<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>0:09 i <{1><[1>have yummy <{2><[2>custard pudding <[1>laughs <[2>thank you voc yumMY thank YOU who cooked this jem did and we helped cook it and we all helped decorate it and it's custard mm and carrie licked the bowl i licked the bowl <{><[>because i like to help <[>laughs a <.>bit laughs i do laughs <{><[>laughs <[>especially when it comes to cleaning mm carrie swept the stairs tonight in a frenzy <{><[>laughs <[>laughs in a little domestic <{><[>frenzy <[>laughs because we haven't <.>got word and where's our vacuum cleaner and i crawled around the kitchen floor mm well i missed out on quite a bit didn't i you know that vacuum cleaner that sarah did her room with is that that one that's under the stairs yeah because it's the one that hasn't got <.>a <{><[>did it have a vent on the top when you used it <[>laughs this is <{><[>yummy <[>voc oh it kept falling off <&>1:00 what did you do with it do you remember don't sound <{><[>so surprised laughs <[>put it back cos we can't find it you <.>m <.>a afterwards we should go <.>down there was <.>a piece missing oh yeah cos the thing is that now <{1><[1>what <.>it blows it out the top so much you see it's not sucking very much <[1>oh this is <.>the a feature of boarding school life but i never touched the stuff because it was too scary <{><[>word <[>oh yeah it probably was yukky milk <{><[>tut what was <[>word because they <.>put well some people make it with water they put water in <{><[>the milk and <.>they mm <[>OH OH oh they probably did that how cheap and nasty can you get they were <{><[><.>probably <[>custard with water laughs that's just <.>really that's just <{><[>pure dickens <[>that's not in new zealand no mm must be the english <{><[>laughs must be dickens <[>mm laughs please sir tut please sir can i have some more laughs mm MORE? laughs word what happened to him did he get adopted by a rich family and live happily ever after no <,,> in the end he found his father was his father a horrible creep tut no his father was very nice <&>2:00 what was that but his mother <{1><[1>had died cos he <{2><[2>went <{3><[3>and <.>sold he had a locket round his neck <[1>oliver <[2>twist <[3>mm oh that's right <{><[>and had a picture in it <[>and it had his mother's picture yeah that's right <{><[>mm <[>or was it his grandfather yeah it might have been his grandfather he was kind of anti pastoral dickens what does that mean he just wasn't all sort of daffodils and flowers and rolling green <{1><[1>hills of england he was sort of slums of london <{2><[2>and horror and pollution and children working in sweat shops <[1>oh no <[2>mm actually i remember trying to read at one stage there and i got up to the bit where the woman had a bastard and she ran away from home had a <{1><[1>bastard you mean she was married to <{2><[2>one or she had a child laughs who happened not to have a knowing father or a married father <[1>laughs <[2>laughs <[2>laughs mm second option yeah but i never could get into it because there was too many names <.>and <&>something falls mm don't know tut books like <{><[>that always word <[>i think i was a bit young for it i don't know laughs or maybe it was a bit old for me <&>3:00 maybe it WAS a bit old for you it was written a while ago mm <,,><&>3 well i used to like edgar <.>allen allen poe tut this is really yummy custard mm <{><[>this is good <[>i think jem should be chief custard maker mhm i think so seconded i <.>think thirded there we are the <{><[><.>motion the motion is passed yeah <[>motion passed prunes and custard speaking of motions laughs <{><[>laughs <[>laughs <[>laughs mm <{><[>word <[>does it make you make horrible wobbly noises MM mm what ARE prunes you <{1><[1>know how sultanas are dried grapes yeah dried plums <{2><[2>and dates are actual things eh and figs are actual things <[1>plums dried plums <[2>yeah yeah what are the really yummy lumpy bits milk chocolate <{><[>and raisins <[>stones ha ha laughs <{1><[1>word word <{2><[2>laughs <[1>surprise <[2>in the bottom of the custard mm come on we were going to <.>h say we haven't had the chocolate ration for today mm oh wow i just had a close encounter of the <&>4:00 milk chocolate kind <{><[>yeah really amazing <[>laughs milky bar kid only eats what's right mm <{><[>oh <.