S % reference number // title B132503 ? % date // time ? ? % recording // input device wlk % duration of conversation 25.98 5111 % details of conversation // locality - county & town Greater London Hackney % setting // activity school ? % type of discourse // superfield // subject // individual sub conversation ^{? _{? ? % spontaneity factor // audience 3 4+ only two speakers most of the time % details of participant // identifier // name // gender 1 Peter m % age // first language // dialect 14 BrE London % occupation // education // social group student still studying 2 white % relationship to respondent // other relationships respondent friend6 pupil12 friend16 ? % details of participant // identifier // name // gender 6 Muhammad m % age // first language // dialect 15 BrE London % occupation // education // social group student still studying ? % relationship to respondent // other relationships friend friend16 ? % details of participant // identifier // name // gender 12 ? f % age // first language // dialect ? BrE ? % occupation // education // social group teacher ? ? % relationship to respondent // other relationships teacher ? ? % details of participant // identifier // name // gender 16 Mica f % age // first language // dialect ? BrE London % occupation // education // social group student still studying ? % relationship to respondent // other relationships friend friend6 ? Hey, you feeling better? Yeah. Well it had to I suppose. Handed in my maths. Well you had to, to go then? Oh God! Yeah. That's probably why . Oh. Is that Peter? Oh! He's got school? Is that, oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh God! Here they come. Oh fucking [hell!] [L] block I thought. Someone else must be going. Aren't you going home? No, I'm waiting for you. Oh alright. I'll converse. Right. Converse. I wanna go, I'm going up town. Go up to Miss thingy. What? Go on. Go on. laugh Who Miss ? Missy, what d'ya call her? ? Miss, Miss Hitler. Miss ? Or, or Miss, who had an affair with the drama teacher. Miss , I just said Miss over and [over] [Yeah.] again! Yeah. Same translations they gotta be in [as well.] [Are you] still conversing with that? Yeah. Okay. They've gotta be in today as well. What? They've all gotta be in today as well. Er er, you know I told you that thingy? What? Erm, were you going to a completely rewrite about the Yeah. and me not being able to say the word, [basically] [Yeah.] D'ya d'ya wanna talk in here or talk outside? I don't give a fuck! Well, it's just probably people can hear. Well you can't see them coming they won't hear. The thing is I sa= I don't fancy going any more cos, [you know] [Talk] not bothered. ... (children chattering/walking down corridor) I've got, well done. It's locked! What are you here for? What? Is it you know the lot, well all the other girls have gone upstairs, said [stay down for a minute.] [What are you doing here?] Handing in maths course work. Hey! Hey! Eh! Eh! Erm Mica. Mico, yeah. Erm whose idea, ha=, Merco, whose idea was the parrot sketch? What? Ha=, is anyone in your year doing the parrot sketch for the entertainment. Ah no, I don't [think so.] [I dunno.] We don't know what we're doing yet. You, don't you decide? Nope. We had to work ourselves, we did the parrot sketch. We had to write up the parrot sketch in English and Miss translated into French for us. No you're upstairs then? Yeah. Erm, cos all the other girls er just went out of the hall, says on the letter it's wri= it said L block. Did it? So I have to go upstairs then? Yeah. ... We've gotta do all the other ones, tape. It's amazing what you tape. ... Sir. What? Are you? I should be. Mm. I'm telling you why am I Why are you what? Why am I not trying to go out. [Well why is that important.] [] Ah? What? I dunno. Oh come on, don't I don't know! That's it. But he couldn't work out why I was in school? What? Because you like her. Do you like her? Yeah. Well, there's no problem. I wanna sit down. Do you find her attractive? Relatively. Well, that's no problem then. She's [got to] [Except when] it [it's not] [Well] it's not fair [when] [close] your eyes. Who? Her. It's her. Hi. Hi. Where's the French [exchange group?] [I dunno if] she's gonna come. Dunno. I think it's in the hall. Oh. Come on! That's where everyone else seems to have gone. What is it? Muhammad! Ah no! Leave him alone! Better let [go