<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side two <&>3:54 well in commercial kitchens they often <.>a what are <.>the they have a particular sort of grill that you just sort of literally SHOVE things under for <.>a mm mm <&>4:00 very hot <,> tut few seconds <,,><&>7 mm <,,><&>9 like this bus service is having the same problem as the one that the granada north parents are having <,> is it a different one yeah <,,> all these kids who live in granada north <.>and basically the kids go to school across the motorway don't they right yeah something like that <{><[>wasn't it <[>and the bus service has been stopped or something yeah i'm not sure <.>but god that's a windblown hole <{><[>isn't it <[>oh isn't it voc terrible can't think of anywhere worse to live no mm <,,><&>12 it's been there for quite a while now hasn't it mm and it's never got any better no there's no facilities at all tut no don't think there's a shop there actually not even a dairy? um don't think there is oh there MIGHT be how many houses <{><[>are there <[>oh there's <.>a <[>well there must be a dairy there's a number of factories so there might be yeah <,,><&>5 how many houses are there <,,><&>4 don't know <,,><&>21 mm what too sweet just great laughs laughs it is a bit sweet <{><[>word <[>it is a bit too sweet isn't it it's all right <{><[>word <[>indonesians really like sweet <&>6:00 things mm mm mm you go over there <.>and and i i'm somebody who <.>has i still have sugar in my tea word herb tea but in indonesia i learnt not to have sugar in my tea because their tea word sweet tea there you know <{><[>was SO much sugar in it <[>it was just <.>so word <{><[>word still over there <[>i know what's word like public service journal <,> <.>had <,> there <{1><[1>was this job circular <,> they call them <{2><[2>word <[1>you mean a newspaper <[2>oh yeah yeah yeah no no it's um oh yeah it's um <{><[>state services commission <[>well how <.>l right what is it i don't know i can't remember what it's called well i'm just wondering how if there are vacancies going around various places how i actually find out about them yeah well you <.>should <.>y you should yeah state services commission puts out <,> <{1><[1>a magazine <.>on on what a weekly basis or a <{2><[2>fortnightly basis <[1>mm <[2>yeah <.>it's i think it's fortnightly tut and it <.>just you should make sure you just get them put me on your mailing list <,,> yeah am i a public servant mm state servant <{><[>word <&>7:00 <[>it <.>doesn't it doesn't make <{><[>any difference <[>yeah you are because you're employed by internal affairs um <,,> parliamentary services is part <.>of it's the civil service <.>is is it yeah are they all right yeah good mm they actually should get one it just probably never <{><[>gets around <[>yes it must come <{><[>to your office <[>we get <.>the we get something called the internal affairs departmental ones no <{><[>no no it's <.>different each department has one of those we have ours too <[>no it's different cos each department has its own now yeah <{><[>mm <[>so you <{><[>know you <.>have they usually come around virtually at the same time <,,> <[>mm tut mm yeah <{><[>so it should <.>have it's <.>a it's usually it's got a white cover <[>should have one mm and <{><[>it's got different colours <[>and yellow brown <,> on the lettering <{><[>on the side <[>yeah i think it changes every month or something the <{><[>colour doesn't it <[>mm no sometimes it's yellow is it and sometimes it's a teal blue isn't it no i can't remember it being teal blue <{><[>but i <.>might <,> i might just be not taking any notice sniffs it's quite <,> a substantial <&>8:00 <[>mm mm it's sort of <{><[>glossy paper <[>mm mm voc find out about it mm <,> it is a really good source because <.>it's <.>that's that's where they advertise first and in fact some <{><[>places will ONLY advertise in that <,,><&>4 or they only <.>ad say advertise for for one day or two days in a <,> newspaper because of the expense but they'll word it will be in there and that often gives a LOT more information in there <[>yes actually i <.>haven't <,> i haven't filled in my s i s clearance form either i haven't ever filled mine in you never did mm i've still got my key not my key but my i d card mm <,,><&>3 they're SO slack yeah well they let me up without anything the other day see i've got an s i s file laughs i'd rather it wasn't sort of word too often mm <&>9:00 nothing that i'm <.>particularly <,,> disturbed about but tut i don't want some prick sort of mm stopping me or anything because of it mm have you ever been a <,,> a a referee for s i s OH they're pathetic aren't <{><[>they <[>mm <,,> <{><[>mm <[>i literally had a little cloak and dagger guy mm crawling around bloody <,> through doorways to talk to me mm <.>mine mine was a very um <,> very er twin set and pearls <,,> woman <,> tut who asked me a whole set of questions including <,,> whether he <.>had er the person that voc was the subject of the <.>per you know the subject <.>w had any extremist tendencies so i said do you mean are you asking me whether he's a communist and she said well i said or are you asking me whether he's a fascist and i said there is a difference between these two she said she says well mm <&>10:00 well is he a communist and i says you'll have to ask him that you know he's certainly a marxist <,> and i said now do you want me to tell you whether he's a fascist or not <{><[>laughs and she said well it's not generally such a difficulty and i thought it's just as well we're in new zealand or i would have thought it was much more of a difficulty <[>laughs laughs so it was quite funny <,> word yeah word this is <.