<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>1:52 hello hi how are you today <&>door closes all right sorry about the noisy dog in the background <{1><[1>we're trying to shut him up <{2><[2>but er <[1>oh <[2>laughs <&>2:00 your neighbours must love you yeah oh no the nights it's all very quiet here oh good laughs um now what do we do <{><[>for <.>th for you today <[>just word just word injections yeah it's a year's time isn't it yeah and um oh she had her teeth scraped under <{><[>just a yeah <[>may as a sedative <.>h has she been all right with it yeah well <{1><[1>i haven't been checking them much i mean i give her a mixture i don't give her she doesn't handle gravy beef all the time <{2><[2>so and i've <.>s <{3><[3>i think she's like me i've got the same problem i think <{4><[4>i went to the <.>de dentist today <{5><[5>laughs yeah <[1><.>a <.>a <,> well we'll have a look <[2>no <[3>and how do you do <[4><&>next utterance addressed to cat word <[5>word as long as we just keep an eye on it yeah cos we'll soon prevent it getting too bad now that's okay oh good that's fine it's good that you can do it under yeah <{><[>well i mean it might get to a stage where we'll have to do it under anaesthetic but of course <[>local anaesthetic yeah she's had that before it's it's much simpler cheaper if <{1><[1>we can do it under a sedative okay that but you know next year when i see you i <{2><[2>might might have to do it <{3><[3>again but you're okay for the meantime there's no problems and i'd still encourage her to chew a bit <{4><[4>but but don't get too paranoid about you know making sure she <{5><[5>eats too much um now do you want me to worm her as well <[1>yeah <[2>mm <[3>yeah <[4>yeah yeah <&>3:00 <[5>word yes yes please and um eyes been okay? yep the er the only thing that she has she's got a real fur ball problem <{1><[1>you know like vomiting fur balls and i think and i was talking i'm a town planner i often have um people ring up like and a vet rang up and they'll say something and i'll say oh while you're on the phone and he'll say oh i always thought that it was just something that you just but he was saying like it's something to do with skin or <{2><[2>something to do with the <{3><[3>with the stomach or something word <[1>mm <[2>well <[3>yes <,> if they're if they're licking excessively mm then because of a skin reason <{><[>you know for skin purposes that's what we're concerned about <[>oh yeah yeah but the average long haired cat like um like yours yeah who has got no skin trouble as you <{1><[1>can perhaps see there um and you know a real healthy skin <{2><[2>no fleas which you seem to be quite word <{3><[3>word <[1>right <[2>mm <[3>well i think she <&>4:00 needs a new flea collar she's you know cunning <{><[>she's word <[>yeah <&>brand name make sort of fairly weak ones anyway laughs word winter she's doesn't seem too bad <,> well she might have but she's starting scratching lately i was thinking oh word there's a problem with it getting warmer though anyway <{1><[1>so put a um put a flea collar on but um but i certainly wouldn't be concerned about her coat what you're got to remember is it's fairly natural for them when they're breeding to take in especially this time of year <{2><[2>a lot of fur and then for them to vomit it <{3><[3>straight back up <[1>yeah <[2>mm <[3>yeah oh so that's <{1><[1>not a stomach <{2><[2>problem or anything like that <[1>a quite <[2>no no it's not well it's more of a problem if they start getting it impacted and then don't <{1><[1>vomit it up and start getting digestive problems i'll just check that she's not constipated tell you what you can do to help lubricate it through a bit <{2><[2>is you can put a little bit of um vaseline on her paw <{3><[3>and then lick it off <[1>yeah yeah <[2>mm <[3>oh okay i have had word <.>cod oh not cod <.>liv um paraffin oil? paraffin oil it's a bit rugged it takes a lot of <{1><[1>vitamins out <{2><[2>paraffin oil petroleum jelly's a little bit gentler it's easier to <{3><[3>administer just a dollop on the <[1>mm <[2>oh <[3>mm okay paw <,,> she looks in great shape <&>5:00 oh that's good i was worried cos she in the kind of moulting season she does it quite regularly like once a month or something right and ugh it's disgusting on the carpet laughs but <.>i i don't really <{><[>care <[>yeah i mean that's actually just not <{><[>that's a fact of life with cats a long haired cat in the springtime <[>word cats laughs yeah i i just was mainly worried if it was like her whole stomach was ruined or something you know <{><[>there was something wrong <[>no i think you'd be definitely er overly worried there mm no that's all right so i'll worm her for you as well? yes please are you <.>i <.>pr planning a private practice or no <{><[>it's in <.>coun in council <[>council vets do vets ring you up much oh sometimes the odd one wants to know if they can set up or or what what's the other one oh the other ongoing drama we've got is sort of your friend missus <.>miss margaret potts and <{><[>word <[>oh maggie potts yeah what's that oh you're probably <{1><[1>the <,> oh barking <{2><[2>word and things <[1>neighbours <[2>mm yes yeah she's got a real neighbour problem especially oh out there <&>6:00 yeah <{><[>word well that's just <[>yeah well it just <{><[>shows you <[>classic kind of town planning <{><[>problem with dogs barking <[>yeah i mean out out in here you see <{1><[1>that's we we soundproof ours and word and <{2><[2>hear this dog that i don't think is particularly bad <[1>yeah <[2>yeah yeah but we don't have any problems with our neighbours because we get on with them well yeah and we've been here for ten years and <{1><[1>we <.