːb ziː
aɪ̯nɛːn dɛːmoːkraːtiːziːrʊŋsproːt͡sɛːs aktiːf ɡɛstaltɛːn vɪl oːdɛːr aɪ̯n priːnt͡siːp dɐ
ʊŋlaɪ̯çhaɪ̯t toːlɛːriːn vɪl, miːt al dɛːn ɡɛːzɛlʃaftlɪçɛːn kɔnzɛkvɛːnt͡sɛːn, diː
daːraʊ̯s rɛːzʊltiːrɛːn.'' diː moːbɪlfʊŋkbɛːtraɪ̯bɛːr tɛːlɛːkoːm (d 1), manɛsman (d 2) ʊnt
tʏzɛːn / fɛːbaː (ɛː-pluːs) ɛːrhaltɛːn mɪtɛlfrɪstiːɡ vaːrʃaɪ̯nlɪç nɔɪ̯ɛː kɔŋkʊrɛːnt͡s.
diː bʊndɛːsrɛːpʊbliːk vɛːrdɛː diː miːliːtɛːrɪʃɛː zɪçɛːrʊŋ aɪ̯nɛːs friːdɛnzabkɔmɛns
``duːrx zaːniːtɛːtɛːr, piːoːniːraɪ̯nhaɪ̯tɛːn, loːɡɪstɪktrʊpɛːn, transpoːrt- ʊnt
aʊ̯fklɛːrʊŋsfluːɡt͡sɔɪ̯ɡɛː ʊntɛːrstyːt͡sɛːn''. diː frɡ lɛbt foːr alɛːm vaɪ̯tɛːr foːn dɐ
poːpuːlaːriːtɛːt foːn riːoːs mont. bʊndɛskaːnt͡slɛːr hɛlmuːt koːl (kduː) bɛːfɪndɛːt zɪç miːt
ɡroːsɛːm ɡɛːfɔlɡɛː aʊ̯f aːziːn-raɪ̯zɛː. dɛːr druːk aʊ̯f dɛːn shɛl-koːnt͡sɛːrn vɛːɡɛːn zaɪ̯nɐ
ʊntɛːrneːmɛnspoːliːtiːk iːn niːɡɛːriːaː haːt aːm dinstaːɡ t͡suːɡɛːnɔmɛːn. aʊ̯x basf
ɪntɛːrɛziːrtɛː zɪç fyːr diːzɛː aktiːfiːtɛːtɛːn, vuːrdɛː aːbɛːr ɡɛstɛːrn foːn mɔnzantoː
daːryːbɛːr ɪnfoːrmiːrt, daːs ziː aʊ̯s dɛːm rɛnɛːn ɪst. daːs uːrtaɪ̯l zɔl aːm dɔnɛːrstaːk
fɛːrkʏndɛːt vɛːrdɛːn. rɛːliːɡiːoːn ɪst diː ɛːrbiːn fiːlɛːr naːmɛːn. diːzɛː fiːloːzoːfiː
fɛːrtraːɡɛː zɪç nɪçt ɪmɛːr miːt dɛːr zoːt͡siːaːlɛːn maːrktviːrtʃaft. zaɪ̯t 1987 hɔɪ̯fɛːn
zɪç jɛːdɔx diː fɛlɛː. ɛːs bɛsteːt diː ɡɛːfaːr, daːs diː ɛntsprɛçɛndn̩
foːrkeːrʊŋɛːn iːm fɛːrtraːɡ als t͡suː laks dɛːfiːniːrt vɛːrdɛːn. ``anlaːs t͡suːr zoːrɡɛː'' bɛsteːt
vɛːniːɡɛːr fyːr diː kɔnjʊŋktuːr iːn yːbɛːrʃaʊ̯baːrɛːr t͡saɪ̯t als filmeːr fyːr diː mɪtɛːl-
ʊnd laŋfrɪstiːɡɛː pɛːrspɛktiːf. diː meːrhaɪ̯t dɛːr bɛːfœlkɛːrʊŋ bɔɪ̯rtaɪ̯ltɛː zaɪ̯nə
ɛɐ̯stɛː amtst͡saɪ̯t troːt͡s dɛːr dɔɪ̯tlɪçɛːn naɪ̯ɡŋ dɛːs prɛːziːdɛntɛːn t͡suːm aʊ̯toːriːtaːrɪsmʊs
poːziːtiːf ʊnd bɛstɛːtɪɡtɛː dɛːn naxfaːrɛːn jaːpaːnɪʃɛːr aɪ̯nvandɛːrɛːr iːm aːpriːl diːzɛːs
jaːrɛːs miːt dɔɪ̯tlɪçɛːr meːrhaɪ̯t. daːs ɡɛld viːrd als t͡saːlʊŋsmɪtɛːl ʊŋ̈ltiːɡ, kan
aːbɛːr -- viː baɪ̯ jɛːdɛːm raɪ̯n ɪnlɛndɪʃɛːn aʊ̯staʊ̯ʃ aɪ̯nɛːr altɛːn noːtɛnzɛːriː -- aʊ̯x
ʃpɛːtɛːr nɔx baɪ̯ dɛːn t͡sɛntralbaŋkɛːn aɪ̯ŋjuːɛçzɛlt vɛːrdɛːn. daːs ɪst zoː, als oːb maːn
aɪ̯nɛː fɔɪ̯ɛːrveːr bɛːzʊxt ʊnd zaɡt, bɪtɛː nɪçts t͡saɪ̯ɡɛːn, vaːs miːt fɔɪ̯ɛːrlœʃɛːn t͡suː
tuːn haːt, 'kɔmɛntiːrt aɪ̯n dɛːlɛːɡaːtiːɔnsmɪtɡliːd, vɛːhrɛnd ɛːs miːt dɛːm kaːnt͡slɐ
ʃrɪt t͡suː haltɛːn fɛːrzʊxt. vɛːr iːn xiːnaː diːk ɪns ɡɛʃɛft kɔmɛːn vɪl, kan
zɪç iːn dɛːr taːt nɪçt aːn dɛːr aːrmeː foːrbaɪ̯ʃlaɪ̯çɛːn. dɛːr handɛːl vɛçst vaɪ̯tɛːrhiːn
ʃnɛlɛːr als diː proːdʊktiːoːn. iːn tuːluːzɛː lɛɡtɛːn stuːdɛntɛːn dɛːn t͡sʊɡfɛːrkeːr laːm.
diː ɡɛːnɔzɪnɛːn ʊnd ɡɛːnɔzɛːn, diː ʃaːrpɪŋ ansprɪçt, zɪnd iːm fɔɪ̯ɛːr dɛːr halə
aːnt͡suːtrɛfɛːn, voː, viː baɪ̯ jɛːdɛːm spd-paːrtaɪ̯taːɡ, diː aʊ̯stɛlʊŋ ``lɛːbɛndiːɡɐ
oːrtsfɛːraɪ̯n'' aʊ̯fɡɛːbaʊ̯t ɪst. ``ʊŋlaʊ̯blɪç ɪnstɪŋktloːs'' fɪndɛːt katjaː vɔlɛː daːs.
diː zɛnzaːtiːoːn, diː niːmand ɛːrvaːrtɛːt hatɛː? ``viːr steːɛːn iːn aɪ̯nɛːm haːrtən
ɪntɛːrnaːtiːoːnaːlɛːn vɛtbjuːɛːrb ʊntɛːr staːrkɛːm viːrtʃaftspoːliːtɪʃɛːn druːk'', haɪ̯st
ɛːs daːriːn. ɔfɛnbaːr ɡaːb ɛːs aɪ̯n miːsfɛːrstɛndniːs, oːdɛːr diː statlɪçɛːn ɡlɔɪ̯biːɡɐ
zɪnd zɪç ʊntɛːraɪ̯nandɛːr nɪçt aɪ̯niːɡ. dɛːr staːrt dɛːr p͡flɛːɡeːɪlfɛː anfaŋ 1996
ɡeːøːrtɛː t͡suː dɛːn valkamp͡ffɛːrsprɛçɛːn jaːkkvɛːs xiːraːks. diː kɔnfɛːrɛːnt͡sdoːkuːmɛntɛː,
ɪnsbɛːzɔndɛːrɛː diː aːɡɛndaː 21 dɛːr uːŋkɛːd, ʃraɪ̯bɛːn nɔɪ̯ɛː paːrtiːt͡siːpaːtiːɔnsmœɡlɪçkaɪ̯tn̩
fyːr diː ŋoː iːm ɪntɛːrnaːtiːoːnaːlɛːn zʏstɛːm fɛst. 2. zoːt͡siːaːlɛː bjuːɛɡŋɛːn laɪ̯tɛːn iːrə
lɛːɡiːtiːmaːtiːoːn aʊ̯x daːraʊ̯s aːb, daːs paːrtaɪ̯ɛːn nɪçt ɪmstandɛː zɪnd, byːrɡɛːranliɡn̩
miːt dɛːr ɡɛːboːtɛːnɛːn kɔnzɛkvɛːnt͡s t͡suː iːrɛːn aɪ̯ɡɛːnɛːn t͡suː maxɛːn. diː t͡saːl dɛːr kamɛːɐ̯n
hɛŋt foːn dɛːn ɡɛːzɛlʃaftlɪçɛːn fɛldɛːrn aːb, fyːr diː diː ɡɛːzɛlʃaft bɛːraɪ̯t
ɪst, aɪ̯nɛː kamɛːr aɪ̯nt͡suːrɪçtɛːn. rɛːbɛkaː hoːrn, luːiːzɛː buːrɡɛːɔɪ̯s, roːzɛːmaːriː
troːkɛːl, anɛtɛː mɛzaːɡɛːr ʊnd fiːlɛː andɛːrɛː zɪnd fɛːrtrɛːtɛːn. ɪç vɔltɛː nɪçt
vaːrtɛːn, biːs zɪç maɪ̯nɛː aɪ̯nʃɛːt͡sʊŋ abɡɛklɛːrt haːt, ɪç vɔltɛː maɪ̯nɛː aɪ̯ndryːkə
zoːfoːrt ʊmzɛːt͡sɛːn. haɪ̯mfriːd volf, dɛːr foːn dɛːr t͡syːrxɛːr prɔnjoːs aːɡ t͡suːr ɡ̈tɛːrsloːɐ
bərtɛlsman-stɪftʊŋ vɛçzɛlt, fɛːrbraɪ̯tɛːtɛː ɔptiːmɪsmuːs. dɛːr raːzantɛː proːt͡sɛːs dɐ
mɛːdiːnɛntvɪklʊŋ fɛːrɛndɛːrɛː diː foːrmɛːn dɛːs mɛnʃlɪçɛːn t͡suːzamɛnlɛːbɛns, diː
aːrbaɪ̯t ʊnd diː vɛːrtɛː. dɛːr zyːdaːfriːkaːnɛːr rɛːaːɡiːrtɛː daːmiːt aʊ̯f bɛːrɪçtɛː, daːs
juːɡɔslaːviːn aɪ̯nɛːr friːdɛnsløːzʊŋ nuːr baɪ̯ aɪ̯nɛːr amnɛstiː fyːr diː aŋɛklaɡtn̩
t͡sʊstɪmɛːn vɛːrdɛː. dɛːm zaɪ̯t nʊnmeːr t͡svaɪ̯ jaːrt͡sentɛːn vɛːhrɛndɛːn rɛçtstraɪ̯t uːm daːs
