<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>0:07 look that one has <.>practically <,,> it's all gone that's turned into a dinner plate i've stuffed the dinner <{><[>plate <[>laughs cos i used to like build a um massive big furnace i'd like light the candle and then put um stacks of matches <{1><[1>that <.>ha that hadn't been burnt yet all over it like you're building a <{2><[2>fire and it went <&>makes explosion noise and it yes and it just like went everywhere so <[1><.>that yep yep <[2>and then you watch them catch alight you remember when um you would talk on the phone downstairs or something and i was up here playing with that candle <,> and i <.>k and i burnt it <{><[>kept burning it in half and things <[>i nearly singed myself i <.>spent for ages i um tried burning kerrin's hair on her hairbrush and it like <{><[>went up in absolute flames cos it had hairspray all over it FUCK it smelt bad i mean <[>laughs laughs <&>1:00 you tried to burn laughs word fine not a problem eh? you're all right eh coughs <{1><[1>it DID it smelt disgusting voc imagine what <.>it would smell like if it was more than just hair that was burnt <,,> <{2><[2>mm <[1>you're all right <[2><.>why <.>th <.>o on the hairbrush NO i took it off oh why didn't you just flush it down the toilet <,> no that's what you do with hair cos it's the best way cos if you put it in a rubbish bin it blows away in draughts oh yeah you take <.>y you take <.>y your hair off your brush and you flush it down the toilet laughs trust me this is someone with long <{1><[1>thin hair for all her life it's the best way <{2><[2>to do it i used to throw <.>it i used to <.>th when i was little i used to throw out my window <,> and it would fly right back in my face <[1>coughs <[2>well um oh <{1><[1>thanks for that laughs coughs um what time is this party <.>on <{2><[2>saturday night do you know <[1>in the draughts laughs word <[2>er er er well since we've got a couple of kegs <&>2:00 tut it's THREE three kegs <{><[>i heard <[>you sure it's three cos <{><[>today kate said it was two <[>well that's what regina said oh <{><[>i'm sure they word time <[>regina might have it wrong yeah regina <.>l <.>s <{><[><.>s slowly the story grows <[>mm yeah er er <,> oh well probably start like four in the afternoon or something <{><[>start in the afternoon three four <[>start voc and then everyone'll be asleep by eight and then i'll get bored <,> but like i said to regina we could always go out afterwards to the loaded hog or <{1><[1>something and then she said oh i don't like going there any more cos she <.>neve she has trouble getting in cos she doesn't have i d <,> <{2><[2>and they <.>d they always give her trouble <[1>yeah <[2><.>n that was really bizarre when we went down and like that guy showed the <{><[>other guy <[>took her one and gave it to the other guy i think they were just having us on and then some other guy who was DRUNK was <{1><[1>standing at the door pretending to be another one and <{2><[2>then accused me of lying <[1>laughs <[2>laughs laughs everyone i showed my <.>pi i showed him my photo as well <{1><[1>cos i thought he was the other bouncer and he went cackles that's not you <&>3:00 <{2><[2>I think you're a bit drunk aren't you mm? go home <[1>that's right <[2>i turned <.>round mm that was a GOOD night it was a very good <{><[>night <[>oh wow <&>smacking noise oh what did you do then um i just pushed the chair leg <{><[>word <[>oh <.>that's <.>tha <.>tha cos chucks was bringing the desk upstairs and um clears throat he SMASHED it on the wall <{1><[1>getting up around the stairs and he made <.>it <.>ma do leg on it <{2><[2>word <[1><.>that's <[2>chuck's our little handyman yes he hates being called that i know i called him the other day did <.>he <{><[>what did he say <[>he ignored it he ignored it <{><[>laughs <[>he went i um pardon i didn't hear that he's been in a really funny mood coughs <.>he can he hear through the wall no i didn't tell you yesterday about how he was in a really really silly mood and um tut he um <,> he was crying yesterday morning i think oh you said that he was crying the other day you thought he might have <{><[>been crying <[>yesterday morning and he <.>was and he um he was up in his room all day and he wrote <.>a he <.>drew i found a picture on his wall of this little man trapped in a <&>4:00 room the room was just the size of <.>his you know him and there was this little light there beside him and it <.>had and it had written on it mister horrible is trapped in his room or something and so when he was at lectures <.>yeste so <.>di yesterday i wrote on it and whose fault is that laughs and um he thought it was you he said oh has <.>tracy has tracy um been here and i said no and he just goes oh and i said well HEY said oh there was just a message left in my room on something i thought it might have been her <{><[>he thought it was you <[>laughs choice nah he's being silly well we <.>should after we've finished we should go in sit in his room and just chat to him and just sit there word his bed invade his privacy mm no he'll get annoyed clears throat no well <.>that's he's complaining that he's got no friends well we'll just go sit down and tut annoy him mm <,> what time do you have to go home tut well mummy said laughs oh whenever <&>5:00 what's the time <,> i er <.>i i did NOT get any sleep last night so tut here's hoping i get some sleep tonight <{><[>mm <[>kerrin will be getting annoyed with me oh she can't blame you i mean you can't <{><[>help it <[>oh it's usually <.