<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>0:04 okay how are you all right how's your work today pretty good anything interesting happen yeah what oh this morning he said go on supervising eh he finished a job for me who's that gil yeah and word boss to sign it eh and i suggested that gil um share the clients cos she's got a bit more contact with the client yeah and i asked gil if he wanted to and he said yes he really would eh mhm so and i said i'd give word i'd better ask russell first yeah my boss yeah <{><[>so what he say <[>and <&>1:00 he said no eh flat out no he said he wanted word client himself yeah so <,,> and then i think and then i told gil he was pretty disappointed <,,> i thought he might of been so what what what's the er <,> tut what was it the other day you were just saying that er <,,> gil you know wanted something about what career move or something yeah <{><[><.>he he's an intermediate at the moment eh <[>tell me right he's only been with us for about three months mhm how's he getting on anyway oh he's doing really well <,,> he's still learning but he wants to be a supervisor supervisor <&>2:00 or a senior mhm well really a senior within six months mhm what's his chances tut <,> oh <{><[>it's pretty hard to move <[>it's <.>not <.>wh <.>wh what's <.>your what's <.>your um what's your position at the moment are you what are you a supervisor or oh <.>wh <.>wh what's your er my title's only a senior yeah but i do the work of a supervisor mhm er what what's the what's the er company er structure in terms of er well you've got partners and and then managers or what what <.>h <.>how how's it go word well it goes from a junior to intermediate mhm and then senior yeah and supervisor manager partner right and there's always a big gap between a supervisor and a manager <&>3:00 mm and then becoming a partner so <.>he <.>he what he want to move up the ranks does he in a <{><[>quick time <[>no he's <.>really yeah he's really ambitious eh laughs <,> it's like trying to run before you can walk <,,> oh i suppose so <.>i i see er <,> working in c a firm it's er advancements <.>not not as quick it's <.>m <.>m more of a um tut more of a er <,,><&>3 <{><[><.>develop <.>develop <.>develop development pool you know voc for people to say work in the private sector eh because if you <.>are <,> you know <,,><&>3 tut if you <.>are <.>yea <.>th <.>th there can be only so many managers <&>4:00 and so many supervisors within the firm you know if it get too crowded up the top you know <.>there there just too much conflict eh so what did you tell him <,> <.>in in regard <[>more <.>like oh for what about his er <.>ambitious ambitious move er sniffs nothing much cos it's not up to me to tell him cos he already talked to the manager about it and i think he was only just fishing to see what his chances are <.>i i suppose you know <,> <.>you you only <.>get <.>get get these positions when <.>you er if someone leaves if someone leaves or <.>you you know put enough hours into it eh mm what <.>about what's <.>he er what's he got tut <&>5:00 what's is it marie or marlene or for what you know you don't want to talk about that <,> about <.>what mm hey what's going on this er next thursday about the social club oh yeah we've got a ten pin bowling <&>pronounced as powling bowling night mhm it's at <,,> our room the room i'm in yeah against the partners yeah and managers yeah <.>what and it includes spouses cos there's not enough people because you have to have at least sixteen people sixteen yeah there should be enough there there's not enough partners how many partners are there well voc it's only the partners that we work for so what? in <{><[>our room <[>three or four um <&>6:00 it'd be about what three or four no word five five partners yeah so what? it's <.>st staff versus partner? yeah yeah all the ringers yep spouses laughs mhm to make up the team mm <,,> <.>wh <.>wh next thursday what time sniffs six thirty six thirty tut yeah oh yeah they're organising a um a midwinter <,> dinner <{><[>dinner and dance <[><.>l <.>w where is <.>it where is it going to be held at the central cabaret they said who <{><[>where <[><.>centr central cabaret <{><[>you know <[>where the hell's that renouf centre renouf yeah tennis oh renouf <.>c tennis centre yeah mm when's that going to be held um i thought <.>mid <.>mid mid winter christmas <{><[>one's already gone <&>7:00 <[>laughs i know better late than never laughs laughs did they decide to splash out this year did they yeah <.>it it'll be the first friday of september the first friday which is let's have a look <,,> fifth or something like <{><[>that <[>first friday <,,> sixth yeah can't do that i think i've got exams i got terms test <.>not <.>not oh finishing term test well tough shit i'm going word eh? laughs what bring your boyfriend nah bring your other boyfriend <{><[>voc <[>word <,,> laughs sniffs they're trying to think up a theme eh miss young <.>sh <.>suggested or somebody suggested wearing slippers to the <.>d dinner and dance oh just make it <{><[>a tennis wear theme <[>laughs mm most appropriate or bowls or <,> <{><[><.>s <.>s <[>boring though <&>8:00 boring? mm mm someone suggested wearing hats a <{><[>hat theme <[>tut yeah oh just <.>wear wear a sports theme mm yeah you know i'll <{1><[1>bring my golf clubs along trundle and <.>all <{2><[2>sniffs <[1>yeah <,> boring <[2>laughs you can play golf on the dance floor <{><[>laughs <[>yeah tee off boy i'll wallop them eh who do you want to wallop first eh? <{><[>word get your boss <[>what partners you will wallop my boss laughs your boss <,> yeah how is he anyway i mean in terms of er <,,> you know <,,> <.