<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>3:15 where is the golf club that <.>you tut petone oh well that explains why i don't know the name tut neither do the carriers somebody once delivered some stuff to the SHANNON golf course well i presumed it wasn't shannon but i didn't know where it was you play there too do you? oh no no when i was playing and you may have noticed i'm not now voc it was at the karori golf club which is in makara yes i knew that one was in makara <{><[>yes <[>and the <,> reason <,> it's twofold i had heard that shandon ladies are not friendly particularly to beginners voc <{1><[1>and as i was not only a beginner i knew with my sporting record i was unlikely to be a very meritorious beginner tut so that wasn't a good idea and the other <,> thing was that i hadn't <,> particularly been planning to take up golf <{2><[2>although with ian playing it seemed like a good <{3><[3>idea and i went to a christmas party and <,> was talking there with someone i knew not particularly well it turned out she played golf and she busily encouraged me to come along <{4><[4>i found out afterwards there was good reason for this they were hunting for members <[1>aha <[2>mhm <&>4:00 <[3>yeah <[4><.>t mm mm yes tut financially <,> not strong? well <&>drawl not as strong as shandon <,,> and reasons for that include the fact that it hasn't been established so long so they still had debts to pay off right what was the situation with shandon and their land tut er how do you mean well they didn't own it all did they no they got a lease on a bit more <,> extended the course they got another ten acres or so cos wasn't there for a time a bit of uncertainty as to <.>whether <&>5:00 yes they negotiated a lease for another sixty years laughs or fifty years <{><[>or something <[>and all the current <{1><[1>members feel that <,> if the course <,> is there for fifty years they're unlikely <{2><[2>to be feeling deprived at the end of that time <[1>to keep them going <[2>that'll do it then yes where does beryl play beryl next door do you know oh at karori aha yes she goes off to golf virtually every morning or it <{><[>seems <.>t <[>well it is quite addictive once you <{1><[1>start thought the first time i went that oh it was all right but i didn't really much mind if i played again <{2><[2>or didn't play again after i'd been going perhaps two months <,> <{3><[3>then it became something that YES was worth pursuing some more <[1>mm <[2>mhm <[3>right tut should take up bowls and get like my mother ian's parents are both keen bowlers tut i think she played about seven days a week laughs yes well why not laughs if you have the time it's better to do <{><[>something with it <[>precisely mm i'm sure you end up with melanoma from all that sun <&>6:00 oh but you wear compulsory white hats laughter and <{><[>then the skirts <.>they <[>your skirts must be the precision length indeed laughter or else they will be <{><[>measured <[>shorts for men are forbidden yes and er there's not much left to have melanoma on laughter i'm sure they're not allowed to roll up their sleeves either oh yes <{><[>short sleeves are allowed <[>are they? oh they're allowed are they? mm voc the only thing they're REALLY tough on is they must be flat shoes yes <{><[>word <[>that's for the sake of the ground obviously yes the same way as the only time they close the golf course it's because if you played on it <,> you would damage it right it's got nothing to do with whether conditions are pleasant or otherwise no tut no it's the same at croquet where <{><[>terry goes <[>oh do you play croquet i don't no TERRY does oh does he terry took up croquet a <.>f few years <{><[>ago and <.>he <[>that's a game i've ALWAYS been interested in plays at the kelburn mm club i didn't think he was that nasty and vicious laughter <&>7:00 well laughs um <.>i my father played croquet mm and terry'd always sort of obviously kind of had a hankering and the spring into summer programme at the university <{1><[1>often has a learn to play croquet in the lunch hour sort of <,> tut er course and so terry went to one of those <,> and in the season um not this year because he missed the beginning of the <{2><[2>season with not being here but normally he <,> goes sort of one evening a <,> a week and a couple of lunchtimes <{3><[3>as well <[1>oh yes <[2>mm <[3>oh i see mm yes <,> handy for him handy for him yes very definitely tut i've looked once or twice at the advertisements they have occasionally right and thought about it but it's always been the case that the first or second or both <,> of the offered sessions are times when i couldn't go right <&>8:00 so i haven't done it <{><[>word <[>word should talk to terry about it yes i mean basically he just started it because he knew that you know the time would come <,> when he would need <,> something <{><[>to occupy him and he obviously thought he could get hooked on croquet <[>mm well it is an intellectual game tut as you say it has a reputation for being exceedingly nasty laughs yes the whole aim seems to be to hit your opponent's ball as far away as possible yes into as inconvenient a position for them yes quite definitely part of the strategy restrict them from playing mm so that they have to stand there and get colder and colder waiting for you that's right yes tut how do they handicap that game tut i can't tell you the answer to that ian mm <,> i'll have to try <{><[>terry <[>you'll have to ask terry yes i <,> have sort of refrained from getting involved laughs very wise well they say it breaks up marriages like bridge? laughs oh but does bridge break up marriages if you play together yes <{><[>my my boss when i took up bridge was <,> probably in the top ten in new zealand <&>9:00 <[>ah mhm and he warned me never play with your wife he <.>s the number of divorces he said he'd seen voc where they start arguing about a hand after they've finished voc and one will get up and say well if that's the way you feel go out and drive off home voc and <{><[>leave the other one there <[>oh oh <{><[>laughs <[>and he'd seen it a few times on the other hand golf you can play together perfectly well because of the handicapping system it doesn't matter <{><[>what <.