else he's gonna get really] [He's got, he's got my money!] He's got my money! Here he comes with a black eye. Must have. ... Yeah? So? I don't wanna see her. I don't like it. So close your eyes. Ye= no [her ears.] [I wonder] where she's gone? Hiya. Hello Peter! What are you doing here? Maths course work. Tt. [Oh oh!] [Have to] hand it in. Right fair enough. [Cos where yo=] [What's] happening today, is it baker day or like insect [day or] [Ah], yeah insect day. Alright. Ooh God! I hope she has fun. laugh I hope she breaks her neck! That's nice. The question is are you actually interes=, attracted to her enough to want to, you know, what are you I suppose. Well then, no problem. For a start is she interested in you or is she going with you cos they force her. No, not particularly. No. Erm ... Why anything else? Oh I didn't have time. I'm getting trainers boy. Wo! We don't need you for two weeks. What? We don't need to for two weeks. Why? We haven't got PE for two weeks. I know that. I can start on the on the changing room. Sad you are. Why am I sad when I'm getting [some new trainers?] [Oh here comes short] ass. Who's short arse? . the [dick.] [I do] not wanna see right. I do [not want] [Muhammad!] So why d'ya come to school okay? You knew the French exchange kids were gonna be here. I didn't know. No you [did.] [I] forgot. [I forgot.] [No you so=] [I forgot!] [no, yeah] you knew originally. Fuck off! I forgot. It's not my f=, so is that, is that my fault? Are you going to see that film ? When? Today. I dunno. Are you? I wannu. Well, tsk, I could but, there's certain problems. Such as? Such as I, hang on, what? Where's the French exchange? Er, L block. Am I late? [Yeah, you were supposed] [He's a tosser!] be here at nine thirty. He's a tosser! Don't believe what he says. Well what's the, You better run you know. Eh? They're all sitting down and stuff. We looked in the window. In the hall. Wow, laugh They're all in the hall. He's gonna get [well pissed off!] [Yeah. Yeah.] Yeah. Yeah I know. He's gonna storm out of there, you bastard Peter! You bastard! What, You bastard Peter! You bastard! laugh No, cos the thing is, my dad wants to go and see, a film sometime near my birthday. laugh So, erm, which I don't mind cos What film? Dunno. But I don't wanna see a film, that, my parents are gonna watch with me. I wanna watch [] [Well], just tell them what one you want, I mean See I wanna see Accidental Hero. Please! That looks good. I know, but I mean, come on! Well what else is on actually? There's the Jungle Book. Yes! We could take Warner. No. Who's that? Dunno. Looks like Sarah driving. Who is driving? [Oh my] [It does], doesn't it? God! It could be little Sarah. Who the hell's that? Who's that? Freaky! What? That that girl, I mean, the woman, driving, [looks like] [Looks like Sa=] Sarah so much, my God it's frightening! ... (traffic noise) Is that Miss ? What? Is that Miss ? No, it's not. . That could be her. No cos erm I need to do some stuff today. Like I need to get some rope. Rope. What d'ya mean? Suicide. cough Oh right. No such thing as a much maths course work [actually.] [No handing] it in. Oh [yeah!] [But I've] gotta return this. Right. ... Why is she wearing sandals? Why not? Oh they're not sandals, they're flip-flops. Flip-flops, same thing. laugh [Are you coming? Shall we walk?] [Eh I need just some rope, no I need] to get some rope [cos] [Can] we walk please? Shall we walk? Why? As in, I, I can't be bothered to go down for like [half an hour.] [Where are you] walking though? I dunno. Just I need to walk that way and and [that way.] [I was] gonna wait for Josie and that lot. Why? Josie and Cassie. Yeah, they're, they're [probably gonna come at] [They're not gonna be,] they're gonna be in [till ten.] [until about] ten thirty five. Yeah I know. Jesus! Come back at ten twenty then. But ee, if Miss comes in I don't have to do it I just hand it over to Miss and, bugger off. Who's that? (traffic noise) Aargh! Aargh! Run for it! Where you gonna walk then? I really haven't [a fucking] [Oh ye=] clue. hang on we could go and see your, What? Might as well go and see Janet. Nah! Why not? Nah! Too dangerous. What d'ya mean, too dangerous? Ah! I don't wanna bugger up [the] [What?] plan. What? Don't wanna bugger up the plan. What plans? The plans we've got with her, as in . Right. You mean, you can go out with her, but