aːtɔmkraftvɛːrk myːlhaɪ̯m -- kɛːrlɪç steːt aːm kɔmɛndɛːn dinstaːɡ aɪ̯nɛː vaɪ̯tɛːrə
ɛntʃaɪ̯dʊŋ bɛːfoːr: dɛːr 53jɛːhriːɡɛːr aʊ̯zɛnmiːnɪstɛːr raɪ̯stɛː nax maːrɔkoː ʊnt
ɛntilt zɪç dɛːr kɔmɛntaːrɛː. diː mɛnʃɛːn zɔltɛːn liːbɛːr aʊ̯f andɛːrɛː vaɪ̯zɛː ɡɛɡn̩
diː abflaxʊŋ iːrɛːr mɛːlaːtoːniːn -- rhʏtmiːk aŋkɛmp͡fɛːn. bʊndɛsprɛːziːdɛnt roːmaːn
hɛːrt͡soːɡ ʊnd bʊndɛsveːr-ɡɛːnɛːraːlɪnspɛktɔɪ̯r klaʊ̯s naʊ̯man ɡaːbɛːn iːn iːrən
ɛɐ̯œfnʊŋsrɛːdɛːn aʊ̯f dɛːr 35. kɔmandɔɪ̯rstaɡŋ aːm mɪtvɔx iːn mynxɛːn daːs tɛːmaː
foːr: diː vakzɛndɛːn pɛːrzoːnalprɔblɛːmɛː dɛːr bʊndɛsveːr. nax aŋaːbɛːn foːn
bʊndɛsɡɛʃɛftsfyːrɛːr fraːnt͡s mʏntɛːfɛːrɪŋ viːrd daːs paːrtaɪ̯prɛːziːdiːuːm ʊnmɪtɛlbaː
nax dɛːr abstɪmʊŋ ɛntʃaɪ̯dɛːn, ``oːb ɛːs kɔnzɛkvɛːnt͡sɛːn aʊ̯s diːzɛːr vaːl ɡɛbn̩
muːs''. diː dɛːlɛːɡaːtiːoːnɛːn aʊ̯s bɔsniːn, zɛːrbiːn ʊnd kroːatiːn zɛt͡stɛːn zɪç jɛt͡st miːt
foːrʃlɛːɡɛːn aʊ̯zaɪ̯nandɛːr, diː maɪ̯nʊŋzʊntɛːrʃiːdɛː iːn dɛːn ʃlʏzɛlfraːɡɛːn aɪ̯nɐ
friːdɛnsløːzʊŋ t͡suː yːbɛːrbryːkɛːn. ɛltɛːrn dyːrfɛːn iːrɛːn nɔɪ̯ɡɛːboːrɛːnɛːn kʏnftiːɡ kaɪ̯nə
``lʊstiːɡɛːn, ``'' uːnanstɛndiːɡɛːn'' oːdɛːr ``anmaːsɛndɛːn'' foːrnaːmɛːn meːr ɡɛːbɛːn. dɐ
foːrziːt͡sɛndɛː dɛːr ɡɛːzɛlʃaft t͡suːr fɛːrfɔlɡŋ foːn uːrhɛːbɛrɛçtsfɛːrlɛːt͡sʊŋɛːn, boːdoː
ʃvaːrt͡s, foːrdɛːrtɛː aɪ̯n hɛːrtɛːrɛːs duːrxɡraɪ̯fɛːn dɛːr jʊstiːt͡s. diː 33 000 valbyːroːs
œfnɛːtɛːn uːm axt uːhr ʊnd zɔlɛːn uːm 19 uːhr ʃliːsɛːn. ʊŋaːrns miːnɪstɛːrprɛːziːdɛnt
ɡyːuːlaː hoːrn hatɛː daːs ɡɛːzɛːt͡s iːn aɪ̯nɛːm briːf aːn zaɪ̯nɛːn sloːaːkɪʃɛːn kɔlɛɡn̩
flaːdiːmiːr mɛːkiːaːr als ``uːnanembaːrɛːn ʃrɪt t͡suːryːk'' bɛːt͡saɪ̯çnɛːt. ``biːs aʊ̯f aɪ̯nn̩
aɪ̯nt͡siːɡɛːn zɪnd alɛː 206 altaɪ̯ɡɛntyːmɛːr diːzɛːm foːrʃlaːɡ ɡɛːfɔlɡt'', bɛːrɪçtɛːt
baʊ̯maːn. daː kan maːn ʊnbɛːfaŋɛːnɛːr ʊnd flɛksɪblɛːr rɛːdɛːn ʊnd poːliːtiːk maxɛːn. aːm 17.
dɛːt͡sɛmbɛːr zɪnd vaːlɛːn. st. pɛːtɛːr lɛːt iːn maɪ̯ ʊnd ɔktoːbɛːr t͡suː'' vandɛːrn, ʃaʊ̯ən
ʊnd ɛːrlɛːbɛːn ``aɪ̯n. daːs bʊndɛzoːt͡siːalɡɛːrɪçt (bsɡ) haːt t͡svaɪ̯fɛːl aːn dɐ
rɛçtmɛːsɪɡkaɪ̯t aɪ̯nɛːr ɡɛːzɛt͡slɪçɛːn rɛːɡɛːlʊŋ ɡɛːɔɪ̯sɛːrt, aʊ̯fɡrʊnd dɛːrɛːr aːrbaɪ̯tneːmɐ
miːt aɪ̯nɛːr bɛʃɛftɪɡŋ foːn ʊntɛːr 18 vɔxɛnstʊndɛːn kaɪ̯nɛːn ansprʊx aʊ̯f
aːrbaɪ̯tsloːzɛŋɛld ɛːrvɛːrbɛːn kœnɛːn. diː 18 staːtɛːn strɛːbɛːn aɪ̯nɛː fraɪ̯andɛlst͡soːnə
biːs t͡suːm jaːr 2020 aːn. daːs ɛːdɛlmɛːtal zɛt͡st zɪç aʊ̯f dɛːm jaːpaːnɪʃɛːn maːrkt duːrx,
ʊnd iːn dɛːn uːzaː staɪ̯ɡt dɛːr antaɪ̯l foːn plaːtiːn aːm ɡɛʃɛft miːt braʊ̯tɡɛʃɛŋkɛːn ʊnt
eːɛːrɪŋɛːn. foːrstand͡ʒɛːf hoːrst ɡøːrt͡s dɛŋkt fyːr diː nɛçstɛːn axt͡seːn moːnaːtɛː aːn
aɪ̯nɛːn bøːrzɛŋaŋ aːn dɛːr nasdaːq iːn dɛːn uːzaː. diː mɛːdiːt͡sɪntɛçniːk -- ʊnt
faːrmaːkoːnt͡sɛːrn frɛːzɛːniːuːs vɪl kʏnftiːɡ nuːr nɔx jɛnzaɪ̯ts dɛːr ɡrɛːnt͡sɛːn iːn
ɛɐ̯vaɪ̯tɛːrʊŋsproːjɛktɛː ɪnfɛstiːrɛːn, bɛːrɪçtɛːt fiːrmɛnxɛːf ɡɛːrd kriːk. ʃvaːrt͡sə
t͡saːlɛːn ʃraɪ̯bt nax viː foːr diː spaːrtɛː ɪntɛnzɪfmɛːdiːt͡siːn ʊnd diːanjɔstiːk. iːn
vaːshɪŋtoːn ɡeːt ɛːs uːm diː maxt. ``ziː braʊ̯xt klaːrhaɪ̯t, aʊ̯x pɛːrzoːnɛlə
klaːrhaɪ̯t'', zaɡt ɛːr. uːs-prɛːziːdɛnt bɪl klɪntoːn zaɡtɛː aːm dɔnɛːrstaːɡ diː taɪ̯lnaːmə
aːm aːziːn-paːt͡siːfiːk-ɡɪp͡fɛːl iːn jaːpaːn aːb. fraːŋkɛː tɛːlɛːkoːm haːt ʊns aɪ̯n aŋɛːboːt
ʊntɛːrbraɪ̯tɛːt'', ɛːrklɛːrt aɪ̯n sprɛçɛːr. dɛːr kɛːrn dɛːs kɔnflɪkts ɪst filʃɪçtiːɡ.
``laɪ̯dɛːr ɡɪbt ɛːs iːn dɛːr taːt aɪ̯nɛː raɪ̯ɛː foːn ʊntɛːrneːmɛːn, diː miːt
ʃmiːrɡɛldt͡saːlʊŋɛːn aːn œfɛntlɪçɛː aʊ̯ftrɛːɡɛː ɡɛːlaŋt zɪnd'', zaɡtɛː ɛːr baɪ̯ aɪ̯nɐ
foːm bfmb fɛːranstaltɛːtɛːn taɡŋ. dɛːr pds-foːrziːt͡sɛndɛː loːtaːr bɪskyː ɔɪ̯sɛːrtɛː diː
hɔfnʊŋ, daːs diː zoːt͡siːaldɛːmoːkraːtɛːn nuːn dɛːn muːt t͡suː aɪ̯nɛːm kuːrsvɛçzɛːl iːm ʊmɡaŋk
miːt dɛːr pds aʊ̯fbrɛçtɛːn. diː zoːt͡siːaldɛːmoːkraːtɛːn ɔɪ̯sɛːrtɛːn nax dɛːr vaːl laːfɔntaɪ̯nɛːs
diː hɔfnʊŋ, daːs zɪç diː spd miːt dɛːm nɔɪ̯ɛːn paːrtaɪ̯çɛːf viːdɛːr aʊ̯f diː
zaxaːrbaɪ̯t koːnt͡sɛntriːrɛːn kœnɛː. diː trɛːɡɛraːkɛːtɛː hoːb planmɛːsiːɡ uːm 2.20 uːhr mɛːs
foːn dɛːr staːrtrampɛː iːn kuːruː (fraːnt͡søːzɪʃ-ɡyːaːnaː) aːb ʊnd ɡaːb 20 miːnuːtɛːn spɛːtɐ
dɛːn zaːtɛliːtɛːn fraɪ̯. diː haːmaːs vaːrf dɛːn beːøːrdɛːn foːr, ɛːs haːbɛː baɪ̯ dɛːr abstɪmʊŋk
ɡroːsɛː uːnrɛːɡɛlmɛːsɪɡkaɪ̯tɛːn ɡɛːɡɛːbɛːn. diː taɪ̯lneːmɛːr dɛːr taɡŋ vaːrɛːn zɪç daːryːbɐ
aɪ̯niːɡ, daːs t͡svɪʃɛːn dɛːrɛːn ɛːrvɛːrbstɛːtɪɡkaɪ̯t ʊnd aʊ̯sbɔɪ̯tʊŋ ʊntɛːrʃiːdɛːn vɛːrdən
mʏzɛː. daːs uːs-rɛːprɛːzɛntantɛːnhaʊ̯s haːt zɪç strɪktɛː rɛːɡɛln ɡɛːɡɛːn ɡɛʃɛŋkɛː foːn
loːbyːɪstɛːn aʊ̯fɛːrlɛɡt. pɛːtɛːrsbuːrɡ ʊnd noːrdkaʊ̯kaːzuːs staːtiːoːniːrtɛːn paːnt͡sɛːr. 4600
mɛnʃɛːn, diː maɪ̯stɛːn dɔɪ̯tʃsprɛçɛnd, lɛːbɛːn iːn dɛːn fiːr oːrtɛːn st. paŋkraːt͡s, st.
