<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>0:23 so do you reckon timu will go to league <,,><&>3 don't know looks like they've given up on tuigamala <,,><&>3 yeah only after the weekend laughs won't be <{><[>word <[>bit hard pushed for a for a fullback then aren't we <&>name yeah but he's had league offers too that's a worry that's where most of our fullbacks go actually gallagher <,,> <{><[>ridge <[>yeah but they want kickers mm that's cos they can't kick <,> i mean when you look at the star kicker mal meninga laughs i <{><[>mean it's he's a great league player i mean would you tackle him <[>mm yeah well that's why he's so good isn't he <&>1:00 that's why they want tuigamala laughs he's the only one that could tackle him but i mean <.>u ultimately they're in eh oh <.>he he'd be <{><[>GREAT <.>think i i think he'd have <[>fast fast runner sort of quick sidestepper i think he'd have to <{><[>go go INto the centres in midfield more <[>word what meninga? <,> <{><[>or <.>tuig tuigamala he's not tall is he <[>no um tuigamala no but i think <,> cos he um word you know they want hit men he's just a bit shorter than me i think they want hit <{1><[1>men up the middle eh that are gonna tackle hard and run <{2><[2>hard up the middle <,> <.>they <[1>word <[2>run hard <.>is is <{><[>meninga a winger <[>mm mm no no centre centre <{><[>mm <[>yeah see <.>th their guys are big real big i mean we'd put them in the scrum <,,> mm and a guy that size word tell you what these guys i saw today these under nineteens <,> three of them had the biggest cauliflower ears you've ever seen goodness <&>2:00 knows what they'll look like when they get to <{><[>word <[>bit sad when they got that at nineteen eh tut well actually <.>i i <.>ha i saw a good remedy on t v for that which was leeches <{><[>laughs <[>laughs they actually put a leech on your ear and <.>s cos all it is is fluid mm yeah i've <{><[>heard that <[>it sucks it sucks <{><[>it all out and it's actually not so bad <[>yep yeah <,> seen that guy norm hewitt's cauliflower <{><[>ears man <[>oh <[>laughs ugly yeah yeah he's gonna be the next all black hooker too <.>y <,> you see him all the time on t v with these <{><[>scrunched up ears <[>i know after i suppose a lifetime of people hanging on to them they get a bit used and abused you can imagine <.>it's usually the the the guy right in the middle of the scrum too <{1><[1>imagine he's got his his arm way out here <{2><[2>somewhere NO protection whatsoever into the scrum you can imagine two heads going this way <&>makes scrunching noise <[1>word <[2>he CAN'T do anything about it laughs yeah groans no wonder they tie them up well they <.>haven' usually they haven't shaved for a while just to make it uncomfortable for <&>3:00 the other side sorry? the front row usually don't shave oh right <{><[>so when you <.>go <[>laughs GROSS well the answer to that is you don't shave cos then it neutralises the effect <,,><&>5 but er <{><[>no word <[>word <{><[>word <[>see <.>that <.>re remember that that french um rugby player lescaboura he didn't shave for four days before a test match yeah it was a it was a thing of his he was a bit superstitious or something and didn't shave four days before he carried a rabbit's foot too he was <.>y you never see a bearded rugby player there used to <{><[>be um murray pierce <[>um <.>wade yeah murray pierce wade dooley he never had a beard he had a mo murray pierce had a beard see murray i see murray mexted shaved his mo off did he yeah <{><[>so wade <[>laughs he SUCCUMBED HE had cauliflower ears didn't he <&>4:00 mm HE had lorraine downs yeah yeah that's what i want <{><[>you know oh he's only an all black i mean laughs <[>laughs i <.>mean and he got miss universe at thirty three? is it? yeah yeah yeah oh i suppose you know pretty good pretty good player i would say pretty good <{><[>word <[>what was he he was number eight wasn't he yeah he was good <{><[>too <[>he was an all black for a long time mm yeah he was until <{><[>nineteen eighty six was it <[>clears throat good player he was the height of the wellington team too you know that he played in wellington <{><[>word <[>oh yeah wellington <&>tape cuts out for one second good period there eh they had hewson and wilson word stu wilson <{><[>and bernie fraser <[>stu wilson <{><[>bernie fraser <[>bernie fraser <{><[>ebony and ivory <[>had a great back line mm have you read that book yeah <{1><[1>FUNNY FUNNY read about that guy that got stuck <{2><[2>out in the corridor of the hotel starkers <[1>classic book classic <[2>laughs laughs laughs he he he jolly well poked his head out the door or <&>5:00 something cos there was a bit of noise <,> and he he was starkers and somehow he got got locked outside and left the door locked <{><[>laughs <[>it's <.>ev every man's nightmare isn't it and <{><[>oh <.>he he was STUCK outside this in the corridor of the hotel it was so funny <[>oh yeah heck yeah that's a mister bean trick <{><[>isn't it <[>laughs <[>laughs getting dressed in a cardboard box <{><[>laughs <[>or in the mini <.>it it's funny all the way <{><[>through that book eh <[>oh classic like the bit where bernie fraser had been eating garlic and <.>the the opposing team kept away from him <{><[>laughs <[>laughs yeah i remember that they had a little cartoon of sort of bernie fraser running with the ball going exhales voc they must have some pretty freaky experiences cos stu wilson said he he was feeling a bit sick one day and they <.>went it was in argentina and they went for a run down the road and and he was lagging behind cos he'd had the word and all the team had gone back to the hotel and all of a sudden <&>6:00 the <.>s <.>s streets went quiet and there were people all over the place with GUNS and <{><[>you know you know REAL scary eh <[>laughs mm he's hiding behind a tree and all this sort of carry on sniffs <,> one of the classic stories in that was um when they were in england <&>noise see over in england rugby's a which all ponces play <{><[>and the upper class <[>yeah yeah and all <.