<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side two <&>10:06 what <.>s sort of course is it that you're going to <{><[>word is it <[>it's not it's a meeting <,> we have i go to four meetings every year and they're in different cities throughout the country is it an important <.>m <&>break in tape we only have four a year and i'm the treasurer well <{1><[1>as long as you have if you have one a year that <{2><[2>would be my problem <[1>what's y p c <[2>yeah probably laughs you going to tell? you tell them i wouldn't worry about this one cos you've got another three to go to mm <,> what <{><[>are we doing <[><.>n i'm taping it laughs WHY shut up oh just for my data <{1><[1>laughs oh no <{2><[2>we're guinea pigs <[1>laughs <[2>DATA FOR WHAT guinea pig noises please <&>makes grunting noises laughs oh shit here we go sorry what's <{><[>it for <[>to see how we <{><[>speak <[>for linguistics <[>because josie josie i just do it all the <{><[>time <[>voc <{1><[1>is employed in linguistics <{2><[2>and she has to do research laughs <[1>to see how lingual we are <[2>laughs research i end up with all these <&>11:00 conversations on tape i put them all on nice and <{><[>quietly <[>yeah it must sound neat when you play it all back you know all jumbled up and it's amazing it takes like ten hours to transcribe twenty minutes worth and you have to turn it into <,> what into a script what for um it's oh i'll turn this off oh yeah cos you know all about this you don't need to tape it laughs <&>tape recorder is turned off and restarted later perhaps it's the way i'm sitting i should perhaps <,> put me little bum further into the chair do these move up? i need a cushion cushion <{><[><,> <&>next utterance addressed to cat sorry horace <[>oh are you okay yeah it's word oh you can sit wherever you like laughs okay megan you're <{><[>in on this this <.>m very secret blah blah blah <[>hello <,> what were you doing balancing your chequebook yeah working out how much money i have you know <{><[>you know before i went <[>oh to spend in dunedin oh just in case i needed it in an emergency yeah it's always good to have do you do finances for the whole flat no who does that <&>12:00 we don't hm oh really laughs well that's really lovely really laughs very good i well sometimes i work out the accounts <,> not that we have a <{><[>lot <[>word are you did you get a superthrifty to dunedin no oh <{><[><.>how <[>i got the cheapest i could <{><[>but it was two twenty seven each way <[>how much is it costing oh WOW <{><[>that's HEAPS <[>that's expensive we have <{1><[1>to be up <{2><[2><.>in <,> we have to leave at quarter past six <[1>i know <[2>that's laughs mm mind you that's not full fare still is it no it's not <{><[>full fare but it's still VERY expensive <[>well what would the full fare be well one thirty four with student <.>s standby so <{><[>it's double that <[>what <.>w what time are you <{><[><,> setting your alarm clock for <[>gosh two thirty eight heaps eh <{><[>yeah <[>well i don't i mean you don't really need half past five WHAT sorry laughs half past <{><[><.>fi yeah because by the time they fart around and then get to the airport <[>not very well yeah we have to leave at quarter <{><[>past six <[>cos we got to have showers and we got to have showers <{><[>and you have to have a cup of tea <[>and i'll have to be there early you have to be there half an hour beforehand <&>13:00 OH HECK <{><[>word <[>no we <.>ha the last time the last <.>we the last we have to be there is ten to seven okay but it's a <.>l it's a twenty minute drive and it'll be frosty and foggy <{><[>and i'm not driving fast laughs cos the road out to the airport is really dangerous <[>right and we don't want to be word so we have to leave at what time quarter past six quarter past six which should get us there <,> <{><[>at <[>quarter to quarter to mhm and you leave at half past no i leave at <{><[>quarter past <[>quarter to oh quarter past <{><[>so word <[>quarter past so that will get us there half an hour early <{><[>yep <[>oh that'll be great <[>just <{><[>right on time <[>we'll actually get you there within five minutes of the last time you HAVE to check in by ten to seven yeah right so we'll get there at quarter to <{><[>very good yep <[>but provided you get up at half past five on the dot cos that's <{><[>five minutes as a leeway <[>well i can get ready in half an hour max yeah pip doesn't take long i mean i can <{><[>be out of the house in ten minutes <[>i on the other hand take up word yeah you can both give you can push megan along <.>well no i have to do it get up first well you'll have to be in the shower first <&>14:00 well i get up first <,> and get dressed and stuff and by the time i've finished doing that pip's out before me <,> after she's been and showered after me laughs and she leaves for work before me really pisses me off all laugh well megan i don't <.>b i don't wash and blowdry my hair every day no in fact i probably do it once a week do you mm <{><[>once in a week and once on the weekend <[>yeah i do mine <,> yeah you do yours every day eh meg oh <{><[>no every second day it needs doing every day it's getting a bit long <[>second day yeah <{><[>mine's getting too long <[>it's shorter than i saw it <{><[>last <[>yeah i know mine's getting too long i've got to do it more than once a <{><[>week <[>mm i it it actually looks <.