>l and we make sure that there's no problems <{2><[2>if we hear a dog barking then we sedate it <{3><[3>so anyway you know what it is is reasonable you know what town planning's about <{4><[4>it's all about people being reasonable <[1>mm <[2>yes <[3>yeah <[4>yeah yeah now with maggie here and <&>name 's up there she use to work for me <{><[>and then word put her there <[>yeah i saw your recommendations word have you been to the cabin yeah i've been there yeah mm i haven't had much word but i've been meaning to go and just have a <{><[>look <[>oh you've been sort of yeah are they resolving the problem probably not <.>n <.>n i've <.>s haven't had time to deal with it i know it's going to be a nightmare trying to sort it out but <{><[>it's basically just <,> well yeah he reckons that they run around outside they don't look sick to him blah blah blah laughs he's no word <[>is it really vets and then <&>7:00 they're barking and oh it's just kind of <{><[>just word <[>unfortunately we need yeah i mean of all the places for a dog kennel the country is <{1><[1>about the most practical isn't it <{2><[2>i mean it's a fact of <{3><[3>life <[1>yeah <[2>yeah <[3>and if that that i mean <.>a a farmer could have his noisy old sheep dog <{><[>there as well so <[>mm <,> mm and by then you could have a <.>b a <{1><[1>noise control officer but <{2><[2>i mean basically unless he catches <.>y barking all the time <{3><[3>you know <[1>mm <[2>yeah <[3>mm mm it's to have a responsible owner that's the main thing i'll get you to hold her just there word <,> that's right <,> and how long have you been at the council for er three and a bit years you like it there um yeah it's quite good it's just a bit <.>s just a bit stressed at the moment <{><[>it's word <[>what too busy? yeah really busy and being reengineered or restructured and so the staff levels change around and people <{><[>are leaving and <[>mm and not replacing them? yeah it's just a a nightmare at the moment we're having to put our foot down <{1><[1>no it's a good place it's kind of you know it's quite a good drama place and <&>8:00 um always kind of <{2><[2>good some interesting things going on <{3><[3>laughs <[1>yeah but <[2>see <.>mis <[3>see thomas' missus um tut er guy what's the name doctor thomas you know thomas <{1><[1>word he's doing new <{2><[2>apartments and of course he's <.>s he's started to wrangle them for a a remember that big <{3><[3>the great havens high rise sort of thing <[1>oh yeah <[2>yes <[3>yeah yeah yeah mm yeah no that came through the <{><[>other day he's got <.>a he's an engineer first and then an architect and so his designs are fairly good <[>laughs laughs word i have to try and encourage him okay um let's see here i got i invested in one of those wire cages <{1><[1>cos i just couldn't bear the fight that we had with a cardboard box <{2><[2>word <[1>yeah <[2>yeah word okay so she's getting older now isn't she <{1><[1>something i'm meant to be doing like giving her those mature cat <{2><[2>word laughs <[1>she is <.>y <[2>no most of that's just marketing laughs i would assume with a if i start to detect any problems <{1><[1>with ill health i'll soon put her onto the right type of diet that's needed <{2><[2>so you just look well when you say she's older she's she's she'd be nine or ten but your teeth are your most important part <[1>mm <&>9:00 <[2>yeah oh <{><[>yeah <[>you look after those teeth and you're going have a <{><[>good healthy cat generally um her medical history is absolutely perfect nothing i'd be worried about here <[>laughs no that's good um symptoms you got to start looking for is vomiting without fur <{><[>persistent vomiting <,> diarrhoea <[>yeah mm um and drinking excessively and obviously off off and on her food mm things like that would all be little things that maybe say some metabolic problem's going on all right? okay and those are the sort of things you just need to sort of talk to me about <{><[>but look she's in great shape can't see anything wrong with her <[>yep i live in this apartment now and she bloody she hated it to begin with <{1><[1>there's a little there's um a cat door you know there's a this i'm <{2><[2>on the second storey and they've got a little i mean it's a proper stairway and <{3><[3>things but there was another other cats on the landing <{4><[4>mm god she just <[1>partly word <[2>mm <[3>mm <[4>yeah <,> is quite happy being inside though yeah she's happy and she goes outside she doesn't just getting her territory <{><[>issues sorted out <[>mm <&>10:00 but now with all the apartment living like er that cat before was on seventh floor of <&>name <{1><[1>house while she's building an apartment that lady <{2><[2>there and um i've got quite a lot of cats that never never <{3><[3>go outside they play on the <{4><[4>verandah and that's it my ex wife's got two burmese cats in a um apartment down at carrington <{5><[5>street there you know it's um the cats actually adapt very well to it <[1>yeah <[2>oh <[3>go outside <[4>yeah <[5>right yeah well tara's she's she always used to she mainly actually just lies around inside anyway but i'd <{1><[1>quite she likes going <{2><[2>outside but <[1>yes <[2>mm well if it's there and they're used to it yes <{1><[1>it's a wee bit frustrating <{2><[2>when you suddenly change them but basically there's all the needs met for a cat <{3><[3>you know just round the apartment <[1>yeah <[2>mm <[3>yeah and like i don't like cat box so you know it's good for me <{1><[1>to let the cat go outside <{2><[2>to <[1>yeah cat boxes <[2>yeah well that's in your situation <{><[>you probably don't you don't like changing the cat box <[>laughs word she scratches it all over the place <{><[>disgusting never mind that's a cat yeah laughs thanks <[>laughs no worries that's life laughs okay <&>10:49 <&>both continue talking as they move away from the tape recorder