<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>0:54 what's wrong with cars <.>oh oh grant <.>too grant took his dad's prelude <&>pronounced prilud up skiing <{><[><.>right <&>1:00 <[>oh i feel like old er would you shut up alas smith and jones actually <{><[>laughs <[>laughs <.>anyway you know how they sit across the table talking ANYWAY <.>th he took his dad's <{><[><.>pre voc <[>no cos they do this too they ignore the other guy <{><[>laughs <[>laughs he took his dad's prelude <&>pronounced prilud up and the chains snapped and <.>it it ripped out <.>the the guard the plastic guard and he's now got massive paint chips all <.>over mhm all over the car everyone's probably asleep by now <{><[>greg because you would've bored them to tears <[>laughs where in the rules does it say it has to be interesting oh well it's <{><[>got to be pretty interesting i <.>mean <[>it's got to be natural oh who cares <{1><[1>it's <.>only laughs laughs it's only for a bloody um laughs <{2><[2>one of peter's projects <[1>SHIT there you go that'll get the lecturer going <[2>situation speak or death i mean it's only peter's oh no but he's got to get good marks see i'll put some slang in yeah well if he wanted good marks he wouldn't have asked you would he hey hey hey i've given him some slang to play with yeah <,,> anyway okay <{><[>talk about <.>your <[>you could watch t v for a bit so you <.>can talk about your exciting stuff here gregory ha ha <&>2:00 come on <{><[>no no no no <[>well <.>this this advert sucks laughs you know i mean they show you all these has beens oh well you've got matthew ridge he's not a has been of course he should they just won't let him play yeah i mean that was hugh mcgann then wasn't it no it's not okay i was going to say he's out of it ah nothing beats the auckland <{><[>cheerleaders eh <[>gregory showing his intelligence yeah laughs at least i know which team <{><[>is which <[>laughs hey hey hey <{><[>i knew they were new zealand <[>what yeah i don't think they'll win the test tonight <{><[>will they <[>so greg tell us about your first boyfriend you've had <{><[>laughs recently <[>laughs <[>laughs well actually it was YOU i think oh god mm don't do that to me <{><[>voc <[>mm er aha <{><[>skiing <[>voc yes skiing yeah i saw this was a topic k <{><[>topic k for today is skiing <[>laughs talk normally please i was six gear in a watt that's how i talk six gears in the watt what is it commodore a lotus oh okay six <.>gears six gears <{><[><.>down <&>3:00 <[>call me what you were going to call me laughs i saw the <{1><[1>words <.>fir forming gonna call me <{2><[2><.>a <[1>laughs <[2>the fastest four door on earth how do they work that one out it's easy they threw <.>it zero to two hundred ks in seventeen point three seconds jesus i mean <{><[>laughs <[>laughs zero to a hundred ks five point threes what's that that's the lotus carlton it's fucking fast <{><[>jeez yeah <[>yeah er at a standing four hundred metre time in under thirteen seconds top speed is indicated at two hundred and ninety plus oh my god that's pretty quick eh not bad ha ha ha yeah but then you see the <.>n i reckon the nissan g t r would be the ultimate ski vehicle <{><[><.>fo four time fourwheel drive <[>oh it would cost you a pack to get there yeah <.>w <{><[>oh it's no it's a hundred and ten thousand australian <[>laughs no no i mean getting <{><[>up to <.>the getting to the mountain jesus laughs <[>yeah but you've got to <&>4:00 get the goddamn car in the country first that's a hundred and ten thousand but <.>they seeing <.>that that other wheels magazine it's got <.>the the VECTOR four <.>hundred <&>something knocks <{><[>four hundred laughs four hundred thousand u s dollars and it's twin water cooled inter <.>cool inter cooled turboED <[>bit of rap laughs <{1><[1>laughs i did that just in case <{2><[2>the lecturer had his ear too close to the <{3><[3><.>mouthpiece the ear piece word and it <.