<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side two <&>11:55 no what's happened is it's come around it MEANT <&>12:00 silly and now when you say dizzy blonde you mean silly blonde mm but you know it's also saying affected by whirling or reelings that's <{><[><.>why <[>yeah yeah <{><[><.>there's <.>the one of the <.>ones <[>mentally confused or bewildered but you sort of wonder how they managed to <.>get yeah informal get the original <{><[>word <[>voc informal foolish or flighty which is closer to the original meaning than the ones <.>we other ones <{><[>mm <[>it's also woozy where does it say woozy in your er reverse dictionary oh woozy? oh <{><[>oh yeah okay it's giving the synonyms and things <,> <[>laughs it's just interesting how <,> the original meaning and that and then it goes away from it and then it comes back to it yeah i <.>just yeah i was quite surprised <.>how's <.>there you looked at the <.>his there's this one about river <&>looking through dictionary <,,> river i got a dictionary just like that <{><[><.>for for christmas <[>so this is good voc this is <.>i interesting oh jemma got one nearly like this for christmas laughs i heard carmen got one for her birthday too a little one a tiny one <.>she yeah carmen carmen threw a bit of a paddy because well not a paddy cos she put in her word <{><[>to get the old dictionary when we got this laughs <&>13:00 <[><&>makes paddy throwing noise yeah and we said well wait a moment we haven't spoken to anyone else we thought we thought jemma because she's linguistic and all that well i would <{><[>have <[>are you linguistic <{><[>laughs <[>i would have had to buy <{1><[1>a dictionary if i didn't <{2><[2>get one carmen if she didn't get it wouldn't have gone out and <{3><[3>had to buy one and like the sofa carmen had her eye on that as well <{4><[4>mm laughs <[1>well the well she's <[2>yeah <[3>no <[4>carmen got in real quick on all these things you know you got to watch it yeah well frances used to get a bit sort of well she lived <{><[>so far away <[>peeved because <.>sh she was so far away and um carmen would get in on all these things like <.>sh did she go to with you or something <{><[>go to where? <[>went where? didn't you go and see <{1><[1>or or <{2><[2>phantom or <{3><[3>something <[1>oh <[2> <[3>yeah oh that's right we went to the phantom in auckland yeah because she was in <.>nor <.>auck <.>yeah yeah that's true <{><[>yeah <[>see and and things like that and <{1><[1>sort of like frances was saying huh just cos she's there she can get in on all these things and get these things before <{2><[2>anyone else <[1>mm <[2>but also carmen's very quick at oh you meant <{1><[1> <{2><[2>i wondered what you were talking about les mis <{3><[3>laughs <{4><[4>laughs <[1>at <[2>getting the <.>sit <[2>les miserables <[3>laughs <[4>i was wondering where limas was <{><[>i thought it was l i m a s <[>laughs <[>laughs <{><[>laughs les mis laughs <[>laughs <&>13:50 <&>fifty eight seconds not transcribed XX talking <&>14:48 <&>CA shows HP a photograph of her parents oh that's nice isn't it yes a photographer came round to the house and <.>s <.>would would they like their photo taken it would cost so much for them to pay and dad said i'm not paying until i've seen the photo thank you laughs <.>i i'm not paying until i see the people IN it <{><[>laughs <&>15:00 <[>laughs yeah they look like the curtains we had down in er lower hutt no they're <.>th they're older ones of roslyn's aren't they did he <.>just the photographer just turn up at the door mm mm that's not bad at all <{><[>not bad at all yep <[>mm it's a nice one YOU saw it didn't you mm yeah <.>i i like it i really enjoyed <.>ol old english yeah but they <.>don't they don't give <.>scholarsh scholarships to old england actually that's the problem sorry? <{><[>laughs <[>well you <.>ge you can get scholarships to france if you're studying french but you can't get scholarships to old england no no you can't can you yeah but it's just so interesting to see the roots of our language mm before it got all cluttered up with french <.>and and all that <{1><[1>stuff laughs <{2><[2>word <[1>mm <[2>oh you <.>m yeah but <.>als but yeah but <.>it's voc oh that wasn't before it <.>but <,> it <{><[><.>wa <.>it <[>it's just interesting to see all the influences on the language during the history of it and just to see where a lot of the words come from like i always thought starboard <.