>r really nice if you bunch it like that right <{><[>yeah i word <[>and then and then blowdry it yeah it's very spunky at the moment no it's word i like yours blonde yeah makes it word you've been blonde for a while though haven't you yeah i have actually now yeah i think you were blonde last time i saw you never mind i was going to comment on it this time but then i thought no i commented on that last time you're just putting it off <{><[>aren't you now <[>no i went brown <{><[>come with me come with me <[>you're procrastinating yeah let's all <{><[>go help megan <[>yes my room <{><[><.>isn't <[>she IS she is so <{><[>procrastinating it's not funny <[>you're <&>15:00 probably best on your own though megan because we won't all fit in your bedroom all laugh we'd have to take turns <,> ah oh ah oh and you haven't been to a doctor no this is three days now went quite well oh yes i haven't when are you travelling back tomorrow morning you're driving? mm how are you to drive i should be okay cos you've kind of got your arm up yeah i can rest it and use the other one it's not far to kawarau is it it's only two hours mm but if i if it's not going to well i'm leaving early in the morning so if if it's not <,> voc you know good i can just stop and ring or <{><[>work out what to do <[>what time are you leaving well megan goes at quarter past here we go probably about nine ten mm okay it's whenever i breathe deep or <{><[>anything <[>i feel really stupid for staying here and sleeping on the couch but no that's okay voc can you sleep on this <&>16:00 oh you put the things <{><[>on the ground <[>oh just put the things on the ground cos there's four i've slept on her floor before not here <{><[>though <[>actually if you put that rug under it too actually i <{><[>think i slept on that <[>and also this room will be really nice and warm <{><[>because of the fire <[>yeah it'll be good it'll be better than you know going back and you know mucking round <{><[>you know raewyn's place <[>cos you got have you got all your <.>st no you i've just brought my little bag with my pyjamas in it oh that's okay that's good yeah i told raewyn i'd probably crash here <,> so she'll be right is voc <.>p pip's videoing something oh is she it sounds like <{1><[1>it's going doesn't it i mean we're up to thirty eight hours and <.>f laughs <{2><[2>laughs looking good inhales right thirty eight <{3><[3>two hours thirty eight <[1>does it say record <[2>laughs yes <[3>word two hours thirty eight cos the time's twenty three ten and <{><[>that's right <[>yes <,> i don't know oh <.>it's i think it's got word <{><[>so <[>so what have you been doing all week um coughs i had a terrible sinusy cold thing actually it's settled on my chest now tut on saturday i went to the opotiki fibre and fleece <&>17:00 fashion parade thing tut on saturday night and that was really funny really neat designs and stuff from people round the country tut then i crashed on sunday which was mother's day wasn't it <{><[>yeah went home to edgecumbe crashed <.>h crashed at home <[>yeah oh that's where your parents are yeah right in the epicentre actually the farm area where they are is dead bang where the epicentre of the edgecumbe earthquake was in <{><[>nineteen eighty seven laughs <[>right oh it's very comforting <{><[>laughs no tut no no they've just got a little block there actually they sold the people sold the house separately from the whole farm area they didn't sell it as one so they just bought the house with a little bit of land for the goats and stuff tut and um what went monday what did i do monday <,,> nothing oh washing ironing all that sort of stuff tuesday i came here <,> so yeah <[>laughs do they farm right <&>18:00 was it wednesday i came here <,,><&>3 wednesday i came here cos tuesday i cooked chinese that's right yeah so your parents moved from wanganui to <{><[>edgecumbe <[>yeah um when was <{><[>that <[>clears throat <,,> oh about three years ago now oh right <{><[>while ago <[>yeah three and a half which is about the same just before these guys moved <{><[>here <[>yeah yeah these guys? warren and them yeah yeah <.>round yeah just before they moved up mm tut mm to matamata so you're flatting in kawerau yeah i've got a school flat it's oh right really quite reasonable sixty two something or other a <.>fort a week just by yourself? one bedroom? well no it's two bedroom and i have a woman who comes in <,> and flats from monday till wednesday and <{1><[1>wednesday night she goes back home then thursday she comes and stays the night and friday she's back for the weekend so she's there four nights a week which is good she's a really neat lady <{2><[2>so <[1>oh i see <[2>you get on really well yeah yeah <.>it's and it's good cos i was living on my own for eight months and that was <&>19:00 voc <.>i it was okay because there's a serious lack of like minded people in kawerau tut a <{><[>very serious lack <[>and it's a cool thing to do and it's something you need to do <{><[>sometime yeah word longterm <[>yeah it's good but eight months was a bit long yeah so i yeah she approached me cos she had the place next door it's semidetached and her husband's an artist and he just didn't have enough room to set up all his stuff <{><[>he does so he <[>laughs not enough room for her laughs no so he went back to their beach at pukehina and she <{1><[1>asked if yeah she asked me how i'd feel about it if she <{2><[2>and i shared <[1>oh <[2>oh cool so she's not a teacher no no <.>she she is a teacher <{1><[1>but he's he's an artist she supports him <{2><[2>word <[1>oh she is <[2>but she's not there because she's a teacher or anything yeah unfortunately i mean it's where the work is it's terrible people having to do these sorts of things eh mm but um that's where she's got a job at the moment so <.