you're not allowed to talk her only Zang is, otherwise [you might jeopardize the situation?] [Nah nah no no no.] Jeopardize the situation, I'm not going out with her at the moment. Ah! But I should be by around Tuesday night. You said by Monday last time. Did I? Well [I lied.] [Yeah], you did. Well I lied. Smells nice though. Well can you prove that? Yes you can. Smells, yeah I can actually. [ Yeah!] [Can you?] Listen to the [plonker!] [Nah.] Actually it depends when you said it. When did you say it? I probably said it while I was like, yeah we=, yeah we=, while you were at it I don't think so. I might have. Yeah. yawn Oh shit! You, don't tell me you haven't done any Tamsin dubbing? No I haven't. Ah you cunt! Problem? Yes! It's a problem. I wanted to have some hyper copies of her voice. Oh really? No man. Is there any da=, dubbing sort of place anywhere? Yeah. Tamsin's? French. French. Is French open? And, [is there ?] [No I mean on] Mondays. What? I mean on Mondays, French. Could go to Tamsin's. Yeah, we could. Do you wannu? No, no, not particularly. Could go to Lisa's. Has she erm, recovered from Malaria? [laugh] [Oh shame!] Exactly what I thought. I lau=, I laughed, you know, [I laughed hard] [laugh] and I, i= i=, it's fucking sad, she's pretty sick. Sounds rough, you're getting sad. laugh But I can probably look good with a tie. Hang on! Hang on! you Hey! You've only just gone off ro=, erm Tamsin [ road.] [laugh] And trying for Janet, yeah. Try and keep contro=, some control of your hormones. No I can't. I've realized that I've never been out of love. Oh! Good for you. ... But you've never been loved. True. True. laugh So we'll walk in the general direction of Tamsin . Alright. Okay. [Has] [What] she got, has she got a though? ah, but what's the news? I dunno. We might decide to go to her house. Ah well I've gotta come back for ten, so Thirty. Ah yeah well I gotta leave, start coming back at ten. Alright stay for ten minutes and then can come back. Hang on I think yo=, in England or in erm, [where they] [What?] go? Tunisia. Tunisia. In Tunisia in hospital? Oh! Shit! That's [pretty good.] [No no no no,] no no, she, she's in hospital here I think. So she came back with Malaria? Yeah. [laugh] [I'm not, I'm not] sure. I only saw her sister. (bad traffic noise) Why didn't she have jabs? I don't have a [clue!] [Bulls!] It's bulls! That's why I laughed. Bulls! Look, you laughed, I laughed. Right, when I went to Turkey, I had three jabs before I went away, and every two days I took two tablets, ma= anti malaria tablets. Oh bless her! What? Well [don't say that's overreacting cos] [I don't give a fuck!] Don't give a fuck cos you could say that's overreacting but, I haven't got malaria and Lisa has. laugh So there's the proof mate. laugh Ah, ah shit, that is so fucking sad! She's got malaria! Yeah but it can be treated in this country. What? But, can't they treat it in this country? Yeah they probably can. Yeah. Erm, cos then, they're doing tests, to see if she has got it but it's highl= highly likely that she has. So who have you phoned up then? Nobody, Zang [told me.] [Oh Zang] phoned you? How did Zang find out? Zang phoned Lisa. Oh Christ! He doesn't waste time does he? Why? Just cos he phoned her. Well we know he fancies her [right?] [No.] He doesn't. He doesn't? He doesn't. [Oh!] [They're] friends. Do you want a Werther's Original? Yeah, please. I could roll this through the mud, spit on it, and put it through dog's dirtisisism, (sic) and most people would still say yes please. laugh True? True. laugh That was so funny! Ah God! I'm ill. How come? I'm bloody ill. Sore throat. laugh Great! Ha aargh! These really help. Yuck! laugh ... But, laugh blame John. No on the letter though it did say, er about, no I had to ring Sasha you know. I rang Sasha, for my sister. Yeah? Funny thing was Alex answered the phone, and he knows my voice on the phone easily see. Yeah. Alex answers the phone. Hello. Hello, can I speak to Sasha please? laugh Which I thought was quite funny. laugh And I presume that he didn't? I don't think he's, didn't say anything. He was probably crying though. ... [But they got] [] the fuck that! they gotta be there from nine thirty till, one. Do you believe that? Well yawn They must use a fuck . I wouldn't mind just one up [there.] [Oh] shut up! Look at to say Muhammad! I feel fine. There is a limit