>any any er improvement on seeing client base shit no no? he's all up and down unpredictable yeah just depends which side of the bed he got out in the morning <&>9:00 laughs mm not the best thing to have when you work for them you can't er <,,> you <.>know you just have to er <,> bite on the bullet mm bite the bullet <,> <&>next utterance addressed to cat hello little man what are you doing the cat's having a bath sniffs <,,><&>3 so <.>what's what's happening tomorrow well we've got drinks tomorrow night and one of the audit guys has organised a party <.>at <,,> at one of the flats one of the audit guy's <{><[>flats <[>what flats oh yeah you know word is that right are you going no why not not invited i'm invited <.>but laughs sniffs mm don't know if i'll go or not <.>who who is it oh did he just moved in it's one <{><[>of the guys on secondment here <&>10:00 <[>oh oh yeah from england yeah his wife's just come over to join him <.>and got a flat in <{><[>word <[>organising a party for her laughs <.>who who's paying for the flat <.>is is he paying or work paying i don't know don't know how secondment works mm he's only over here for three months yeah <,,> three months oh probably work probably subsidise him <,,> from england <{><[>or <.>eng oh probably er <,> they'd do it both ways i suppose <[>yeah mm probably interesting to find out eh just tell him you're interested in going overseas or something yeah see whether what's <.>there anything over in the office overseas office <,> auntie coming over next week i asked julie um a couple of months ago yeah and she said there isn't really anything along <{><[>business service <&>11:00 <[>secondment yeah business services mhm secondment mainly auditing eh yeah mm so i <.>can if you want a secondment to england you have to have an audit background cos that's all they do over there mhm they don't actually um <,> do anything business services it's all <{><[>audit <[>oh not just england what <.>about what about a asian country mm <,,> she should er well <.>sh if she's any good she should know about you <.>know <.>c <.>c circumstances with your other brother and sister <,> what do you call it <,,> tut companies <&>next utterance addressed to cat what do you want mm <,,> anyway she said there wasn't any um <,> opportunities at the moment in any asian country <&>12:00 mm oh just ask her to <.>keep keep you informed <,> eh yeah <&>mic noise for four seconds i forgot to tell you yesterday what's that oh at work eh one of the girls you remember penny penny which one's that the blondie little blondie <{><[><.>and <[>what the one we take to the railway station yeah that's the one word yeah so she <{><[>had HEAPS of <.>fli files on the floor <[>sniffs SHE did yeah it was about a whole week's filing that she hadn't put away yeah laughs and then she yelled out and says oh i'll pay anyone five dollars to do her filing for her eh laughs laughs and she was serious <{><[>laughs <[>yeah a whole week's yeah oh <.>y <.>y is she in your room yeah oh a whole week's filing eh <{><[>she was too lazy to put it away in the lundia <[>yeah yeah five <{><[>bucks <[><.>and yeah offered it to sheryl eh <&>13:00 you <.>sh <{><[>she should <.>say yeah she should say oh i'll do it for ten <[>cos <.>sheryl's laughs laughs she even offered forty after when nobody answered her <{><[>laughs <[>forty yeah <{><[>laughs and she <.>said cos sheryl she's quite desperate for money she's got a loan still paying off a student loan <[>she should have done it is she yeah and she says oh <,> i'm tempted to do it but i won't do it cos i won't be able to live it down <{1><[1>in the firm cos you'd get hassled by everyone <{2><[2>afterwards yeah <{3><[3>laughs <[1>laughs <[2>forty bucks <[3>forty bucks i would do it laughs that's silly yeah voc mm true <,> anyway you'd <{1><[1>just get hassled by everyone <{2><[2>for a whole week or so <{3><[3>yeah <[1><.>wh <.>wh <[2>no respect <[3>voc <,,><&>3 anyway <.>how how as the er indoor netball yesterday er <,> okay was it <{><[>against voc <.>was <[>bashed about a bit <&>14:00 was it against the partners or what no no it was indoor netball it was a league one oh who'd you play against <&>company name laughs woo hoo wack the wankers? <.>n no voc they had a girl that was really good and getting two pointers all the time mhm and <.>the we only lost by five points it <{><[>wasn't that bad yeah <[>miss by five mm should have got me to play <{><[><.>w i would get sent off <[><.>y you don't want to come laughs eh <{><[>i'd get sent off again sniffs <[>you wouldn't come voc they had a <.>g um this guy refing it he was really tough eh cos one of our guys dropped his glasses <.>wh when he had the ball yeah he just caught the ball and he dropped his glasses <,> and he just voc bent down and picked them up eh <.>and cos <.>he when he caught the ball it was in both <&>15:00 hands and he just put it in one hand yeah and picked up his <{><[>glasses <,> and the ref called him up for a replay <[>sniffs REALLY yeah that's rough it sure was mm was that um <.>what what league i mean er what grade <{><[>were you guys you should find out <[>tut i don't know why i don't care <.>y tut you should know <.>what <.>what you know <.>what <.>what what grade you play eh <,> mm <,,><&>3 tut <.>so <,> so tomorrow <,,> drinks at what time after five after five <.>so so what time do you want me pick you up or should i come up you got a beer tasting er thing going on yeah have you? beer and water tasting laughs <{1><[1>competition laughs yeah coloured water <{2><[2>laughs <[1>beer and water <,> laughs <,> get someone <[2>get someone to piss in <&>16:00 the pot and see what happens <{><[>eh <[>laughs laughs piss in the brew laughs go e that's a good year laughs mm <,> yeah i'll give you a ring er tomorrow yeah <.>speaking i've got to go give word a call okay? <&>16:20 <&>end of recording