<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>15:00 julio <,,><&>3 <{1><[1>he did a duet <.>with he's sung duets with everybody he did a duet with diana ross and stuff like that too <{2><[2>tut and he was trying to break into the american market instead of just being the <.>most in the south american <{3><[3>market <[1>word <[2>yeah <[3>very latin tut lover before his nervous breakdown tut i saw him on <.>dan dame edna everidge once <{1><[1>and <.>he he was actually quite funny because he was talking about his father who's a gynaecologist but he's retired now but he still does a bit of work you know just to keep his hand in <{2><[2>laughs laughs which was quite clever <{3><[3>ha but no he was um he came across actually really well in that because people come across on that either they take it in the spirit that it's meant and they let her have all the limelight and <.>they they come across as quite onto it people or they just don't know how to cope and they come across as complete idiots like <.>m they did rudolf the ballet dancer once and he just didn't know what to do with her <[1>oh really <[2>laughs <[3>laughs <&>16:00 well was that <.>a a language thing <{><[>was <.>this <[>no no i mean he's been in england since he was twenty one or something <{><[>laughs i think he's about sixty four now laughs well fifty something <[>oh old laughs it <.>was he did that <,> who was that italian woman that's not sophia loren the other one <.>th laughs <&>general laughter there are two italian women <{><[>ONE is sophia loren <[><.>g <.>g gina <.>lol gina lolabrigida or whatever her name is they were a similar sort of thing <.>cleavage <{><[>CLEAVAGE MOVIES yeah cleavage movies and she was um she was on dame edna everidge and she just came across as being like a serious idiot actually because she just didn't know how to cope at all <[>sort of <.>a word younger <{><[>was that a language thing <[>she was a serious idiot yeah i think that was a language thing actually she <.>just yeah maybe she was a serious idiot maybe it was a combination of the two mm yeah a strong possibility <&>17:00 <.>s laughs strong <.>linguistic <,,> handicap coupled by <{><[>word <[>oh but she did a few films in english and stuff i think it's <{><[>just you know word <[>yeah but i mean it's a <{><[>handicap <[>you don't have to speak english <{><[>to blimmin do a film in it <[>what do you do with this <{><[>what do you do with this female impersonator who's dressed in sequins <[>word i mean take the pope yeah <{><[>laughs <[>laughs take the <.>p what are we supposed <.>to where are we supposed to take it <{><[>laughs <[>the pope can't speak english <{><[>but he makes speeches in it all the time <[>no yeah but he speaks some other stuff like polish and italian and latin that's relevant tut and french yeah latin was a good move yeah latin's right up <{><[>there you can speak to lots of people with that him and dan quayle <[><.>but laughs dan quayle wanted to learn to speak latin so he could go and speak to latin americans <,,> <{><[>he said that <[>what's that noise <{><[>it's word <[>he can't be that thick though i mean nobody is laughs word laughs oh laughs okay apart from the people in bowen house yes well yes the people who were voted in <&>18:00 it's the budget's bludge it tomorrow so does <.>this does <{><[>this mean you're going to be working late shifts <[>yeah tut it depends how much stuff they've got to get through voc voc they'll have reference librarians there we just have to be there word so they can go for tea <{1><[1>so there's someone in the library to answer the phone when they call through and answer the info from the HOUSE <,,> from the chamber <,,> POT chamber pot <{2><[2>laughs from the bog the mire the quire <{3><[3>what is a QUIRE as <.>in as in a q u i r e <{4><[4>quire you know like in that leonard cohen <{5><[5>song <[1>laughs <[2>laughs <[2>laughs <[3>the quagmire <[4>don't know <[5>was it word who wrote it no who wrote that leonard cohen song like a bird on a wire like a drunk in a midnight quire i <{><[>have TRIED in my way to be free <[>isn't this that c h o i r oh yeah choir i know it no it's a <.>ma it's a drunk in a midnight quire i think it's q u <.>i have we got a dictionary yes we have <.>but <{><[>word <&>19:00 <[>oh i've got one c h <,> o i r yeah carrie <{><[>i mean q u i r e don't you know anything laughs <[>is it oh right <{><[>it's weird oh oh cos i saw it written <[>it's q u word what is it q u? <{><[>i r e but <.>car <[>i r e is it a word i don't think it <.