<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>0:06 the reason people sound so funny on tape is because when you hear your own voice you're hearing it through the resonators above <.>your on your face <{><[>like the hollows underneath your eyes yeah and what you hear is actually a slightly distorted version of what we hear <[>weird eh distorted version yeah that's not exactly how you sound but it's probably more how you sound than what YOU hear <{><[>when you speak <[>i sound like i've got a blocked nose the whole time oh i sound revolting as well <,> yeah oh thanks laughs no i'm just thinking oh that's quite rude eh quite rude that's four hours dougal's been on the phone tonight well does he know that i just said to him dougal you've been on the phone for four hours tonight and what did he say he goes NO NO <,> did he really yeah he's just <{><[>kidding <[>four hours he has been he has i know he got most offended the other time <.>well when was it last night when i told him that um <,> <{><[>he'd been <[>if i had someone important calling me i'd be pissed off <&>1:00 same i reckon we should get call waiting tut i think we should how much does it cost i don't know a dollar a week or but again that's a <.>b yeah that's quite a pain in the bum cos you'll be talking to people and you hear deet deet and you <{><[>got to coughs and you've got to um <[>mm no <&>tape disturbance talk to them and then <,> get someone to ring them back or something i'd rather have that i think do you reckon yep yeah i suppose you know who's calling you then eh <,> i mean dave's probably trying to get through to me RIGHT NOW dave pollen? obviously laughs mm yeah he probably is too you could always ring him once dougal gets off and apologises <,,> what's dougal going to apologise for for being on the phone for so long he won't apologise laughs let's be realistic here yeah true i'm just jealous cos he has no work to do oh i can't beLIEVE how much WORK i've had to do but you've done it all so that's good mm that case analysis looks quite difficult <&>2:00 does it mhm oh ellie had one for contracts and she stayed up till what four oclock in the morning doing it or something yeah but what time did she START probably half past three in a drunken stupor I HAVE NO IDEA <,> tut did you see <{><[>oh i really shouldn't say this but did you see like up in the library when she saw me it's like LOOK me up and down i can't stand it i really can't stand it <[>voc she does that with everybody though i know it's like mm i don't know it just really annoys me pisses me off but she does it and she does it all the time i know she just like eyes you up and down at least I only do it to people i don't like laughs or don't know i mean that's only what <{><[>three quarters of the people at uni <[>she's <.>like laughs she just <.>checks checks out what you're wearing the whole time BUMMER <&>pronounced rhoticised yeah i told you what she said about me looking like jackson eh yep cos i had my farming boots on and my <,> baggy jeans it's a statement oh i think so too it's most comfortable <&>3:00 most ugly but there's a statement underneath laughs <{><[>yeah <[>just joke it's just a joke yeah i know exhales um OH i just feel like a treat well go and get some chocolate cake well i'm scared of those people across the road <{><[>they <.>might <[>want me to come with you gooby would you yeah <{><[>you're not eating it there i'll walk over with you <[>oh awesome okay you're not eating it there no no no i'll get it takeaway the guy grizzled last time cos that's all we ever do is take it away yeah and when i said god we're just snobs aren't we he did not look amused i think he was trying to like spade on you and i kept piping up <{><[>and talking to him <[>i don't know they're oh they're freaky they're a weird bunch they are really freaky they STARE they stare at you no they just stare and it's <.>just oh voc puts the <.>sh you know shivers down your spine i'd never realised how many people can see into my bedroom window yeah you should close them ME neither laughs i DO <.>but remember when that time i was prancing round <&>4:00 um naked laughs were you yeah i was being a real <{><[>smart arse <[>with your curtains open yep <{><[>mm <[>and i stood at the window being a real smart arse just joking people CAN see in there <{><[>eh <[>i know <,> like the guys at the caf can yeah <,> yeah they can what's the weather like tonight do you know the weather mm i'm just looking at my drizabone oh i don't know clears throat i quite like samantha's green <{><[>door word <[>it's nice eh at least we don't look a lot <.>like ALL look like tut do you know i was so pissed off when she like i'd JUST walked in and just made myself two pieces of yummy um <&>sound of something falling over whoops <{><[>yummy coughs toast with banana <[>laughs yeah and um <{1><[1>the phone rang and um she <.>said i know how ARE you she said oh good good good like you know i'm dropping hints left right <&>5:00 and centre oh just made myself oh i'm SO HUNGRY and then like that wasn't working so i started on the oh i've got SO much work to do line which is like cos i <.>just <{2><[2>you know i'd just walked in the door from a hard day and i just wanted to be left in peace and quiet just to have a few munchies inhales <[1>she called <,,> she CALLED last night <[2>walked in the door my mother wanted to buy us a answerphone buy you an answerphone buy the flat an answerphone how come cos they were on sale and she asked if we needed one and i said don't be ridiculous should have said yes answerphones yeah they're quite a good idea i don't reckon because i think if burglars call up <,> <{><[><.