<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>0:07 okay tracy she wants to swim swim but i don't know whether this <.>one this one's more for sunbathing cos there's <.>no the straps fall off and there's no support and THIS one has got more straps and this is actually training one oh well i'd go for that one then if it's actual swimming <.>and but it gets very see through laughs is that right really see through? mm <,> and then when you go down <{><[>there it kind <.>of it's quite good but when you go down there you kind of see people with two pairs of togs on <[>word it oh yeah so i was wondering if i should wear both of them yeah okay <{><[>yeah <[>but um i don't know i might just take both of them and <{><[>just see <[>yeah yeah yeah wear both of them and if you want to take one off then <{><[>take it off <[>shove it off i've got a card too for the swimming which is really good you should <&>1:00 go for a spa laughs i know but that costs money oh well see i haven't got a card oh i mean i've got a card for the pool though <,,> but <,,> but my aerobics is word laughs i <.>w i was just doing five ten minutes of it maybe laughs and then um gregory rang <,,> and then mum rang before and said what time does <.>your your aerobics start i said oh ten past ten and she goes cos if it was now i would have rung back laughs yeah cos i <.>said i said to mum on the way up don't ring up sarah during her aerobics laughs laughs and that was it that was all yeah yeah she just wanted to know what time it was so i said i could do it any time because i've got the fit kit <{><[>oh yeah yeah yeah oh you bought it <[>that suzie aitken yeah yeah it's really good i'm quite good at it <&>2:00 oh mm oh right so tell me more about the movies last night oh it was really good really good i saw doug there did i tell you yeah oh yeah outside he was going to um <,> word to k fried to get some food oh and the stupid guy gregory didn't even remember my name laughs are you serious he said what was your name again and i said sarah and doug goes BANG and all that sort of thing you don't even remember her name jeez but who did he ask for when he rings up sarah so <.>how and what about yesterday when he rang up <,> sarah <{1><[1>so how come he didn't remember your name <{2><[2>last night <[1>laughs <[2>i don't KNOW i mean it was just for doug <{><[>and he was with his friends i don't know <,> but um doug <.>was was <&>3:00 SHOCKED because <.>he he just didn't remember my name <[>oh maybe he was kidding laughs and it was really really funny mm mm mm i saw this car that had no make on it while we were walking had no make at all it looked like a um r x seven except it had <.>no no emblems didn't think it would yeah but it <.>was it looked like a um a panel beater's job yeah stolen <{><[>laughs <[>laughs yeah could be so are you guys going out again <,> <{><[>when <[>we're going to go and see his rugby game laughs on saturday where um he said it's down in kilbirnie park want to come laughs it's at one oclock and um voc tracy could be there why <&>4:00 because she <.>plays <{><[>norm plays <[>tut <.>oh oh <.>tra oh yeah cousin tracy <{><[>oh right <[>yeah cos norm plays <.>plays too really? <{><[>yeah <[>oh well at least <{><[>you can talk with her <[><.>but oh yeah yeah but gregory's own game we have to watch is in kilbirnie he's suspended for three weeks oh right oh well you can talk to dot then <.>they i don't know about you if you go by yourself to watch a <.>game watch someone else playing it's so boring yeah it is just standing there that's why i asked YOU <{><[>laughs <[>laughs it depends <.>what i don't know what time my game is <{><[>laughs speaking of games i just remembered i've got big news i wanted to tell you the other day guess who rang me monday NIGHT <[>laughs oh yeah who mark laughs REALLY really WHY oh thanks no no word um well i was really surprised i just wanted to laugh if that was him he rang me the other week <{><[>and i wasn't <.>home you know i talked to <.>dad THAT was him that rang me that <&>5:00 other monday night <,> tut before <[>mm did you ring him on that friday yeah yeah after YOU <.>left yeah i thought oh okay kelly now or never yeah so i <.>went rang him up we chatted for about oh ten minutes and that's that and he said oh okay i'll call you back sometime OH <.>he he had to get going <{><[>cos his parents going into town to do some shopping and <.>so um but that was all <[>oh yeah yeah wow so he's tried to ring you <,> TWICE twice and um laughs it was funny cos mum answered the phone yeah tut and um she thought it was tariu and she <.>said and um he asked for ME and then she said in samoan oh you liar she was calling him word <.>and and she started going to him samoan and he was <.>going so mark said oh isn't kelly home laughs and mum goes oh yeah yeah hang on a minute and she <.>g you know and then she started in samoan cos she thought he was playing a trick on her and she thought <&>6:00 <{1><[1>this is tariu because <.>he he does sound a bit like him <{2><[2>when you <.>first when you first speak to him on the phone and <.>then cos <.>afterwards after i was talking to him <.>she mum came to me and said oh who was THAT she goes i'm so embarrassed <{3><[3>it was <.>ch <.>i i was going at him in samoan laughs <{4><[4>and word got on the phone and mark said oh was that your mum that answered the phone and i went yeah why and he goes oh i couldn't understand her <{5><[5>and i just wondered what he meant he never explained <{6><[6>to me <[1>laughs <[2>yeah <[3>laughs <[4>poor guy <[5>laughs <[6>oh no i thought he didn't understand her ACCENT <{1><[1>that's all so after all this me and mum were just cracking up the whole word <{2><[2>oh the poor guy must have felt a real <,> you know laughs what is going on <{3><[3>anyway he <.