valbuːrɡ, st. niːkoːlaʊ̯s ʊnd st. ɡɛːrtraʊ̯d. baʊ̯mbɛstandɛːnɛː straːsɛːn miːt
kɔp͡fstaɪ̯np͡flastɛːr ʊnd pastɛlfaːrbɛːnɛː ɡɪpsfazaːdɛːn aʊ̯s dɛːm 18. jaːrhʊndɛːrt maxn̩
daːs boːɛːmɛː-fiːrtɛːl ɪntɛːrɛzant. daːs vɪzɛːn uːm ɛːlɛnd ʊnd noːt viːrft plœt͡slɪç
ʃatɛːn aʊ̯f ɡɔld ʊnd hɪmɛlblaʊ̯. diː aʊ̯sɡraːbʊŋst͡saɪ̯t daʊ̯ɛːrt foːm 2. juːliː biːs 13.
aʊ̯ɡst. diː fraŋkfuːrtɛːr rʊnd͡ʒaʊ̯ maxtɛː miːt diːzɛːr naxrɪçt diː aʊ̯sɡaːbɛː foːm
13. noːfɛmbɛːr 1945 aʊ̯f. ``daːraʊ̯f haːbɛːn viːr zoː laŋɛː ɡjuːaːrtɛːt'', ɛntʃʊldiːɡɛːn diː
rɔɪ̯aːlɛːn rɛːpoːrtɛːr iːrɛːn yːbɛːrʃvaŋ, dɛːr zɪç iːn taʊ̯zɛndɛːn foːn t͡saɪ̯tʊŋs- ʊnt
ɪlʊstriːrtɛnzaɪ̯tɛːn niːdɛːrʃluːɡ, zaɪ̯t joːaxiːm ʊnd aːlɛksandraː aːm 31. maɪ̯ aʊ̯s
haɪ̯tɛːrɛːm hɪmɛːl iːrɛː fɛːrloːbʊŋ bɛːkantɡaːbɛːn. brandɛnbuːrɡs miːnɪstɛːrprɛːziːdɛnt
manfrɛːd stɔlpɛː riːf laːfɔntaɪ̯nɛː aːm fraɪ̯taːɡ daːt͡suː aʊ̯f, zaɪ̯n fɛːrhɛltniːs t͡suː
ɔstdɔɪ̯tʃland klaːrt͡sʊstɛlɛːn. diː p͡flaːnt͡sɛːn bɛsteːɛːn aʊ̯s aɪ̯nɛːm aɪ̯nt͡sɛlnɛːn,
bandføːrmiːɡɛːn blat, aɪ̯nɛːm blatstiːl ʊnd aɪ̯nɛːm vuːrt͡sɛːlɛːhnlɪçɛːn oːrɡaːn t͡sʊm
fɛstaltɛːn. alɛː kaːmɛːn ɛːrst iːm t͡svaɪ̯tɛːn anlaʊ̯f duːrx -- aʊ̯f kɔstɛːn dɛːs
naxvʊkzɛːs. dɛːr aʊ̯slɛndɛːrboftraɡtɛː lɪl nantɛː diː fridlɪçɛː løːzʊŋk
``foːrbɪldlɪç''. ``ɛːs ɛːrɡɛːrt ʊns, daːs daːs amt ʃlɛçtɛːr miːst als ʊnzɛːrə
ɛkstɛːrnɛːn pryːfɛːr'', zaɡt sprɛçɛːr noːrbɛːrt ʃɛːfɛːr. jɛt͡st rɛːaːɡiːrɛː aɪ̯n taɪ̯l dɐ
t͡sʊɡjuːandɛːrtɛːn miːt ``abɡrɛːnt͡sɛndɛːr ɡrʊpɛnbɪldʊŋ'' aʊ̯f dɛːn haːs, dɛːr iːnɛːn iːn
dɔɪ̯tʃland ɛntɡɛːɡɛnʃlaːɡɛː. iːr aːrɡmɛnt: vɛn nuːr vɛːniːɡɛː ɡroːsɛː paːrtaɪ̯ɛːn iːn diː
duːmaː aɪ̯nt͡siːɛːn ʊnd fiːlɛː klaɪ̯nɛː ʃaɪ̯tɛːrn, vɛːrdɛː dɛːr vɛːhlɛːrvɪlɛːn fɛːrt͡sɛrt. dɐ
bəʃluːs muːs nɔx foːm zɛːnaːt bɛstɛːtɪɡt vɛːrdɛːn. aːm zamstaːɡ hatɛː diː spaːnɪʃə
poːliːt͡saɪ̯ axt bjuːafnɛːtɛː dɔɪ̯tʃɛː skiːnhɛːads fɛstɡɛːnɔmɛːn, diː aːn dɛːr kʊndɡɛːbʊŋk
taɪ̯lneːmɛːn vɔltɛːn. 4. diː ɡɛŋiːɡɛː aʊ̯fazʊŋ, volstand ʊnd aːrbaɪ̯tsplɛːt͡sɛː zaɪ̯ən
uːm zoː zɪçɛːrɛːr, jɛː ɡrøːsɛːr dɛːr ɛkspoːrt zaɪ̯, muːs aɪ̯ŋɛʃrɛŋkt vɛːrdɛːn. diː
zaxt͡svɛŋɛː dɛːs vɛltmaːrktɛːs ʊnd nɪçt meːr dɛːr vɪlɛː dɛːr byːrɡɛːrɪnɛːn ʊnd byːrɡɐ
bəstɪmɛːn dan diː poːliːtiːk. diː juːɡɛnd fɛːrvaɪ̯ɡɛːrt zɪç, vaɪ̯l ɡjuːɛːrkʃaftn̩
fɛːrkrʊstɛːt ʊnd nɪçt atraktiːf zɪnd. diː poːliːt͡saɪ̯ ɡlaʊ̯bt, daːs ɛtvaː 30
zɛlbstmoːrdkɔmandoːs iːn dɛːr staːt zɪnd. diː ʊntɛːrneːmɛːn bɛsteːɛːn aːbɛːr aʊ̯x aʊ̯f
aɪ̯nt͡sɛlfɛːrtrɛːɡɛːn ʊntɛːr ʊmɡeːʊŋ dɛːr ɡjuːɛːrkʃaft. yːbɛːr 22 000 uːrtaɪ̯lɛː vuːrdən
fɔlstrɛkt, dɛːr rɛst iːn haftstraːfɛːn ʊmɡjuːandɛlt. dɔx fitnaːm kɛmp͡ft miːt dən
ʏblɪçɛːn ʃviːrɪɡkaɪ̯tɛːn zoːt͡siːaːlɪstɪʃɛːr rɛːɡiːmɛːs baɪ̯m ɛːrstɛːn fliːrt miːt dɐ
maːrktviːrtʃaft, foːr alɛːm miːt byːroːkraːtɪsmuːs ʊnd kɔrʊptiːoːn. ``sloː speːd'' ɪst
daː aʊ̯f aɪ̯nɛː vand ɡɛʃriːbɛːn. aːbɛːr biːrkuːt vuːrdɛː baɪ̯ dɛːn aːrbaɪ̯tɛːruːnruːɛːn 1970 iːn
daːnt͡siːɡ ɛːrʃɔzɛːn. høːɛːrɛː vɛːrtʃœp͡fʊŋ fliːst fraɪ̯lɪç vaɪ̯tɡeːɛnd iːn diː
taʃɛːn dɛːr ʊntɛːrneːmɛːr ʊnd fɛːrmøːɡɛnsbɛːziːt͡sɛːr. -viː raɪ̯mt zɪç daːs t͡suːzamɛːn? diː
baŋkʃʊldɛːn vuːrdɛːn foːn 930 mɪliːoːnɛːn maːrk iːn dɛːr spiːt͡sɛː aʊ̯f 430 mɪliːonn̩
fɛrɪŋɛːrt. ``viːr vɛːrɛːn vaɪ̯taʊ̯s vaɪ̯tɛːr, hɛtɛː maːn ʊns kaɪ̯nɛː staɪ̯nɛː iːn dɛːn vɛːk
ɡəlɛɡt'', zaɡt dɛːr iːnt͡svɪʃɛːn iːn dɛːn aʊ̯fzɪçtsraːt dɛːs hanzɛːaːtɪʃɛːn
rɛːnɔmiːrklʊbs aʊ̯fɡɛːrʏktɛː fɛːrzɪçɛːrʊŋsmaklɛːr. diː paːrtnɛːr vɔlɛːn iːn dɛːn ɛːrstən
fʏnf jaːrɛːn 85 mɪliːoːnɛːn dɔlaːr ɪnfɛstiːrɛːn. ɔɪ̯roː dɪsnaɪ̯ ɪst iːm ɛːrstɛːn halbjaː
dɛːs laʊ̯fɛndɛːn ɡɛʃɛftjaːrɛːs pɛːr ɛndɛː zɛptɛmbɛːr tiːfɛːr iːn diː roːtɛːn t͡saln̩
ɡərutʃt. ``fryːɛːr hatɛːn diː pɛnziːoːnɛːrɛː trɛːnɛːn iːn dɛːn aʊ̯ɡɛːn, vɛn ziː ɡeːən
muːstɛːn, hɔɪ̯tɛː stønt, vɛːr daːbaɪ̯ blaɪ̯bɛːn zɔl'', bɛːrɪçtɛːt juːald ɡroːm,
bətribsrats-fiːt͡sɛː iːm vɛːrk hœçst. diː bɛʃɛftɪɡtɛːn vɛːrdɛːn foːm 1. juːliː aːn 38
ʃtat biːshɛːr 36 stʊndɛːn iːn dɛːr vɔxɛː tɛːtiːɡ zaɪ̯n. zaɪ̯n t͡siːl ɪst ɛːs, diː
fɛːrbraʊ̯kstɔɪ̯ɛːrn t͡suː zɛŋkɛːn ʊnd diː stɔɪ̯ɛːrn aʊ̯f fɛːrmøːɡɛːn aːnt͡suːɛːbɛːn. ``diː vɛlt
nax krʊp / tʏzɛːn ɪst nɪçt meːr diː, diː ziː daːfoːr vaːr'', maɪ̯nt brɔɪ̯ɛːr.