>and and you might be there but you're working so you've got the answerphone on <[>do you reckon yeah and the burglar will ring up and go there's noone home and burgle you burgle you well they should know they're taking a risk i mean heaps of people don't answer the phone when they've got the answerphone thing on no you know all those <.>phone toll calls i made to paraparam we didn't know who they were yeah <{><[>that was you eh <[>well voc yeah it was me <.>r ringing this girl rosie yeah friend of mine rose <{><[>you <.>know <[>is that that little blonde one yep <{><[>and the reason that there were three calls was because every time the <.>answermach answerphone came on i hung up <&>6:00 <[>mm i <.>h i ALways do <{><[>that with answerphones <[>same but i didn't realise she was there and finally the last one i said look hi rose it's lisa here and she picked it up said hi i'm here yeah i just feel SILLY mm if you make a toll call and noone answers you you don't get charged do you no you don't get charged but like as soon as they pick up the phone i think you get <{><[>charged <[>well it works with an answerphone cos i got charged ten cents each time oh yeah cos they <{><[>answered the phone <[>voc a BIG ten cents <{1><[1>word i mean do you know how much that set me back <{2><[2>thirty cents in total <[1>that <[2>laughs just ridiculous no cos like it's an <.>answer you know even though noone's there <.>some something's still answering the phone the robot still picks up the <.>ph yeah are there really robots in <,> <{><[>factory <[>robots in the factory yeah i think there are i don't know we'll have to go out and have a look i reckon score some freebies um what i was going to say <{><[>that weekend that i come back from aussie <[>laughs yeah tut i fly into wellington <{1><[1>i asked jim we do fly into wellington um that weekend if i don't go home or anything <{2><[2>we'll have to go up and see word and word or something <{3><[3>or we should really get them around for a meal too <[1>yeah <[2>yeah <[3>fine i think so <&>7:00 i forgot to tell michael that i mean i do mean it because we should really <{><[><.>but <[>I said it to them when we left them tut yeah joanne never rang back last night either not that i was really that concerned about it WHY was she going to call back oh cos michael said oh do you want to talk to jo and i said oh yeah yeah i suppose i will and um he went away to get her but she was busy doing something with her hair is that so doing her hair laughs and um yeah it WAS doing her hair and <{><[>um <[>god i had a thumping headache last week when we were there i was just felt <{><[>positively like i was going to vomit <[>voc oh at joanne's yep inhales did i tell you i talked to jean about pat and oh he said oh i just couldn't stand her he said she made no effort whatsoever just you know i don't believe that <{><[>she made an effort with us <[>um didn't help herself he said <.>i'd <.>i you know i beared with her for four days and then i just thought and he said oh you know i just thought bugger her and thought bugger her did he yep and um he said that one night they had heaps of people in the horse truck cos they were like <.>something did i tell you he won a trip to canada oh <{><[>michael did um tut <&>8:00 yeah they had like heaps of people in the truck and they were all just sitting round having a few drinks apparently it was like three oclock in the morning and everyone was getting quite drunk <[>yeah yeah you did just a few drinks yep <.>an yeah <{><[>laughs having a few quiets in the truck and um tut yeah <.>p apparently pat was quite drunk and um she got up and stormed out and was like swearing at everyone in german and um just stormed out of the truck and then jean had to go and find her and she was like asleep in the toilets she just like comaed in the loos <[>laughs everybody does that well tara does anyway mm um i think she's making effort <,> she made an <{><[>effort with us <[>yeah <.>she she's nice enough girl oh <{><[>and i'll tell you what that guy phil have i told you about phil <[>not that you'd remember word mm maybe not jean's friend? the one that wanted to yeah um OH he was there he's growing his hair and he is a real little drop kick i must say he is rude and he's running round with like his um with like these really tight <&>9:00 jeans on and long hair down to here he's the one who had like bright orange hair and then dyed it bleached it so it would <.>g sort of strawberry blonde now really really light blonde <.>anyw um light red colour and um yeah he was running round after jean he does absolutely nothing but follow jean around with his horses and stuff and is he unemployed well he was at um polytech but how old is jean <,> a year younger than us <{><[><.>so <[>what did he do last year voc well he was at polytech but he dropped out he's off to <.>c oh i told you that he's off to canada to study yeah you've told me that twice now laughs <{><[>sorry <[>michael told me twice and um yeah he's off to canada <,,><&>4 <&>sound of knocking oh who was that don't know someone must have come past and knocked on the window <&>sound of knocking someone's at the door someone's at the door ding dong who is it my girl's best friend had paid me a visit laughs <&>10:00 high as can be <{><[>tight dress and all she knew that i was faithful but she didn't really have to call <[>tight dress and all <,,> someone's just arrived oh <{><[>it's <,> roger and tess <[>roger <,> roger? okay well we better go yep <&>10:12 <&>end of recording