>i'm laughs oh that's GOOD <[>oh laughs that's frighteningly good laughs oh yeah mm i've never done it before but i was just down there thinking now what can i sneak into the custard then i saw this <{><[>so i put it in <[>oh man mm this is pretty superb actually we could patent this yep mm we have to buy a lotto ticket i've never bought one before but the draw <{><[>on saturday is three million in the first division because it's their fourth birthday and <.>really i mean hey three million guys we could pay our rent all year <[>oh laughs i could handle three million <{><[>mm <[>voc what would we do with it <{><[>we <.>would <[>i could handle a quarter of three million mm <{><[>word <[>well yeah that too mm laughs what would we do if we won a million word three million DOLLARS <&>5:00 loads first we'd have to have a fucking good party mm serious party serious party <,,> laughs and then we'd have to buy really fast cars all laugh does <.>any does anyone know anything about cars like mechanically <{><[>four wheels carburettor <[>word a little bit yes <.>what what's the question because there's a car or somebody had advertised a tut renault for sale for four hundred bucks sniffs <,> that probably means it is very <{><[>nearly scrap metal <[>craig <{><[><.>craig <[>and then they're really hard to work on too mm craig knows everything <,> about cars except for word you've got to be careful eh because cars are just such a serious drain on your finances yeah i know <,,><&>3 and they ALWAYS devalue <{><[>walking is becoming a serious drain on my time <,> and energy <[>oh but parking at varsity would be a serious drain laughs but i wouldn't need <.>it <,,> i mean i wouldn't <&>6:00 drive from here to varsity no but you would from work to varsity <,> word but i could park it down here and walk up there laughs oh well that's about as much sense <.>as <,,><&>3 mind <.>you yeah laughs and then you've only got to get rid of it again you know there's that clanking spoon syndrome again mm <&>sound of spoon clanking on bottom of plate i've done it again guys <{1><[1>laughs it means the end <{2><[2>of the custard laughs laurie won <[1>laughs <[2>laurie wins the race for a change laughs i think i should handicap myself or something <{><[>give you guys ten minute head start <[>word really large no no <{><[>with a large bowl <&>pronounced as mole <[>tie a rock in your stomach laughs two point advantage <,,><&>3 when my mum was at dental school when she was going to be a dental NURSE <{><[>is your mum a dental nurse <[>wow my <{><[>birth mother was a dental <,> assistant <[>she was ah so they might have been related <{><[>word probably are <[>laughs <{><[>laughs <[>laughs anyway when mum <&>7:00 was at dental school learning to be a dental nurse they had um they had <{><[>um <[>those bumble bees made out of cotton yeah and there were stamps and stuff and they TOLD <.>them they told them if a child has an epileptic fit in the chair you pull out their tongue and pin it to their collar because <{1><[1>the big <.>thing NO <{2><[2><.>the the <.>big with <.>the they would have safety <{3><[3>pins <{4><[4>yeah this was like when <{5><[5>they wore white shoes and red <.>ca no <{6><[6>because the biggest DANGER with epileptic fits is <{7><[7>people swallowing their tongues because they're <.>very it's a very tricky operation to dig in and bring it back up it's just REALLY <{8><[8>HARD to do and if you swallow your tongue it goes all the way down to about here it's <.>a you know it REALLY does some serious damage <.>and <[1>oh my god <[2>pin it with WHAT <[3>large safety pins <[4>oh NO <[5>gross <[6>laughs <[7>swallowing your tongue <[8>yeah but bloody hell oh <{><[>yeah but pinning it <[>voc <.>yeah word <{><[>word <[>word section <{><[>through it <[>you know when you bite it you only hurt as if you bit it you know <{><[>not really <[>oh god um pin it <{1><[1>it'd be writhing all over the place and all <{2><[2>slimy with muscles <[1>mm tasty <[2>laughs <[2>laughs yeah yeah but i mean it was all safer than <&>8:00 biting it off <{1><[1>isn't that weird i don't know whether they still teach that or not but raewyn my cousin who's a nurse she says now <.>the still the biggest worry with epileptic fits <.>is you know you clear things out of the way so that people <{2><[2>don't hurt themselves but the big worry is their tongues what they're going to do with their tongues <[1>clears throat <[2>mm i <.>kne knew this guy daniel when i worked in the bank clears throat and he was an epileptic and then you know everyone knew and he'd never had a fit for like two and a half years and he was really excited because if you haven't had one for three years you can sit your driver's licence <{><[>mm mm <[>yeah and um <,> it was like nine oclock and the bank had JUST opened and i was sitting next to daniel and <.