to how much I can take! No there isn't! There is actually because of, and you're coming bloody close to it. ... (conversation in background) Dogs. The only thing I don't like. Oh. Tt. Shall we, erm, have an excuse by saying you wanna co= converse. She might be still asleep though. Yeah, probably. Alex is. Mm mm. At a rough guess. I think he's definitely asleep! We don't need, we don't need the laws of, erm, we don't need the laws of physics laugh as proof, Alex is is still in bed. laugh I haven't got anything of, talking to my parents right, cos I just don't really. Oh [yeah.] [I] don't hold conversations with my parents. Mhm. Ha. Did you see Good Morning Vietnam? Mm mm, no. [No?] [Missed] it. I saw a bit. I would have watched it if I didn't have maths. Good morning Vietnam! I, I watched the first ten minutes which was really funny cos, as they're going along in the truck, ah look at that woman! Ah! Yes! Oh what a lovely body! And, and he goes no we can't, can we stop? Please! Please! Stop! Stop! Stop! And the guy driving the truck says, no we can't we've got an important meeting. Okay, so the driver actually speeds up okay? And then, another woman, exactly the same clothes Aha. same hat, so it looks like the same woman so he says, oh my God! There she is again! She's, she's got this fa=, how the hell did she get in front of us? Come on, please, the driver says I know, I know, speed up, let's test her stamina. laugh Stopped her dead. laugh Oh oh. Did you see that Robin Williams thing Acting Funny? No. Oh it was quite interesting. I actually [] [Cos basically] Robin William films are, either, a film, with a character, and Robin Williams, is the character, takes over the film and Robin Williams comes through, and it's funny, okay? Okay. Now, you know, erm Good Morning Vietnam? Mhm. What it is, is it's a, what what aha, what it is er, it's a film, and basically it's a film, with spaces in it for Robin Williams just to say jokes. Mhm. Basically to do a routine. Mhm. But the problem is, it's a serious film around that. Mm. Okay? And it doesn't work very well Mm. because, yeah, you know [the structure is is] [It's still a good], it's a fi=, [still a good] [You know the stru=] i= er most people will be perfectly happy to watch, erm, two hours of Robin Williams being a funny DJ Mm mm. but putting it around the, well apparently doesn't work. And then things like some of the stories [like] [Yeah.] the Fisher King Ah that was good. that was apparently excellent! It was good. Which I never saw, but, I'm sure it is. Which you will be open to public, on Channel Four. Yeah, probably. laugh Yeah. Do you reckon they'll put Toys on? Nah! laugh That's a likely possibility. Actually Muhammad, I don't reckon we should go this way. Why? Cos I don't reckon we should go and call on her cos that's a bit out of order. It's fucking early! And [also] [What] time is it then? What? What time is it? Dunno, I can't reach my watch. Quarter to ten. Also, [if we co=] [We only] have to [walk down] [also if we], no because if we walk down there [and] [Right.] they look out their window and see us, you know So? What the fuck! So, I don't want anyone [thinking] [What] the fuck! Just come round this way Muhammad. No! What the fuck! I don't give a [fuck!] [Fine.] [Fine] [Right.] You go and make a complete prick of yourself. Why? But I'm, I don't particularly want to. Oh come on! No! You're not gonna be a wag? Rosa isn't gonna, not gonna do it, Tamsin's not gonna do it right. You're gonna help me out about that. Cassie, we don't give a fuck about! Cassie, Cassie's oh she has, she's seen Cassie. Yeah? Well Is that Cassie's car? Mm well not Cassie's it's somebody's though, Cassie's yes it is. But, it's not Cassie I don't think. Erm, Do you wanna or not? No not particularly. Ah come on! Nope. sigh Take a risk. No. If you If you're game right, and the entire field is full of mines, and you need to get the last base. Shut up! You've gotta [take] [No.] a fucking chance! Muhammad, I have no objective on trying to reach here. Oh [damn!] [What obje=] I don't have an objective here. I was just, I'm just running through a field of mines okay? Except there isn't another base at the end of it. laugh [What's in there?] [Now I've passed the] last base and you want me to just run through a minefield okay? And, sigh screw you! ... What? What? It's a terrible thing to