>and yeah so because his his income isn't fixed it's not guaranteed in any way shape or form um he's <&>20:00 freelanced everything she really needs to go where the work is and so are you likely to stay <,> <{><[>there <[>oh no i've applied for other jobs like i'd really like to get into special ed and um music therapy and stuff like that <{><[>cos i did a three week a three week a three three years <[>oh cool i did three weeks of music <{><[>and i reckon i'll be really good music laughs <[>laughs oh yeah i just learnt what a saxophone looks like you know it's really quite neat no i did a three year music therapy course in <{1><[1>palmerston and that was really cool <{2><[2>so i'd like to get into that <[1>oh <&>PP enters room <[2>now that was the simplest <{><[>packing i've ever seen <[>FINISHED? you have done ALL the packing <{><[>well most of it <[>oh she couldn't have word word yeah well we've organised most of it laughs she'll probably change <{><[>her mind <[>she's going to undo everything you've done laughs yep that's megan are you videoing something yep <{><[>oh not really <[>it's been going for thirty eight hours and and forty <.>two no yeah um what time is it oh probably finished rumbly tummy <&>Pip's knee cracks <&>21:00 that sounds good pip when's the last time you went to the gym laughs a whole week ago laughs crack actually it's not quite a week mm we need some toast or something some bread to toast there's plenty of biscuits <{><[>in fact there's a really nice squashed monte carlo <[>toasted nice toasted chocolate toffee pop just what i feel like dripping chocolate all laugh mm yeah so that's that's my holidays up till now and you've still got another <{><[>week <[>week and a half <{1><[1>well a week yeah a week <{2><[2>it's quite word <[1>oh cool <[2>cool and groovy yeah i'll say c n g oh i haven't heard saying haven't you oh yeah c n g that sounds <{><[>good <[>and i did have one for l p g and i can't remember what it was <,,><&>3 l p <{><[>oh <[>i've learnt a lot today i've learnt c n g i've learnt <,> y p c? <{1><[1>and o t <{2><[2>y <[1>p y c <[2>p y c i didn't think i got it right and what do you say o t y what's that over <{><[>to you <[>over to you oh no <&>22:00 i say o t y <{><[>quite a bit <[>we say p c and e f what's p c politically correct <{><[>and environmentally friendly <[>and oh e f yeah i like that e f e f VERY E F VERY P C all laugh soon we won't need words at all i <{><[>mean use a syllable just create little syllables dit dat laughs <,> yes i wonder how far you could take a conversation with all these <,> abbreviations <[>laughs oh who knows <,> i am going to go to bed yeah word guess i should too really i'm going to go to sofa do you want a sleeping bag or something in case it's cold word no i think it will be really warm in here got a sleeping bag no laughs got my pyjamas oh heavy blankets get you word megan's got one word or a sleeping bag yeah thank you very much sorry to you know come and crash at short notice well that's what that's what it's all about megan's always good to me like this yeah tut so how long have you got to go in your course it's till the end of this year <&>23:00 and that was a one year yes one year that's good what's it called it was fulltime a diploma of maoritanga oh right right yep yep right it's um it's <.>just it's you know you can do it <,> what do you call it pregraduate you can do it before you've done <{><[>your whole degree <[>oh right yeah um yeah <{><[>that's amazing <[>and you can get in without the same kind of entry thing it's kind of a side door in for maori students and once they've completed this they've shown they <{><[>can cope with varsity courses and then they can go on and do a b a whatever they want to do <[>oh okay word right <{><[>okay <[>i've done it the other way round i've done my b a and now i've gone back and done my so that's good though cos it is good cos i mean it's hard for me i'm the only pakeha on the course why do you get do you find that there are barriers because of that or it poses no i mean i keep thinking they've got every right to turn around and say you know what are you doing this for <{1><[1>word and they are surprised they sort of think i mean they will come up and say just why are you doing this <{2><[2>yeah word <[1>yeah <[2><.>but but it's not there's nobody really heavy eh no that's good they're so cool <{><[>they're just so good to me really nice <[>that's so neat cos a lot of them find it very threatening that you're wanting to learn yes more about it i've found that tut not just that also but it's it's kind of <&>24:00 threatening <{1><[1>for them that i can come in and get good marks but it's only <{2><[2>because <{3><[3>good night pip thank you um <[1>well <[2>good night <[3>good night sleepy <&>door closes but it's sort of like taking something away from them that they know that's specially for them and stuff too i've found and the fact that i'm getting good marks in my essays <{1><[1>and stuff because i know how to write essays and they haven't been to university <{2><[2>before and i've already spent four years here so <{3><[3>bit different <[1>right <[2>right <[3>yeah tut yeah anyway tut that's the way it is really now you've got to get <.>u oh you don't have to get <{1><[1>up early you can <{2><[2>sleep in <[1>word <[2>well i'm going i'm just going as a supporter oh that's very good of you i might even leap up and go along with word yeah just went for the drive i don't think i've ever been to the hamilton airport so that will be a new experience for moi pour moi i'll just leave these here in case you FEEL the URGE oh dear biscuits in the middle of the night not a good idea <&>24:48