<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>11:56 so what did you plan to do on friday night if we were going out hilary <&>12:00 i don't know just have a good time drown my sorrows laughs <{><[>laughs <[>no we'll do that saturday night word you work friday nights laughs i have been rachel and leigh invited me on a pub crawl cos they're going on a pub crawl with this <,> this girl that they've offended oh really <{><[>another one jesus word <[>that um she invited them again oh really but i don't really want to go on a pub crawl that's saturday <{><[><.>fri <[>friday <,> tut yeah i don't really want to do that <,> i might go out with my flatmates <{><[>if they go out <[>what do they usually do stuff all <{><[>laughs they're so boring inhales laughs well now and then they go out <[>oh really every time i'm around they sit and watch t v yeah the thing is that sometimes when they're been out a lot during the week cos angus has to get up early yeah um like about five oclock so he comes for the weekend and he just wants to <{><[>sleep <[>sleep yeah word yeah i'm going to have tea with john on <,> sunday <&>13:00 night he does did i tell you about the feed he cooked up last time oh did he oh it was about two weeks ago <.>a after i got home from church and he um it was eight oclock and there was this note on my door emma ring john it's urgent so i rang him in a big panic thinking what the hell's going on you know he said oh i've cooked a roast i've cooked double you want to come round oh <{><[>good one <[>and he he was just about cos he was he's never cooked in his life <{><[>practically <[>he's being word did he yeah and anyway um he was just about to have his first mouthful when i rang he was waiting for me to ring he's so sweet and then i um <,> so i said yeah i'll be round cos i hadn't had any tea and <{><[>i was starving hungry i was about to go down and raid the kitchen but um <,> i went went down went to his place and he had this great big he had two plates full of food <[>yeah yeah one plate was vegetables you know just steamed vegies and then the other plate was laughs this huge chunks of meat with um he'd done it really well <{><[>with potato and kumara yeah <[>guys are funny when they chop eh they put big chunks <&>14:00 it's chunks it's not slices potato and kumara and yams and carrots was he on a roll oh pumpkin yeah it was great <{1><[1>cos he's got this idea of the sunday roast so it was really cool and then he had fruit salad and ice cream he chopped up all this fruit and he'd made a fruit salad and ice cream and <{2><[2>so i'm doing it again we're doing it again this sunday he's going to cook the roast and i'll bring round the befores and <,> and probably take some chocolates round for the afters <{3><[3>and it'll be really fun <[1>laughs <[2>oh <[3>can you invite me <{><[>laughs <[>yeah laughs see what he says yeah laughs oh he's so funny his flatmate's going to join in as well i think <,> <{><[>bob <[>oh that's good <,> good ONE it's really funny to go round there his team watch the movie it's really good oh what can i do on for tomorrow night then i don't want to sit around at home <,> drowning in my sorrows <{><[>laughs <[>laughs you should join us at the plaza afterwards do you reckon oh i don't see why not i mean it's stage door i'd actually quite like to see anne yeah <{><[>too <[>yeah <&>15:00 well why not you know people you know the musos <{><[>you know word do you know ted odonnell <[>i know anne anyway no oh singer who else <{><[>jenny's in it <[>oh okay the symphony're playing and some of them from the symphony are going to join us afterwards like mike and len morris' down len morris that's that guy tuba ah yeah both laugh the big tuba player <{><[>laughs <[>yes <,> yeah tuba players are funny i've never met a small tuba player no they're always big aren't they look at marie <{><[>laughs she's not fat she's just big boned <[>i mean she's not she's not fat she's just solid a big solid girl mm so yeah well you know where the stage door is to the state opera house no you don't well you know where the front entrance is of <{1><[1>the state opera house you go to the next alley way down on the right okay you're facing the entrance <{2><[2>you go the next alley way down on the right <[1>yeah <[2>yeah yeah and you go down it and you see this big white sign that says stage stage door <{><[>there's a guy sitting there watching a t v so just keeping an eye on who goes in and out but wait outside that <[>okay okay and we'll come out what time do you finish about ten <{><[>thirty <[>finish <&>16:00 about quarter past ten actually quarter past ten <,> sounds like a bit of a hoot yeah i'll talk to <.>mike try and get hold of mike so i can go <{><[>with him or something <[>yeah well he'll be he'll be at the symphony probably oh will he oh is the symphony playing tomorrow night yeah yeah vinny yeah i'll drag vinny along too so you'll know a few <{><[>people <,> clears throat <[>yeah um what are they playing tut don't know actually i'm not sure mm should find out you might want to go along to that yeah <,> i've got no one to go with though <{><[>if you're laughs <[>i was going to say ask phil laughs he might think i'm coming on to him both laugh word i'll say to him oh i'm not coming on to you but i've got no one else to <{><[>ask laughs <[>laughs well see if mike is playing i don't <.>i actually i don't know whether he is playing you should should ask him <{><[>if he's not playing see if he wants to go <[>yeah oh but then um <,> his girl friend might think i'm intruding laughs nah well i don't know yeah yeah <{><[>well i don't know but i wouldn't know <&>17:00 <[>oh matery laughs yeah <,,> yeah but talk to mike anyway to see what he's going i mean he's to join us afterwards yeah so that should be fun yeah okay yeah i'll see how it goes mm mm bit of a hoot mm could be and i haven't seen anne for so long naughty me yeah i'm terrible i haven't rang her for ages <{><[>probably lose all my friends <[>should be funny <.>cos the <,> opera has all these sri lankan people in it and all the cast is painted black oh right except for some people who don't have <{><[>to be laughs <[>there are a lot of sri lankans there? yeah they've got some we've got a whole lot of people from the sri lankan community <.