vaɪ̯tɛːrɛː kɛːrnpʊŋktɛː dɛːr dʊbliːnɛːr fɛːraɪ̯nbaːrʊŋɛːn zɪnd diː aɪ̯nfyːrʊŋ aɪ̯nɛːs
``fryːvaːrnzʏstɛms'' fyːr fiːnaːnt͡spoːliːtɪʃɛː feːlɛntvɪklʊŋɛːn, diː prɛːt͡siːziːrʊŋ ʊnt
ʃtrafʊŋ dɛːr ablɔɪ̯fɛː baɪ̯ yːbɛːrmɛːsiːɡɛːn dɛːfiːt͡siːtɛːn ʊntɛːr andɛːrɛːm duːɐ̯x
zɛlbstbɪndʊŋɛːn dɛːr lɛndɛːr ʊnd ɔɪ̯-ɡrɛːmiːn zoːiː klaːrɛː tɛːrmɪnfoːrɡaːbɛːn. diː
poːliːtiːk fɛːrliːrɛː duːrx diː ɡloːbaːliːziːrʊŋ dɛːr viːrtʃaft aːn bɛːdɔɪ̯tʊŋ, bɛːɡrʏndn̩
diː fraŋkfuːrtɛːr iːrɛːn ʃrɪt, ɡlaɪ̯çt͡saɪ̯tiːɡ vakzɛː diː aɪ̯ɡɛnfɛːrantvoːrtʊŋk
ɪntɛːrnaːtiːoːnaːl tɛːtiːɡɛːr ʊntɛːrneːmɛːn. ``ɪç hɔfɛː, aʊ̯x aʊ̯s dɛːr diːrɛktiːoːn dɛːs juːiː
aɪ̯n tɛːaːm maxɛːn t͡suː kœnɛːn.'' daːs kœlnɛːr ʊntɛːrneːmɛːn ɡastroː ʊnliːmiːtɛːd haːt daːs
moːdɛl ɛntviːkɛlt ʊnd liːfɛːrt bɛːtraɪ̯bɛːrkoːnt͡sɛptɛː fyːr diː baŋk-kaːfeːs
bət͡siːʊŋsvaɪ̯zɛː biːtɛːt zɪç aʊ̯x zɛlbst als dɛːrɛːn bɛːtraɪ̯bɛːr aːn. zaɪ̯t ɛndə
lɛt͡stɛːn jaːrɛːs kɔmɛːn tɛɡlɪç aɪ̯nɛː handfɔl ɛːrmɪtlɛːr dɛːs niːdɛːrzɛçzɪʃɛːn
landɛskriːmiːnaːlamtɛːs (lkaː) aʊ̯s hanoːfɛːr nax ɡœtɪŋɛːn, uːm diː aʊ̯toːnoːmɛː st͡sɛːnə
vɛːɡɛːn dɛːs fɛːrdaxts dɛːr ɡrʏndʊŋ, mɪtɡliːd͡ʒaft oːdɛːr ʊntɛːrstyːt͡sʊŋ aɪ̯nɐ
tɛroːrɪstɪʃɛːn fɛːraɪ̯nɪɡŋ nax paːraːɡraːf 129 aː strafɡɛːzɛt͡sbʊx aʊ̯st͡suːfoːrʃɛːn.
diː baʊ̯ɛːrn laʊ̯fɛːn stuːrm, vɛn ziː zolxɛː zɛːt͡sɛː høːrɛːn. ``ɛːs hɛrʃt bjuːɛɡŋ,
dɔx ɡɪbt ɛːs kaɪ̯nɛː zɪç bjuːɛːɡɛndɛːn ɔbjɛktɛː, ɛːs ɡɪbt aktiːfiːtɛːt, jɛːdɔx kaɪ̯nə
handɛlndɛːn, ɛːs ɡɪbt kaɪ̯nɛː tɛːnt͡sɛːr, zɔndɛːrn nuːr dɛːn taːnt͡s.'' foːr kuːrt͡sɛːm hatɛː ɐ
aʊ̯x miːliːtɛːraktiːoːnɛːn t͡suːm ʃuːt͡s foːn rʊzɛːn fyːr mœɡlɪç ɛːrklɛːrt. diː kɔnjʊŋktuːɐ̯
iːn vɛstɔɪ̯roːpaː sprɪŋt nax anzɪçt dɛːs mynxnɛːr iːfoː-ɪnstiːtʊts fyːɐ̯
viːrtʃaftsfoːrʃʊŋ iːm nɛçstɛːn jaːr aːn. dɛːr koːnt͡sɛːrnsprɛçɛːr vɔltɛː diː iːn dɐ
vɔxɛːnɛndaʊ̯sɡaːbɛː ɡɛːnantɛː t͡saːl vɛːdɛːr dɛːmɛntiːrɛːn nɔx bɛstɛːtiːɡɛːn. iːn dɔɪ̯tʃlant
liːɡɛːn meːrɛːrɛː haftbɛːfeːlɛː ɡɛːɡɛːn dɛːn eːɛːmaːliːɡɛːn stats- ʊnd paːrtaɪ̯çɛːf foːr,
ʊntɛːr andɛːrɛːm vɛːɡɛːn zaɪ̯nɛːr fɛːrantvoːrtʊŋ fyːr diː toːdɛsxʏzɛː aːn dɛːr eːɛːmaːliɡn̩
ɪnɛːrdɔɪ̯tʃɛːn ɡrɛːnt͡sɛː. laŋfrɪstiːɡɛːs t͡siːl zaɪ̯ aɪ̯nɛː ʊmvandlʊŋ dɛːs
t͡saːlʊŋzaʊ̯fʃʊbs fyːr ruːsland iːn aɪ̯nɛː rɛɡlɛːrɛː umʃʊldʊŋ, ɛːhnlɪç viː baɪ̯
andɛːrɛːn ʃʊldnɛːrlɛndɛːrn, hiːs ɛːs iːn dɛːn dɔɪ̯tʃɛːn rɛːɡiːrʊŋskraɪ̯zɛːn. dɐ
uːs-byːrɡɛːr miːlaːn paːniːk, 62 jaːrɛː alt, biːs foːriːɡɛː vɔxɛː nɔx xɛːf dɐ
kaːliːfoːrnɪʃɛːn iːkn faːrmaːkɔɪ̯tiːkals iːŋk, ɪst iːm laʊ̯fɛː zaɪ̯nɛːr sprɪçvøːrtlɪçn̩
ʃuːhpuːt͡sɛːrkariːrɛː meːrfax miːt ``vaxhʊndɛːn'' dɛːr val streːt, aktiːoːnɛːrɛːn,
bʊxpryːfɛːrn ʊnd vɪzɛnʃaftlɛːrn iːn kɔnflɪkt ɡɛːkɔmɛːn. fraʊ̯ mɪtɛrand ʊnd dɐ
ziː bɛɡlaɪ̯tɛndɛː fraːnt͡søːzɪʃɛː ɡɛːzʊndhaɪ̯tsmiːnɪstɛːr bɛːrnaːrd kuxnɛːr blibn̩
ʊnfɛːrlɛt͡st. byːrɡɛːrmaɪ̯stɛːr xrɪstiːaːn uːdɛː (spd,) baɪ̯ɛːrns juːzoːs, diː ɡryːnɛːn ʊnt
ɡɪp͡fɛlɡɛnjɛːr kriːtiːziːrtɛːn daːs poːliːt͡saɪ̯foːrɡeːɛːn ʊnd dɛːn ``mynxnɛːr kɛzɛːl'' als
``fœliːɡ uːnaŋɛːmɛzɛːn'' ʊnd t͡suːm taɪ̯l ``bruːtaːl''. fiːlɛː feːlɛːr vuːrdɛːn ɡɛːɡɛːn 15
uːhr ʊnd diː alɛːrmaɪ̯stɛːn feːlɛːr vuːrdɛːn ɡɛːɡɛːn draɪ̯ uːhr naxts rɛːɡɪstriːrt.
ʃtatsprɛːziːdɛnt lɛç vaːlɛːzaː taɪ̯ltɛː aːm zamstaːɡ yːbɛːr aɪ̯nɛːn sprɛçɛːr miːt, ɛːr haːbə
``kaɪ̯nɛː aɪ̯nvɛndɛː'' ɡɛːɡɛːn diː kandiːdaːtuːr. meːrɛːrɛː taʊ̯zɛndɛː zaːsɛːn t͡suːm taɪ̯l yːbɐ
t͡svœlf stʊndɛːn fɛst ʊnd muːstɛːn iːn yːbɛːrfʏltɛːn baːnhøːfɛːn kampiːrɛːn oːdɛːr aʊ̯f fraɪ̯ɐ
ʃtrɛːkɛː aʊ̯sharɛːn. ``daːs ɪst nɪçt ʊnzɛːrɛː zaxɛː'', zaɡtɛː koːnt͡sɛːrnxɛːf koːɐ̯
hɛːrkstrøːtɛːr iːn aɪ̯nɛːm ɡɛsprɛç miːt dɛːr amstɛːrdaːmɛːr taːɡɛːst͡saɪ̯tʊŋ dɛː fɔlkskrant.
diː fɛːrvaɪ̯ɡɛːrʊŋ dɛːr fɛːrlɛŋɛːrʊŋ foːn paxtfɛːrtrɛːɡɛːn ɪst taɪ̯l dɛːr proːtɛstaktiːoːn
dɛːr bɛːfœlkɛːrʊŋ oːkiːnaːvaːs, diː nax dɛːm fɛːrɡjuːaltɪɡŋsfal t͡suːmɪndɛst aɪ̯nə
dɔɪ̯tlɪçɛː rɛːduːt͡siːrʊŋ dɛːr doːrt staːtiːoːniːrtɛːn rʊnd 30 000 uːs-zɔldaːtɛːn foːrdɛːrt.
``diː lɔɪ̯tɛː haːbɛːn nɪçts ɡɛːɡɛːn diː ɛːfaŋɛːlɛːn'', maɪ̯nt dɛːr 32jɛːhriːɡɛː, ``aːbɛːr ziː
zɔlɛːn iːrɛːn ɡlaʊ̯bɛːn andɛːrsvoː p͡flɛːɡɛːn. ''aɪ̯n jʊŋɛːr man miːt
antiː-friːdɛns-bʊtɔns aːm t-shiːrt maɪ̯ntɛː, diːzɛːs ɛndɛː zaɪ̯ ``ʊnfɛːrmaɪ̯dbaːr''
ɡjuːɛːzɛːn: ``viːr haːbɛːn ɡɛːnuːɡ aʊ̯fviɡlɛːrɪʃɛː voːrtɛː foːn dɛːr rɛçtɛːn t͡suː høːrən
bəkɔmɛːn'', fɛːrzʊxtɛː uːriː droːmiː aɪ̯nɛː ɛːrklɛːrʊŋ. ``ɪç traːf iːn foːr kuːrt͡sɛːm aʊ̯f
aɪ̯nɛːr dɛːmoː iːn jɛːruːzaːlɛːm. ``diːzɛː platɛː vaːr frɛːdiːs lɛt͡stɛːr vɪlɛː, daːnax viːɐ̯t
ɛːs kveːn nɪçt meːr ɡɛːbɛːn'', fɛːrzɪçɛːrt briːaːn maɪ̯, ``frɛːdiː vɔltɛː daːmals, daːs
viːr jɛːdɛsmaːl ɪns stuːdiːoː ɡɪŋɛːn, vɛn ɛːr zɪç aɪ̯niːɡɛːrmaːsɛːn ɡt fyltɛː. ``ʊntɐ
kliːmaspɛktɛːn ɡɪbt diːs kaɪ̯nɛːn anlaːs t͡suːr frɔɪ̯dɛː'', rɔɪ̯mt dɛːr aːb-man aɪ̯n. ``miːt
dɛːm aʊ̯fbaʊ̯ dɛːr statvɛːrkɛː haːbɛːn viːr nɪçt ɡɛːrɛçnɛːt.'' dɔx bɛːrliːn braʊ̯xt
ɡəraːdɛː vɛːɡɛːn dɛːr ansteːɛndɛːn ʃvɛːrɛːn aʊ̯fɡaːbɛːn aɪ̯nɛː handlʊŋsfɛːiːɡɛː rɛːɡiːrʊŋ.
