<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>14:51 yeah that's right it would have been a hard day or something a busy <{><[>day <,> <.>when <[>cos that's what it <.>was that's what it's like at work i HATE it <&>15:00 you know like i'm SO nice to everyone and then someone comes along and i just can't do any more so i'm just nasty to THEM laughs and then that <{><[>person always thinks that word <[>i don't <.>see well you say you're nice to them i can't imagine you being nasty with them well short or abrupt or something or just not NICE not smiling <,,> exhales yeah <,> i suppose it's times like that you just <.>even you can't even be ironic with them can you you <.>can't yeah you can't even <.>say oh well there's <{><[>SO much work to do <[>god i'm grumpy today you can't even say <,> <{><[>that's all <[>no well <.>some some of the customers at that place aren't so sort <.>of utterly wonderful anyway yes but um <&>blows nose like my um like there like if samuel's not there and someone else is replacing him then i just have to do SO much extra work you know cos like samuel <.>can <,> i suppose he helps out a lot you know he just makes my job a lot easier so it's good they took him back because there <&>16:00 <.>was <{><[>that must have been slightly awkward after <[>rick yeah that guy left <{><[>yeah <[><.>that what's his name left oh i think they <.>know there's quite <.>a he's got quite a fan club of customers that come and see him <{1><[1>so they probably recognise <{2><[2>that that's valuable yeah <[1>mm <[2>that's not a bad thing <.>it it depends how <.>you they buy coffee and that too do they oh yeah they're all um like mothers of little babies cos he's REALLY INTO little <{><[>babies <[>i thought you said muggers <{1><[1>mothers laughs mothers yeah <{2><[2>yeah well i should come in there and buy coffee more often that would be good <{3><[3>wouldn't it <[1>mothers laughs <[2>yeah <[3>no it wouldn't <.>because well it's nice coffee anyway isn't it you can get it free anyway but it's what you want no no no no tut i could entertain the customers i <.>could <,> do one of <{><[>my tumbling acts <[>you could encourage them to tell my bosses how brilliant i am laughs i could i could pass little bits of <.>in little bits of paper around you could sniffs <&>17:00 it was nice that greg said on friday that they missed me the previous friday yeah yeah <.>well <,> you know cos that's important otherwise how do they know whether i'm any good or they can see like if i get nine dollars an hour that job really you sort of <.>s <,> most people earn eight for working in a caf and <{><[>um because they <.>could <[>mm but you have extra responsibilities though i can't imagine anyone paying less than ten dollars for <,> what <{><[>you do <[>no i don't have any extra responsibilities i don't order <{><[>anything <[>you always turn up early and organise the piece in advance i mean <.>on well <{><[>word <[>but that's MY choice i don't have to do it yeah <,> i see <,,> mm tut yeah tut yeah i suppose after this term you'll be quite pleased for a holiday break <.>of of relatively mind <&>18:00 numbing cafe work <{><[>yeah <[>i will be it'll be great <,> it's not really that mind numbing is it you've <.>got still got quite a lot to think about haven't you <,> can <{1><[1>you sing songs and that while <{2><[2>you're there <[1>word <[2>oh i always do yeah yeah that's good it is good well that's my definition of a job that i would like if i'm free to <.>s sing my songs <{><[>then i'm in some way <.>of in <.>some <,> in some way i could enjoy it <[>yeah yeah <{><[>and <.>if <[>but if <.>i <.>if if you've got to keep on thinking about things <{1><[1>all the time and it's STILL unstimulating <.>then and you <.>c and you're UNABLE to sing at the same time and then that's hell laughs <{2><[2> that's my idea of a job <.>that that i would hate <{3><[3><.>but <[1>no <[2>yeah <[3>can you sing in the darkroom yeah i suppose you can can't you <{><[>i just don't like all those chemicals there i'm just sure they're really bad for you <[>i do oh i don't know i sent <.>a like aaron he was um <,> his whole job just involved chemicals and like i'd go to him to help him clean up his store room sometimes <&>19:00 and i just couldn't do it you know like i'd get a headache in half an hour were there many sort of CLEANING <{1><[1>things solvents <{2><[2><.>and <[1>mm <[2>well they're a cleaning <,> company and so <{><[>the store room was where they keep all that <[>oh right yeah and you know there's lids open and <,> bottles <.>thr empty bottles thrown around and <{><[>that's just REALLY yukky and it's no windows <[>mm mm it was just gross no windows? mm <,,> <{><[>it was a BIG space like a warehouse but it's still no windows <[>word perhaps they should consider some sort of ventilation for it yeah <{1><[1>i'm sure that's partly why he's quite depressed a lot of the time you know just <{2><[2>inhaling those every day <{3><[3>you know <[1>that might <.>be <[2>his chemicals <[3>laughs mm i'm sure cos he's <.>not <,> someone who um <,> i don't know like he doesn't smoke and he doesn't drink much so he'd notice the impact of chemicals on his body <&>20:00 <,> mm <,,><&>4 he said he used to drink a lot do all men go through phases of drinking a <{><[>lot did you used to drink a lot <[>laughs all MEN <,,><&>3 my <{><[>dad i've never seen my dad drink but he likes his wine whenever i bring some he guzzles it down <[>i don't know yeah oh <{1><[1>that's good i mean it's nice when <.>you <{2><[2>people enjoy what you give them <[1>it's funny <[2>it's weird yeah he's sweet <,,> well wine's considered a food anyway people who make it insist that <.