<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>13:29 did he see them there no but <.>rachel no rebecca did and she gave me the most shit description and and i cos i figured it would be pete and gavin mm and she goes well one had brown sort of ear length wavy hair yeah and the other one was tall with sort of brown curly hair mm yeah right that was word and the girl's got sort of shoulder length curly sort of wait no sort of just wavyish hair laughs <&>14:00 and i'm going no that'd be debbie cos she had her hair out yeah yeah <{><[>but it's still not curly <[>and carmel had hers up oh but it's looking wavy <{><[>though <[>sort of wavyish oh was it tousled <&>pronounced toosselled mm mm it was i say it's tousled <&>pronounced tosselled but she doesn't agree what debbie does <{><[>she call it tousled <&>pronounced toosselled <[>what tousled <&>pronounced toosselled ? yes mm and i always <{><[>your hair looks tousled <&>pronounced tosselled today <[>tousled <&>pronounced tusselled i call it tousled <&>pronounced tusselled <{><[>well it's spelt t o u s <[>tousled <&>pronounced tusselled or tousled <&>pronounced tosselled word i know mm well i said well your hair looks tousled <&>pronounced tosselled tonight and she goes no it's tousled <&>pronounced toosselled <{><[>word <[>see i remember having a big <{><[>argument about this <[>well is it is it do you say pita <&>pronounced peter bread or pita <&>pronounced pitter bread pita <&>pronounced pitter bread growls i say pita <&>pronounced peter i say pita <&>pronounced peter and i say or what i call lebanese bread mm no rhys had some rhys was making um doner kebabs mm in lebanese you know lebanese bread and with that YOGHURT you know that natural acidophilus yoghurt laughs thrush <{><[>curing <[>yeah they had it in their fridge and <{><[>i'm thinking OH i see <[>thrush curing yoghurt laughs laughs laughs and i said to robin whose yoghurt's <&>15:00 that and he goes oh i think rhys uses it for cooking oh that's all right then laughs dumpty do dumpty do <{><[>laughs <[>you know like like what we made last night instead of putting it on pasta mhm just put it in like lebanese <{><[>bread <[>mm mm same thing with all the mince it's <{><[>really nice <[>they have the hugest <&>pronounced horgest mouse in their kitchen it's huge <&>pronounced horge it lives in the <{><[>word laughs <[>honestly it has parties at night and when you're in bed you can hear it in the cupboard and it goes <&>makes dancing mouse music it has parties what was <{1><[1>that ralph ralph the mouse and the motorcycle did you <{2><[2>ever read that <[1>laughs <[2>yeah ralph the mouse but this one's called MORRIS <{><[>just like our street <[>word like our street like our hedgehog our pet hedgehog when have we got a pet hedgehog <&>pronounced heldgehog hedgehog you haven't met our pet hedgehog morris he lives out the back really we've <.>met larry and colin saw him once all laugh <&>16:00 <{><[>and he became in the gate <[>word all laugh that's right well he saw us that was it others laugh poor old mitzy he <{><[>left us <[>i know mitzy's gone missing have you seen mitzy <.>what is mitzy mitzy the tabby one or the black <{><[>and white one <[>little kitten little tabby and white one <{><[>um <[>he'd be quite big now no but there's a black and white kitten in our t v lounge as we speak is there word <{><[>word <[>because there's this girl here called tank <{1><[1>who keeps befriending them and bringing them into the hostel and <{2><[2>keeping them <[1>yeah <[2>is tank the one who wrote to salient word and there as tank i don't know what did she write about she wrote that she <.>st had to stand in the sheet for two hours one minute pass me that word there she had to what stand <{><[>in a sheet <[>stand outside in a sheet for two hours at the <,> um toga thing is that the <{><[>word <[>HERE this one that's her letter and also <.>someone and two people replied to it <,> well it probably is her cos <,> it's yeah the last paragraph but she um yeah cos i was wondering about this tank thing i did i tell you that <.