<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>1:25 so do <.>you you know what he said about the clutch yeah we'll change that fucking <{><[>word <[>that seal that round seal take the <.>c housing off change that seal and then um find the end take the dampeners off the other one put them on the new one <{><[>and swap those forks over <[>just swap straight over there <,> and then just voc voc <,,> what's wrong with your motor <{><[>nothing <[>it's not fast enough laughs it's fucking fast <,> not big enough bad enough not bad enough no no it does the deed just <&>2:00 cos it doesn't spin off the mark when you word <.>fucking that's where you're wasting all your power anyway getting it through there <,> see as he said the harley's got the better take off than his one cos it <.>was i was watching him too cos when he takes off man his bike just spins out <&>makes spinning out noise and <.>then and then as it stops spinning then it lifts up and then you know all that bulk power is just gone into wasting itself on the BACK wheel and then now it's gripped it's gone and thrown all that power to the front and lifted it up instead of pushing it forward like yours does <{><[>yours goes forward <,> it <.>won't it'll spin out but it won't fucking <&>pronounced wuckin wheelie it'll just go forward bulk forward power voc <,,> <[>yeah what are you up to coughs <,,><&>7 are we gonna wait and have a smoke <,,><&>3 we'll wait here and have a smoke <&>3:00 laughs alvin usually got some fucking good grass on the man he might be offended nah <,> just wait and they'll be back in a minute two <{><[>extra ones <[>might be <.>even even able to take a bullet off the man <,,> thursday? no not <{><[>yet just bring my bullet <[>do you smoke me? no i don't smoke eh davey <,> nah they might just <.>have have a smoke away and then come back nah nah course they wouldn't they're bringing it back for ME doesn't smoke hardcore like we do but yeah she smokes some laughs <,,><&>10 how long <{><[>do you <.>reck <[>so you had a good night at that registry thing yeah it was all right michelle got home she was WASTED <{><[>eh <[>wasted man i was <{><[>pissed as fuck voc <[>she was going oh she couldn't even stand up she was against the wall going i want to go out do you want to come out laughs no she says i think i'm gonna hitch into town <&>4:00 next thing she took the dog i was thinking fuck is she gonna hitch into town with the dog laughs freaky all right fuck yeah we were wasted yeah she was gone eh <{><[>she went out though <[>i couldn't remember much when i <.>left i don't even know how we got home <,,> <{1><[1>i know cos she kept coming into my room and going is davey here did <{2><[2>davey come home with <.>you with me and i was going no no he's not here michelle he's not here five minutes later davey in there? laughs <[1>but <.>she <[2>coughs we were all up there singing oh did you sing on the karaoke nah i was busy um drinking with brandon brandon? mm me and him were just sitting there voc you weren't doing the wine cask thing were you what well that's what michelle and lesley were doing al was telling me oh nah nah <{><[>no just beers yeah <,> a dollar forty a can or something <[>skulling the wine cask was that lady merryn there <{><[>the short one <[>yep yeah she sung she's not as good as her sister her sister sings better yeah her sister can sing eh i'll give her that mm jeez i wish your sister was here <&>5:00 she's NOT so you'll have to put up with me laughs she handled it all right but her sister's still better laughs but then the old lady and the old man got up and everyone looked inhales that's your mum and dad <{><[>inhales that's your mum and <.>da yeah <[>can they sing i said to <{><[><.>michelle <[>jeez they can sing so YOU must be able to sing laughs your turn for being up but then oh i'm doing all right but oh i got no guts to get up there and that carry on voc laughs cos i said to michelle i don't know what happened to davey at court and she goes oh well he was at the registry thing so he can't be in jail laughs looking close though eh yeah martin already shot back out to newlands and was saying yes he's up there <{><[>fucking voc they freaked out on him <[>must've fucking put him away too davey yes we'll he's gone he's gone they've put him away he's in jail were you there for a while no i was out of there just after lunch <&>6:00 oh yeah got back to newlands about one <,,><&>3 walked in with a big grin on my face <,,><&>4 p d start friday <,,> just hope that ray blunt they reckon he's doing fridays wednesdays and fridays if he's the one then you'll grab him once i'm in his gang i'll be sweet for the rest of the fucking season laughs how come he's the fucking best warden there is man and he knows you yep wickedly this cat here he used to drive me to the shop whenever i wanted to go <,> when it was raining or windy we were allowed to sit in the van and smoke oil <.>and mm he brought up me and eru back out to <.>ne er johnsonville one time scored some bullets off trevor <,,> he bought one too he smokes? mm <,> fucking too much this old cunt man i sold him a couple of bullies oh one gave him two <&>7:00 good ones? mm oh when i pulled my plants that time made up <{><[>two mickey ones <[>oh <.