<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>0:14 have you had any days off work yeah today and and yesterday but <.>i i <.>s i had to sleep in there cos i was just like my bed was just soaked with fever all <{><[>last night it was gross eh <[>is that right have you been to the doctor yeah yeah antibiotics and that sort of stuff oh <{><[>no <[>just can't believe it eh cos it's just <.>s i've had it for three weeks now <,> i just absolutely went word yesterday i just couldn't even walk didn't didn't you say you you can't have any more sick days off no i can't i've anticipated the next three years <.>s sick leave oh you're kidding no <{><[>it's pretty bad <[>word so if you left you'll be docked off your pay yeah it's <{><[>pretty bad <,> yeah <[>voc oh well laughs yeah never mind laughter how many days have you had off just um <,> yesterday today and i might have tomorrow as well i'm i'm just otherwise i'm <&>1:00 just every time i go back and that i just <,> feel worse yeah mm tut oh so what are we going to talk about i don't know <.>s a situation in which you were in danger of death <{><[>laughs <[><,> can't say i've had one actually no true <{><[>yeah <[>oh you had your accident yeah that's true <,> yeah oh have you got your car done er it's getting word at the moment at the moment yeah how much is it going to cost um i don't know i don't know actually how much um <,> well who if they if they <.>f they fix it who'd pay for it er you mean a garage yeah yeah if <{><[>they word yeah if they fix it yeah but do i do i pay pay the whole lot <[>garage <.>f well you have to i think so and then and then you get it off the um insurance company is that right <&>2:00 mm i think so well that's that's i think that's how it's usually done that's why you said that you'd get it done wasn't it yeah but i'm just wondering i mean do i pay just the excess and they pay the rest <,> or <,> or what i don't know <,,><&>3 so it's a bit of a worry well <,> oh i see what you mean see i mean do i pay the first five hundred and <{><[>then the insurance company pays the rest <[>oh no no <.>tha yeah that's what you should do you pay the excess get your insurance to pay for it <{><[><,> right <[>so the bill <.>g so the bill goes to the insurance company then i pay them five hundred <{1><[1><,> is that right i don't <{2><[2>know <[1>um <[2>is that your excess five hundred at least yes mm so i don't know yeah and then they they'll pay the rest <,> and then um <,,> tut and then you'll bill the the insurance company will bill the other insurance company or something <,> i don't know yeah no i'll have to see what they say it looks like i'll hopefully get it back tomorrow you see i'm taking people in next week <&>3:00 how are you oh are you just going in with the other guys to work eh are you going in with the um <,> <{><[>the other guys <[>yeah word um <,> it's who whoever turn it is this week it's my turn next week so hopefully i'll get it back hey you know that guy that you said you know that does law and he's doing really well <,,> and and he <.>we you know went he went he was at school with you <,> do you remember <{1><[1>yeah um he's he's shortish and he's got brown hair <,> and <{2><[2>um <[1>at varsity he's doing law <[2>oh john yeah yeah john yeah um <,> does he know me <,> do i mean like <,> <.>di did he used to be play table tennis or anything or oh no he knows who you are yeah he he played for a while oh did he oh <,> <{1><[1>er well <,> you know when you know when you like <,> like you know people you know who they are <,> and they won't know who you are but you don't know if <{2><[2>you're actually supposed to say hello i mean he just said hello to me the other day i was quite shocked cos it was the first time <,> i thought well perhaps i AM supposed to know him <[1>why <[2>who actually word yeah oh right you couldn't remember who he was at <{><[>that <&>4:00 <[>NO i KNOW who he is but i don't know whether we actually know each other coughs oh right you know what i mean yeah you know what i mean yeah i mean i know he went to our school and he was sort of like <,> oh i don't know i <.