>i but i saw it written down but maybe somebody had just written it <{1><[1>down wrong is it <{2><[2>somebody could easily have written it down wrong when i saw the words printed on a sheet <&>19:17 <&>one minute forty three seconds not transcribed as there are two conversation going on at once <&>21:00 <[1>it is a word <[2>quire absolutely ABsoblimminlutely <{><[>what are you doing <[>no fucking question about it kick some serious butt yeah oh goji nationals on the tenth of august and jeff just asked me <{><[>to ask laurie if she wants to go or not <[>karate tournament did he think it was a good idea <{><[>yes <[>yeah i think you should OF COURSE he thinks it's a good idea he said it's right up her alley laughs there we are then <{><[>your area of expertise <[>well this is very nice laughs your forte yes what about this word quire <{><[>it IS in fact four pages or something <[>word of folded <{><[>to make eight leaves <[>folded <.>t <.>to OR choir it's an <.>alt so a drunk in a midnight quire? it's an <.>old oldfashioned spelling of <{><[>choir too <[>ah it is yeah oh really yeah <{1><[1>which is kind of weird but listen to this <{2><[2>quipu <{3><[3>ancient peruvian substitute for writing by variously knotting threads of various colours isn't that <{4><[4>cool and <.>it but <.>l look how eurocentric <&>22:00 that definition is substitution for writing i mean it was probably their equivalent OF writing it wasn't a substitution form because they wouldn't have known about <{5><[5>writing <[1>mm <[2>laughs <[3>laughs <[4>wow yeah <[5>yeah <[5>oh word actually yeah word can write now so laughs was that the <{1><[1>concise one it have a better definition in the huge one which takes up rooms <{2><[2>laughs <[1>concise <[2>that's probably what you've done in your hair you've probably written something you've probably got <{><[>word <[>different colours with knots you've probably said something <.>like do you want another one i am a ruth richardson fan laughs laughs laughs no we did not write that <{><[>with it <[>laughs OH <.>apparently maria was telling me about some graffiti that was up in um <,> in at varsity the other day it had some sign up saying bridge to kirk yeah <{><[>and apparently bridge to kirk and somebody apparently had written on um underneath um <,> what are they called clicks fingers <.>cy <.>not <[>laughs cyborgs? cyborgs sighted off the starboard <{><[>bow sir klingons sighted off the starboard bow sir <[>oh klingons bridge <{><[>to kirk <[>bridge to kirk <{><[><&>imitates static bridge to kirk laughs <[>bridge to kirk <&>23:00 klingons on the <{><[>starboard bow <[>laughs starboard bow sir that was a cool song <{><[>beam me up scottie <[>laughs no it's voc <{><[>beam me up scottie <[>klingons on the <.>star i liked the video for that song i didn't see that <{><[>i thought it was funny <[>i didn't either <{><[>word <[>oh no we've missed out on a huge cultural <{><[>experience <[>we have i feel deprived i feel deprived let's go on a hunger strike yeah laughter word five minute strike she's doing well laughs i'm glad you made yourselves <.>oh i'm glad we had <{><[>that custard first custard and chocolate yes <[>word laughs we had a big pig out at tea <,,><&>3 i wonder what <.>boys i mean like men in a flat do laughter i mean like men laughter they must just eat loads of <{><[>baked beans <[>i mean like men what are they real men or just people who are like men word every night like <{><[>what is MAN <[>we're baking a lot lately that's <.>all define man that's what we ought to do <&>24:00 a grown up boy possibly possibly no that's <{><[>word <[>oh do boys grow up <{><[>do boys grow <[>mm peter pan lost boys lost <.>b peter pan never never land yes people kept asking me if i was a pixie <{><[>i know <[>it was a party of word on saturday night you should do that again on saturday no no she wants to do something different yeah so <,> i could just wear my <{><[>dominatrix boots <[>yeah what are we going to wear oh <,> <{1><[1>word i tried them on today and my calves have got bigger since i've been doing these weights again and i can't fit them particularly well so if anyone's got skinny calves and big feet do you <{2><[2>want them well they could wear my boots <[1>oh well you <.>know <[2>laughs which ones are your dominatrix boots what are we going to dress <{1><[1>up as for this party guys it's our party so we at least better be dressed up <{2><[2>or it would be a bit slack if we weren't <[1>the long ones the word <[2>yes <{><[>yeah <[>i just want to go horribly outrageous like <.>a sweet transvestite or something like that word like <.>a the <{><[>witching hour <[>laughs <[>but yeah how can a woman go as a transvestite so that's pretty boring <{><[>you know <[>oh that's one of those male problems laughter yeah you could really try and <.>go <{1><[1>confuse people and go as a <.