<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>2:54 and um yeah all the way there in the car we thought you know she'll be lying in bed <&>3:00 thinking oh i might as well get up and you know god life's boring and all this <{1><[1><.>and and how her life was about to be changed forever and <{2><[2>ever and um daisy word acclaimed author <[1>right <[2>laughs yeah laughs next year's women's book festival THIS <{><[>year's <[>it is no next year's next <{><[><.>year's year's women <.>book <.>women women's book festival <.>doreen well when doreen said you know it was all go i was like i was testing her to make sure it was really true i said well what happens next <[>oh right and she said well an editor will um go through it with your mother and changes will have to be made you know she said we'll try and you know get it organised before next year's women's book festival you know word gushing down the phone wow and um i said oh we have a photo of her laughs funny the things that come into your <{><[>mind would you have a photo of her <[>tut <,> what can daisy wear laughs <{><[>laughs <[>oh you wait till i tell you what mum said laughs i'll have to get my hair cut laughs anyway <{><[>i <.>h <[>i'll have to lose weight laughs <&>4:00 she DID <{><[>laughs she did <[>oh sorry sorry i was preempting you she did she said i'll have to lose <{><[>weight it wasn't the first thing she said no but anyway tut <.>i i said we had a photo of her <[>laughs yep of course word oh good cos she's really good looking laughs she'll look great doreen said oh that's really great and i said not that it matters of course you know she said no no said <&>pronounced as shed oh we'll <.>be oh you know there'll be radio interviews and all that and i said oh i don't know about <{1><[1>that knowing what mum's like she said oh look they're very nice these people that do the interviews word maggie barry <{2><[2>yeah what gave you the inspiration for the title of your book do you know the <.>t do you <{3><[3>know the title it's <.>called it's got a wonderful title <&>names title <&>sighs <[1>laughs <[2>laughs <[3>no no right it's about you know beautiful nature and how all <.>the beautiful nature is when life isn't <.>going <{1><[1>like the more beautiful nature is the worse it makes you feel <{2><[2>stop like one beautiful sunset after another every bloody night <[1>right <[2>laughs right <&>5:00 right beautiful kapiti you know <,,> anyway where was i up to chronologically laughs you were driving <{><[>there <[>we were driving there we were <.>really we were so excited it's a wonder we didn't have an accident laughs or wet your pants first laughs well one of <{><[>the above <[>thank god i had a caesarean <{><[>or i would have wet my pants laughs anyone who had given birth naturally would have wet their pants yeah i was driving along <[>laughs i would have <{><[>wet my pants <[>laughs yeah laughs and um <,> mum WAS characteristically in bed laughs and i said to maggie now don't frighten her <,> maggie was you know over the top you know i thought she might BURST in on mum and frighten her or <{><[>something like that word oh and she hopped out of bed mum was wearing sort of designer clothes in bed by the way <[>right laughs she must have known laughs she must have had <.>a <&>6:00 she had this ensemble on <{><[>you know <.>like <,> it was a suit <[>laughs yeah <,,> like a sort of a um wool mix <,> top and bottom <{><[>with this colour coordinated top on underneath and she hopped out of bed with this <[>yes laughs she word and when she <.>as opened the door i said god is that what you wear to bed she said oh <.>y in bed and she said oh yeah you must remember this this is sort of like five <.>years you know disparaging yeah laughs <.>y you look great but oh well it's just something i <{><[>pulled out of the closet <[>never guessed yes laughs <{><[>laughs laughs anyway so we just said oh we just thought we'd come round you know cos we didn't want to throw it at her sort of like before she'd get time to sort of get up <.>a properly and then <.>y you know your head i mean she's been lying down <.>she <[>to put on to go to bed you said this to her <{1><[1>i thought <.>you'd we'd come <.>r <{2><[2>oh right <[1>no <[2>oh yeah we said that to her we said <.>we oh we just thought we'd come round cos you can't just sort of blurt it out when someone's just got out of <{><[>bed <[>and she was saying what blurt out what <{><[><.>or <[>no we <.>didn't we <.>said <&>7:00 no no we <.>said we didn't say we've come to tell you something we said oh we just thought we'd come round <{><[>and we just felt like it <[>right yeah she says oh you know cos we don't do that no we never come round at half past four together <{><[>when we're supposed to be at work <[>she must have thought something was up well she didn't look like she did cos <.>we we were acting quite well yeah tut anyway we were standing in the kitchen <,> this is only about twenty minutes <{><[>after <[>her word i hadn't even got to that <{1><[1>bit we really didn't give her much time to get her act together out of <.>bed after getting out of bed anyway <.>i i just said oh i've got some <.>really really good news <{2><[2>and looked her in the eye and she said <,> you're not pregnant too are you i said <,> NO <,,> and she said well last time you came round laughs she said last time you came round and said you'd got really good news it was because you were pregnant <&>8:00 <[1>oh <[2>mm right and then i had <.>to and she said and i had to pretend to be pleased laughs right anyway tut we told her and she <.>just <,> she sort of looked faint <.>and <,> she really did laughs she looked all wobbly and like you know i was going oh sit down mum sit down but she didn't really want to sit down cos it <.>wasn't <{><[>word <[>it was good news <,,> god isn't <.>that tut and then <.