>th wasn't he a friend of yours yeah <{><[>yeah <[>yeah that's sort of how that's sort of how i know him oh did he just come up and say oh hello no no he was just passing oh right but i mean i was just <,,> i can't remember you know how it is laughs okay what are we going to talk about coughs um <,> tut so how's work oh you wouldn't know cos you <{><[>haven't been for a couple of days <[>no that's true so are you going to have to catch up on things when you get <{><[>back <[>yeah obviously it's gonna be amazing eh and then next week's just going to be so busy i mean everyone's been apparently everyone's been away <,,> so <{><[>the payroll <[>tut oh that's see that's what happens eh at work everyone <.>g is sick at once yeah yeah i've been i've been off so many days it's incredible oh god so it's not going to look to good do you feel really BAD do you that's what i used to hate like i used to have sick days <{1><[1>i hated going back cos <&>5:00 you always felt like oh they won't believe you that you're really sick <{2><[2>word <,> sort of <[1>well <,> i <.>sto <[2>yeah i yeah yeah i got a yeah i got a doctor's certificate so that's all right oh yeah <,> <.>th i mean there's sort of there's sort of a <.>bi a feeling of resentment oh well you probably imagine it i mean <{1><[1>but i mean i don't really care if <{2><[2>er someone else is i mean it doesn't really bother me as long as i don't have to do too much of their work <[1>you can go <[2>no yeah <{><[>no i'm gonna be really busy eh <[>but you know how it is yeah cos the payroll has to be done if noone does your work so <,> <{><[>everyone word everyone gets everyone has to get paid and all that <[>oh yeah word noone does your work noone does it noone noone will be doing my job <{><[>word <,> but laughs i don't care eh <,> er <,> doesn't <[>right <,> mm mm well if we're not going to talk about work oh <,> have to talk about <,> our holidays oh holiday <{><[>word <[>what are we going to do eh what are we going to do this time i'm <.>no i'm not getting <.>para i'm not <{><[>getting into the state i was <&>6:00 <[>i word i reckon i reckon that was the start of all this <,> i've i've felt bad ever since that weekend yeah <,> i reckon you're probably right <{><[>word i had a really bad last coughs time last night i went to the <,> tut bond street with did you see the league <,> god <[>absolutely oh yeah <{1><[1>i swear i just <.>s <{2><[2>could sort of see the t v cos i was i had to take er a couple of pills and that and i just felt really funny <[1>yeah <[2>word yeah i stood up for a bit then i had to sort of lie down again and i watched that i oh i couldn't believe it <{1><[1>i just felt parts <{2><[2>of it just <[1>i know <[2>i i only watched bits of it it's like the whole pub was pretty demoralised oh did you watch it oh that would have been good <{><[>there except it wouldn't have been good laughs <[>yeah oh we were that was in the public bar we were in the other bar but we sort of went <,> back and forth <,> but it was really bad i had an awful time i drank too much did you yeah laughs i didn't go to any lectures today cos i was recovering laughs oh no well it was really grotty <,> sort of what did you drink it was beer a dollar a glass is that right yeah <{><[>it's really it's really good i mean i hardly i only spent about two dollars cos everyone else was buying for them me <,> it was quite good <&>7:00 <[>that's all right oh right so who did you go there with oh <,> my ex and um <,> oh just some people we knew there just met there and all that oh that's all right eh no <{><[>it was really bad i hated it laughs anyway <,> um <,,> how much do you think this holiday's gonna cost <[>no um hopefully not that much i don't think cos if have you definitely got the accommodation mm yep <{><[>that's really cool that's i mean that's apart from travelling <[>oh did you WANT to fly up no no no i was just <,> no oh good thank god no <,> oh well yeah i i want to fly up <{><[>no no worries plus this this this place is out in northcote which is half an hour's drive away i think it's over it's supposed to be over the bridge <,,><&>3 <[>yeah cos <,> no oh north shore yeah i think so something like that oh that is quite far yeah oh yeah i <.