zaɪ̯t 1992 kœnɛːn aʊ̯slɛndɛːr, diː zaɪ̯t mɪndɛstɛns fʏnf jaːrɛːn iːn hɔland voːnɛːn,
aɪ̯nɛːn paːs bɛːkɔmɛːn, oːnɛː iːrɛː altɛː statsbyːrɡɛːrʃaft aʊ̯ft͡suːɡɛːbɛːn. diː xrɪstn̩
dyːrftɛːn zɪç nɪçt daːraʊ̯f bɛʃrɛŋkɛːn, ɛːtɪʃɛː ɡrʊndzɛːt͡sɛː t͡suː foːrmuːliːrɛːn,
zɔndɛːrn ``mʏzɛːn diː last dɛːr poːliːtɪʃɛːn fɛːrantvoːrtʊŋ yːbɛːrneːmɛːn'', fɛːrlaŋtə
ɡ̈ntɛːr braːkɛlman, zoːt͡siːaːlɛːtiːkɛːr aːn dɛːr uːniːfrziːtɛːt bɔxuːm. laːst niː t͡suː, daːs
zolxɛːs ɔɪ̯ç paziːrt. dɛːr proːt͡sɛːs ɡɛːɡɛːn krɛːnt͡s ʊnd zaɪ̯nɛː ɡɛːnɔzɛːn viːrd dɐ
fɛːrmʊtlɪç lɛŋstɛː, zɪçɛːrlɪç aʊ̯x daːs bɛːdɔɪ̯tɛndstɛː fɛːrfaːrɛːn t͡suːɐ̯
ʃtraːfrɛçtlɪçɛːn fɛːrfɔlɡŋ dɛːr fɛːrantvoːrtlɪçɛːn fyːr toːdɛsxʏzɛː ʊnt
miːnɛnfɛːrlɛɡŋ zaɪ̯n. vɪliː mɛːrkɛːl ziːt zɪç als piːoːniːr. viːr ɡjuːɛːrkʃaftn̩
zɪnd bɛːraɪ̯t, yːbɛːr fast alɛːs t͡suː rɛːdɛːn, aʊ̯x yːbɛːr loːn- ʊnd nɛːbɛŋkɔstɛːn ʊnd yːbɐ
taːrɪfstrʊktuːrɛːn. ``ɛːs ɡaːb bɛːraɪ̯ts ɛːhnlɪçɛː fɛlɛː iːn aːfriːkaː. diː kamp͡ffluːɡt͡sɔɪ̯ɡə
floːɡɛːn aːm dinstaːɡ laʊ̯t uːn aʊ̯fklɛːrʊŋzaɪ̯nzɛːt͡sɛː yːbɛːr ɔstslaːvoːniːn. zolxə
aːrɡmɛntɛː vyːrdɛːn jɛːdɔx baɪ̯ aɪ̯nɛːm proːt͡sɛːs iːn dɛːr bʊndɛːsrɛːpʊbliːk bɛzɛːr ɡraɪ̯fɛːn.
bʊlɡaːrɪʃɛːn prɛzɛːbɛːrɪçtɛːn t͡suːfɔlɡɛː bomt dɛːr floːandɛːl bɛːraɪ̯ts aːn ʃuːlɛːn iːm
ɡaːnt͡sɛːn land. diː nɔtvɛndiːɡɛː ɡluːt haːbɛːn viːr mɪtɡɛːbraxt. dɛːr ʊntɛːrneːmɛːr ʊnt
zaɪ̯nɛː fraʊ̯ taʊ̯xtɛːn daːmals ʊntɛːr ʊnd vuːrdɛːn ɛːrst iːm maɪ̯ iːn miːaːmiː ɛntdɛkt. ``ʊm
diː 600 ɡldɛːn muːs maːn als anfɛŋɛːr ʃoːn ɪnfɛstiːrɛːn'', zaɡt tɛːoː. dɐ
prɛːziːdɛnt nɛlzoːn mandɛːlaː ɔɪ̯sɛːrtɛː t͡suːryːkhaltɛndɛː kriːtiːk ʊnd zɛt͡stɛː aʊ̯f ɡɛsprɛçə
miːt dɛːr jʊntaː iːn laːɡoːs. dɛːr daks ʃloːs miːt 2192,82 pʊŋktɛːn ʊnd laːɡ daːmiːt 20,52
t͡sɛːhlɛːr yːbɛːr zaɪ̯nɛːm ɛndstand foːm mɪtvɔx. diː dɛːnɪʃɛːn rɛntnɛːr mʏzɛːn diː hoːən
ʃtɔɪ̯ɛːrn t͡saːlɛːn. bʊndɛsviːrtʃaftsmiːnɪstɛːr ɡ̈ntɛːr rɛksroːt (fdp) kʏndɪɡtɛː aːm
dɔnɛːrstaːɡ iːm bʊndɛstaːɡ ``aɪ̯n ʊmfazɛndɛːs maːsnaːmɛnpaːkɛːt fyːr vakstuːm ʊnt
bəʃɛftɪɡŋ'' aːn, daːs zoːt͡siːaːlɛː kyːrt͡sʊŋɛːn foːrziːt ʊnd anfaŋ 1996 miːt dəm
jaːrɛsviːrtʃaftsbɛːrɪçt foːrɡɛːlɛɡt vɛːrdɛːn zɔl. aʊ̯x ɡrenpɛːaːkɛː dɔɪ̯tʃlant
vyːrdɛː ɡɛːrnɛː fyːr zaɪ̯nɛː rɛtʊŋ mɪtstraɪ̯tɛːn, zʊxt aːbɛːr nɔx nax aɪ̯nɛːm traːɡɛndn̩
bɪld fyːr aɪ̯nɛː kampanjɛː. diː ɛntʃɛːdɪɡŋɛːn fyːr diː faːmiːliːnaŋeːøːriːɡɛːn bɛːlaʊ̯fɛːn
zɪç aʊ̯f ʊmɡɛːrɛçnɛːt t͡svɪʃɛːn ɛtvaː 150 000 ʊnd 225 000 maːrk. ``viːr vɪzɛːn ɪmɐ
nɔx nɪçts yːbɛːr diː hɛːrkʊnft dɛːs fiːruːs''', ɡɪbt mʊraɪ̯ t͡suː. -``viː lɛːst zɪç diː
aʊ̯sɡɛːprɛɡtɛː fuːrxt foːn ɪnoːfaːtiːoːnɛːn zoːoːl iːm dɔɪ̯tʃɛːn maːnaːɡɛːmɛnt viː aʊ̯x baɪ̯
fiːlɛːn aːrbaɪ̯tneːmɛːrɪnɛːn ʊnd aːrbaɪ̯tneːmɛːrn yːbɛːrvɪndɛːn?'' haɪ̯nt͡s ʃlɔɪ̯sɛːr (spd)
ɪst zaɪ̯t 1988 fiːnaːnt͡smiːnɪstɛːr iːn noːrdhaɪ̯n-vɛstfaːlɛːn. t͡svɪʃɛːn 1988 ʊnd 1990 vaː
pɛːrɛːs fiːnaːnt͡smiːnɪstɛːr iːn ʃaːmiːrs nɔɪ̯ɛːr rɛːɡiːrʊŋ, kʏndɪɡtɛː dan jɛːdɔx diː
koːaliːtiːoːn aʊ̯f ʊnd ɡɪŋ iːn diː ɔpoːziːtiːoːn. diː tɛːlɛːkoːm stɛlt foːn zoːfoːrt aːn alə
aʊ̯slɛndɪʃɛːn anzaːɡɛːdinstɛː viːdɛːr aʊ̯f handfɛːrmɪtlʊŋ uːm. ``daːs ɡrøːstɛː prɔblm̩
ɪst, diː uːs-t͡suːliːfɛːrɛːr daːraːn t͡suː ɡjuːøːnɛːn, ʊns bmv-kvaːliːtɛːt ʊnd nɪçt uːs-kvaːliːtɛt
t͡suː liːfɛːrn. diː stɪmabɡaːbɛː vuːrdɛː fyːr diː zɪçɛːrhaɪ̯tskrɛftɛː foːrfɛːrlɛɡt, daːmiːt
ziː aːm valtaːɡ zɛlbst iːm aɪ̯nzaːt͡s zaɪ̯n kœnɛːn. rʊnd 800 000 bɛːdinstɛːtɛː vɛːrdən
foːraʊ̯zɪçtlɪç iːn t͡svaŋzuːrlaʊ̯b ɡɛʃɪkt. diː strɔmviːrtʃaft ʊnd diː
aːtoːmɪndʊstriː dɔɪ̯tʃlands ʊnd fraŋkraɪ̯çs haːbɛːn aːm mɔntaːɡ iːn straːsbuːrɡ iːɐ̯
ɡəmaɪ̯nzaːmɛːs proːjɛkt fyːr aɪ̯nɛːn ɔɪ̯roːpɛːɪʃɛːn drʊkvazɛrɛːaktoːr (ɛːpr) ɔfiːt͡siːl
foːrɡɛstɛlt. jɛːdɛːr bɪʃoːf zɔl aʊ̯fɡɛːfoːrdɛːrt voːrdɛːn zaɪ̯n, ɛntsprɛçɛndɛː klœstɐ
iːn zaɪ̯nɛːr diːøːt͡sɛːzɛː t͡suː yːbɛːrpryːfɛːn ʊnd fɛst͡sʊstɛlɛːn, oːb diː jʊŋɛːn ɪndɛːrɪnn̩
viːrklɪç oːrdɛnsxvɛstɛːrn vɛːrdɛːn vɔltɛːn. aɪ̯n aʊ̯vald ɪst alzoː aɪ̯n vazɛːrvald,
zaɪ̯n hɛːrt͡s ɪst dɛːr fluːs. diː t͡saɪ̯t ɡeːt foːr alɛːm kɪndɛːrn fɛːrloːrɛːn, dɛn jɛːdə
ʃtʊndɛː meːr foːr dɛːm tf bɛːdɔɪ̯tɛːt aɪ̯nɛː stʊndɛː vɛːniːɡɛːr miːt frɔɪ̯ndɛːn oːdɛːr dɐ
faːmiːliː, miːt mœɡlɪçɛːrvaɪ̯zɛː nɛːɡaːtifn fɔlɡɛːn fyːr diː ɪndiːfiːdʏlɛː ʊnd zoːt͡siːaːlə
ɛntvɪklʊŋ. miːt aɪ̯nɛːr kɔnzɛkvɛntɛːn kliːmaʃʊt͡sstraːtɛːɡiː kœntɛː diː kiːrxə
fɔraɪ̯tɛːr fyːr aɪ̯n nɔɪ̯ɛːs volstandsmoːdɛl vɛːrdɛːn. knap 45 proːt͡sɛnt dɐ
maːrktvaɪ̯tɛːn aʊ̯fvɛndʊŋɛːn ɛntfiːlɛːn 1994 aʊ̯f aːdrɛziːrtɛː ʊnd uːnaːdrɛziːrtə
pɔstzɛndʊŋɛːn, t͡svœlf proːt͡sɛnt aʊ̯f tɛːlɛːfoːnaktiːfiːtɛːtɛːn ʊnd ɡt aɪ̯n drɪtɛːl aʊ̯f
aːnt͡saɪ̯ɡɛːn ʊnd baɪ̯laːɡɛːn. diː kazɛːlɛːr rɪçtɛːr haːbɛːn daːmiːt dəm
bʊndɛsfɛːrvaltʊŋsɡɛːrɪçt diː ɡɛːfɔlɡʃaft fɛːrvaɪ̯ɡɛːrt. daːs riːziːkoː ɪst nɪçt miːt
dɛːm aɪ̯ntrɪt dɛːr kraŋkhaɪ̯t ɡlaɪ̯çt͡suːzɛːt͡sɛːn. ``ɛːs muːs t͡suː dɛŋkɛːn ɡɛːbɛːn, daːs diː
dɔɪ̯tʃɛː viːrtʃaft zɛlbst foːr dɛːm vɪnd aɪ̯nɛːr krɛftiːɡɛːn ɛkspoːrtkɔnjʊŋktuːr nɪçt
t͡suː meːr aɪ̯ɡɛndyːnaːmiːk fɪndɛːt'', stɛlt daːs ɡtaxtɛːn fɛst. hɛlmuːt koːl bjuːɛkt
zɪç dɛːrvaɪ̯l ʃoːn iːm maːrʃʃrɪt aʊ̯f diː t͡siːfiːlɛː zaɪ̯tɛː dɛːr diːfiːziːoːn t͡suː. ``vɐ
aːn dɔɪ̯tʃɛːn uːniːfrziːtɛːtɛːn abɡjuːiːzɛːn viːrd, vɛndɛːt zɪç mœɡlɪçɛːrvaɪ̯zɛː aːn aɪ̯nə
diːzɛːr iːn dɔɪ̯tʃland nɪçt aːnɛːrkantɛːn hɔxʃuːlɛːn, diː aʊ̯x kaɪ̯nɛːn aːnɛːrkantn̩
abʃluːs fɛːrlaɪ̯ɛːn kan'', bɛːfyːrxtɛːt vɛːrnɛːr bɛːkɛːr, hrk-ɪnfoːrmaːtiːɔnsrɛːfɛːrɛnt.