>that's <{><[>you know <.>i i just had the <.>wrong <[>yeah <&>15:57 <&>one minute thirty six seconds not transcribed <&>17:33 are these yours hesper no they're mine is that <.>our oh it's YOUR toyota key i'll put them back <{><[>where i found them word i thought they'd fallen out of word pocket <[><.>it's <.>it's no it's a real ota it's a real ota all laugh <&>17:38 <&>six minutes fifty two seconds not transcribed <&>24:30 but you're not from <{><[>christchurch <[>did you finish your drink yes <{><[>oh have i <[>oh i spent three years <{><[>there <[>no i DIDN'T yes but it's rubbed off <{><[>obviously <[>talking too much clears throat <{><[>okay so i had to live with YOUR daughter for three years yes laughs <[>well i'd <.>b laughs laughs that's the <{><[>problem <[>oh yeah but <.>she she had a deficiency yeah <{1><[1>come <{2><[2>on we know his name now <.>we <[1>men <[2>which one all laugh oh yes laughs but we won't say it out loud <&>25:00 will we luke no laughs luke? yeah that reminds <.>me that reminds me at a maths lecture we used to have <.>this <.>th the professor of maths he used to write things and he'd write them down and rub them off with one hand he was sort of he was typical absentminded professor in some ways but he'd say things like come in and say after an examination he'd say now this question here he'd sort of talk about this question here and <.>he'd and i'd just been to see him just before the exam and asked him about it i couldn't do the question and he says and of course he said um not many people did this question very well except for one person who should have done it better and you know and he sort of looked straight at me and saying but of course i'm not going to say who it is laughs <{><[>and everyone would turn around <[>groans well that's like frances in HER class being the only woman <{><[>yeah <[>and um the lecturer got up and said and SOMEBODY wrote something REALLY stupid but we're NOT going to say who she is all laugh and everyone knew laughs she found that quite hard at times she said she DID yeah she had to stand up and say excuse me we're not all men here when the <.>guy um the lecturer says you MEN or something yeah exactly and if he's <&>26:00 quite happy to say that and then to turn around and say and we won't say who SHE is mm <&>26:05 <&>one minute thirty two seconds not transcribed <&>27:37 oh well i suppose i'd better go and do some work was that a precloser that's a precloser just <{><[>before you're about to close <[>and then <.>th <.>the the <.>close and then the close comes would you please sign here i want you to buy three million dollars <.>worth that's a close all laugh a very nice close too yes laughs er hesper <.>you you've heard that story about can i have <.>a can i have <.>my tut i'd like to get a <.>b <&>28:00 i'd like to buy a lada for my wife tut i think it'd be a fair swap laughs i've heard that one NO it's like <.>a i'd like a petrol cap for my lada no that's TOO cheap yes i have to go to the florist this afternoon and to buck's and to the camera place do you need your car or shall i take that <.>and <.>s suggest that your parents come for a ride with me word you can take my car yep okay <{><[>and <.>then cos i want to be back in <.>time <&>next of utterance addressed to XX you were thinking of leaving about four? <[>and er no we're going to leave before then you're gonna leave before then we're ready now basically <{><[>eh <[>mm well oh okay <{1><[1><.>i i'm not forcing you to go <{2><[2>laughs <[1>can <.>we <[2>no but we might as well because we've got <.>noth <.>nothing is there anything else we need to do any cleaning? <{><[>anything? <[>i don't think so i've cleaned the bathroom <{1><[1>and natalie cleaned <{2><[2><.>th word <[1>oh right <[2>and you <.>stripped <[2>and you <.>want <{1><[1>you stripped your <{2><[2>beds <[1>you <.>want you want a cheque <[2>i've been vacuuming and <{><[>busting the vacuum cleaner <[>you've got to <.>gi caroline? <{><[>she wants a cheque <[>oh <,> SHE wants a cheque and I wouldn't mind one either yep okay that's fine how much oh seven <{><[>hundred should do it <[>as MUCH as you can <[>word if <{><[>give yeah seven hundred would be good eh <[>i'm in <.>the in the cheque writing mood <{><[>laughs <[>well <.>y er while you're doing it <{><[>you may as well write one for me <[>laughs yeah well I think <{><[>that's fair enough <[>don't we <.>get <{><[>wasn't being bridesmaid a paid position <[>word laughs <&>29:00 YEAH you got to <.