>when what did she say what was her first word <,,> i can't remember but she was <.>over she was REALLY REALLY overwhelmed right <,> and then she said but what will i wear laughs <{><[>laughs <[>oh then <.>when we were sitting down and she said oh i'll have to lose some weight laughs laughs <,,> voc oh good so when will it actually be published tut well these things take <&>9:00 time right yeah tut i mean <.>so <.>it it will be published to coordinate coming out with the next women's book festival that's what doreen said <,,><&>4 so <{><[>september <[>she's an author now she's not a mother or a teacher or <{1><[1>any of those you know minor roles that she's been playing for the last <{2><[2>sixty five years yeah then i <.>said when doreen told me i said look my mother will die a happy woman and she said oh she <.>isn't she said how old is she she said i hope she's not going to die we like our authors alive <,,><&>3 <{3><[3>she's very healthy <[1>yeah <[2>yes exactly <[3>she's only sixty six i think right <,> well don't worry about it mm she was born in nineteen twenty four word she's sixty six mm tut she might be sixty five and so do you think now if this one gets published her other one <,> might get published <&>10:00 well just TODAY before the good news came i had organised it for mum to drop off her other book her first book <.>with for me to read again right <,,> it's because well doreen had been making positive noises but nothing definite right and so this sort of spurred mum on to think about the next book mm <{><[>because her first book's really good <[>TWO books right as well <,> imagine having two books word published well they usually want another one i mean <{1><[1><,> if this one does well they'll want <{2><[2><.>a <[1><.>although <[2>it would be better to do two christmases in a row oh it would be oh they <.>wouldn't yeah they wouldn't do them both at once right <,> they'd do this one and then that <.>success the ROARING success the PRIZES you know once that had all died down i'll have to get an autographed copy yeah <.>mum's mum was saying um that she's going to buy a whole shelf full and <.>put laughs <&>11:00 BUY a whole shelf full? oh well HAVE a whole <{><[>shelf <[><.>have i suppose you get a few free copies in the <{><[>contract <[>yes she said she'll go round buying them up at remainder book store laughs bargain bins unprecedented sales buy it in woolworths yeah with white hair laughs scavenging through bargain bins oh god that will <.>be that was such good news isn't it <,,> tut <,> it's overwhelming really <{><[>i mean <.>this THIS is what mum has wanted all her life <[>mm mm <,,> and what <.>did she's <.>written she's written another short story a few <{><[>years ago did she <[>she's written quite a lot of short stories right <,> but have they ever been published she wrote this really neat thing <,> that was sort of like a short story yeah <&>yawns a <{><[>novelette <[>that the <.>list no <{><[>a little thing that the listener published about five years <,> ago <[>oh <&>12:00 right <,,> because i can remember there was something ages ago by someone daisy that was being read on the women's programme <,> yeah <,,><&>3 i think they <.>di a <.>sh i think she did have something read out on <.>the <,> women's programme and i <.>can and um someone was <.>s i was saying daisy who daisy WHO they couldn't remember <,,> what the last name was who's they um the <.>wo woman cath <.>th who read it oh what was it about tut well it was on a mothers' day special <,,> oh tut <,,><&>5 oh <,> no it just rings a bell that mum had sent something in and that mm <{><[>and <.>it <[>but i don't think she even knew <{><[>when they read it out <&>13:00 <[>it was when peter was a baby you know like when he was about a year yeah it could have been cos she was writing at <.>that <,> time in fact one of the reasons she went up to otaki laughs <{><[>was to be the reclusive writer <[>word yeah it was <.>c i was popping round all the time with roger wade was painting the house right and it took YEARS to paint the house mm <,,> and so she went up there thinking i'll get away from all of you know family things right had a terrible time laughs came back do you think she ever regrets the mount vic house yeah because even though there were those steps it WAS a lovely house and it was so CENTRAL and it had character <{><[>didn't it i mean it was sort of it fitted daisy <[>yeah yeah <{><[>she does regret it <[>more <.>than more than what she's got now yeah mm <&>14:00 what she's got now is sort of a bit like an own your own tut it is an <.>own yeah well it is really yeah it is <{><[>a townie <[>is is that is that an own your own no no my grandmother's in an own your own and that's quite <,> the CONCEPT'S different but it's got the look of it like an own your own with this special street where <,> um typically sort of women on their own <,> bought houses and <.>they you know like every house is semi effect sort of TWO yeah two semi detached houses in a <.>little <{><[><,> you know <[>own your owns are always only TWO are <{><[>they <[>yeah cul de sac yeah i think so and <.>it they have a little garden yeah a little garden <{><[><.>and <[>my auntie used to have one <{><[>word <[>yeah and um like the street you know had meetings <.>and <,> oh <.>d oh but you can have an own your own where you're not in a community can't you <&>15:00 yeah <.>although are they usually in a own your own community <{><[>laughs <[>oh yeah you're right but no sometimes own your owns but they sort of tend to be MORE <{><[>um word <[>there's usually more than one <.>a ONE set of own your owns yeah or like you get own your owns like five in a row yeah but they're all flat and you drive in maybe your <{><[>mother's IS an own your own <[>you <.>don't you don't have hilly laughs hilly own your owns no oh <.>t well it's not a town house <&>15:33