<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>4:24 oh god we went upstairs to whitcoulls this afternoon and <.>l like <,> you have <.>this you know their top floor where with their education books and that yeah it's now the dinosaur park is it and all the whitcoulls staff are wearing black tee shirts with dinosaur <{1><[1>park written on them and there's big inflatable dinosaurs like they've <{2><[2>got <.>about <[1>oh <[2>how humiliating for them <{><[>yeah <,> and you know <[>laughs serves the bastards right you can buy every sorts <.>of sort of dinosaur merchandise possible <,,> well where are all the education books then oh they're still up there they've <{1><[1>thrown them away to make <{2><[2>room for the dinosaurs <[1>they've sort of moved it <[2>laughs they've put them on special for quarter of <&>5:00 their price that's what they've done well no only leech and short <{><[>actually <[>oh leech and short sniffs that hurts oh had you bought them all already <{1><[1>i found a textbook that we went halves on and we <.>went it was sixty dollars and we went halves on it <{2><[2>and then i found it for fourteen ninety five in whitcoulls today on special <,,> <[1>yes word sixty dollars <[2>yeah but don't shop at whitcoulls just don't shop there join me word laughs <{><[>but it makes me wonder what you know what other things <[>by myself <{><[>yeah <.>but <[>just <.>ab just about <{><[>everything <[>yeah but we'll break them laughs look they've done without me for an entire year now they're doing pretty <{><[>well word <[>they still seem to me to be doing pretty <{><[>well <[>laughs <{1><[1>yeah but you're <.>not if you were one of their major dinosaur purchasers then <{2><[2><,> it'd be different <[1>word <[2>oh then they'd be stuffed wouldn't they yeah <.>i <.>i i am one of their major <{><[>dinosaur for all they know for all they know <[><.>i word i'll tell you what even kirkcaldie and stains has succumbed to <.>jar jurassic park <{><[>you can buy dinosaur mugs and <[>oh yeah well i mean get in on the merchandising <&>6:00 yeah i just sort of <.>would i don't know i would have thought kirkcaldies would have been above that sort of thing that freak in the local rag <{><[>thingie reckoned it was <[>kirkcaldies is only skin deep yeah <,> the er <.>the the yokel who writes in the wellington thingumy down there that paper that we get city voice unfavourable review but maybe he was just trying to show how clever he was well i don't think it could have made much difference to the box takings i don't think no i'm not going to that on principle either and i hope that breaks them laughs box office <{><[>takings <[>sure to yeah <{><[>word <[>i'm <.>not they're not having my six dollars my father told me on the phone last night that's he's not going to become a millionaire this year because he's afraid of the strain on the economy of saturated growth <{><[>laughs <[>laughs <{><[>so he's going to hold off at nine nine nine nine nine nine <[>word he's been holding off for a while he's point two five of a millionaire at the moment <{><[>he said pitiful <[>is he really a quarter of a <{><[>million <[>in the bank no he's not really he's just <.>w oh yeah yeah sorry yes he is he's worth point two five million dollars <&>7:00 that's a quarter <{><[>isn't it <[>cos he's <.>got cos the house is worth laughs quite a <{><[>lot <[>point <{><[>two four <[>word and then with <.>the with the redundancy money oh <.>tha together mm he's worth point two five of a million wow which is quite amusing considering he mows lawns yeah <,> he's only got to invest that wisely you can't <.>he he should get into property word i reckon yeah once you translate it into property he should be paying <.>the he should also be playing the um speculating on the currency market too <{><[>buying australian dollars <[>yeah no no no doubt he could get marie to buy lots and lots and no <.>she see <{><[><.>she she <.>b she's borrowed money in australia to buy this <.>car to buy a car over there and she should <.>have she should have borrowed money in new zealand while our interest rates are lower than theirs and while the australian dollar's higher and then she'll <.>be she'll win both ways with a bit of luck <[>or is it the other way but no laughs no and er the anderson <.>ad <&>8:00 advice machine sent off her birthday card with advice about borrowing money <{><[>in new zealand <[>laughs two things too late <{><[>the card and the advice <[>no as <.>i <.>that that actually um occurred to me as <.>i well she can <{><[>word or i can like as i posted it i <.>thought <[>word you didn't post it i did post it no i posted a card today oh did you yeah did she get the one or <.>w will you not <{><[>find out <[>oh i don't know cos well i'll find out when she writes to me <,> i couldn't really ask the old answering machine talk to me damn you talk i wrote in her card i did word rugby league commentator this guy <{><[><.>was he was such a bozo that guy <[>laughs <,,><&>3 yeah well <,,> oh it's so hot what the water no the er word the atmosphere in here is simply stifling my dear you mean it's steamy simon yeah why don't you shut the window so we won't get the motorway noise word word hang on i'll close her in <.>a <&>9:00 breathe for a few minutes and then you can close it again <&>inhales noisily laughs oh actually you can <.>probably perhaps shut that one <{><[>and leave this one open a bit <[>word ta it's pretty much all right now isn't it clears throat oh we had some lovely fumes in here this morning yeah <{><[>so i hear <[>jesus they were pouring out of the stove like mad like an industrial waste producing machine well that's exactly what it was <{><[>laughs <[>oh toxic waste yeah kate had some in her porridge <,> or did you have some in your porridge no <{><[>well it didn't taste of it <[>word laughs it doesn't have to taste of it <{><[>to be noxious <.>and and deadly and harmful <[>sniffs it was up my <{><[>nose when <.>i <[>oh well when i die you'll know why was it you did a very good job i must say are you going to die <,,> laughs don't break the cup in the <{><[>process <[>look just die carefully <.