>see you got to see the bridegroom i thought it was fifteen an hour laughs <{><[>yeah i got up early <[>yeah and just think of all the <{><[>hours we put IN <[>the best <.>man the best man does that <{><[>does what pays us <[>he's gone pays yes <{><[>he took off without even saying goodbye <[>so that's why he took off without saying goodbye did you say bridesmaids should be paid <{><[>yeah i thought we were being paid for this <[>yeah hey the best man gave a short speech that was luke wasn't <{><[>it <[>well i suppose er frances should be paid for marrying <.>sh luke shouldn't <{><[>she <[>got <.>up got up and said we got <{><[>a fax here and sat down <[>he should pay a dowry shouldn't he <{><[>yeah <[>what was his <{><[>dowry <,> or did you give luke's family a dowry <[><.>what shannon shannon laughs no no dowRY <{><[>not dowDY <[>yeah <.>dow isn't <.>a isn't a dowry normally three cows a goat and two sheep? yeah well <{1><[1>they got <.>a i'm <.>s <{2><[2>they got away <[1>he said <.>he <[2>they got the cows all laugh laughs i don't know <.>what i don't know what <{><[>i think of that <[>i filled your car up with petrol anyway because it was showing some word oh <.>you <{><[><.>b <.>w would you like to take OUR car down and we'll go down in OUR car laughs <[>so now we can use it rats i still haven't found <{><[>out how the car goes <.>without <[>oh you mean you want me to fill YOURS with petrol too how far does our car go <.>without or my car go <.>without <{><[><.>wh while the light is showing <&>30:00 <[>what on the <.>l i don't know the light was showing when i went down this <{1><[1>morning and i forgot about <{2><[2>it and it was showing again when i went down just now so <.>i <[1>laughs <[2>but i want to know how far it goes before it actually goes pop pop pop voc voc <{><[>filled <.>up <[>but where are you going to be when it goes pop pop pop voc voc <{><[>THAT'S the THING yes <[>that's a good question <{1><[1>partway through the <{2><[2>manawatu <{3><[3>gorge <[1>c n g? <[2>eh? <[3>c n g? yes <{><[>laughs <[>no no no no i'm just saying when <{1><[1>the light comes on there's a certain amount of <{2><[2>time before you stop surely <[1>why has SHE done that <[2>NO of COURSE not on MY car <{1><[1>er <{2><[2>the petrol runs out half way on the red of the empty red voc usually it runs out when you get to the END of the <{3><[3>red but mine runs out halfway so you <{4><[4>always get stuck laughs <[1>i've never ever found out <[2>i just thought it was a funny place to stop that's all <[3>mm <[4>GOSH isn't that er isn't that er <.>dr er roundabout down there by massey you know over the river and everything what <{><[>they've done there <[>oh it's posh isn't it oh <{><[>i didn't know which one to go on to <[>in palmerston north? at palmerston north? <{><[>yes <[>yes yes it's all changed hasn't it <.>i i drove up the hill there one day <.>t you know i go and see bob mcveigh and i drove up there and i said do you know what they've done i said they've actually forgotten about your street and you're completely isolated from the rest of the world and he says well he said there've been some really funny ways to work sometimes sometimes they come down and have to turn right and go all the way around underneath <.>and <{><[>REALLY? <[>he said <.>it well when they're doing <.>the cos they're building up ramps and all these <&>31:00 things and i actually saw it there once i remember it was during the winter when they first started doing it you could actually see marks across the grass because obviously <.>people well either got brassed off with all the earthworks and stuff but it was funny you'd drive along and then you'd see cars going along up there and you'd say where <.>d where are they coming from where are THEY going yes <.>i i just thought well i'd like to go back GOSH I <{><[>DON'T KNOW laughs you'll have to go and ask them <[>word and i just thought i'd <.>g like to go back and have a look at it you know i thought that thing they were doing out in <.>paekak er out at porirua was quite complicated but oh no this is <&>sighs <{><[>far more complicated <[>well because they've got <.>a they've got a big flow of traffic coming in and it always used to get <.>chopped it's not bad people used to say to me when i <.>first you know as i <.>came went to massey i was at the f d r c they'd say wasn't the traffic bad this morning <&>31:44 <&>end of side two