>girl and be a woman <&>25:00 <{2><[2>dressed up as a guy dressed up as a woman <[1>be a witch <[2>mm yeah like um <{><[>julie andrews word <[>oh but sorry that's just too complex <{1><[1>look i'm sorry i can't cope with that at all <{2><[2>a <.>what <[1>no <[2>julie andrews did it oh in victor victoria yeah i think that was all right so a <{><[>woman dressed up as a man dressed up as a woman <[>ellen barkin does that in her latest film <{><[>in switch <[>ellen barkin is amazing yeah she is amazing <{><[>isn't she <[>yeah tut she's kind of <,> odd looking but she's <{><[>very attractive <[>did you see siesta with martin sheen in it no but she's very good <{><[>in that <[>did you see sea of love no with al pacino where she bonked up the wall with him it was great all laugh bonked up the <{><[>wall <[>bonked up <{><[>the wall? <[>yes like sort of ripping clothes and bonking on the wall yes it was quite amazing mm <{><[>what was that <[>word was someone was there with her <{1><[1>or was she just kind of doing <{2><[2>this <.>her <[1>yeah no <[2>no robert de niro <,> and her oh <{><[>well then just goes to show <[>word yes it does hey what <.>t sorry what time are we being picked up tomorrow um well the tournament starts at six oh so <,> jeff's ringing haj now and haj is going to ring us back and let us know for sure <.>is helen's <{><[>in <.>it <,> in it isn't she <[>oh <&>26:00 oh she must be yeah cos are you three in a team together yeah yeah i'll look stunning that's pretty good eh <{><[>guys you'll <.>be <[>mixed ability pair laughs you will it'll be fine oh <{><[>he did <.>say <[>we can be cheerleaders laughs we just had a discussion <{><[>about how much we HATE <.>cheer <[>one thing he <,> <.>said <{1><[1>he said you do word <{2><[2>one thing was <,> apparently you <{3><[3>were doing a few punches to the head <[1>i know word <[2>that's right tut we hate them <[3>i mean could be good word for women yeah supporting women <{><[>yeah <[>you've got to be different got to put <{1><[1><.>pressure more pressure on <{2><[2>you've got to word yeah word the second <.>time <[1>and we wouldn't wear those short skirts <[2>no we would NOT wear those short skirts no we would NOT laughs yeah i think we should when you do it you have to really put pressure on the head to <{><[>make them go back otherwise they'll just stop the counting <[>they can be cheerleaders word yeah so when you're <.>going especially now that you can go for the head tomorrow night what time is this tournament word six oclock i won't be home by then oh right but you could go and support them yeah after the party oh <{1><[1>sarah's going to come and be a cheerleader but <{2><[2>she's NOT going to wear a <{3><[3>short skirt <[1>and you've got no transport <[2>oh no <[3>NONE OF US are ever going to be cheerleaders please no it's different though if they're not rugby players if they're supporting WOMEN <&>27:00 oh <{1><[1>right <{2><[2>no that's not fair that's not fair <{3><[3>it's supposed to work both ways <[1>yeah <[2>word <[3>no well men could have their own cheerleaders <{><[>they could have male cheerleaders <[>yeah right right then word i don't think they should wear short skirts either <{><[>laughs <[>no word i think they should wear kilts <{><[>yeah kilts <[>word i like kilts yeah me too <{><[>word <[>yeah hang on what do scotsmen wear under their kilts nothing it's supposedly nothing <{1><[1>but I saw a picture of prince charles once <{2><[2>and he had a word and he had little undies on <[1>woo hoo <[2>you know word jockey y fronts no doubt <{><[>yeah <[>he's not a real scotsman no he's not he <.>just <{><[>he's a colonnade of balmoral <[>conan mcleod <{><[>and word he had nothing under <[><&>general shouting he's gorgeous who <{><[>laurie control <[>who <&>shouts conan mcleod in the highlander which i've seen numerous times and actually <{><[>bought the video unfortunately word <[>it's that christopher lambert he's a french actor and he's <{><[>beautiful <[>yes he is not beautiful <{><[>he's not beautiful but he's HANDSOME <[>he was in subway yes well he's not like <{><[>pretty to look at <[>i never use handsome no he's not no i don't mean pretty i mean beautiful i mean i never use handsome except when i talk about a table or something oh <&>28:00 i've just gone off it as a <{1><[1>word i mean yeah he's very good looking <{2><[2>he's yeah he's very attractive <[1>handsome oh no i use handsome word <[2>yeah he's not like classically good looking though <&>general agreement kind of interesting yeah <{><[>kind of off beat <[>mm he is kind of he was great in subway with isabelle adjani yeah <{><[>he's real ovary quiver material <[>oh <{><[>mm <[>mm i don't think word ovary quiver laughs well you know guys get <{><[><.>i um <[>how old were you guys get hard ons <{><[>women get ovary quivers <[>women get ovary quivers laughs <&>28:26