``ɪç ɡɛːbɛː aːrbaɪ̯t aːb ʊnd bɛːkɔmɛː daːfyːr meːr fraɪ̯t͡saɪ̯t'', zaɡtɛː pastoːr klaʊ̯s
ɔnaʃ foːn dɛːr xrɪstʊsɡɛːmaɪ̯ndɛː iːn krɔnshaːɡɛːn baɪ̯ kiːl. bʊndɛsprɛːziːdɛnt roːmaːn
hɛːrt͡soːɡ haːt zɪç daːfyːr aʊ̯sɡɛsprɔxɛːn, diː rʊnd 40 000 dɔɪ̯tʃstɛmiːɡɛːn iːn dɐ
aːziːaːtɪʃɛːn rɛːpʊbliːk ʊsbɛːkɪstaːn duːrx hɪlfɛːn t͡suːm blaɪ̯bɛːn iːm landɛː t͡suː bjuːɛːɡɛːn.
``daːt͡suː vɪl haɪ̯dɛːr aɪ̯nɛː poːliːtɪʃɛː kʊltʊrɛːfoːluːtiːoːn, ɛːr ɪst ɡɛːɡɛːn diː paːrtaɪ̯ɛːn,
ɡəɡɛːn diː zoːt͡siːalpaːrtnɛːr. fiːl yːbɛːrt͡sɔɪ̯ɡŋzaːrbaɪ̯t muːstɛː kʏŋ iːn tuːt͡sɪŋ nɪçt
meːr laɪ̯stɛːn. klaʊ̯s paɪ̯man ɪst iːn blɛndɛndɛːr fɛːrfazʊŋ ʊnd rɛːlaːtiːf ɡtɐ
dɪŋɛː, daːs juːɡɛndlɪçɛː laxɛːn dɛːr fryːɛːn t͡saɪ̯t ɪst iːm vɛːhrɛnd zaɪ̯nɛːs viːnɐ
jaːrt͡sents nɪçt fɛːrɡaŋɛːn. mɛldɛːn ziː diː ɡɛstɛː aːn, zɔnst droːt aɪ̯nə
ɡəldstraːfɛː. dɛːr uːs-handɛlsboftraɡtɛː miːkaɪ̯ kantoːr ɔɪ̯sɛːrtɛː zɪç yːbɛːr daːs
biːshɛːriːɡɛː ɛːrɡɛbniːs t͡suːfriːdɛːn: diː naːtiːoːnɛːn dɛːs viːrtʃaftsfoːrʊms rɛːprɛːzɛntiːrən
rʊnd 56 proːt͡sɛnt dɛːr vɛltproːdʊktiːoːn ʊnd 46 proːt͡sɛnt dɛːs handɛls aʊ̯f dɛːm ɡloːbuːs.
diːzɛː mɛnʃɛːn kœntɛːn t͡suːm baɪ̯spiːl vɛːhrɛnd aɪ̯nɛːr laʊ̯tɛːn ɡɛːzɛlʃaft diː voːrtə
dɛːs ɡɛsprɛçspaːrtnɛːrs nɪçt meːr foːn andɛːrɛːn støːrɡɛːrɔɪ̯ʃɛːn ʊntɛːrʃaɪ̯dɛːn ʊnt
høːrtɛːn nuːr nɔx ``voːrtzaːlaːt''. rʊnd 2000 stɛlɛːn vɛːrdɛːn biːs ɛndɛː kɔmɛndn̩
jaːrɛːs ɡɛstrɪçɛːn. straːfrɪçtɛːr braʊ̯nɛː fɛːrhɛŋtɛː zɛçs jaːrɛː ɡɛːfɛnnjiːs vɛɡn̩
``planmɛːsiːɡɛːr statshɛːt͡sɛː'' ɡɛːɡɛːn dɛːn faːmiːlinfaːtɛːr, ɔbvoːl diː taːt fɛːrjɛːhrt vaː
ʊnd diː ʃrɪft yːbɛːrhaʊ̯pt nɪçt fɛːrbraɪ̯tɛːt, zɔndɛːrn t͡suː haʊ̯zɛː aʊ̯fbjuːaːrt vuːrdɛː.
ɪç haːbɛː hɔɪ̯tɛː moːrɡɛːn ɔskaːr ɡɛːfraɡt, oːb ɛːr bɛːraɪ̯t ɪst t͡suː kandiːdiːrɛːn. dɐ
baɪ̯fal fyːr diːzɛːn spɔntaːnɛːn aʊ̯sprʊx bliːb maːɡɛːr. ``viːr pryːfɛːn daːs. ``ɪç biːn
vɛːhlɛːn ɡɛːɡaŋɛːn, vaɪ̯l diː jɛːt͡siːɡɛː ziːtuːaːtiːoːn nɪçt vaɪ̯tɛːr andaʊ̯ɛːrn kan'', maɪ̯ntə
iːn dɛːr staːt uːaːrɡlaː aɪ̯n andɛːrɛːr. aɪ̯niːɡɛː bløːkɛː miːt dɛːn kœp͡fɛːn foːn kaːrl maːrks,
ɛɐ̯nst tɛlman ʊnd aʊ̯ɡst bɛːbɛːl ʊnd ɛtlɪçɛːn andɛːrɛːn bɛːkɔmt maːn hɔɪ̯tɛː nɪçt
ʊntɛːr 300 maːrk. maːn fɛːrmuːtɛːt, daːs ɛːs doːrt nɔx aɪ̯nɛː poːpuːlaːtiːoːn ɡɪbt. daːs
kaʊ̯fɪntɛːrɛzɛː haːbɛː zɪç aʊ̯f ɪnstiːtuːtiːoːnɛlɛː ɪnfɛstoːrɛːn iːn dɛːr ʃvaɪ̯t͡s,
ɡroːsbriːtaniːn ʊnd dɛːn uːzaː koːnt͡sɛntriːrt, taɪ̯lt daːs ɪnstiːtuːt miːt. ``daːfyːr steːt
diː fiːrmaː zyːŋkroːnyːs ɡɛːraːdɛː, ʊnd viːr vɛːrdɛːn aʊ̯x diː kɔstɛːn yːbɛːrneːmɛːn'', zoː
pøːrtnɛːr. ``daːs ɛːrɡɛbniːs haːt ʊns ɛːrmuːtɪɡt'', bɛːrɪçtɛːt niːt͡s. ``dɔx nɪçt diː
kɪndɛːr fɛːrdiːnɛːn daːraːn, zɔndɛːrn hoːtɛls, fɛːrmɪtlɛːr, boːrdɛlbɛːtraɪ̯bɛːr'', zakt
fɛːliːt͡saːrdoː. diː aːmɛːriːkaːnɛːr zɪnd aɪ̯n bɛːɡaɪ̯stɛːrʊŋsfɛːiːɡɛːs, aːbɛːr aʊ̯x
laɪ̯çtɡlɔɪ̯biːɡɛːs fɔlk. diː spd zɔltɛː alzoː klaːrɛː bɛːdɪŋŋɛːn stɛlɛːn. ``viːr habn̩
alɛːs ɛraɪ̯çt, vaːs viːr vɔltɛːn'', ɛːrklɛːrtɛː jaːpans aʊ̯sɛnmiːnɪstɛːr yːoːaɪ̯ koːnoː.
zɛçs jaːrɛː nax dɛːr vɛndɛː muːs lɛç vaːlɛːzaː, dɛːr dɛːn fraɪ̯aɪ̯tskamp͡f dɛːr poːlɛːn ʊnt
dɛːn fridlɪçɛːn zʏstɛmvandɛːl zʏmboːliːziːrt, aɪ̯nɛːm eːɛːmaːliːɡɛːn kɔmuːnɪstɪʃɛːn
fʊŋktiːoːnɛːr vaɪ̯çɛːn. diː ɡlɔɪ̯biːɡɛːn vuːrdɛːn aʊ̯fɡɛːruːfɛːn, dɛːm ɛks-kɔmuːnɪstn̩
kvasnivskiː kaɪ̯nɛː xaːŋkɛː t͡suː ɡɛːbɛːn ʊnd fyːr aɪ̯nɛːn ziːɡ vaːlɛːzaːs t͡suː bɛːtɛːn. diː
brʊtøːɪŋkɔmɛːn zɔlɛːn uːm ziːbɛːn proːt͡sɛnt, diː aɪ̯naːmɛːn aʊ̯s ʊnzɛlbstɛndiːɡɐ
aːrbaɪ̯t hɪŋɛːɡɛːn nuːr uːm 1,5 proːt͡sɛnt staɪ̯ɡɛːn. daːs fiːnaːnt͡siːrʊŋsdɛːfiːt͡siːt bɛːtrʊk
zoːmiːt 3,9 proːt͡sɛnt. diː ɪnfɛstiːtiːoːnɛːn vɛːrdɛːn 1998 ɛːrnɔɪ̯t baɪ̯ rʊnd 800 mɪliːonn̩
maːrk aŋɛːzɛt͡st. diː skandiːnaːfiːr vɔlɛːn iːn tyːrɪŋɛːn 100 aːrbaɪ̯tsplɛːt͡sɛː ʃafɛːn.
diː ɡjuːɪnɛː liːɡɛːn nax dɛːn voːrtɛːn dɛːs ɡɛʃɛftsfyːrɛːrs zaɪ̯t jaːrɛːn t͡svɪʃɛːn 100
000 ʊnd 750 000 maːrk nax stɔɪ̯ɛːrn. ``viːr zɪnd laʊ̯t fɛːraɪ̯nsrɛçt diː
haʊ̯ptfɛːrantvoːrtlɪçɛːn. lɛt͡stlɪç zɪnd diː handɛlndɛːn pɛːrzoːnɛːn ɛntʃaɪ̯dɛnd,
nɪçt diː rɛçtsfoːrm. ``dɛːn bɛʃɛftɪɡtɛːn ɪst ɛːs nɪçt vaɪ̯tɛːr t͡suːt͡suːmuːtɛːn, oːnə
bət͡saːlʊŋ vaɪ̯tɛːrt͡suːaːrbaɪ̯tɛːn'', bɛːtɔntɛː ɡɛːzamtbɛːtribsratʃɛːfiːn zɪlkɛː striːt͡sɛːl.