>w he was ringing from a phone laughs a phone box and he chatted for twenty minutes or so on a <.>c a card <{4><[4>phone <[1>yeah <[2>laughs <[3>mm <[4>yeah how much would that cost him word about <.>a it must have been a twenty dollar card phone because we chatted for er at least twenty minutes <&>7:00 oh yeah <{><[><.>ten twenty cents a minute? is it? <[><.>he oh yeah yeah um yeah okay maybe a ten dollar no not even <{><[>that oh i can't even remember but it was a LONG time <[>mm yeah um are you going out with him oh we didn't even get <.>to oh i'll tell <{><[><.>you i'll tell you when we get <.>to he was ringing from um a card phone in town i think he was outside route sixty six <[>okay yeah he was on his way to the library <{><[>word <[>there's no phone there oh yeah across out yep yep yep tut yeah he was on his way to the library because he wanted to get out of the house and he was bored and i said oh so you just stopped at a phone box in the middle of town just to ring up and <{1><[1>chat to me laughs i said why don't you do it from work or something and <.>it's oh he never gave me a proper answer for it so i don't know <{2><[2>why and <.>i i couldn't figure that one out cos i said oh you're on <.>a that means you're on a phone card AREN'T YOU and he goes yeah i says well that's money isn't <&>8:00 it he goes okay i get the hint <{3><[3>i'll hang up now you want to get rid of me i said no no i was just more worried about you know paying for it <[1>laughs <[2>yeah <[3>laughs yeah so we're just talking and um <,> and then he said so <.>you we got talking about hockey and i told him about scoring the goal and all that and then he said oh i should come and watch you play i said oh no it's quite boring laughs and i said there's no action no nothing you know you'd be bored out of your brain and so he said oh <.>when where's your game this week and what time i said oh i don't know yet because i haven't found out yeah tut and <.>then and then we heard <.>all we heard this BEEPING on the phone i said oh what's that he goes oh <.>my my card's going to run out and um so i said uh oh we'd better make this quick and he said yeah so he said so um so where's your game this saturday and i said i don't know and next minute beep <{><[>laughs and that was the end of that <[>laughs <&>9:00 and he hasn't rung you since? no well i thought well he can't ring me because he <.>ran his card <.>rang ran out <{1><[1>and he probably felt a bit embarrassed because we just got cut off just in the <{2><[2>middle like that <.>nothing nothing definite planned or ANYTHING you know <{3><[3>and um i just laughed and laughed and laughed it was so funny i don't think he'll ring again after that well he won't ring from a phone box that's for sure <[1>but <.>sure <[2>laughs <[3>oh no yeah that was really weird that one laughs ringing from a <,> phone box word he could have done it from work or home yeah maybe he didn't want anybody over hearing well why stand outside in the cold when doing it i don't know he's really weird <{1><[1>laughs i mean tracy says that he sometimes talks to her and sometimes doesn't and then she said that she just can't be bothered because he's either talking or not <{2><[2>and she just says oh to hell with YOU <&>10:00 <[1>laughs <[2>laughs oh he sounds like he's got selfesteem problems or something i don't know oh <.>he's he was very shy apparently <{><[>very very shy <[>yeah yeah probably suffering from oh no well if they don't like me i won't talk to them all laughs oh er if i talk too much they'll get the wrong impression of me <{><[>word <[>yeah <.>but how can you do that <.>since when tracy first started at <.>first um for the first few months or something he was talking to her really well until they went back to her place ah embarrassed over that situation oh maybe he just wasn't in the mood for talking <,,> <{><[>i get like that i don't want to talk to people <[>word yeah but <.>he <.>he <,> i mean he talks to other people just not to HER i don't know bad breath maybe <{1><[1>she's got BAD BREATH laughs oh i don't know maybe she spits <{2><[2>when she talks laughs <[1>laughs no she doesn't actually she smokes but she doesn't have bad breath <[2>no laughs hey if she spits with <.>her when she talks i would turn up at her <&>11:00 place with that raincoat and <{><[>umbrella open <[>laughs laughs oh my <{><[>she's word <[>oh i don't know oh <.>i'm i'm not making any <{1><[1>judgements because fuck this is being <.>really it is really strange <{2><[2>saying <.>that that he RANG <[1>laughs <[2>strange mm well what do you mean <.>no gee no confidence from you and me oh no no yeah <.>it it's really good that he did but <.>i it's really weird that he has <,,> see cos um tracy said to me he was only looking for <.>a one night <,> <{><[>so <.>may maybe he changed his mind <[>mm <,,> maybe <{1><[1>maybe he just wanted a friend maybe <{2><[2>you know just to talk to someone <[1>i don't know <[2>yeah yeah yeah well it's good though yeah well i don't mind that at all if he wants to be friends <{1><[1>i don't know about anything else beyond that <{2><[2>um laughs <[1>mm <[2>yeah oh well <.>that that's something you know move up from the wings <{><[>laughs <[>laughs yeah cos i had um <,> when was that that was monday night yeah i had <&>12:00 um andrew ringing me up word mm he was ringing from work he was still at work at nine oclock? <{><[><.>when when did he ring he rang <.>up <[>er oh eight <{1><[1>it was eight oclock <.>my he <.>went he goes oh i'm ringing from work and i went what at <{2><[2>EIGHT O'CLOCK <[1>mm <[2>laughs <&>12:16