>the one night i'd come over to visit you mhm i came over by myself and i was trying to get in and i couldn't get in and there was this guy standing there looking at me and he goes don't i know you from some where i thought oh my <&>17:00 god i said UM NO i don't think so he went think so he goes where you from i said <&>name of school and he goes oh yes i know you OH you're bernice randall eh and i said um yes and he said oh you were in my class at <&>name of school you use to know word i said oh yes who are you barney thomson he was a real dork laughs god i use to hate him we use to <{><[>word <[>laughs who was it barney thomson b j he might call <.>him i think he calls himself b j now b j thomson <{><[>does he live at the <.>house <[>mm hostel no his girlfriend lives here just as well cos i don't think i know any one called barney laughs who's his girlfriend i don't know <{><[>word <[>i don't know if she went because <{><[>she <[>OH i just saw some thing frightened word <{1><[1>i saw a door open and close and i don't know where oh it must have been one of those <{2><[2>word <{3><[3>word <[1>word <[2>word <[3>you can spy on that person <{><[>who lives down the end of the corridor in that house that ROOM <[>word yeah cos i can see their door opening and closing well i can <.>th there's two two rooms straight across there that i can word in when i'm <{><[>sitting down <[>oh <{><[>word oh no it was it was that room there wasn't it <&>18:00 <[>word so what are <{><[>you meeting donald healey for we didn't get the <.>th story <[>room number one two four was it for sex at quarter past ten in my room he's coming up here at quarter past ten well close as <,> for sex it's quarter past ten now mm oh <{><[>he might arrive <[>where is he look it's fourteen past <{><[>word <[>well wait and when he comes <{><[>you might have to say <[>we'll say that there's going to be an orgy yeah all laugh mm he <.>doesn't why is he working in a night club he doesn't need any oh and if he doesn't pass his his <,> word he's got a test just before may holidays mm if he doesn't pass it he's not allowed to go home for his may holidays mm home <{><[>to <[>you know where home is hawaii hawaii what's his test in i don't know <{><[>i never word <[>well he is quite bright but if if he doesn't pass he's got to stay here in <{><[>his parents' house <[>and go to taupo where's <{><[>his parents' house <[>no no it's in wellington <{><[>their wellington house <[>oh in wellington right yeah yeah i thought they'd <{><[>sold that <[>and they're allowed he's allowed his parents' car <{1><[1>and all that sort of thing <{2><[2>for <&>19:00 <[1>b m w <[2>that would be unpleasant <{><[>poor thing <[>for two weeks oh poor donald laughs gosh i feel really sorry for him growls i thought they'd sold their house <,> <{><[>in wellington to build the one in taupo <[>nope no but they've got one in taupo as well yes have you heard about that i've heard not much but i've speak it's got about it's like donald and tim have got this <,> part of the house to themselves downstairs and it's basically selfcontained and it's got like a you know a games room and their own <{><[>and bath and toilet and they've got this bath this bathroom and it's got all this tiling down it's like a it's like a little spa pool thing <[>what did you think about about the bath what'd you think about the bath with the waterfall yeah and all this water flows down this wall like a waterfall and <{><[>word and it takes three hot water cylinders to fill it or something <[>whoohoo ah <{><[>whoohoo <[>it's it's george you know my friend george use to go out with tim <{><[>um donald's brother and like she went <&>20:00 <[>mm whoohoo oh have you seen the one in the in new zealand woman's weekly oh there's <{><[>a new new zealand <.>women's <[>they have a maid to do the cleaning and things like that um do you want the old <{><[>new zealand woman's weekly <[>and they get dressed <{><[>to go to dinner <[>no no can't be bothered DO they mm <,> like <.