<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>1:37 what day are you going um home in the holidays um <,,> i'm leaving <,> probably friday morning <,> because i WAS going to go home thursday night but my sister's graduating on the friday oh right <{><[>yeah <[>so i've got to go home <.>frid be home by then but marina wants me to go out to the pub with her oh yeah <.>c sarah's got um she's in <.>the in <.>the doing the capping revue and she's got practices all this week and next week doing things for that so she's not going home <{><[>till quite late <[>oh what are you doing oh i'm probably going home on sunday chris might give me a ride <,> um i don't really want to go home with sarah because she's a really bad driver and she might kill me <,> <{><[>and besides that yeah <[>yeah laughs <.>she <.>she er could do mm <,> well i'll take you as far as palmie if you wanted to on FRIday but <{><[>i don't think <.>that's <[>no i'm lucky i'm not working these holidays mm oh i HATE it working in that <.>fuck i mean that factory laughs um well when are you working in the factory well i <.>ha i was all last summer and i <.>wo did <.>g last time i went home in the may holidays last year i worked and it just SUCKED because i didn't get any work done or anything so and DAD always DAD's always nagging me to work and so <.>you i earn about it's about an extra six hundred bucks oh no bit less than that if i work for two weeks but i've got too <&>3:00 much WORK to do to do that mm plus i don't think i want to go back there <{1><[1>ever ever again <{2><[2>laughs <[1>could <.>you <[2>could you work just one week tut um no oh nah it's not <.>wor oh besides the fact that i can't these holidays because i'm babysitting the boys <{><[>well mum and dad are going away to aussie <[>what may <.>holi oh <.>this right THIS holidays you are yep and so i'm looking after the boys and um susan's coming home for a couple <{><[>of weeks word <[>when are <.>your when are <.>your when are your parents going to be away er <,,> they're leaving on the monday <.>vo oh and how long two weeks full two weeks? yeah HEY <{><[>i'll be over <[>i YEAH i'll be over <{1><[1>i'll come over and <{2><[2>stay a few days <[1>yeah <[2>my sister's er my sister's yeah she's home oh she's coming next friday <.>the <.>th and she's dropping in to see me but i've got a test that afternoon she wants to see the flat oh but um besides <{><[>that <[>everyone does yeah? EVERYone go oh gosh i wonder what michelle's flat's like <{1><[1>you know you know it's just oh heaps of people mention it because everyone <&>4:00 knows oh fabbs's father <.>bought you know <{2><[2>built him a flat on the terrace <[1><.>who who's everyone <[2>no i don't know who started oh fabbs doesn't like everyone to know cos i think people tend to give him a bit <.>of bit of a hassle yeah yeah well everyone knows <.>basi there are a lot of people do anyway and damon's coming up to see me as well he was gonna come up and stay for a couple of days during the holidays but i don't think my sister would appreciate that <{><[>laughs <[>why not well you know susan <{><[>oh yeah sort of don't you <[>no i don't i don't even i never met her oh she's a bit yeah oh no she won't like it plus there's nowhere <{><[>for him to sleep anyway plus she'd probably tell mum and dad and mum would have a fit if she found out that he'd come home to stay <[>bit prudish <.>but damon's just a friend yeah but <.>mum you know MUM she's not like that <,> she'd have a fit laughs oh dear oh well well well I'LL be over mm um i don't know how long i'm gonna last at home oh you'll be right i'll probably come back for the second week to stay <.>at down in wellington and work cos <&>5:00 i've got a lot of essays and <{><[>projects due in <[>mm sarah's not staying at home for the full two weeks cos she knows that she won't get on with her parents tut i'll be fine because they're not at home laughs <{1><[1>but um i mean i'm not going home midterm i just gonna stay down here when i'm not <.>having got <.>an when i haven't got exams and then i'm gonna go up to your place midterm and then um i'm only gonna go home for say a week during the august holidays i'll stay down here cos that way mum and i won't kill each other <{2><[2>i'm not spending <.>a i'm NOT spending another summer at home last summer was bad mm didn't work out <{3><[3>too well <[1>yeah <[2>yes throttle <[3>go <.>t go to japan yeah well <{1><[1>hopefully i've been to talk to them about it i <.>h i don't know when i'll apply for that in a little while <{2><[2>but <.>really that'd be SO GOOD <{3><[3>and mum and dad said they'd pay for the ticket over inhales <{4><[4>so <[1>that's what you need to do <[2>yeah <[3>mm <[4>that's good yep it's what i need cos my japanese isn't very good at the moment not my speaking anyway no it'd be REALLY COOL if you could go to <.>jap <&>6:00 <.>japanese japan god stuffed that up <{><[>but i mean voc <.>i i'd LOVE to go overseas mySELF if i was doing all that especially if i'd done a language <,,> i've always wanted to do greek laughs <[>mm greek? i've ALWAYS wanted to do yeah greek i <.>want <.>that's i want to go over to the greek islands over there oh just because you watched that video no before that he's a SPUNK before THAT no there won't be too many of them around but um <,> i just want <.>to <{1><[1>yeah <.>i when i've finished my degree and after i've been to japan for a year i just want to backpack around <.