<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>3:20 hope i don't have to work tonight cos i've gotta run between five thirty and six thirty oh <{><[>no <[>and i REALLY have to do my work you can't tonight man will you do work tonight though <{><[>like with them going on <[>yeah yeah they're just <.>dr having drinks eh <{><[>that's all it is <[>yeah it's rachel's room party <{1><[1>but it's not it's not even in her room <{2><[2>laughs <[1>mm <[2>no exactly <{1><[1>that's what i thought when you said it'll be in her room i thought no it <{2><[2>WON'T christ imagine us all in there <[1>mm <[2>laughs crap really <{><[>funny it'd <.>be it'd be WARM though <[>squashed yes that's like luke's grandparents are bringing down a heater just for us for the room the big room like the lounge and <{><[>stuff <[>oh really <{><[>that's REALLY cool <[>yeah <&>4:00 yeah it's so cold <&>4:00 i know such a BIG HOUSE just FREEZING <,> coffee smells really nice oh do you want some oh okay laughs thank you laughs we have to buy some at the supermarket tonight eh yeah buy more seeing it's going off what's going off laughs <{><[>laughs it's going off well um john won't refuses to drink it <[>the coffee it's not off he said it was off laughs yes it tasted like orange <{><[>smelt like orange <[>laughs it's just cos it's that instant stuff that fine blend yeah <{><[>noone likes it <[>mm heaps of shopping tomorrow got to get milo mayonnaise yeah mm <{><[>god laughs <[>god laughs chicken i wish we could like really NICE stuff but we can't with <.>so with <.>so you know with the amount of people we've got like? oh well just quiches and stuff that's not <&>5:00 substantial like you make a quiche you always have to get lots to go with it <{><[>and stuff <[>you have to make like about ten quiches <{1><[1>for this FLAT <{2><[2>basically sniffs <[1>yeah <[2>and you can't pizzas are a waste of time and tacos are all right but yeah it's just all SICK of it yeah i think um like last week the spaghetti bolognese was pretty cool yeah i can't remember it <{><[>we had lasagne eh <[>all yeah THAT was nice yeah gay made that and then we had chicken the night before tut that was a coughs really good meal too we had we DID have good meals last week mm who went shopping the um luke and that oh did they but yeah they just got like dinners they didn't get anything else didn't they that was the thing <{1><[1>so there's there's like no potatoes left now and there's like <.>n no mayonnaise like on monday <{2><[2>it was all gone and they didn't get things like coffee and shit <[1>yeah <.>i yeah <[2>no that was the first time <.>j um fluffy had gone coughs he wouldn't have had a <{><[>a bloody clue and um jenny wouldn't you know what she's like <[>a clue <&>6:00 mm and like the <{1><[1>cheese ran out the other day cos you know <{2><[2>how you know so we just sniffs i don't know who wants to go shopping tomorrow oh will luke have jenny's car tomorrow <[1>word <[2>yep yeah it has to be back early cos her grandparents are coming <{><[>over <[>what time <{><[>sniffs <[>don't know he said um around nine thirty take the car back <{><[>um <[>how's he taking the rubbish then i don't know <{><[>he wanted <[>or IS he taking the rubbish i don't know <.>t we could get up early and go shopping instead of taking the rubbish cos i reckon if we make oh he wanted he <{><[>wants to get rid of it before his grandparents <[>i don't think <,> it's sunday i don't think the supermarket opens till i don't know voc ten or eleven yeah? but we could ring up it might open at nine actually yeah? which'd be really good if you've made a mission to get down there and back easy <{><[>we could do it <[><.>and yeah if we run round the neighbourhood with our rubbish as well <,> mm yeah where do you take rubbish usually karori where in karori don't know cathie said she <.>s she'd seen <&>7:00 SOMEWHERE on the way to <,> the supermarket what we normally go to we've only been there twice yeah we normally go to newtown yeah coughs <{><[>oh i don't know <[>i like the newtown supermarket the same it's a REAL supermarket <{><[>like that other one doesn't look like a real one <[>yeah yeah but nothing beats havelock north new world laughs did you work there <&>inhales in disgust <{1><[1><.>di <.>i'd would never work at a supermarket <{2><[2>just could not i just couldn't handle it <[1>oh <[2>never have luke did for years mary worked at havelock new world did she yep she's cool she had <.>five fifth year anniversary today of being in the <{><[>country she came congratulations laughs <[>i know cool eh yay <{><[>cos yeah but she didn't come to our school till like i don't know the END of fourth form <[>word really? mm where was she sniffs she lived in waipuk for the first till the second term you are <{1><[1>joking all the way from london to <{2><[2>waipuk <[1>no <[2>waipuk no she didn't live in london she lived in <{><[>canterbury no raewyn lived in sussex <[>sussex yeah oh was it yeah <{><[>that's right <&>8:00 <[>yeah yeah GOD to waipuk i mean she must have been so miserable she was she said all they did was sit there and watch t v i'd like to talk to her about it it'd be quite interesting <{><[>because i know what it was like when i first got to england and was there for a year it was just AWFUL but being in WAIpuk <[>mm where did you live in england um a little place out of newcastle newcastle's a mining <.>p place and the further you go into the country it's just country just little houses everywhere oh god yeah there was t v which is a t v addict laughs and it snowed every now and then so we went sledging and COOL yeah it was cool it was oh wow it was pretty on to it yeah cos um sniffs i <.