>last last season's ones last year's last year's ones <,,> yeah it was last year's ones <,,><&>3 yeah fuck yeah gave him a good tin couple of tinnies <,> man he was just shouting me you know whenever we went to the shop he was just oh don't worry about it he'll ask all the boys for money and he would just pay for me give me all the cash sweet as make up the difference if we needed any go into the butcher's shop score the fucking munchies goes to the vegie shop score the munchies and claps out to the job site set that fire up and set all the boys <.>work er work up <,> and sweet as everyone worked well eh cos they'd got good munchies and we were allowed to smoke drugs and the boss was really cool to us so <,> claps work got done <,,> what was happening was everyone was blowing the work away too fast and we had nothing to do for the rest of the afternoon sort of thing so we had to all just stand around our jobs <.>and have a <&>8:00 little tutu round every now and again if somebody walked past or something but if were in er private areas you know or bush areas where noone could see us <,> go and have a sleep boys laughs somebody er watch please <,> someone volunteered to watch watch for the warden to come <,,><&>3 we'd all go and toke up <,> fuck he's too much this cunt man too much dude eru got a pair of boots out of him gloves from the fire brigade you know he was bringing shit in here these'll fit you yeah fuck yeah and when i see him well that's what i want some fucking work gloves and <,> pair of fucking those fireman boots seen those ones? they got the zips up the middle and the laces two laces down both sides <,,> like army boots but better <,,><&>4 waterproofed as to the max too <,,> steel caps <,,><&>3 look like a doc martin sort <&>9:00 of a shape thing were you there on friday at <{><[><.>the <[>no i wasn't where were YOU um <,> just done nothing eh just stayed home basically <,,> yep yep yep i'm coming to town yep yep just as well i never went down the road stayed with um <,,> michelle and all them fuck i was <.>all well i was <{><[>pissed man <[>martin was a wanker man fuck we walked in there and he just looked around and went oh fuck this turned around and <{><[>voc just walked out nah <[>trevor wasn't there? <,,> and what he left? mm <{><[>and that's when tracey and them were off <,,><&>3 my old man looked around where's martin gone oh he fucked off down the road he was broken too <,,> <[>just cos trevor wasn't there a night out for all the family mm <,,><&>4 oh yeah we had a good enough time it was all right <&>10:00 <,,><&>6 yeah al ended up coming over after michelle got back from her little walk he came over and they were watching videos fuck and this canadian canadian sheila kept on hassling me to sing for <{><[>what oh to sing <[>does <.>mac macca your father? macca your father? yeah why you must be able to sing <,,><&>3 laughs <,,><&>5 and guess who was running the karaoke machine <,> great balls of fire himself voc seen that big fat boy who used to sing on the fucking karaoke over <,> j ville he always sung that great balls of fire big fat pakeha chap oh yeah can't remember eh <&>11:00 fuck he was on that thing <.>all every fucking friday i remember <,> when old jack was running it anyway <.>he he was running this one fucking too much <,> but he didn't have very good songs on there eh oh heaps of fucking old shit and that <,,> nobody's got any fucking decent c <.>d you know those big fucking laser discs voc modern you know u b forty music bob marley stuff fucking blackeroo you know or fucking cunts like <{><[>that <[>did yous LEAVE enough room for them to park the car <,,> oh yeah should be fuck that fucks me off about that motor oh what i was thinking labour weekend you know my mind was <.>already i thought it was just a matter of time that bike's all right your fucking motor will last <.>a quite a while yet before it fucking starts to clap out that's <{><[>for real <[>as long as we keep the good oil in there <{><[>eh <[>yep that's the one keep that high grade oil in there and next time we change that oil we'll be changing the <&>12:00 filter and that <,,><&>4 but i should have noticed that eh that fucking evil that eleven frame one and i fought it from the front like you could would you know one two three <{><[>four turn it <[>drugs hey <{><[>matiuey matt <[>yep how's it going hey <{><[>davey rewi <[>hello laughs anei kia ora i found my keys out here got any smoke got any smoke <,,> we don't want to share OURS with you nah <{><[>laughs <[>laughs we were after a joint we just went into town to the blacks they had no drugs did you <{><[>go all the way into town? <[>nah yeah we <.>ha oh cos the stuff around here's shit <{1><[1>eh laughs so we <{2><[2>thought we may as well go and have a look in town and see if anyone had any better <[1>shit <[2>wickedly barry's fucking got rubbish at the moment i think mm <{><[><.>well voc when we tried <.>to we tried to go over to the blacks i was trying to get hold of um bob <.>but <[>either <.>that only <.>that when i <.>was no joy? bob's <{><[>no joy <[>nah it was closed the fucking niggers had already gone home to bed shop is on a <.>l on a time now <{1><[1>they'll open from <{2><[2>five <.>to eight to five or something <[1>time yeah <&>13:00 <[2>oh cos of that raid mm shop who gets the blame you want to see when you come across a clock that hasn't been turned forward you know hey that that clock doesn't even it's go runs backwards <{><[>man see look at it <[>laughs <&>13:13