>miss like missus healey gets dressed like puts on nice things <{><[>to sit down and have tea at night <[>mm <{><[>word true is it <[>mm here it is bizarre but donald's quite nice mm well we had a discussion in here the other night cause um some one said why did you marry donald yeah how did that come about i <{><[>didn't even know i just thought you didn't even know him <[>oh and um i said oh and some one said oh was it for the money meaning student allowance money and i said oh yeah and and then cos donald was in the room and then this other girl goes paula paula goes wasn't for his money it's his <&>21:00 parents' money laughs so i'm going no i'm meaning student allowance money and he goes oh laughs look at this man <&>referring to magazine <,> so how did you get to marry donald ugh um ugh <{><[>that's word golden flush mm <[>i don't know two gold toilets <{><[>side by side in word um i don't know he just he hangs he hangs out a bit with <.>rach rachel <[>mm that's a disgusting bed room <{><[>that's REALLY disgusting <[>it is isn't it it's got a voc a lion's head skin rug thingie on the <.>c on the <{><[>ground <[>it's so ugly <,> that's really really ugly ugh ugh that's revolting and it's got those tigers by the bed would you sleep in there <{><[>no <[>no <,> if any man took you into a bed <{><[>room that ugly you would run <[>laughs mister madaias likes a tiger in his bedroom <{><[>perhaps we should tell shirley <[>laughs all laugh <&>22:00 <{><[>shirley <[>laughs <{><[>oh word was telling us about his inflatable sheep barbara last night <[>no that's that is just voc <,> <{><[>who was <[>word have said <&>guy's name he <{><[>was telling us all about word barbara <[>that's really gross eh that's just too much <{><[>barbara <[>that's just far too much eh <{><[>that would drive me inSANE <[>idiot <{><[>really <[>imagine cleaning it i saw these two white limos the other day when i was walking back down the hill and they were driving up <{><[>really <[>one was those one of those falcon <{1><[1>you know that falcon car ones and this other one was a proper you know <{2><[2>word you know with all the old nice <{3><[3>word word limo more like that one it was really nice <,> <{4><[4>i thought that'd be lovely <[1>yeah yeah <[2>limo limo? <[3>aha <[4>that limo's got a gold stereo in it own electrolysis <{><[>mm <[>that guy's a real prod yes your own personal torture kit <{><[>only seventy five dollars <[>yay <[>oh <{><[>oh let's rush out and buy one <[>oh yeah we could then we could electrolyse hair by hair yeah god it would take you forever that would be most enjoyable <{1><[1>what a way to spend <{2><[2>the holiday <[1>yes <[1>word <&>23:00 <[2>that that's an attractive bag only twenty four ninety five <{><[>yes word <[>oh you get a free address book complete set of crafted from luxurious man made materials i e vinyl <{1><[1>word wallet coin purse <{2><[2>word zippered cosmetic purse <{3><[3>and unfortunately the cosmetics are not <.>in included and get a free silver plated picture frame <{4><[4>in the shape of a nice attractive heart <[1>laughs <[2>laughs <[3>turn it round word <[4>turn it <{><[>laughs oh <[>laughs oh what a deal that is that <{><[>word <[>that's lovely in my <{><[>lovely <[>movie sets your love life at risk oh in my um in my my double day book thingie this <.>we <{><[>this month i can buy the karma sutra for twenty one dollars <[>mm can <{><[>you <[>you're already got me laughs no i've only got the <.>gosmo cosmopolitan version of the karma sutra <,> <{><[>where is it <[>huh i mean you've only got phoebe's you said oh wait are you going to teach me the <{><[>karma sutra <[>the <&>name sutra mm the karma sutra here you are a classic guide to the art of love <&>24:00 <.>wh <.>wh i think you should buy the lover's guide and candlewick embroidery laughs <{><[>laughs <[>and word <{><[>word <[>howard a vote for howard morrison cos those look really good yes <{><[>i would buy them <[>you could have them laughs they look like the BEST ones and beyond cellulite maybe <{><[>might be a good purchase and um what else have we got there <[>laughs coughs oh how exciting yeah can't you word <{><[>word <[>but it's only twenty one dollars do you think i should buy it cynthia <&>24:40