>know i never really knew much about what like mary and stuff mm until like in summer last year we both like worked on the orchard coughs you got talking yeah <{1><[1>and rachel worked with us too actually and our friend lana <{2><[2>but mary and i were usually together and like it was really cool cos she just so many things that was just so different <[1>yeah <&>9:00 <[2>mm oh yeah and she was saying about <.>the something really funny it was um sniffs when she first came to new zealand she used to not understand a THING we were talking about no because the language jargon type of thing cos everyone was going <.>s er you know how everyone says um how are you or something oh no i can't think of an example you know how we just always say eh oh <.>y <{><[>yeah <[>and she said they also said what or something <{><[>like <[>yeah what what mm like um good day what or something good day yeah instead of it's a nice day eh they'd say good <.>d it's a nice day what or something mhm and there's <.>just she had this sentence it was just like what what what what what practically and you're just like going oh my god <{1><[1>and it makes you scared to GO cos you're just like <{2><[2>laughs you wouldn't underSTAND anything <[1>mm <[2>it's it's fun it's FUN yeah um it's <.>totally it's not totally different but just little things mm <&>10:00 my <{><[>grandmother's a real english grandmother the stereotype and she'll just sit down and talk and you go <,> oh <[>mm laughs oh <{><[>yeah all right <[>okay laughs whatever you said mm yeah it's pretty neat though well when i came BACK i was only over there for like fourteen months but i had an accent and all but then i could really <,> get the kiwi accent i could see the difference it was really quite freaky how awful ours is in <{><[>comparison <[>that's the thing and like um you know how raewyn and i went to get the video the other <{1><[1>day sniffs and like we had to sit outside for like forty minutes and mary came along <[1>mm yep and the mary took off and i said to raewyn what do you think of mary's accent and she said what is she from england i said yeah yeah she's <{><[>not noticeable <[>she goes oh i <.>d wasn't listening to her my god and i but like i can still pick it up <{><[>because when she first came it was SO STRONG <[>yeah oh it would've been it was just amazingly strong and like now it's heaps different but you can still tell like cos we can still remember what she used to sound like how long's raewyn been here though <&>11:00 YEARS raewyn's got the strongest um but my mother's apparently got one and i don't notice it at all and my grandparents still get asked you know oh how long are you on holiday for and they've been living in australia for YEARS yeah? and it's so strong it's just <{><[>unbelievable <[>someone asked mary if she was australian god that you're joking no laughs cos um the thing is i think cos her mum is originally from new zealand <{><[>and that's probably why she lost it quite fast <[>oh really yeah yeah well she's from new zealand and then she moved to england and then she moved back when her parents split up yeah and um sniffs i don't know it's <.>just that might have something to do with it i don't know but her father's still over there <{><[>eh that must be awful <[>yeah he's <.>think no i think her father married mary's mum's sister you're joking her auntie yeah her auntie <,> something like that so her cousins are her <.>step like her half brothers and sisters oh no is she sad about i mean she said the other day oh i've got my sister and my <&>12:00 er father over there and i thought GOD mm the thing is this is <.>r like mary's so like tall and skinny <{1><[1>and stuff her sister's about as tall as me <{2><[2>like that's voc what <{3><[3>about a good four inches shorter than mary she's sniffs older <{4><[4>she's like about twenty two or something <[1>yeah <[2>yeah <[3>how old is she <[4>really? my god yeah and apparently she's really FAT and she's got sniffs really boofy hair oh <{><[>no mary's <[>no so tall and skinny <{><[>yeah <[>yeah and and all that pukey stuff mm oh amazing it's just like this woman walked into the tav and mary goes oh my god i think that's my sister and i said where and she goes that thing over there i <{><[>went NO WAY your sister can't look like that looking at you <[>laughs yeah and she said yeah she does and i thought far out what's her mum like um like her like mary oh she's a fashion designer isn't <{><[>she <[>clears throat she makes like ball dresses and stuff my god yeah <&>13:00 no wonder mary's got quite a <.>good neat wardrobe oh mary <.>like her mum sort of tries to encourage her to make her own things yeah and like but mary just goes oh mum i'm stuck and so her mum will just finish it for her instead of mary taking two weeks her mum takes about two hours god i wish i had a mum like that same laughs god so cool oh mm oh lucky <{><[>lucky <[>lucky mary <{><[><.>h <[>lucky see um that glass over there yeah it's those ones that <.>sh yeah like shona gave me have you seen the other one no i haven't when did you last see it did do you think oh last week tut god haven't you seen <{><[>it have you been looking for it <[>sniffs yeah oh i just yeah i don't know i just sort of noticed it and like seeing as those people took my ride tee shirt it just would not surprise <{><[>me <[>oh word <{1><[1>i know i mean your ride tee shirt's just so noticeable <{2><[2>anyway <[1>yeah <&>14:00 <[2>it's just so stupid tut it's one of a kind <&>14:02