<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>0:08 the salvation army shop where is it now is it way down near the end of the street <,,> <{><[>no yeah yeah <[>is it at number twenty six because it used to be a high number like two five six or something <{1><[1>and now they've got on their card twenty six <,> and <{2><[2>i thought that <[1>you know oh <[2>it's not far from the zoo mm? it's not far from the zoo it's er what's the name of that street which side of the road is it on is it the post office side of the road or the hospital side post office <,> where's the post office the post office is on the corner of a street er in riddiford street and a <{><[>side street <[>oh right no it's on the other side mm? it's on the other side <{><[>of the street <[>on the hospital side yeah but it's way up this end <,> <{><[>it's <&>1:00 <[>way <.>up <{><[>yeah <[>is it near the basin reserve no the other end <,> it's right up this end oh yeah <.>almost <.>almost you know where <.>the the roads split and you go up to um houghton bay yes okay and then you go up to the zoo you go <{><[>up word <[>and there's <.>a there's <.>a a toilet or something i think on the corner a mens toilet or something is there um and yeah i can't remember the name of that street but it's just there on the corner oh yes well er why i <.>don i don't know why i thought that twenty six number twenty six must be way down near the basin reserve <,> i could be quite wrong there might be i'm not sure but <{><[>anyway <.>she's <[>it <.>could it could well have changed <{><[>yeah <[>she's just recently with them and they've got <.>un they're under new management since major thomson left <{><[>er still under the army but a different group of people the um the younger group <[>oh yeah <{><[>yeah <&>2:00 <[>and some of them that were employed there are still working there voc but lisa is new mm and um the new major that's there major anderson she has deputised lisa to look after my shopping oh right so she comes up on a wednesday normally and picks up the shopping for thursday <.>morn brings it to me thursday morning oh right and she was coming up <.>em on wednesday to pick up the order empty handed <,> tut and i <.>thought and then she'd come thursday laden down with sin and iniquity mm and i thought well she can't have you know empty handed one day and all this stuff the next day mm so i said well look there are things i buy regularly like milk and bread and things like that and the bottled things are heavy mm so i said to her well we'll just <.>work i'll just work out a system where when you come to collect the order you bring the milk <,> and the <&>3:00 cider vinegar that i don't drink a lot of but i have it fairly often because it's in my daily diet yeah <.>and and bring some of the bread which you know i always get mm then i <.>sh you come partly laden instead of carrying such a burden the next day mm which she's doing <{><[>and she thinks it's wonderful <[>mm does <.>she does she do that every day no only tuesdays and wednesdays <{><[>she picks up the order <,> wednesday and does the shopping thursday <[>oh right oh right but then when she leaves the office in the morning say after about half past nine when she's got her er whatever she's to do for the day she sometimes <&>pronounced as somestimes doesn't go back to the office she's busy meeting someone to take them to a funeral or <.>s take them to a doctor or take them <{><[>to some other appointment and then she comes in <.>to picks up my things and that's why i never tie her to a time <,> i say i'd like the <&>4:00 order in the morning but i do think it's a bit exacting because you don't know what else she's been asked to do in the morning <[>right right <{><[>yeah <[>she might have been asked to take someone to appointments and she can't do that mm so she was rather <.>putting exerting herself to do things for me so i said to her look any time before twelve <,> don't make it half past ten or half past eleven or anything <.>just just come when <.>you when you're ready <{><[>cos i said if you're shopping with a time in mind you don't shop well <[>mm no right <{><[>oh she'd be rushing around i think <[>yeah mm <{1><[1>you know going oh five to minutes to go <{2><[2>five minutes to get up the hill yeah <[1>so yes i <[2>i i could tell sometimes by the exertion she was in when <.>she when she arrived that she'd been shopping pretty fiercely yeah so i said never shop <.>w like that for me take your time yeah and i said if you can't see what you think <&>5:00 looks nice quality food where you are go to another shop and that takes time mm <,> <{><[>yeah <[>so <.>just i said just <.>be just shop like you would for yourself shop till you get what you want tut so she rather likes doing it it's quite good down in kilbirnie now because they've got the new world supermarket and er <{><[>woolworths <.>and and that <[>well she likes that she doesn't like the one in newtown <{><[>oh <[>and that's where the other people used to shop for me oh that's right they did too <{><[>didn't they <[><.>and and lisa said they've got no more different things but they're spread out more and you've got to walk miles where in newtown in newtown <{><[>she said oh it's <[>oh <.>i that's where i shop <{><[>that's why i usually go <[>she said it's so big she likes so <.>i i rang and got an order <.>fo form to fill in so that i could get an identification card for the er kilbirnie shop and <.