>the <[>well not TOO much what the difference in abilities <{><[>is <[>it can be a slight difficulty when you've er one is on the green and with the other <{><[>is er spending ten minutes in the rough on EVERY hole laughter <[>and it's laughs hole yes laughs i always maintain i got best value for money when i played golf because i enjoyed every part of the course the creekbeds right laughter under the trees well the ultimate in that has to be a social tournament they had in the united states which is for the WIVES of the players <,> so barbara nicholas plays <&>pronounced as pays and jack nicholas will carry her bag <&>10:00 tut what a hoot laughter presumably they wince occasionally <{><[>but er <[>i suppose so yes how could they refrain <{><[>how often do you play golf ian i mean do you play regularly <[>well <.>for er two weeks in three it varies aha <.>the there are bursts of enthusiasm and times when other things take precedence <{1><[1>and then with our weather pattern voc the weekly cycle <,> if so be it's on a cycle where saturdays are fine then golf comes to the fore <{2><[2>and if it's on a cycle where the weekends are wet exhales <{3><[3><,> he's not a masochist <[1>right <[2>fore <[3>and if there's a bridge <.>t and if there's a bridge tournament on i play bridge instead oh i see how often do you play BRIDGE go on two nights a week no <.>i the tournaments mm probably two <{><[>nights a week <[>are scheduled <{><[>at rather irregular intervals <[>mm aha so the weekend play depends on that right <&>11:00 but voc <{><[>tuesdays and wednesdays and sometimes thursdays <[>word challenge why don't you take that game up no i'm not a card <,,> fiend <,,> i've no patience laughter i like two pack patiences yes well bridge is a game of SKILL oh so are one or two of the <.>ca of the two pack patiences that i know no that doesn't appeal to me at all i keep myself more than busy laughter what am i doing at the moment i keep myself busy by running the library out of books ah yes fortunately he has very long arms right how many books are you getting through a week voc <{><[>that's your stack there <[>word no plus the bottom shelf plus the bottom shelf and there's a few on the table by the window oh wow and that's PER week <&>12:00 ten a week oh he doesn't read all of them oh i see you bring them home so that it looks good or well when i'm <{><[>at the library i will go to the shelf <[>word mhm pick out a book and start reading it right and then ian comes having selected all of his tut and says it's time to go voc and i have to look round rapidly for a couple <{><[>more laughter yes whereas ian will say oh this could be interesting and possibly that one <[>another book aha collect them all together take them out <{1><[1>bring them home and find THEN whether it's worth progressing <{2><[2>with them or not <[1>right <[2>reading them <,> mhm yes well they're free and <{1><[1><,> you read thirty pages and don't want to waste your time reading <{2><[2>the rest just take it back <[1>yes why not <[2>any more back yeah and he does have a car parked not far away right a little old lady with a shopping bag and a long bus trip and seventy nine steps to her home might look on it a little differently yes yes it would be <,,><&>5 well keith is a great one for reading his books in the library <&>13:00 mm <,> <{><[>oh he and i would go well together <[>word yes laughs he he is quite sure that's the only way to find out whether a book is worth taking home to read it from beginning to end? voc for preference <,> i try to persuade him that he might adopt the habit of reading the <&>inhale the bit on the jacket to see if it's worthwhile sort of <,> taking home but <,> tut he's sure that the library is the place to read them well i suppose that could be <,> economical in the sense that the power bills at home would be smaller if the library keeps him warm <{><[>and provides lighting <[>laughs tut yes i'm told it's one of the problems people have when they retire they suddenly find that their power bill becomes much much larger right because it's not a question of a little warmth in the evening right it's all day everyday that's right tut mhm i've been very good i even turn out the lights laughter <{><[>good for you <[>well that's a miracle tut <,> we <,> have an immense number of lightbulbs in this house <&>14:00 yes you do don't you laughs yes and ian has had the habit i understand since childhood of leaving behind him everywhere a trail of lights that are on and cups and glasses that are left where they've oh been laughs finished with tut at least i change the lightbulbs oh yes yeah well i'm trying very hard to train my children to switch off the lights <{><[>keep telling them to save the earth but they <.>are <[>mm forgetful? very forgetful well debit them for the laughs cost of the <{><[>electricity <[>ah laughs now that's a nasty thought tut a chap i used to play golf with who had a half acre section which was basically for the kids tut and he said i was playing with him one sunday morning and he said he'd been out there mowing it all afternoon about half past three he came in tut the kids were watching television <&>15:00 <,> at which point he laid down an edict that er <,> the section was basically for THEM and if they wanted <,> er to mow it well that was fine but if they didn't it would cost them five dollars a week more on their board <,> they had to make up their mind by midday the following day <,> tut so he didn't sort of demand instantly <{1><[1>they get out and mow he <{2><[2>just gave them the choice <,> and he was very interested in sunday morning what was going to happen when he got home <,> i found out later he got home and the LAWN had been MOWED laughs <[1>right <[2>right ah a negotiation between the kids had decided they did NOT want to spend five dollars a week getting somebody paid to mow it tut <&>15:48