>gets <{4><[4>laughs or she <[1>laughs <[1>laughs <[2>yeah <[3>laughs <[4>it looks a bit like the skyline from that angle anyway yeah it's a she oh SHE <&>rest of utterance addressed to microphone sorry sorry <{><[>sorry to be sexist laughs <[>twenty <.>four laughs twenty four valve yeah hey i haven't been on my <{><[>e e o course <[>that <.>looks pretty ugly see i reckon <.>that see how <.>ho HONDA <{><[><.>they they only have one um injected car all the rest are carburettor <[>laughs yeah <{><[>oh <[>even that new n s x it's something like three point three or whatever but it's carburettor oh yes which is all these big mike <.>tyson did you see the thing they had on <{1><[1>um when he was was talking to razor ruddick saying i'm going <&>5:00 to make you my <.>boyf <{2><[2>or girlfriend or <{3><[3>whatever and he's saying nothing the guy sounds like a QUEER <{4><[4>anyway <{5><[5>not that i'm going to say it to his face <[1>did you see <.>that <[2>laughs <[3>yeah <[4>laughs <[5>probably IS nah nah but he <{><[>probably is <[>but i <.>mean really intelligent sounding yeah laughs <{><[>word <.>what <[>but i mean <.>he he didn't even DO anything i mean GOD he <.>s he pranced around for half an hour got his million dollars and that was it yeah but you can see <.>ra razor ruddick can't say anything like you know you talk like a girl cos he talks like a girl <{><[>and his LIPS are about the size of a bloody <[>laughs yeah well plates <,> the <.>group make sure it is actually recording they probably would have <.>POUNDED oh i wouldn't want to REPEAT all <{><[>that laughs i can't remember WHAT i've said even though it's probably really exciting what i've said but i just can't remember <[>laughs look at that eh it's got five hundred and seven <,> kilowatts is that a porsche er what is that oh <.>it oh it's an ugly beast yeah but er oh shit <.>it's i was going to say it's not a street car but then we have <{><[>word sitting out in the street <[>what is it what is it burps it is <{><[>that was peter by the way <[>exhales <{><[>yeah yeah peter's burping now <[>laughs um <&>6:00 it's not me three wheel where's it three wheel <{><[>it's not no they're talking about another car <[>NO don't know what it is there you go but what's it got voc voc <{><[>voc <[>five speed manual with interchangeable ratios i <.>mean laughs <{1><[1>you've obviously got <.>to no but you've obviously got to be a bloody mechanic to be able to do it twin turbo flat six what's a flat six maybe <.>that's cos you know <.>you you get pistons which go <{2><[2>horizontally <[1>laughs that means a lot to us laymen <[1>laughs <[2>yeah no it's like the lotus isn't the lotus the flat one i think well it's got the horizontal <{><[>pistons <[>yeah they go that way sideways yeah does that make it better don't know <{><[>laughs oh it's <[>oh it's just different technology probably but then why is a v six so much better than a <,> straight six when <.>it's all it is is just the angle change well apparently it just enables <.>the more than one spark to spark <{><[><,> <.>so <[>laughs just due to the angle <{><[>so that ricky stewart man he should be playing in the bloody team <[>mm <{><[>turns on the mathematicians probably <[>oh see after that the guy he scores that try the guy punched him in the face <&>7:00 laughs yeah oh well that's what i'd do if a guy scored <{><[>a try <[>laughs <[>laughs it's a HOOD'S game though i mean how dare he score a try when i was trying to stop him sniffs nah bloody hood's game disgusting yeah you see you get the um mitsubishi er no yeah mitsubishi magna you get the sedan version of that now yeah two point six estron two you might want to get off cars now <{1><[1>gregory <{2><[2>laughs <[1>oh what's wrong <.>with <[1>yeah i reckon <[2>i'm reading a god damned car magazine we should just talk to ourselves and then DUB them together you know <{1><[1>that <.