<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>25:54 it's catherine oh hello catherine how are you i'm good thank you oh that's good how are things with you guys <&>26:00 er pretty good actually yeah <{1><[1>really good <{2><[2>yeah <[1>good <[2>yes oh that's good yeah you keeping well? oh yes we're puddling along i'm in a totally exhausted end of year sort of state oh aren't we all laughs <&>sighs i'll say laughs roll on the holidays are you getting a holiday no no not at all oh sam not until after easter so um oh that's terrible yeah it is really but i'll trot along and hopefully <,> hack it <,> <{><[>until then laughs <[>laughs oh well that sounds tough it is yeah mm <{><[>well <[>and how how are the kids oh they're all in good shape great maria's it's maria's birthday today oh say happy <{><[>birthday from me <[>but yes i'll do that and sarah sent a lovely card and maria will thank her in a minute oh right mm oh would you like <{><[>me to get sarah <[>mm yes if she's about <{1><[1>i'll have a quick <{2><[2>chat <[1>yes <[2>yes she is i'll just grab her thanks <&>thirteen second pause while MA fetches FB hello <&>27:00 hi it's catherine hi how are you good oh that's good thank you for all your birthday cards and <{><[>things laughs <[>oh that's all right thank you for your card okay well we haven't forgotten any of us <{><[>laughs laughs maria will thank you for hers in a minute <[>laughs okay she's the birthday girl today of course <{><[>yeah <[>mm and we had the party on sunday so it's sort of <{><[>today doesn't feel quite so birthdayish really does it maria mm <[>did you no that's what happens <.>i cos <.>i i had um on <.>my i had my one just the night before but didn't really <.>f on monday it didn't really feel like my birthday no <{><[><.>that yes no i did exactly the same we sort of celebrated on sunday and monday just felt like an ordinary day <[>cos that was more like sunday yeah still never mind at least we get noticed <{><[>laughs <[>yes that's right and how are things with your household oh well flat out but okay otherwise <{1><[1>yes yes <{2><[2>yes oh maria was diagnosed as having a hernia today <[1>yeah <[2>oh that's good she <.>was who was maria oh really yes she has to go and see the paediatric surgeon oh <{><[>dear <[>she's got a little i noticed a little lump on saturday night and she's yes got this wee hernia down in her GROIN <{1><[1>which <&>28:00 is a bit a bit rough <{2><[2>yeah that's fairly unusual apparently <[1>oh is that right <[2>oh that's not very nice yeah well yeah well i know sam's <.>dad oh sam's just recently had a hernia operation but it's his second one yes glen has had two as well so whether it's sort of an inherited weakness <{1><[1>there yeah but it's apparently much more common in males <.>than <{2><[2><.>in than in females <{3><[3>apparently it's for a female at this age to have it is reasonably unusual <[1>yeah <[2>than in females <[3>yeah yeah <{><[>well well and how is her throat <[>mm so anyway there we are sorry? and how is her throat her <{><[>tonsils <[>well she's we've <.>we i can't remember what did we go to the specialist <{1><[1>before you <.>m yeah so we haven't heard any more really about <.>that <{2><[2>that's just happening going to happen in april <[1>yeah you did yeah <[2>yeah yeah or so <{><[>yeah <[>so i suppose you'll hear closer to the time yeah yeah mm mm so oh poor <{><[>thing <[>poor thing so two lots of surgery in one year by the look of things yeah <{><[>gosh <[>gosh she'll have been a very practised hospital <{><[>stayer <[>yeah exactly yeah <{><[>shame they can't do both at once <[>laughs and how's your new job oh it's good yeah it's good it's um tut it's still lots to learn and that but um but yeah i'm enjoying it <{><[>yeah <[>nice people? <&>29:00 yeah they are really nice people i mean it's quite well i mean it's quite easy <{><[>laughs but um but yeah the people are really nice and um there's a lot of temporary people there so cos <.>it you know cos we're all on temporary contracts <[>laughs mhm so some jobs may become permanent it's really hard to know but um yeah but no i'm enjoying it <{><[>it's good yeah <[>oh that's great now i have to warn you that i'm taping this telephone call you can tell sam too because my friend yvonne field who lives along the road is a linguist and she's making a sample of new zealand english oh is she so i'll you'll <.>be you get to sign a permission form to say we're allowed to <{1><[1>use you so don't say <.>any don't say anything damning <{2><[2>laughs oh dear <[1>oh really laughs word <[2>oh no i won't laughs no i won't do anything like <{><[>that yeah no <[>mm you can warn sam i mean he can choose not to be on it if he'd like to oh no i don't think he'll <{1><[1>be particularly worried <{2><[2>laughs <[1>voc <[2>laughs i thought i'd <.>type taped quentin once a a week or so ago when i had this machine then <.>and and i was extremely pleased i thought oh that's good <&>30:00 we'll get quentin's disc jockey tones <.>and and er then i hadn't done it i'd had the wrong button <{1><[1>pressed so i didn't <{2><[2>get it after all that <[1>oh really <[2>right oh <{><[>laughs well that's no good <[>laughs no that was a shame yeah quentin was thinking about becoming a d j yeah <{><[>laughs laughs i think he may have done once yeah <[>can you see that yeah <{><[>yeah he's been thinking more seriously about it cos he's got a friend who you know went to school with us whose <.>on he's a d j on z m f m <[>yeah oh well and so he's thinking he might have a chat to him because yeah he's quite into that kind of thing oh that's good so yeah so <{><[>it would be quite <.>a quite <.>a quite a dag <[>oh now one of the reasons i was ringing is you might remember that we had a christmas carol party last year yep and we wondered if you and sam would like to join us oh that'd be <{><[>lovely <[>it's on sunday at five sunday at five i think i made you WORK last year <{1><[1>laughs this year you can just come as a guest <{2><[2>laughs <[1>yeah no i came round and helped you um word <[2>word laughs okay at five on <{><[>sunday <[>at five on sunday <{1><[1>yeah and we'll <.>just we'll just have some food and <{2><[2>sing and <[1>okay well that sounds good <[2>do you want us to bring something well if it's easy <{1><[1><.>just just don't go to any trouble <{2><[2>that would be good <[1>yep <&>31:00 <[2>laughs okay okay <{><[>well that's lovely <[>that sounds good oh no maria wants to speak to you now but i'll press the button because we're not collecting children okay okay okay and so we'll see you sunday okay then okay and here's maria <&>31:13