do, it well look. What you on about? , what's ? Sarah. Oh! Oh no it did look er like her. ... Have you got a bus pass? Hop on a bus? What? Ah. Sounds alright actually. You got any money? How much? About a pound. Yeah, that's enough. Think I'll call No. Cos I don't wanna make a big thing of it cos, if it was today we'd have to go, before the Sesame Street or after the Sesame Street. And I said I'd be back for around one cos I wasn't actually planning on doing [much] [Ah] but you're going on Tuesday at five, half past five innit? No next Tuesday or next Monday. Yeah sure. What ? What? Go before and get [there] [No] but we can go before or after. Yeah, well the point is if she . If it's a Bank Holiday then she probably won't be open. She will be. No, cos of school. No it won't be, it's a Bank Holiday. Ha ha! Ha ha. I just wanted to see Yeah well, I haven't really got time, but erm, I need to get some rope cos I'm doing finally I'm doing that act, for my, cousin's birthday who's, nearly two She, is nearly two. Can she put up with that? And erm, I'm supposed to do a show for like her birthday, which is easy cos kids are easy actually, you just exaggerate like this is my opening routine I got this out of a book actually, you come on okay? and go, I'm a bit shy you see, erm, well I'm a bit shy, and tell the truth, I have to admit I'm a bit shy, so, I when I come on I'm gonna say hello, and then you say hello back to me, okay? and then, no one has to be shy, then I go off okay and I come on, and basically they're all gonna shout hello, right, yeah, no, no, that's not right no, I say hello first here I'll show you, go off I come on, I go ... and wait about for a min= half a sec= ha= you know just wait for about ten seconds, I've forgotten what I'm supposed to say wha= can you remind me? and they all shout hello, so I, erm, one more time, I go off I come on, hello, and they say hello, and that's that. [It's good innit?] [That is a bit] shit! Well That is not a bit shit. No, well I wasn't planning on to you know it was too nice to see so I wasn't planning on to do anything, I wasn't [planning to use it on] [] Oh alright. ... Oh calm down! I just didn't wanna see her. You just can't defy the logic of . You can't just . What other shops do you want? [Well I dunno.] [What do you wanna] buy? Shops. What shops? I got it on my bus pass. You sure? Oh! You know the K two. K two? , yeah? No. [K two.] [Yeah what?] Sarah? No, K two. K two? Ah! Yeah. Saw her this morning. Ah ah! Cos of the bus strike I went the way I normally don't go Yeah. When I got off the bus she was at Hackney Cen= Central with all her friends. Ow! [Ow!] [So] you went and pulled her to one side. No I didn't actually I just, ignored her and went on. I didn't have time, to talk cos I had to be here for nine. Oh screw you! ... I only got off the bus to catch the bus that was in front and I missed that, oh yeah. laugh I was gonna catch it at the next stop. Ah! Have you smashed it? No no. A D to J B. A D to J B, is that okay? Mm, yeah A D. A D. Who's J B? Janet . Yeah. A, Aaron ... Oh! Who's A D? We're all rebels. [Ain't got no ca=] [(reading from wall) We're all rebels], ain't got no cause. Total anarchy and gang wars. Kill the pigs. There ain't no laws. Let's all go out and score some whores. Terminate your cat and liquidate your assets don some mirror shades and eat some Bertie Bassetts. Liam? Er erm, Bonnie. laugh Surprising, it sounds more Liam. Yeah. Janet wants a Valentine's [card from Muhammad.] [Janet won't get a] Valentine's card till next year. What? Wait till next Valentine's and then [she'll] [Kate] get one. Kate wanted a Valentine's from Pierre and she got it! Stupid cow! Ooh! Is that a bit of hate I hear? No, not particularly. Then what was it I ask then? I dunno. Oh sorry I just get A D for J B? A D for J B yeah? A D for J B there. A D for J B there, yeah? I [know.] [And] there. I reckon I like the second verse better. Terminate your cat and liquidate your assets. Don some mirror shades and eat some Bertie Bassetts. Oh I [dunno.] [Cos this] one's a bit shit. Oh shit, d'ya know what I watched last night? What? Inspector Allen Mysteries. Surprisingly strange. ... It's really confusing pop artists with pop art hasn't he? Why? Cos pop art is basically taken stuff out of popular medium Yeah? ie, if you were doing a picture Yeah. and you'd fit them