>it's a food it's a food ping <,> clears throat it's not very filling i remember in france they used to send wine up with our breakfasts when we were <.>in staying in a hotel there mm i mean <.>it it's crazy tut i wonder <.>what yeah i still don't really understand the <,> acid alkaline relationship in <&>21:00 the foods but it's supposed to <.>be be relevant isn't it yeah the wine would contribute <.>a would HELP to ferment what's in your foods in <.>that in theory wouldn't it it could do if you ate just in the right quantity it would break <.>d <{><[>it would <.>help it would help <.>the <,> word <[>i don't know do you mind if i smoke by the way <{1><[1>laughs instead of having <{2><[2>already <.>smoked seventy five cigarettes in his face <[1>laughs <[2>mm laughs laughs mm <,,> you can't unsmoke them again mm tut i <.>actually it hasn't been bothering me at ALL i think i'm over it yeah that's great i AM over it oh i'll just go and look through the peep hole see if word <,,> oh <,,> <{><[>my neighbours laughs <[>yeah do you think they look through the peep hole at us do you think yeah i like it when you look <.>back back in through your peep hole and you see <.>that <.>that klimt's painting was it klimt yeah <&>22:00 klimt what did he paint klimt <,,> it's what <{><[><.>you <[>it's a NICE picture <.>do you'd like it <{><[>the pictures <[>word I like it yeah i do i even remember when i first saw it coughs it was this HUGE one and <{><[>um i just STARED at it for about half an hour <[>mm mm from the window and they must have thought i was really weird no i'm sure lots of people stared at it if <.>you're it's very stareable at it is i think i was breaking up with someone or something yeah you were feeling relatively happy sort of breaking up isn't it i suppose <{><[>it just seemed like yeah <[>dissolving mm dissolving mm <,> mm yeah <,,><&>3 yeah that reminds me of <.>s the sort of thing i'd like to be able to do more on with um <{><[>on <.>the yeah yeah on the macintosh um get <.>more <,> those patterns <[>word on computer <&>23:00 mm i think i might actually steal some klimt patterns i quite like those <,> <{><[>swirly um spirals <.>and <[>bits they're like pin prints <{1><[1>sort of laughs mm well not entirely <.>the yeah <.>that's when <{2><[2>linda and i were walking through you know te aro park <[1>mm <[2><.>sometimes yeah have you noticed that all the paving stones have imprints of leaves and feet and <.>different some of them have <{1><[1>yeah the plain ones the unglazed ones yeah <{2><[2>sniffs <[1>yeah <[2>i didn't notice that mm <,,> <{><[>word <[>it could be quite good if they did it more didn't they hm have you noticed the um in the fountain parts they've <.>got they're TILED <{1><[1>in sort of navy blue tiles <{2><[2><.>and shiny tiles and they've got kind of stainless steel trays you know triangular trays as well <[1>yeah <[2>yeah aha i <.>don <.>i i find the whole effect there really quite pleasant i like it yeah serena didn't like it did she she was <.>saying <&>24:00 oh a lot of people hate it i like the tree i like the tree word laughs mm i think that's really quite separate though in a way <{><[>that's <.>more <[>that's in the park yeah but you can't blame that on shona rapira davis word who's <{><[>the person that everyone seems to be hating <[>laughs laughs that's um is she quite a big woman possibly laughs linda's saying she went past on the bus once and there was this BIG woman there who was just BRISTLING with anger she said you could feel it like coming out of her like porcupine quills <{1><[1>and she was telling this workman what to do cos they'd obviously done something wrong <{2><[2>and it was really funny what she was doing <[1>oh <[2>yeah bristling yeah that's quite good eh it is <{><[>i like the way you described that <[>yeah i didn't describe it <.>linda that's <.>linda's <,> words mm she writes <,> tut linda's a writer too? <{><[>or did you talk about literature <.>or <[>well <.>not she's not A WRITER she only writes things or do you both just happen to do it <.>or <&>25:00 yeah that's incidental does she write her diary or things like that or does she actually get them published no i don't think she publishes anything mm <,,> these <.>days hey that's what we should do if <.>you any stories that you like yeah i'll get them typed out well word in the macintosh <.>will <.>will it'll just take only a few minutes and they will look just <&>pronounced as list like <.>a a book and it might give you <.>a a boost seeing something you've written just <.>s i haven't written anything though laughs you HAVE you write all the time but i haven't written stories <.>i i just <.>write mm head things yeah well there you are i've <.>a <.>i'm there's nothing inferior or anything about that obviously except i know you <{><[>mean you're <.>d <[>word and single poems we had to write riddle poems in the sixth form you know how you had <.>those and they had this quite rigid structure this is what am i it's those what am i poems you cannot touch me only look and gape in wonder point and stare you cannot take a net <&>26:00 and catch me for i am not really there you have been fascinated by me since the day that time began you used to say i was the symbol of god's love and peace to man know what it is yet is it jesus though now you know i'm an illusion since sir isaac told you so when i appear you're still enchanted with my multi coloured glow <,> mm the sun? it's a rainbow ah see? cos sir isaac was the one who discovered it was <{><[><.>a a rainbow <[>sir isaac newton aha <&>26:33