>the <.>the <.>the they were at this upper class luncheon business do and that they say oh jolly good old chap <.>what what do you do for a living and dave loveridge just said i'm a pig farmer <{><[>laughs <[>laughs yeah i remember that yeah laughs another guy was um you know slaughterman at the meat works laughs they had all these sort of upper class english not now <{><[>eh they're all varsity students and <[>chaps well like <.>th <{><[>like jeremy guscot and those he was an air force pilot wasn't he <[>um is that right? i think one of them <.>wa oh no rory underwood one or <{><[>the other <[>jeremy guscot he's the black dude eh yeah mm he's good though fast <,,> <&>7:00 he <.>l he ran rings round kirwan oh <{><[>kirwan's too old <[>in <.>that that first he's had too much pasta laughs slowed him down too much of the italian cooking kirwan looked a lot better against aussie than he did against the poms must be that he toughened up a bit <{><[>had a few word <[>word word laughs anybody that wins <{1><[1>a game looks word <,> <{2><[2>new zealand sport was going through a bit of a low i think <.>that for a while the only thing that was doing well was the women's hockey team laughs <,,> yeah <[1>word <[2>mm voc we got a <.>go we got a <.>tenni it was a tennis player in who beat another word eh yeah? is that right who was it don't know one some young guy brett steven? no no? no is that right yeah he beat the number fifteen seed in this <.>next in the next round yep his opponent is the number one seed laughs which one peter sampras sampras yeah new zealand guy playing peter sampras? in the next round uhoh laughs laughs oh darn but you can see <.>they <.>they they jacked that up <&>8:00 wouldn't they <{1><[1>i mean some some guy at <{2><[2>number two hundred and eighty in the line <{3><[3>gets to number fifteen so they all crumble we can't have that so <{4><[4>they jack them up in the next round against the BEST guy <{5><[5>word <[1>oh yeah <[2>word <[3>plays <[4>mm <[5>sampras'll slaughter them mm <{><[>word <[>yeah kiwi he'll <{1><[1>but um take it <,> even though it means ramming the racquet <{2><[2>down <[1>he'll play on <[2>it's about time it's about time new zealand had a good tennis player eh what was the last one we had <&>name ? chris lewis chris lewis he got <{><[>to the wimbledon final <,> he got to the final <[>he got to wimbledon eh <.>those those two young guys beat him <.>in in the um yeah was that under nineteens? yeah i think <{><[>it was nineteens <[>what oh that was in <.>wim wimbledon eh? wimbledon yeah yeah <,> so they could be <{><[>word <[>and they won two tournaments two essex tournaments before that when you consider the population base of new zealand there's not that much resources around unless you're an all black or a <,> or a <{><[>all white or rather a cricketer <,,><&>3 speaking of cricket england i think are probably going to retire from competition <[>yeah laughs they might host a <{><[>few games at lords but <[>oh it's <&>9:00 it's funny though eh i mean <.>l last year <,> they came out to new zealand mm and <.>the and they <.>w they beat us and everyone was going they were going to win the world cup and all this and aussie's not that good i mean they they beat us this year but we beat them too yeah and then they just annihilated england it's only <{><[>a matter of eighteen months <[>i think they've got they're losing a few of their older players though aren't they mm <{><[>it's sort of a <[>gooch has retired now too they're in a position of change and i mean most <{1><[1>things go down in a position of change <{2><[2>word as long as they <[1>like we were <[2>like we were when we a couple of times what the cricket team when we were all about two or three years back? yeah we were going through that change get <{><[>constantly word <[>yeah when we lost hadlee eh that was hadlee and and <{1><[1>we lost and chatfield <{2><[2>word <[1>chatfield <[2>yeah and our bowling attack went <&>noise and bracewell even <{><[>you know bracewell and the spinners <[>bracewell yeah um coney <{><[>further back <[>cairns cairns although he sort of he was a bit beforehand word <&>10:00 coney was we lost coney yeah <{><[>word edgar <[>he use to pick up a few wickets eh bruce edgar was a pretty good <.>b um opening batsman <.>f for a while there yeah well we've still got problems there eh for openers? well <.>gat greatbatch can't seem to sort of settle down oh he <{><[>word <[>he has his has his moment of glory now and again then goes out yeah yeah oh i think he'd do a lot better at number six yeah whether he likes it i think he's got a wee <.>pre fairly promising though i think <{><[>some of these young guys <[>oh yeah there's it's there it's just a matter of developing like i i think chris cairns could do it probably <,> if they develop it i mean there's are a few guys there that that i mean the likes of adam parore and mm um the other who was the other young guy <.>tha that played couple of games tony <{><[>blain <[>oh lee germon <,> <{><[>wicket keeper <[>word no germon's the old guy isn't he <{><[>no no that's that's blain tony blain the wicketkeeper <[>what word <{><[>who's germon <[>tony blain yeah yeah <{><[>word he's <[>lee germon's <.>th a young wicketkeeper yeah a young wickie <&>11:00 <{><[>no but chris but all of them have done really well in that they do good batting as well as <[>yeah yeah <{1><[1>blain was the one that came in and <{2><[2>it was the last minute <[1>you know word <[2>yeah yeah he's the older guy though yeah yeah <{1><[1>he's got plenty of <{2><[2>experience <[1>yeah <[2>captain of the um central districts central districts yeah he <{><[>was word <[>yeah yeah he's good actually but he he actually really lifted the team that time i reckon when they brought him in cos <.>they they were really missing some one like ian smith whose was <{1><[1>you know out in the field chatting bring the morale up <,> <{2><[2>he was he was amazing smith <[1>mm <[2>yeah <&>11:30