``aːbɛːr ɛːs kɔmt aɪ̯nɛː nɔɪ̯ɛː diːmɛnziːoːn hiːnt͡suː.'' diː ɪnflaːtiːoːn haːt iːr niːdrɪɡstɛːs
niːfaʊ̯ zaɪ̯t dɛːn ziːbt͡siːɡɛːr jaːrɛːn ɛrraɪ̯çt, iːn meːr als dɛːr hɛlftɛː dɛːr statn̩
ɪst diː raːtɛː aɪ̯nstɛliːɡ. ʃoːn ziɡfrids faːtɛːr lʊdviːɡ rɔɪ̯mtɛː viːdɛːrstand miːt
baɪ̯ɛːrɪʃɛːm ɡrantɛln t͡suːr zaɪ̯tɛː. ``yːbɛːral ɪst ʊnzɛːr ɡɛʃɛft aɪ̯n poːliːtɪʃɛːs'',
rɛːzyːmiːrt faːrnʊŋ, ``ʊnd bɛːliːbiːɡ ʃviːriːɡ''. ``ɛːs ɪst filmeːr zoː, daːs dɐ
maːrkt ʊns rɪçtɛːn viːrd, vɛn viːr nɪçt hœlɪʃ aʊ̯fpazɛːn.'' voː zʊxɛːn zɪç
diːzɛː juːɡɛndlɪçɛːn dan diː yːbɛːrlɛːbɛnsnɔtvɛndiːɡɛː ɛːmoːtiːoːnaːlɛː t͡suːvɛndʊŋ? aɪ̯nə
aʊ̯zaɪ̯nandɛːrzɛːt͡sʊŋ ɪst jaː ɪmɛːr aʊ̯x aɪ̯n aɪ̯ŋeːɛːn aʊ̯f diː fiːɡrɛːn, diː
hɔxɡɛspʏlt vɛːrdɛːn aʊ̯f dɛːr rɛçtɛːn zaɪ̯tɛː. ``naːtyːrlɪç nuːr miːt lɛːɡaln̩
mɛːtoːdɛːn'', viː ɛlɛːn vaɪ̯t͡siːs foːn dɛːr hɛzɪʃɛːn fɛːrbraʊ̯xɛːrt͡sɛntraːlɛː bɛːtɔnt. diː
aɪ̯ŋkʏnftɛː vɛːrdɛːn miːt dɛːm pɛːrzœnlɪçɛːn aɪ̯ŋkɔmɛnstɔɪ̯ɛːrzaːt͡s foːn maksiːmaːl 53 proːt͡sɛnt
bəlɛɡt. nax aŋaːbɛːn dɛːr poːliːt͡saɪ̯ foːm mɔntaːɡ fand dɛːr bluːtɪɡstɛː yːbɛːrfal iːn dɐ
ɔstproːfiːnt͡s naːtaːl stat, voː ʊnbɛːkantɛː aːm zamstaːɡ aʊ̯f aɪ̯n miːniːbuːs-taksiː fɔɪ̯ɛːrtən
ʊnd daːbaɪ̯ zɛçs ʃvaːrt͡sɛː ɛːrʃɔzɛːn. ``bald vɛːrdɛːn viːr dɛːn bɛːfeːl ɛːrhaltɛːn, dən
rɪŋ uːm zaːrajjuːoː t͡suː œfnɛːn. ɛtvaː 70 pɛːrzoːnɛːn ɡɛːlaŋ ɛːs, dɛːn zɪçɛːrhaɪ̯tskoːrdoːn
dɛːr poːliːt͡saɪ̯ t͡suː duːrxbrɛçɛːn ʊnd biːs t͡suːr dɔɪ̯tʃɛːn botʃaft foːrt͡suːdrɪŋɛːn. ``iːn
fɛːrhandlʊŋɛːn muːs maːn aʊ̯sloːtɛːn, biːs t͡suː vɛlxɛːm pʊŋkt maːn ɡɛːmaɪ̯nzaːm ɡeːɛːn kan,
uːm diː aːrbaɪ̯tsloːzɪɡkaɪ̯t iːn dɔɪ̯tʃland nuːn viːrklɪç naxhaltiːɡ t͡suː bɛːkɛmp͡fɛːn.''
bɔsnins prɛːziːdɛnt aːliːjaː iːt͡sɛtbɛːɡoːfiːk ɔɪ̯sɛːrtɛː zɪç ɔptiːmɪstɪʃ yːbɛːr dɛːn aʊ̯sɡaŋk
dɛːs balkaːn-ɡɪp͡fɛls iːn dɛːn uːzaː. uːn-ɡɛːnɛːralzɛːkrɛːtɛːr buːtroːs buːtroːs-ɡaːliː haːt diː
ɪntɛːrnaːtiːoːnaːlɛː ɡɛːmaɪ̯nʃaft t͡suː zoːfoːrtiːɡɛːr hɪlfɛː fyːr diː rʊnd 400 000 flʏçtlɪŋə
iːn sriː laŋkaː aʊ̯fɡɛːruːfɛːn. rʊnd 15 000 aɪ̯nvoːnɛːr flʏçtɛːtɛːn ɪns ʊmland oːdɛːr vuːrdən
ɛːfaːkyːɛːrt. bʊndɛskaːnt͡slɛːr hɛlmuːt koːl ɛːrklɛːrtɛː, dɛːr faɪ̯ɡɛː moːrd haːbɛː aɪ̯nɛːn man
ɡətrɔfɛːn, dɛːr duːrx ɡroːsɛːn muːt ʊnd fɔlɛːn aɪ̯nzaːt͡s zaɪ̯nɛːr pɛːrzœnlɪçkaɪ̯t dən
friːdɛːn iːm naːɛːn ɔstɛːn ɛraɪ̯çɛːn vɔltɛː. bɛːn-ɡriːoːn ʊnd zaɪ̯nɛː aʊ̯sɛnmiːnɪstɛːriːn
ɡɔldaː maɪ̯r vuːrdɛːn laɪ̯çt, ɪnɛnmiːnɪstɛːr mɔʃɛː ʃaːpiːraː ʃvɛːr fɛːrlɛt͡st. diː spt
-- poːliːtiːkɛːr hatɛːn aŋɛːkʏndɪɡt, diː vɛːhrʊŋzuːniːoːn t͡suːm tɛːmaː dɛːs
bʊndɛstaɡsvalkamp͡fɛːs 1998 t͡suː maxɛːn. dɛːr miːnɪstɛːrprɛːziːdɛnt hatɛː aɪ̯nɛː stʊndə
t͡suːfoːr foːr 100 000 dɛːmɔnstrantɛːn ɛːrnɔɪ̯t dɛːn friːdɛnsproːt͡sɛːs iːm naːɛːn ɔstɛːn ʊnd aɪ̯n
ɡjuːaltfraɪ̯ɛːs, dɛːmoːkraːtɪʃɛːs iːsrɛːl bɛʃvoːrɛːn. dɛːn ʃmʊɡlɛːrn droːən
ɡəldstraːfɛːn, ʊnd dɛːr ɡrɛːnt͡spoːliːt͡saɪ̯ viːrd diː zaxɛː mɪtlɛːrvaɪ̯lɛː ɛtvaːs t͡suː haɪ̯s.
``diː dɛŋkʃrɪft kɔmt iːn bɪldʊŋspoːliːtɪʃ nɪçt ɡɛːraːdɛː laɪ̯çtɛːn t͡saɪ̯tɛːn'',
rɔɪ̯mtɛː raʊ̯ aɪ̯n. ``ɛːr fiːl iːm kamp͡f fyːr dɛːn friːdɛːn'', zaɡtɛː prɛːziːdɛnt ɛːt͡sɐ
vaɪ̯t͡smaːn. diː aʊ̯ɡɛːn blɪktɛːn leːr oːnɛː fɛːrstɛndniːs, oːnɛː hɔfnʊŋ. ``diː
rɛːɡiːrʊŋ iːsrɛls ɡɪbt miːt tiːfɛːr traʊ̯ɛːr dɛːn toːd dɛːs miːnɪstɛːrprɛːziːdɛntɛːn ʊnt
fɛːrtaɪ̯dɪɡŋsmiːnɪstɛːrs yːiːt͡shaːk raːbiːn bɛːkant, dɛːr hɔɪ̯tɛː foːn aɪ̯nɛːm atɛntɛːtɛːr iːn
tɛːl aːfiːf ɛːrmoːrdɛːt vuːrdɛː'', taɪ̯ltɛː aɪ̯n rɛːɡiːrʊŋsprɛçɛːr foːr dɛːm kraŋkɛːnhaʊ̯s
juːrnaːlɪstɛːn ʊnd ɛŋstlɪç vaːrtɛndɛːn iːsrɛːliːs miːt. ``ɛːs vaːr klaːr, daːs ɛːr ɡɛːtøːtɛːt
vɛːrdɛːn vyːrdɛː. ʊnd ɛːs braʊ̯xt nuːr aɪ̯n paːr lɔɪ̯tɛː, uːm daːs dan aʊ̯x aʊ̯st͡suːfyːrɛːn.