>a the guy who was going to foreign affairs yeah same man yeah and the guy was actually looking for things that could be used as blackmail mm <{1><[1>yes well that's right i mean <{2><[2>it was all about sexual preference <{3><[3>word word use their money on <[1>mm <[2>well the thing they're really worried about particularly is <.>their <.>whe is he <[3>yeah gay or not mm <,,> <{1><[1>well actually they're not actually too worried about whether they're gay <{2><[2>now it's <.>like it's like whether <[1>yeah <[2>it's it's it's the er if it's <{1><[1>sort of um <{2><[2><,> interest in little boys or <{3><[3>and anything like that laughs <[1>voc <[2>yeah and <.>their <[3>yeah and also <,> if they are gay whether they're open <{><[>about being gay or not because if they're open about being gay then they can't be blackmailed but if they're not <&>11:00 then they can be you see so the issue is <.>whether <[>yes mm it's whether they have a secret LIFE either that or the money thing mm things like that do they have <.>alco er er <.>a abuse alcohol is the other thing but i couldn't believe this joker <,,> strange lot mm <,> it just seems to me it's so silly to sort of ask someone all these questions when <.>y you know <.>the you're the one <.>that that that person has given <{1><[1>you as a referee are you likely to sort of say oh yeah he pisses up large <{2><[2>every night he word <{3><[3>his money and gets off down the street with little girls i mean <{4><[4>you know it's just sort of tut just really silly <[1>yeah exactly so they're <.>not <[2>yeah and he loses money <[3>oh no <[4>yeah <[4>yeah mm <,,> mm <{1><[1>but i thought with er i mean it was silly to sort of not say he was a marxist because his thesis <.>that which <.>they no doubt that which was on foreign affairsy things was CLEARLY from a marxist <,> position <{2><[2>and you know any intelligent person so i says oh no he always votes national word laughter <[1>but <[2>mm <&>12:00 gosh <,,> oh <{><[>laughs <[>mm mm mm how long ago did you have your <,> <{><[>little man come <[>oh this <.>was last year wasn't it or yeah <{><[>late last year <[>word mm <,> or was it early this year no no no it <.>was it was about the middle of last year wasn't it it was in the school holidays wasn't it i can't remember now it was last year it wasn't the end of last year but it was <{><[>word <[>this guy word got a real laughs <,> what's the s i s coming to see you for <{><[>mm mm <[>laughs he said i'll remember that at word time <{><[>mm <[>laughs laughs you don't really think i'd squeal like a big school teacher do you <{><[>laughs <[>laughs <.>real this is just <{><[>a front <[>a front laughter a fearless statement yeah <,,> mm well i asked him if he wanted to take his cloak and dagger outside and he <&>13:00 wasn't impressed <{1><[1>laughs <{2><[2>yes well i don't think they're known for their sense for humour <{3><[3>the s i s <[1>laughs <[2>laughs <[3>oh no <{1><[1>oh they're not very good though <{2><[2>word <[1>mm <[2>no they're not it's all i mean it's all a bit silly <{1><[1>really it's <{2><[2>all <[1>mm <[2>well a couple of guys i was at varsity with one was the son of a military officer and um tut dad was obviously talking to people and er <,> one day this guy rang him up and said look i'm a friend of your your father's um <,> and wouldn't mind having a a chat with you about possible career options <,> and remember peter hall <,> <{1><[1>i actually wouldn't be surprised if he's not in there actually i <{2><[2>wouldn't be at all surprised um so he he he's a very bright sort of customer and he said to my mother i wonder what's going on cos the old man was always interfering <.>his <,,> in his ideas about <&>14:00 what he wanted his son to do so he went along sure enough <,> they identified themselves in <.>a <,> you know espionage counterespionage thing and <{3><[3>word so er he came back and er after that <.>we what we did at that time of year we had a job cleaning the library books at <,> christmas and we were climbing around all the shelves <{4><[4>and everything then another joker who um he's dead now but he was a student activist but he had a <.>he <.>h <.>it's it's kelvin stone i first met kelvin he was married but they were sort of estranged and um <,,> SOMEHOW she got into some sort of contact with the s i s not in any deliberate way but her er relationship with him was identified and so <.>they they had her on about supplying <&>15:00 information and er oh and they were having a bit of fun for a while with that <[1>mm <[2>coughs sniffs <[3>laughs <[4>laughs mm all sorts of things went back laughs <{><[><.>an they you know you know <.>just just little bits and pieces and do you remember raewyn smith <[>laughs mm this er suave guy who picked her up one night turned out to be an s i s officer laughs in the <.>end in the end he identified himself he got so smitten with her he couldn't live <.>a a life of deceit <{><[>so he told her <[>oh fuck <{1><[1>laughs <{2><[2>laughs <{3><[3>laughs <[1>god you can just imagine it <[2>yeah <[3>laughs thinkng she was <{1><[1>genuine boy as soon as she <{2><[2>found out <.>she she booted him out so fast <{3><[3>mind you well <,,> poor prick i mean he was a <{4><[4>friday night word <{5><[5>you know about all it was <,,> nah <.>they're <.>the they talk too much too <{6><[6>you know <.>they they're not <,,> not very quiet <[1>how terribly romantic ha ha ha <[2>laughs <[3>mm <[4>mm <[5>laughs <[6>mm well <.>that perhaps it's one's who talk too much <&>16:00 that you actually hear about i mean if they don't talk too much then <{1><[1>they clearly you wouldn't even know who they were <{2><[2>would you <[1>yes <[2>no <{><[>possibly <[>right i had <.>a dealings with a one of my fourth form girls this year is a and was a third former last year <{><[>word <[>was she an s i s agent as well word <{><[>laughs <[>you can just imagine it eh laughs <&>16:19