>help helping out with the opera i don't know whether they're singing i don't know <,> <{><[>see all these little kids running around at the interval <[>oh right so what's about i've no idea laughs <{><[>i only play the music i have no idea i've actually got to sit down and read the script <[>oh is it <&>18:00 yeah i haven't done it yet cos i haven't had a chance <{><[>oh <[>only playing the music but there's some gorgeous stuff in it it's lovely cool one of the arias was used for was it yeah the ken hill one <{><[>what's the time half past <,> yeah go for ten minutes longer <[>word mhm then we'll stop how long have we had i don't know it looks like a fair whack there fifteen maybe a bit more yeah <,,> oh yeah oh yep went to use the um clears throat drink vending machine in the music department flipping well nicked one dollar oh <{><[>didn't it give you any money didn't it give you anything back <[>so hacked off yeah so i went to there's a little note on it which says a note to the person that clears it say go and see <.>m the secretary <&>19:00 because three dollars there's at least three dollars lost in here and i went to mary could you please make that sign four dollars and she said oh actually i'll give you a pen and you make it five dollars <{><[>because some body else had lost it <[>oh really some body else had lost it yeah oh dear so hacked off i was really thirsty too <,,> just not on jeepers but it's only new yeah i know mm pathetic we've got one of those at the hall and it always runs out everybody's always grabbing <{><[>a coke <[>who um refills it people from coca cola company i think they always come out in a big van with <{><[>coca cola written on it <[>is it a coca cola <&>pronounced ko ko one is it yeah yours is pepsi <{><[>pepsi <[>the one up there's pepsi yeah <,,> i like seven up i <{><[>prefer coca cola to pepsi but seven up to sprite <[>yeah laughs i haven't really sat down <{><[>and word <[>and miranda to fanta yeah is fanta part of cocoa cola it is eh yeah <&>20:00 yeah mm yeah <,> i haven't actually sat down and done a taste test so i don't know laughs coke's definitely better than pepsi that's <{><[>for sure <[>oh yeah yeah <,,> diet pepsi's horrible <,> it's really bad diet coke's okay yeah mm i wonder what the weather's going to do today i've had a shirt soaking for a week and it's finally got rid of the stains the tomato stains oh really oh i meant to bring you that friend stuff round don't worry about it <{><[>it's gone now <[>oh i had it on my mind to bring it round word hey um can you bring me that um shakespeare's sister c d sometime <{><[>and i'll tape it <[>yes yeah it's really good i'll tape it yeah it's a goodie mm <,> inhales mm has he got any other good tapes c ds he's got some goodies yeah actually um <,> john has yeah greg's got all <.>th the c ds that i've <&>21:00 got are all <,> um <,> classical yeah nothing really <,> boppy in it <,> except for the whole collection of billy joel both laugh a couple of paul mccartney's laughs he's got conservative taste <{><[>has he laughs <[>yes yeah not that there's anything wrong with them no no it's just oh excuse me tired the paul mccartney one's really good actually it's a <{><[>live one it's really neat <[>yeah oh oh is that the one um it's got a really cool guitar solo in it well probably <{1><[1>he likes cool guitar solos <{2><[2>as far as i know <[1>yeah <[2>i've got the tape i found it for about five bucks in a shop so i got it oh really yeah it's got a really nice guitar solo in it yeah it doesn't go for long enough though oh really yeah he's got another one but he took it with him <,> another paul mccartney one it's really good yeah <,,> <&>22:00 word <,,> mm i had one of my students ring me last night emma i thought it no it wasn't emma it was miss hillgrove <{1><[1>word oh i hate that i was terrified as to <{2><[2>what she asked <[1>miss hillgrove laughs <[2>who said that to you well she's only nine she's <{><[>a little nine year old but she rang up <[>oh right oh a student yeah yeah and i honestly don't don't know what her parents how her parents look after her because she's at home on her own in the afternoon yeah nine year old kid and she rang up and she said emma i've jammed the mouth piece in my trumpet and she couldn't get it out i said you just calm down calm down <{><[>she was all in a fuss about it all <[>laughs just having a how did she do that i don't know don't know she's been jamming it in every week i said well look try and get it out if not i'll come and pick it up from your mother's work tomorrow so her mother works at city limits cafe oh right so i haven't haven't actually gone and met the <{><[>mother yet after my my letter home <[>oh that's right you yeah that oh that's right her brother works there as well yeah laughs so i'm going to go in today and <&>23:00 say hello laughs how are you <,,> huh stop driving me round the twist no she i hope i hope she sent it in with her mother otherwise i'll be wasting my time going into town yeah <{><[>will be <[>but she rang up in a real you know panic oh jammed my mouth piece in my trumpet mm but at least she rang cos i've been drumming into her to if anything happens with it ring me because otherwise she leaves it for the whole week and she doesn't do any practice until her lesson until she brings it to a lesson on monday and even then i generally can't do anything with it <,> so a little ratbag <&>yawns oi aye aye oh sorry yawning that's all right you know <.>i it's really amazing this morning i woke up i put my alarm clock on for six thirty mm and i woke up one minute before it went off oh really <{><[>did you <[>no i woke up about three <{1><[1>minutes before then about a minute before hand i looked at it and it said half past so i <&>24:00 quickly <{2><[2>slammed my hand on the thing before it goes <&>makes alarm clock beeping noise laughs <[1>body clock <[2>laughs oh i hate that <{><[>i did that this morning too i said i <.>don't if i'm awake i can't stand that alarm going off <[>laughs yeah puts me in a bad mood for the rest of the day <&>24:09