>she why do you pay by cheque <.>or <&>6:00 mm yes when you pay by cheque they like this identification card which is only natural yeah and i had one for the newtown one and <.>h however it didn't come yet the girl said no trouble i'll post <.>it one out to you and when your shopper comes in just get her to come to the office and pick up the card mm so she didn't come so i gave her cash this week i <.>s maybe she has to go down to the office well <.>i in kilbirnie <{><[>with her shopping <[>she <.>doesn't <.>she she doesn't need to go but it would <.>save seeing i couldn't go and pick it up mm she'd do it for me you <{><[>see and the girl said it'll be no problem it'll be there i still haven't got the form <[>mm mm so i'm still waiting but however i said to her well we won't bother with a cheque this week we'll just shop with cash so she's done that this week and i said take um five dollars for the milk and the bread that you're going to get next week take that out and <.>have so that you <&>7:00 have it in your own purse instead of using your own money mm so she's getting herself organised mm mm oh and i hear that helen's back again mm? you told me yesterday that helen's back again helen's back and she's got slim well she was never stout was she um <{><[>was she sick or something <[>she has got a very trim figure and she looks about it well she just looks cheaper <{><[>laughs i said to helen don't talk about your grandchildren cos you look like one of them laughs <[>laughs yeah she um <{><[>did she have a you know did she have a sore back <.>or <[>looks so young yes <.>she it was at christmas time when she went down to stay with relatives and they had had a lot of busy nights before they went away and busy times getting ready and um she was sitting on a stool having a cup of coffee with word with her relatives and suddenly she said i don't know how it happened but she said all in <&>8:00 a wink <,> i must have fallen asleep and fallen off the <.>ch stool oh right and she fell straight <{1><[1>on the bone that gave her all the trouble and she had months and months <{2><[2>off being off work she came back a bit too soon had to <{3><[3>have more treatment but she finally is back now and of course i feel that she shouldn't be doing things i <{4><[4>watch her most closely <[1>and she word <[2>did she <[3>did <.>she <[4>laughs laughs <{1><[1>so you do it before she comes <{2><[2>laughs <[1><.>so <[2>yes so er well i do i often do the washing and leave it just for her to peg on the porch oh and then oh the first day she came back i <.>w this girl was giving me a perm <,> and er we <.>i couldn't have the water running and the machine going yeah so i said to her you have a holiday declare a holiday helen's back at work so she's oh i can't and i said you can if you try i said just get in the car and drive away again have a day off a paid holiday tut so helen was quite pleased she had plenty to do no doubt but she <&>9:00 was giving <.>up there was <.>some some of the work that she does regularly she's going to give up is she i think the centre was one she'll give that up however she is <{><[>word <[>they've got lots of people to work down there <{><[>though <[>she is their head girl yeah one of the lasses who came and filled in <.>while for helen um <.>s i asked about helen's health how she was and she said i think she's away she says i'm not quite sure and <.>i <.>she's we miss her so she <.>s she's our head girl so that's how helen had never told me mm <{><[>oh but she wouldn't would she <[>and <.>i i had the audacity when helen came up with shelley jones to be interviewed oh yes i know yes and i asked for this could i have her for a <{><[>month on trial <[>exhales laughs <{1><[1>no wonder they nearly fell out of the chair laughs helen <{2><[2>laughs over it still you know <{3><[3>she really does <{4><[4>and she knew the reason helen and they didn't you see so helen <.>k piped up and said er well missus smith's just had an unhappy experience with <.>ano a set of people <[1>laughs <[2>laughs <[3>yeah <&>10:00 <[4>yeah laughs and er she's just making sure it doesn't occur again <{><[>laughs <[>yeah oh it was a shocking blue that one mm never mind i've made up for it since laughs but she's a wonderful person <.>i really er heather she really is a wonderful person i've never yet heard her condemn a soul mm never yet heard her condemn a soul say a word against them and <,,> and that's a lot you know when <.>she's works amongst so many different types of people yeah that's true yeah there's always something good about the people oh look there's the <{><[>ferry <[><.>which mm? the FERRY'S just taking <{><[>out to sea <[>yes they go across there so fast you <.>sometimes you find your day <&>11:00 going the afternoon ones are on the run you see it's very nice one day er two of them snow white they passed each other just as though they were going to collide <{><[>you know it was so close <[>yeah yeah laughs and one was the latest one the long one <{><[>i think it's the arahura isn't it <[>oh yeah i don't know what the names of them are anyway they looked so nice and a plane took off at the same time and it looked quite cosmopolitan <{><[>with all this um travel out there <[>yeah laughs and all from your sitting room window yeah but i do miss the <.>pass big passenger boats they were lovely those cruise ships coming in here <&>11:36