together, but if it didn't fit you'd have to do something to you'd have to get them from som= from somewhere else. Yeah. But with a computer though, scan it in, flip rotate, erm picture slide or whatever you wanna do to it, you done it. Yeah. So that is technically . So don't use computers. You do. What? They do. Yeah, fine. See if [I care!] [Cos that] is going to eventually pop up, you just, you've got I think he's a contact wrong. You know the big motherfucker said, what did she say? Talking of that, have you got Teletext? No. Well on, on fourth, Oracle, the new Four thing We've got that. What? Four seven. You said you didn't have it. I know I don't have it. Oh. But people tell. Oh. Well I look at this quiz thing called Bamboozle, and the quiz master's called Bamber Boozler which I think's a bit sad, but s= they s= you send in, you're supposed to send in twenty questions and they put them on. Right? Well, this is the first question, cough okay? What does the B stand for in BBC basic? Is it, beginners, basic Yeah. BBC, or British? Beginners. Yeah. Question two was, something like, er, yeah question two, when was the Cuban missile crisis? I don't know Nineteen sixty two Right Got that off, erm, [] [Third question,] third question, what bit is the new Acorn A three ten. What? what bit is eh Oh fucking [hell!] [Thirty] two, sixteen, eight or, twelve. Well, wh= what was it erm [] [It's thirty two] What? But the thing is, and then the next question [was] [What] how did you Thirty two, sixteen, eight and, [twelve.] [Thirty] two I believe Yeah I know. And then, another question was, erm, have you ever read The Demon Headmaster? Well [who] [No] wrote The Demon Headmaster, and the thing is right this is so spooky cos, that person sounds like an Acorn fanatic, true? Sounds like, and you know the, the quiz master thing, he said, oh we got some tough questions for you today, basically tough, cos unless you got an Acorn you wouldn't know what the fuck they're talking about, [but I did] [They're] not But erm, My question [is] [I've read,] I've read, look, I've got that computer so I knew those questions, I've read The Demon Headmaster, in primary school. It's quite a cool book actually, erm and, the Cuban missile crisis I got that I'm, you know I knew that recently, because of Quantum Leap. Oh yeah! And I just thinking, shit! It's like, that's the kind of questions I would've put there, 'cept I wouldn't have gone about the BBC and er A three ten, but because the less you know about the compu= the Acorn market you wouldn't know, wh=, you know what the fuck they were on about. Well what questions were there about the Acorn? Oh, dunno, I got bored and, didn't both= didn't really [bother] [What] one was I've done them No but What's the B stand for in BBC Basic, in Basic, but anybody with any bit, of mind that know B Basic was ori= basically BBC Basic. [Right,] [] well no they'll think of BBC Basic, and, so it can't be BBC, and it can't be British, and it's not gonna be Basic, so you're not gonna have basic as the first letter of Basic are you. No Are you True No, so it has to be begginers, ... Oh other ones were, this is fucking weird, what's the tangent of ninety degrees. Now sorry, I'm sorry I've just covered that in maths, isn't that a sweetie, yeah, another question, no you can't I've only got two left. Oh come on Oh shall I open it right? Equal share Look, no it's for you, [it might look, cos that's the thing for ] [Come on, please please please] come on No, no, no, [screw you] [Come on,] oh come on No! Please Alright Thank you. I'll pay you back later. You will, you're right, erm, anyway, so, there was this this question about, erm, that, about tangents, there was a question about, s= erm, the parts of the body which we covered in that other unit work we did, you know we did half Yeah, well And I'm just thinking, shit! This is so weird. ... Cos it is. Yeah I know Do you reckon we ought to go back now? Why? Well why not? Tip. What? Tip, we'll go in about five minutes. whistling See if we'd waited at school, when Miss came I could have just buggered off. Really? Sensitive mike though, picked you up talking over there quite quietly, you weren't talking very loudly were you? No That's why I put these on, to check Seriously? Yeah, that's right, [just now] [How ] Yeah, there's a lot of interference though, isn't there. Not really.}}