<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>0:34 hello hello it's me oh yes now i have to tell you i am <.>ret recording this phone call because hilda yates is doing some linguistic project and she needs a body of recorded voices laughs does she now <{><[>laughs what's <.>she what sort of a project is this <[>laughs um oh it's a project <.>on on new zealand english oh yes oh well so don't worry about it just ignore it <.>and and continue talking <&>1:00 goodness how did everything go in nelson yeah well that's what i was just ringing to tell you about <{><[>well i saw an awful lot of people it was quite amusing really um <[>yeah you saw joan of course? well i <.>w i saw them i went to see joan at about two yeah and then <.>sally sally came yes um and josh oh yes <.>and you mean john john sorry yes sally and john and um they came in different times and said hello and had a little chat and then scott johnson came yes so and then he came back later and er gave me a ride to the airport i see so and then <.>and and your sister jan is in there at the moment in where <.>in in the manuka street hospital is she yeah apparently the woman who lived next door to her up in mount street moved away yes that's the nurse one yeah <.>ha the one who was <.>looking yes the <{><[>one came in everyday which left them with a problem that there was noone to look after her <[>yep that's right so they've they've put <.>her she's in manuka street and andrew darwing was coming over that <&>2:00 day to um to look <.>at look at homes around the place he was going to see wariama and places to decide whether it was possible to put her into a home over there um or possibly bring her back over here and <.>have i don't know <{><[>anyway <[>i think john's putting a little bit of pressure on them to er do something yes <.>i i got that impression yeah well <.>i i think um he's been taking responsibility for jan's affairs and i think he feels it's time andrew took over that's right well i mean andrew's a nice chap and i think he'd probably be quite happy <.>to yeah happy to do <{><[>that if you can get hold of him <[>to do that yes oh well that's right so he was over there just checking things out but anyway i went <.>and sally and i went round and said hello to jan yes um and she sort of knew who i was i think i mean she's a bit off yes the beam and she doesn't look all that well she looks pretty frail yes last time i saw her there um <,> it <.>was she was not looking well at all she's got <.>so she had some funny skin condition <&>3:00 there were <{><[>all sort of eruptions on her scalp and face <[>that's right word yeah that's right <{><[>well i don't know don't know now she's what she's two years older than me i think <[>i don't eighty three yeah um and er <.>we at home she just sits around and does nothing so um you know there's not much <{><[>effort going in to keep her alive <[>no she was <.>just no and she was just sitting round in the hospital and she had all her clothes out er folded and packed up as if she was leaving i think she thought she was going that very day but she wasn't but i mean she sort of she had them all out and sally said shall i put these away in the drawer for you and she said no no no just leave them there and i think andrew's coming later she said but she didn't seem to <.>n she <.>was she was <.>v quite vague on details and she <.>s we said <.>i'm <.>cathe i'm catherine brian's daughter she said oh you're the FIRST one laughs and i said no i'm the second one and she said to sally looking a bit puzzled she said did he have TWO catherines both laugh which i thought was a good line yes but anyway we sorted her out and then she <&>4:00 looked at me down and she said i thought you were DARK and i said no that's my older sister sylvia yeah um and she said oh yes that's right you're the middle one and <.>she so she did have it worked out i mean she could remember where i fitted in sometimes she can be quite surprising and remember <{1><[1>her um <{2><[2>word <[1>mm <[2>yes i don't think she's i mean she's not right out of it by any means but <.>she's but she's vague and sort of a bit disoriented yeah and i guess if she's not getting any mental stimulation that's hardly surprising yeah i suppose the hospital itself would be er a bit too expensive <{><[>word <[>i suppose so i don't know what it does cost joan to live there er i don't know something like um six hundred a <{><[>week <[>six hundred a week yeah well i mean that's mega thousands a year isn't it what <.>wo does that come to a year fifty times is that thirty thousand a year laughs <,,><&>3 was it <{1><[1>that's er <{2><[2>three <.>thirt yeah that's thirty thousand a year <[1>um <[2>quite a lot yeah so i mean maybe you know maybe will cost to get ten <&>beeper goes thousand dollars from er social security can you just hold on a second my beeper's going <&>4:55