>m me not being able to get to sleep because of <{><[>her cos she sleeptalks and sniffs <[>yeah exactly well you know you can't help having a cold <{><[>it's about time she lost sleep <[>exhales um this cocktail party they're making a big fuss about it i don't think they're supposed to and word catch them up town and they were in <.>this in a um in a stationery shop buying heaps <.>of they'd bought heaps of glittery little stars and balloons <.>silver they wanted specifically coloured ones silver and something else silver and gold and um er buying all sorts of strange little things they were making some <{><[>kind of thing <[><.>it's suspicious it's <.>s <{><[><.>because <[>what are they gonna do it's some kind <.>of <.>I when i went <{1><[1>down there and er um to pick up regina they were writing in cards <.>and and doing all sorts of things and they wouldn't let me see and <{2><[2>and sam was saying like you know there's <.>n no look tracy just NO WAY you are not allowed to read this okay just DON'T <[1>JOKE they won't tell us <&>6:00 <[2>they're being really secretive laughs <.>and and it was like well what is it you know belated birthday card i mean come on now you know and it's <{><[>so suspicious i don't know <.>what all sorts of different things there it was <[>coughs it would be quite interesting and there's about twenty people invited <{><[>is it only twenty <[>i think <.>it's yeah <.>who's who's going it's flat five flat thirty seven you me probably david i imagine and um sean that group well there's three in flat thirty seven mhm um how <.>many oh <.>hope they're not inviting roger king i don't think but it'll be like the rest of <,> tut flat five three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen <&>7:00 fourteen fifteen sixteen skip jones seventeen rick johns eighteen YEAH that's about twenty yeah and um fifteen dollars each for alcohol i don't know what kind of alcohol we're going to get but probably just get <.>a a <.>whol weren't they gonna go and get just a whole lot of spirits and things and have like <.>a er make it like a <{><[>cocktail party <[>YEAH they want to get it in bulk <{><[>so <.>that <[>yeah then everyone pays beforehand and then they <{><[><.>go <[>yeah they want it collected where's the thing it says <.>k by the ninth of august r s v p monday ninth of <{><[>august <[>yeah so they want the money by then and then um <,> they will go in and buy it bulk and the alcohol man will love them yeah i wouldn't mind going with them <.>i'll i'll <.>dr i suppose they'll be wanting the car won't they like unless skip <{><[>they want to use skip's <[>they need <.>to need to get hold of some cocktail books and things and study up on on <.>what yeah <{1><[1><.>cos the <.>w the one i went to on saturday was really good <{2><[2>cos they had all <.>the they'd had all the different recipes all the different drinks up on the wall and that <[1>what to make <[2>mm I don't believe kerrin has <.>a she has a <&>8:00 collection down in the thing she <.>bought the other night you were here <{><[>eh bacardi malibu everything and she just mixes herself a little cocktail every night she's gonna that's why she puts on the weight and things she drinks heaps <[>i was here i <.>had yeah mm i don't drink heaps i just drink excessively <{1><[1>every now and then and <.>h when i do drink i just go for gold but i hardly ever drink <{2><[2>nowadays though the next few weekends shall be quite interesting <[1>laughs <[2>mm yeah you've got a bit of it coming up haven't <{><[>you <[>tut i surely do that private function's going to be AWEsome that's like nine d js seven bands seven bands? yeah it's like from <{1><[1>ten oclock till dawn or something <{2><[2><.>it's <[1>voc <[2>i like that wiggle factor they were <{><[>so good <[>yeah they were good and this thing um it's sub <.>cold <.>old holders only you only get tickets <{><[>if you're a sub card holder <[>coughs coughs excuse me coughs oh word actually i was quite good today in lectures but <&>9:00 yesterday in all my tutes i had a massive coughing fit and had to leave the room inhales tut <{1><[1><&>sighs especially if there's someone in the room like if someone in the room's making you nervous you know <{2><[2>and there's someone you don't want to make an arse of yourself in front of who is it um kerrin had er a crush on a guy in <.>h in her drama and every time she went in she'd have a massive coughing fit and had to leave the room when she sat next to him <[1>oh that's awful eh <[2>clears throat laughs <{><[>laughs <[>it was just a psychological thing there's noone in MY lectures that i NO no no the same here that's all right isn't it OH no apart from that guy on the crossing oh he doesn't go <{><[>to any of your classes <[>yeah you? what does he do do you <.>n you <{1><[1>haven't <.>seen you don't <.>know have <{2><[2>any idea what he does <[1>no <[2>i don't know anything he's probably a law student heaven forbid mhm <,> that's a bit word <{><[>gross isn't it <[>i don't know <.>ser see on this <{><[>this um dinner party at regina's tut semi formal dress <[>clears throat i have not got a <{><[>skirt to wear and i don't want to wear a skirt <[>word tie skirt <&>10:00 i DON'T have a skirt because i honestly <{1><[1>to god took all my skirts home <{2><[2>in the holidays <[1>clears throat <[2>oh paula pipes up and <.>sai and offered <{><[>to let me wear hers <[>oh you can borrow some of mine <&>10:07