>s i can't remember what he said and he just loosened his tie pushed himself off the chair and on to the floor and just <.>m had this massive massive fit mm and i'd never seen one before <{><[>and um <[>tut it's quite disturbing <{><[>word <[>oh yeah but he <.>was he was really upset and embarrassed yeah that's <{><[><.>because <[>horrible i <.>think i think they sort of whisked people out of the bank and shut the door again <{1><[1>but afterwards he was just in tears and a real mess and <{2><[2>we had to take him home <[1>but it's horrible <.>because <[2>but it's <&>9:00 horrible because it's so uncontrollable <{><[>and it's not like they have a fit on purpose you know laughs <[>and it's <.>very yes yeah he was really <.>up <,> set well it's really <{><[>word <[>it was really scary though you can understand how people think that someone is <{1><[1><,> possessed yeah cos <.>i oh <.>i it's amazing the amount of energy that <.>this <{2><[2>he was <.>just <[1>possessed <[1>possessed yeah <[2>mm mm <.>for for <.>w however long it was like it was two or three minutes yeah sometimes people <{1><[1>can <.>just sometimes people can FIT for <{2><[2>like five minutes and that's really dangerous because they're just using so much <{3><[3>you know <[1>that's long eh <[2>yeah <[3>mm it's electrical energy <{><[>really scary it is <[>mm so <.>yeah <.>what's what's really interesting is in <{1><[1>um when i've been in other places like <,> europe <[1>oh recovery position laughs all that custard laughs yes when i've been in europe and been around people who have had an epileptic <.>feet fit like i saw somebody having a fit in the street it <.>just you know they'd had a fit in the <{1><[1>street <.>and and people were <.>looking like people were like either running AWAY or just you know <.>make making a really wide berth of <{2><[2>this person except maybe for his um i don't know a <.>h um this man or woman's relatives or friends or whatever <[1>mm <[2>aha <&>10:00 mm <{><[>word <[>but everyone else was just staying right away <{1><[1>and yet in new zealand you know i <.>was i was at school with two or three people who <.>were <{2><[2>who were epileptic and um it just seems a lot more common and just nothing to worry about <[1>yeah <[2>mm yeah yeah there was a girl at primary school who used to have one quite often and she <.>just she was a bit weird though because she'd just go <.>get someone hold me and just you know sort of get her in a bear hug and she <.>would and she'd just sort of go like <{1><[1>that and then actually i'm not too sure if it <{2><[2>was an epileptic <[1>yeah <[2>i don't know what the <.>ratio what the statistics <.>are i mean I <.>know of the people that i know who are in my sort <.>of not immediate but you know in my social circle i know three people with epilepsy <{1><[1>which <{2><[2>is <{3><[3>which is quite high isn't it really <{4><[4>i suppose <[1>yeah <[2>mm <[3>i know one <[4>mm yeah i know two <{><[>people <[>not as many as with asthma or anything but <{><[>you know sniffs still quite high <,,><&>3 tut yes <[>no but it's interesting that there's different kinds of fits <&>11:00 yeah people <.>can some people grow out of it <{1><[1>too some people you know who fit as children don't <{2><[2>at all <[1>mm yeah <[2>it's a sort of teenage thing isn't it yeah some people don't get it until they're like eighteen <{><[>nineteen <[>tut yeah like spontaneous <,,> combustion spontaneous combustion is <{1><[1>when you word <{2><[2>laughs BURN laughs <[1>laughs <[2>yeah i know but then they're <.>like a huge amount of energy yeah <.>that that happens a lot more when you're a teenager <{1><[1>it's really bizarre EXternal <{2><[2>combustion <[1>does it that's really bizarre i remember reading about it when i was a kid and thinking how bizarre <[2>yeah yeah and like <.>semi well possibly what <.>ever semi energy you know when <.>some <,> i've read a bit about it like sometimes people will be in a room and parts of the room will just get on fire <,> <{><[>you know <[>word seriously? <{><[>yeah <[>it never happened to me and <.>the <{><[>what the whole room come on fire <[>laughs no ME spontaneously combusting no no word a pile of ashes and not a very good <{><[>word at all <[>they still don't know what causes it <{><[>because <[>no they have such an intense heat that yeah that it they can't figure it out <&>11:53