alɛː vuːstɛːn, daːs ʊns nɪçt meːr fiːl t͡saɪ̯t bliːb. ``ɪç kan mɪç nuːr ʃvɛːr iːn
voːrtɛːn aʊ̯sdryːkɛːn. daŋk dɛːr antiːbiːoːtiːkaː zaɪ̯ aɪ̯nɛː ɡrøːsɛːrɛː ɛːpiːdɛːmiː nɪçt t͡suː
bəfyːrxtɛːn. diː brøːt͡ʃɛːn vaːrɛːn miːt aːmaɪ̯zɛːn ``ɡɛspɪkt'', iːm laːɡɛraʊ̯m tʊmɛltn̩
zɪç kaːkɛːrlaːkɛːn ʊnd mɔɪ̯zɛː: dɛːr ɡrʊnd ɪst foːr alɛːm ɛntɔɪ̯ʃʊŋ yːbɛːr diː
traːdiːtiːoːnɛlɛːn paːrtaɪ̯ɛːn, diː zɪç duːrx kɔrʊptiːoːn, miːsviːrtʃaft oːdɐ
maxtmiːsbraʊ̯x aʊ̯st͡saɪ̯çnɛːtɛːn ʊnd kaʊ̯m antvoːrt aʊ̯f diː drɛŋɛndɛːn fraːɡɛːn viː
fɛːrɛːlɛndʊŋ ʊnd aɪ̯nɛː zɪç fɛːrʃɛːrfɛndɛː zoːt͡siːaːlɛː kriːzɛː fɪndɛːn. bʊndɛskaːnt͡slɐ
hɛlmuːt koːl (kduː) kʏndɪɡtɛː iːm bʊndɛstaːɡ aːn, ɛːr vɔlɛː daːs foːm
iːɡ-mɛːtal-foːrziːt͡sɛndɛːn klaʊ̯s t͡sviːkɛːl aŋɛːboːtɛːnɛː ``bʏndniːs fyːr aːrbaɪ̯t'' pryːfɛːn.
viː koːl zaɪ̯ ɛːr dɛːr anzɪçt, daːs ɛːs t͡suː aɪ̯nɛːm fɛːraɪ̯ntɛːn ɔɪ̯roːpaː kaɪ̯nɛː altɛːrnaːtiːf
ɡəbɛː. ``ɪç haːbɛː dɛːn fɔɪ̯ɛːrlœʃɛːr leːrɡɛːmaxt, aːbɛːr ɛːs vaːr nɪçts t͡suː maxɛːn'',
zaɡtɛː aɪ̯n haʊ̯sbjuːoːnɛːr, dɛːr daːs ʊŋlyːk ʊnfɛːrlɛt͡st yːbɛːrlɛbtɛː. diː bɛʃvɛːrdən
rɪçtɛːn zɪç ɡɛːɡɛːn diː uːnt͡suːraɪ̯çɛndɛː fiːnaːnt͡saʊ̯statʊŋ dɛːr kɔmuːnɛːn baɪ̯ dɐ
foːrɡɛʃriːbɛːnɛːn ʃafʊŋ foːn kɪndɛːrɡaːrtɛnplɛːt͡sɛːn. aɪ̯nɛː aʊ̯slɛndɪʃɛː fiːrmaː, diː
t͡suːr løːzʊŋ ʊnd iːdɛntiːfiːt͡siːrʊŋ kɔmplɛksɛːr prɔblɛːmɛː aɪ̯nɛː fɛːrtraɡlɪçɛː abmaxʊŋk
miːt aːmɛːriːkaːnɛːrn trɪft, ɪst dɛːm aːmɛːriːkaːnɪʃɛːn fɔlk fiːl nʏt͡slɪçɛːr als aɪ̯nə
aːmɛːriːkaːnɪʃɛː fiːrmaː, diː t͡suːm ɡlaɪ̯çɛːn t͡svɛːk miːt aʊ̯slɛndɛːrn aɪ̯nɛː fɛːraɪ̯nbaːrʊŋk
trɪft. ɛːs ɡɪbt kaɪ̯nɛː bɛːdroːʊŋ meːr -- voː ɪst dan diː rɛçtfɛːrtɪɡŋ fyːr aɪ̯nə
veːrp͡flɪçt'',? fraɡtɛː dɛːr foːrziːt͡sɛndɛː dɛːr t͡sɛntralstɛlɛː, uːlrɪç fɪŋkh, aːm
mɔntaːɡ iːn brɛːmɛːn. ``viːr vɛːrdɛːn daːɡɛːɡɛːn ɡɛːrɪçtlɪç foːrɡeːɛːn'', kʏndɪɡtɛː diː
prɛzɛsprɛçɛːriːn aːn. ``daːs haːt dɛːr paːrtaɪ̯ ɡɛːnʊt͡st.'' diː njuː yːoːrkɛːr bøːrzə
rɛːaːɡiːrtɛː bɪslaŋ nuːr miːt laɪ̯çtɛːn kuːrsfɛːrlʊstɛːn aʊ̯f dɛːn bʊɡdɛtkɔnflɪkt iːn
vaːshɪŋtoːn. ``vɛn ruːsland dɛːn fɛːrtraːɡ fɔlstɛndiːɡ ɛːrfʏlt, dan viːrd daːs
zɪçɛːrhaɪ̯tzʏstɛːm dɛːs landɛːs, bɛːzɔndɛːrs aːn dɛːn zʏdlɪçɛːn ʊnd nøːrdlɪçɛːn flaŋkn̩
fɔlstɛndiːɡ t͡sɛːrstøːrt'', zaɡtɛː fɛːrtaɪ̯dɪɡŋsmiːnɪstɛːr paːvɛːl ɡratʃoː. ``aːbɛːr diː
bʊndɛsbaŋk ɪst naːtyːrlɪç ɪmɛːr fyːr aɪ̯nɛː yːbɛraʃʊŋ ɡt'', hiːs ɛːs baɪ̯ aɪ̯nɐ
baŋk. ``viːr vɪzɛːn, daːs aʊ̯fklɛːrʊŋ nɪçt zoː ʃnɛl t͡suː ɛraɪ̯çɛːn ɪst, viː viːɐ̯
daːs foːr t͡svaːnt͡siːɡ jaːrɛːn ɡɛːdaxt haːbɛːn; diː tiːrfɛːrzʊxɛː hɛtɛːn ɛːrɡɛːbɛːn, daːs
tiːrɛː, dɛːrɛːn tɛɡlɪçɛː fʊtɛraːtiːoːnɛːn uːm diː hɛlftɛː rɛːduːt͡siːrt vuːrdɛːn, aɪ̯nə
ɛɐ̯høːtɛː mɛːlaːtoːnɪŋkoːnt͡sɛntraːtiːoːn aʊ̯fviːzɛːn. ɡɛːnɛːraːlɪnspɛktɔɪ̯r naʊ̯man vuːrdə
ɛɐ̯stmals kɔŋkrɛːt: kzuː-ɡɛːnɛːralzɛːkrɛːtɛːr bɛːrnd prɔt͡snɛːr bɛːtɔntɛː, dɛːr maxtvɛçzɛːl
aːn dɛːr spd-spiːt͡sɛː stɛlɛː ``aɪ̯nɛːn pɛːrzoːnɛlɛːn ʊnd iːnhaltlɪçɛːn lɪŋksruːk daːr''.
aʊ̯sɡɛːrɛçnɛːt lɛnɔns t͡sɛŋkɪʃɛː vɪtvɛː yːoːkoː oːnoː, diː jaːrɛːlaŋ miːt paʊ̯l mkaːrtnaɪ̯
yːbɛːr koːpyːrɪɡts ɡɛstrɪtɛːn hatɛː, yːbɛraɪ̯çtɛː dɛːn ``faːb treː'' daːs
ʊnfɔlstɛndiːɡɛː aːrxɪfmaːtɛːriːaːl, daːs bɛːraɪ̯ts aʊ̯f ɪlɛːɡaːlɛːn raʊ̯bprɛzʊŋɛːn ʊntɐ
fans kuːrziːrtɛː. diː tf-vɛːrkʃaʊ̯ kɔmt 1996 aʊ̯x als fiːdɛːoː aʊ̯f dɛːn maːrkt. aːm
ʃpɛːtɛːn dɔnɛːrstaːɡ aːbɛnd hatɛː zɪç diː laːɡɛː iːn dɛːm ɡɛːfɛnnjiːs duːrx daːs
aɪ̯ŋraɪ̯fɛːn foːn bɛːraɪ̯tʃaftspoːliːt͡sɪstɛːn ɛːrnɔɪ̯t t͡suːɡɛspɪt͡st. ``daːt͡suː bɛsteːt kaɪ̯nə
viːrtʃaftlɪçɛː nɔtvɛndɪɡkaɪ̯t, maːn vɪl iːn stʊtɡaːrt diː ɛːɡ aɪ̯nfax nɪçt
meːr.'' brandɛnbuːrɡs miːnɪstɛːrprɛːziːdɛnt manfrɛːd stɔlpɛː (spd) foːrdɛːrtɛː laːfɔntaɪ̯nə
aʊ̯f, mœɡlɪçst bald iːn ɔstdɔɪ̯tʃland aʊ̯ft͡suːtrɛːtɛːn. ɛːs felt aɪ̯n zʏstm̩
ʊmfazɛndɛːr zoːt͡siːaːlɛːr zɪçɛːrʊŋ. daːs vaːlɛːrɡɛbniːs vaːr ɔfiːt͡siːl bɛstɛːtɪɡt voːrdɛːn.
biːs t͡suː zɛçs mɪliːoːnɛːn bʊndɛsbyːrɡɛːr haːbɛːn daːnɛːbɛːn als kazɛnpaːtintɛːn aɪ̯nə
t͡suːzat͡spoːliːkɛː abɡɛʃlɔzɛːn. diː dɛːmɔnstraːtiːoːn zɔltɛː nax daːrstɛlʊŋ dɐ
fɛːranstaltɛːr fyːr aɪ̯nɛː fridlɪçɛː løːzʊŋ dɛːs kɔnflɪkts iːn kuːrdɪstaːn vɛːrbɛːn. aʊ̯f
doːlɛː ɛntfiːlɛːn aːm zamstaːɡ 33 proːt͡sɛnt dɛːr stɪmɛːn, miːt 26 proːt͡sɛnt kaːm dɐ
tɛksaːnɪʃɛː zɛːnaːtoːr fiːl ɡram aʊ̯f dɛːn t͡svaɪ̯tɛːn plaːt͡s, 23 proːt͡sɛnt ɛːrhilt laːmaː
aːlɛksandɛːr. diː ɡrʊpɛː viːrd fyːr aɪ̯nɛːn ɡroːstaɪ̯l dɛːr ɡjuːaltaːtɛːn fɛːrantvoːrtlɪç
ɡəmaxt, diː zaɪ̯t draɪ̯aɪ̯nhalb jaːrɛːn iːn ɛːɡʏptɛːn fɛːrʏbt voːrdɛːn zɪnd. mɪndɛstɛns
88 rɛːbɛlɛːn ʊnd zɔldaːtɛːn zɔlɛːn nax aŋaːbɛːn aɪ̯nɛːs aːrmesprɛçɛːrs ɡɛːtøːtɛːt voːrdən
zaɪ̯n. aɪ̯n aːrbaɪ̯tsloːzɛːr aːrɡɛntiːnɪʃɛːr kriɡsfɛːtɛːraːn haːt aːm zamstaːɡ ɛːrfɔlɡloːs
fɛːrzʊxt, diː ʃʊlɡɛːbyːrɛːn zaɪ̯nɛːs zoːnɛːs miːt draɪ̯ tap͡fɛːrkaɪ̯tsmɛːdaɪ̯lɛːn aʊ̯s dəm
falklandkriːɡ foːn 1982 t͡suː bɛːt͡saːlɛːn.