>makes it makes it sound cooler what's stu got <{2><[2>to do with varsity <[1>tell us about stu <[2>stuart warwick mahon do you want to talk about your ski trip with stu yeah okay talk about your ski trip then i don't know what to say <{><[>i <.>mean <[><.>all all the babes that you picked up <{><[>laughs <[>oh oh alistair the studmeister oh laughs <{><[>laughs <[>no no <[>word with the twenty one inch right arm bicep <{><[>laughs <[>laughs now now now let's not get personal laughs i mean if you're going to get rude on <.>me i <&>8:00 mean <{1><[1>inhales i can get rude too <,,><&>3 mm i too can get <.>abru abusive <,,> hope you've got a good microphone on this pete <{2><[2>otherwise it it won't be picking up my <{3><[3>voice <[1>laughs <[2>clears throat voc <[3>it's all right yes it's good with the headphones on oh yeah oh yeah she going to have to listen to it with headphones <{><[>well instructions for play laughs please use headphones <[>laughs yeah oh god here we go cars <{><[>again <[>groans no <{><[>i was <.>j <[>well <.>h how about a moment where you were in danger of death i haven't had one haven't you I have oh god <{><[>here we go laughs <&>snores <[>well what <.>i oh what i thought was in wellington laughs <.>in oh there's word wake me up when you've <{><[>finished <[>um in wellington i stepped out into the um into the road onto that oncoming car <{><[><.>and <[>you got hit by a grasshopper no but i mean everything just seemed to slow down i mean i <.>had it seemed like AGES to step back onto the er onto the curb yeah but i mean it was only a split second and the guy wasn't a happy chappie <{><[>he SLAMMED <&>9:00 on his brakes and things <[>and you <.>thought had to rush to the nearest toilets and change your nappies <{><[>laughs <[>laughs no but it just seemed like an eternity between me stepping out and seeing this oncoming car come HURTLING at me i'm sure he was speeding anyway oh that time when you had your little accident pete when we were in the back of your car and <.>you <{1><[1>you lost control of the road and landed in a DITCH <{2><[2>i mean that was pretty scary <{3><[3>laughs <[1>yeah <[2>laughs <[3>tell everybody all <.>the details there well pete was speeding <{><[><,> lost control did a three sixty we landed in a ditch and had to get towed out <[>laughs i didn't do a three sixty i just did a <{><[>word laughs <[>well one eighty and then another one eighty laughs <{><[>word <[>word was a three sixty jesus i'm getting the suspension replaced today <{1><[1><,> not today on saturday it's bad you know you go around a corner <,> you know AVERAGE SPEED and the arse of the car slides out <{2><[2>and oh it's terrible the lefthand suspension's just ROOTED in it so this saturday i'm getting the um <,> getting <.>them getting the muffler replaced it sounds like i drive a rotary now and <.>i <&>10:00 <{3><[3>god <[1>pretty scary <[2>laughs <[3>that's going to cost you a fair whack well it needs to be done <,,> that won't come cheap no going down tuffy's in lower hutt but tuffy's <.>but what's that got to do with the suspension what well that's knackered as well yeah what are you going to do with the suspension get the inserts replaced like i <{><[><.>rang rang fast fit and um oh <.>they those guys are a JOKE man the prices they charge but tuffy's is pretty good they said like thirty bucks just to fit the suckers and you know it's something like a hundred bucks just for the gas inserts well it was over a hundred bucks for STANDARD inserts i think <.>at at fast fit and um and then their fitting cost and then the DORKS would put one of <.>those those disgusting little STICKERS on the back you know got a plastic bumper <[>oh so everyone knows that you've got this new muffler on your car oh no but i mean <{><[>i should <.>ch charge them for advertising <[>put a hole in it and then they got their sticker as well people will say oh my god mm yeah oh i bought some oakleys the other day eh <&>11:00