>mea <{><[>it's a long way <[>it's just it's just a problem getting like oh i don't know early in the morning if <{><[>there's heaps of traffic but YOU'LL be <&>8:00 driving so laughs it's YOUR problem <[>yeah laughs yeah <{><[>but word <[>oh no imagine how much we're going to be like laughs we were bad enough in palmerston getting lost that's true <,> yeah i'll have to take a map and study it <{><[>laughs the night before for a couple of hours <[>laughs laughs oh yeah should be voc good entertainment who who else are you gonna get to stay i don't know <,> um <,> see what happens <,> brian probably might stay er how many nights do we actually stay for it's just <{><[>it's just a couple isn't it <[>i don't know i don't know well are we actually going to go up with the team <,> i mean are you going to go up with the teams or <,> are you going to go <{><[>up for a bit of a holiday or <[>um yeah i thought we might as well go for a bit of a holiday yeah <,> <{><[>cos teams lasts for three days doesn't it <[>cos i yeah and there's two days of individuals yeah oh <&>drawl i think it's thursday friday saturday <,> those are the mornings we're playing yeah and before that it's the teams and we'll take up lots of food <&>9:00 yeah i'm just gonna get soup and muffins <{><[>and stuff <[>yeah okay cos that's <{><[>gonna <[>well how much money are you you you wouldn't have that much money <{><[>would you <[>i'll i'll have hardly anything yeah um <{><[>i'm not quite sure at the moment until i get paid <[>cos the less the less you have yeah cos the less you have if if i can like spend just a bit more over you <,> and then that means i can have a bit of money a if it comes back mm um yeah doesn't mean word i mean even if it's say thirty minutes i mean away from the place then it's still twenty dollars <{><[>word it's nothing eh <[>mm yeah yeah i mean that that <{><[>word what <[>i mean one one night we can stay somewhere else i mean what sort of thing is it i mean what what sort of accommodation it's just like a motel i think <{><[>it's supposed to have everything <[>who who's it belong to it's it belongs to er postbank <,> postbank cottages <{><[>i word <[>how come YOU'VE got hold of it <{><[>do you do you work for postbank <[>eh yeah <,> <{><[>i'm employed by postbank <,> i just work for a n z <[>oh right yeah right i'll just i'll <.>g go get the thing <,,><&>8 <&>10:00 hey have you put your entry form in for um no i haven't <{><[>no <[>haven't you can you say anywhere you want <{1><[1>to <,> really and you'll <{2><[2>probably get you'll probably get accommodation wherever you i mean <{3><[3>unless it's summer or something <[1>yeah <[2>word <[3><.>unle <.>unle as long as you've booked to at i mean i've we haven't i mean we haven't it was so lucky i got this cos the the ballot closed three months ago <,> <{><[>just for september <[>mm really and <{1><[1>how so how how'd you'd sort of <.>s get <{2><[2>it <[1>yeah <[2>oh oh they just had it free OH <{><[>that's all right <[>yeah yeah GOD there's some nice places hamner springs would be useful should see i mean <{><[>anywhere i mean you could <[>te anau hokitika <,> OH you're lucky we could go to riversdale but like say say it was in summer <,> would all the hot shot all the managers and all those sort of people would they get booked up first would they <{><[>if they wanted it or whatever <[>um oh it's anyone eh it's you don't get preference as long as you're in <,> word oh really and how <.>m how much <,> how much accommodation oh i see like eight units and all that stuff <&>11:00 so it's REALLY good tut they used to have um <,> <.>the they've been all updated so they're just like motels and stuff now so <,> it's supposed to be really good oh great <{><[>turangi we'll go skiing <[>but yeah i don't with the skiing this year i wonder if that's possible if you're going to go give me a call <{><[>okay <[>i wonder if it is possible eh <{><[>if if <,> if it if word if we only don't spend much money in auckland <,> one week's skiing could be possible <,> don't know <[>it's SO expensive we could eh we just we could just go up there like <,> i <{><[>mean even even a week's like quite long we don't even i mean like <.>e a few days or something <&>11:44 <[>word