>w sneezes oh beauty bud <{><[><.>you this is the first effect sorry ga <.>g goes in tight <,,><&>4 what does that <&>10:00 mean does it mean bless you <[>yeah what oh do you mean gesundheit mm goes in tight to you too i think that's something that you might find in the pink triangle bud oh <{><[>yeah <[>gesundheit means literally health health it's what you say when <{><[>some one sneezes in german <[>health not when <.>you you raise a stein of um lager <{><[>or something <[>no that's prost oh what does that mean um health as well well similar sort of thing yeah <,,> or zum wein give me this word yeah bottoms up er chin chin sniffs skoal bottoms up is another thing you'll find <{><[>in the pink <.>tri <[>yes all right <&>forced laugh look do you realise who this laughs no jonathan no laughs yeah um <{><[>and they'll know who <.>you they'll they'll know who you are if jason ever listens to the tapes he'll know who you are <[>laughs <{><[>laughs <[>so simon christopher johnson laughs flat seventeen liverpool street are you still getting the pink triangle by subscription well <.>i i <.>c it's ages since i've seen <.>any any <&>11:00 copies of it jonathan because they all disappear into your <{><[>room before i've seen them <[>laughs sniffs you old rat bag <{><[>you ha ha slap bang <[>laughs funny <,,><&>4 word <{><[>word <[>well hey hey do you guys want to go booze shopping <{><[>on saturday morning for jenny <[>word right on um let's see or friday night or something voc laughs let's go out and get rollicking booze <.>shop shopping laughs um er yeah okay yeah yeah we will <{><[>we will <[>okay shall we buy her <{><[>some ginger wine <[>i will trust you has she <.>got has she got <.>any i think she's still got half a bottle of that <{><[>still <[>yeah laughs buy her a tray of lion red or something <.>l well how ever much lion red you can get for ten dollars or so um yes how much <{><[>is a dozen <[>yeah about fifteen dollars sixteen sixteen dollars for those <.>b word good grief yeah <&>12:00 <,,><&>3 oh well i'll leave it to you you <.>can we'll find something <{><[>don't you worry <[>divide by three <,,><&>3 <{1><[1>a presentation bottle of something <{2><[2>what's that expensive <[1><.>a <[2>laughs yeah have you still got that cognac bottle yeah give her that shall we that'd be nice she wouldn't know where it comes from either exhales laughs no she won't she'd <.>be she'd be so surprised <,,> <{><[><.>wh <.>where who's taken <.>the oh there it is <[>voc we'd say oh we got it free jenny and we're giving it to you as <.>a as an appreciation of just how much we care <{><[>laughs yeah just how much your computer means to us <[>laughs oh god sniffs you're getting through them simon yeah thanks kate thanks you just stand there oh kate did make tea i did <{><[>make tea <[><.>she and a fine tea it was yes <&>13:00 laughs <{><[>laughs <[>word thank you simon oh that's all right thank <.>you thank you for saying you're getting through them i do appreciate it really word i was just taking an interest <{><[>word activity <[>oh that's good of you i see i see and making conversation oh there's allowed to be definite lulls yep and then we gurgle of <{><[>dishwater <[>then <.>we then we start talking about er i'd like a saucepan full of water no a crock full of water no fuck off jonathan <{1><[1>laughs <&>next utterance imitates yobbo's voice yeah i'll have a dozen of <{2><[2>crocks bud <[1>word <[2>laughs <,> laughs that was lost on me oh you <.>should you haven't read your linguistics book <{><[>very well <[>yeah simon and i which one were deeply affected by the <{><[>sociolinguistics book <[>oh <.>the <{><[>louise's one <[>this is the lads in the bakery <{1><[1>by louise field really good <{2><[2>linguistics book <[1>oh yeah <[2>laughs i thought it was cool grease laughs word oh i see simon christopher johnson <{><[>said <[>laughs oh oh look i've heard you talk <.>ab click <{><[>laughs tape has been edited <[>laughs <&>14:00 laughs laughs <,,> at this stage the voices word i actually know the person <.>that i was reading something else i actually know the person who did that research in the bakery i work <{><[>with her <[>do you yep oh <.>who what in the <{><[>bakery laughs <[>liz no in the anthropology department <,,> i work with all sorts of interesting people you work with catherine laughs and thomas hey look some people who's thomas the one with the beard word a nice <{><[>laughs <[>laughs <[>laughs don't worry i'll change your names <{><[>laughs <[>laughs why yeah but um you'll have to mm yes well she's that bitch who goes on about her social life sh oh <,,> that's right yes i'm sure they're all very nice people <,,><&>4 incredulous silence does it still smell of word phew did before <&>15:00 oh there's <.>still yeah there's still a wee bit down there you know pass the thing it's not too bad it's it's gonna smell for a while and <{><[>word word <[>yeah i think it's just sort of when it heats up when <.>it it heats up you know and after that it's not too bad if we have any puddings that taste of that <{><[>word <[>word word are you going to take it off word <{><[>word word <[>look at him take it off oh yeah fuck i mean golly word hey what's wrong with the er bottom drawer what it's er it's <.>en a bit uneven that's that's word that's word word there was something probably under it what in <{><[>behind it <[>it's stupid cos things <{><[>just go straight through the back of it <[>clears throat yeah that's right the <{><[>hole <[>laughs it's when you shove it backwards in a fit of rage it shoots back yeah well you mean <.>when when who shoves it backwards in <{><[>a fit of rage <[>when i shove it back in a fit <{><[>of rage <[>thank YOU <,,><&>3 um cos <&>16:00 some people have putting the stuff in there not stacked properly <{><[>i don't know who they could be <[>word <{><[>word <[>probably the people who take oven trays out to use as cake coolers no i took one <{><[>i <.>t i took one word there was still plenty <[>word look at him protesting <&>16:11