>a all of europe all of those places <{2><[2>mind you everyone wants to do that but where do you get the money from <[1>mm <[2>SO do I oh you just take out a student loan every year and let the interest mount up and <.>w by the time you come back <.>you're oh mind you you CAN'T go overseas if you've got a student loan <{><[>sort of can you <[>nah oh you can <{><[>as long as they know where you are <[>can you yeah <{><[>oh that's all right <[>so that you can't run away and hide or look you win lotto laughs mm yeah i reckon <&>7:00 oh no i want to <.>go i really want to <.>see go to rome yeah and look at all the <.>old cos i studied classics for two years tut oh yeah i was thinking about doing that next <{><[>year <[>and i <.>want i'm really keen on going to um places like er <.>ind not <.>ind yeah india and sort of um real ASIAN places <.>really not the touristy bits but really just experiencing life what it's <{><[>like in other countries <[>yeah yeah tut SO does everyone else yeah MONEY god everyone wants <{><[>money <[>well if i do that jet scheme i'm hoping to um if i get into that they pay you forty five thousand <{><[>a year <[>into <.>the into the what it's called jet scheme it's japan exchange programme <{1><[1>or something like that and they pay you forty five thousand to be a teacher's assistant you're not even actually teaching the class you're just helping the teacher out and they pay you forty five thousand and <.>you you <.>ha you stay with a family they give you a home <&>8:00 <{2><[2>and you come back with forty five thousand you don't lose much um in tax cos the <.>ja tax differences between japan and new zealand <[1>oh yeah <[2>AWEsome awesome you come back RICH i mean <.>forty you know it's <{><[>not bad first year out of university <[>yeah no way <.>actu oh talk <.>about my exboyfriend colin <{><[>from seventh form he did um engineering degree in <.>canterbury did honours <[>mm mm and within three months of graduating he got a JOB with the government with the secret services <.>bureau secret communications or whatever it is bureau and he was earning forty three thousand dollars a year a YEAR to start off with that's so good i mean imagine what it's gonna be <{><[>like <.>in <[>and he got <.>ap he got a pay rise last year oh good oh gee laughs wouldn't it make you spew i should be getting a job this year actually i was gonna um tutor some japanese students in english if they needed help and then like they could reciprocate and give me the help in my <.>j speaking japanese but i haven't got round to it i mean even though i'm laughs i've only got inhales tut about thirteen or fourteen hours a week <.>and <.>s still have to do heaps of work <{><[>anyway <[>mm yeah i was gonna get a job i could do with a job but i don't want it over the weekends i want it during the week like that job i was <.>ap going to apply for look after that boy <{1><[1>every monday tuesday wednesdays five to six MISTER WHIPPY <{2><[2>give me a mister whippy <{3><[3>yum <[1>yeah <[2>yum <[3>yum yum i could do with one of <{1><[1>those die for <{2><[2>one actually <[1>mm <[2>we'll go for a drive afterwards and get <.>some some CHOCOLATE shall we <{><[>laughs mm <[>yeah could do with some but um <{><[>that job mm <[>keep me going keep me alive oh yeah that job i rang up and the lady had just given it to someone else <.>a a <.>teach ex teacher an old student teacher of the boy's so he already knew the guy so that's what she thought but she said you know <.>sh i chatted away for about ten minutes <{1><[1>on the telephone you know bit <.>of big grease here and there inhales but um <.>she's she took my phone number in case things didn't work out <{2><[2>and i'm STILL looking for a job <[1>right <[2>marina's got some though hasn't she marina's found a woman to babysit <&>10:00 for yeah i think so i want some ice cream <.>m mind you that stuff's like plastic it's <{><[>plastic it's gross <[>yeah let's go out for MOVENpick you mean YES i could do with some of that right <{><[><.>n no <[><.>what what flavour oh what was that stuff last time <{><[>it <.>was <[>oh we had white chocolate last time we won't get that oh i should get some money out first laughs i <.>for <{><[><.>i <[>i spent SO much money in the last couple of weeks it's amazing oh what <{><[>on <[>just on <,> ALCOHOL and the likes <,,> <{><[>mm <[>oh er really mm tut <{><[>heaps <[><.>what <.>what what have <{><[>you drunk <[><.>wo i <.>sp <.>spent i've just spent HEAPS lately on that kind of thing like i spent twenty six bucks on that bottle of baileys and whatever else and i bought some wine the other night that christopher didn't even want to drink <{><[>yeah <[>that oh well oh that we had <.>that oh we had that at marina's didn't we yeah that was <{1><[1>it i didn't like that <{2><[2>it <.>was <[1>yeah <[2>it WASN'T that nice was it it <.>was it was DRY sorry <.>i i sort of made you <.>chip buy that didn't i both laugh my usual stuff <{><[>but it was in my usual cheapo bottle <[>i recognised it i recognised <{><[>it <[>you old wino i'm <.>not mum and dad must drink it or something cos i recognised it oh <{1><[1>i didn't like that at all but hey <{2><[2>marina wants to go out to to dinner next week <{3><[3>cos her friend kate's here on sunday <[1>i recognised the label <[2>what <[3>word that's right thursday night i think well she wants me to go out thursday night with with her to pubs and stuff is that the night she wants to go out to dinner or is that different <&>11:25