<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side two <&>6:07 um oh you know in the story how that guy was thought he was gonna die yeah have you ever been in the <.>sam similar situation where you thought um <,,> you know where you thought you were gonna be killed like a accident or something happened where you thought shit this is it <{><[>you know yeah could you tell me about one of them or all of them laughs <[>yes laughs laughs just once laughs yeah what happened laughs when i was at <,> high school <,> we all thought we'd go <.>swimming we took <.>the you know we <.>s we had sports day and we wanted to bunk school so we all went down the river to have a swim tut and i couldn't even swim to save myself <{1><[1>laughs and everyone just jumped in from on the bridge <{2><[2>oh into the waitara river <[1>exhales yeah <[2>oh shit oh god god so like an idiot i jumped off too and then i couldn't feel the bottom <{1><[1>laughs dog paddling away <&>7:00 there and my mates had to inhales come and you know <{2><[2>try and tow me back to the laughs <{3><[3>laughs word <[1>oh no <[2>what happened <[3>hell what happened just like they'd swam off and you were still in the middle yeah well <.>th i was yelling out to them you know i was PANICKING cos i couldn't <{1><[1>touch the bottom and i was dog paddling to keep myself afloat laughs <{2><[2>laughs i must have been only about thirteen then but i still can remember that's why i don't inhales <[1>you're joking <[2>tragic <,> jeez how many um <{><[>how many other people were there <[>laughs oh there was about four of my mates er yeah cos <{><[>we all <[>and all jump off yeah <,> well it looked so easy and i thought you can touch the bottom like an idiot just as well you didn't <{><[>wasn't it <[>laughs laughs hell and did <.>you voc <.>w do you still feel scared of the sea <{><[>of the water <[>tut yeah i never go swimming <{><[>laughs not unless i can touch the bottom <[>don't you yeah so you <{1><[1>don't like going out in the sea <{2><[2>or the river <[1>mm <[2>no no oh i'll put me feet in laughs as far as me ankles i won't go any further yeah tut so was that was that the only time you haven't had any other like you know car <.>acci near car accidents or anything like <{><[>that <,> have you ever <.>w seen a bad car accident bad accident of any sort <[>nah <&>8:00 tut no not really the <.>on and in oh the only time i inhales panicked is when he got hit by a car oh <{><[>when was that <[>mm when he was five he's still see they <,> <&>phone rings still got where they stitched his eye up there shit <{><[>what happened <[>mm <,> inhales oh i was at work at <.>the oh no i wasn't working that's right i was still at home <,> tut and then um went with his mate to school that little chinese one he had here and they got to the bottom of the street just down the road here and his mate ran across and like an idiot he didn't look both ways and he just followed his mate <{><[>but his mate got across but he didn't <[>sh oh wow mm and um <,> one of the ladies down the road knew it was my child and she rang here oh i panicked i just dropped the phone down RAN down the road inhales gee by the time i got down <&>9:00 there they'd already taken him away hell mm the lady of the car that <,> hit him yeah she took him to the doctor's oh that was good mm not like some of them <{><[>eh drive off <[>and yeah and by the time i got to the doctor's they'd had him up in kenepuru hospital so i was inhales really in frantic and panic that day inhales <{><[>gee but it makes your heart oh gee <[>yeah oh and was he <{><[>okay <[>horrible feeling yeah but he had all stitches to the eye and all his face was all out and oh no yeah but no no broken bones or no <{><[>tut thank goodness <[>that's all right hell actually what do you think of oh he was on a pedestrian crossing was he no <{><[>no just on the road mm <[>oh i see he just ran out yeah but <&>clock chimes um laughs what do you think of the um <.>sta standard of driving around here generally the standard of driving <,,> oh well i can't talk very much <{1><[1>laughs i've only just got my licence back myself laughs <{2><[2>laughs <[1>laughs mm <[2>how'd you lose it inhales drunken <{><[>driving laughs <[>oh no what happened <&>10:00 laughs inhales oh i was all right i was down the bottom tavern and i just went down to <{1><[1>pick my meat up cos there's a guy in there that sells <,> you <{2><[2>know discount meat <,> steaks and all that you get a big bag for twenty <{3><[3>dollars inhales so i'd ordered me some on a <,> wednesday i think and i had to pick it up on a friday night and <.>i'd i had my sister down from taranaki that voc that week <,> tut and she was going back on the saturday so i said to her oh we'll go down pick my meat up and tut we'll just have ONE and then we'll come straight <{4><[4>home laughs <[1>mm <,> mm <[2>mm <[3>mm <[4>exhales and? inhales and we <{><[>got down there i got my meat all right and i chucked it in back of the car <,,> tut and then um <,> we had one pint <[>laughs laughs then next minute you know how you bang into people down there well they came over and they threw money on the table because they hadn't seen my sister for years inhales relations and that and they inhales <,> they told us to fill up another one and i said oh just one more then inhales well after that <&>11:00 one <,> someone else brought <&>pronounced bought another pint over each for us and god and i had the guitar in the back of <{1><[1>the car and next minute i was walking out to get it laughs <{2><[2>laughs yeah and then we were away inhales <,> gee by the time i looked around it was ten oclock <[1>oh do you play <[2>laughs word oh <,> <{><[>laughs <[>mm laughs so how long had you been at it pardon? how long had you been at it oh we went down about half past <{1><[1>seven quarter to eight mm <,> and um <,> tut then when we left after the pub everyone was asking me if i was all right i said yeah yeah no sweat <{2><[2>laughs and i was just driving out of the pub and i was just about to turn right to get on titahi bay main road <,> next minute i saw the blimmin <.>s traffic cop behind <{3><[3>me tut and the only reason he stopped me because my taillight wasn't working <[1>mm oh yeah laughs <[2>laughs yeah? <[3>tut oh and when he stopped me he must have smelt it on me <{1><[1>and he saw the guitar on the back seat <{2><[2>that really gave me away <[1>mm <[2>yeah shit and he said to me oh how much have you <&>12:00 had to <.>dr oh told me about the taillights first i had to get out the car and go and have a look i suppose you weaved your <{1><[1>way back laughs oh no jesus <{2><[2>and and you <.>d had <.>t what did you have to blow into the thing <{3><[3>and <[1>yeah laughs <[2>yeah <[3>tut oh well <,> my sister wouldn't come with me so i had to go in their car in the cop car and go down and get a breather oh he did it straight away and he said i was over the limit it was positive so i had to go with him tut i was in the shit traffic department for about half an hour oh no dreading it <{><[>i mean worse than <[>yeah and no i got an instant court appearance too oh <,> tut lost your <{><[>licence just like that <[>and then yeah <.>how for how long six months <,> yeah hell yeah i'd better be careful actually yeah but <.>it's mind you that's <.>a hell it's a pity eh he only picked you up for your taillight yeah must remember that check <{1><[1>my lights i've had i've had <,> one <,> like if i get another <.>less <.>off offence i lose my licence <{2><[2>for three years or there <{3><[3>cos i know whatever it long it is cos i um <,> <&>13:00 i've got one seatbelt offence <{4><[4>like i was hooting booting along with no seatbelt and um one speeding fine <[1>mm <[2>yeah? <[3>tut <[4>oh dear tut oh i was going a hundred and thirty <{><[>got picked up <[>yeah laughs so if i get another one of those i'm i'm out <{><[>oh <[>oh i think you need two don't you <{><[>two speeding ah three speeding ones <[>nah yeah three <{><[>yeah <[>to lose your <{><[>licence yeah <[>er or even the seatbelt ones are the same now yeah? if you <{><[>get caught on the open road without a seatbelt on it's the same amount as a speeding one <[>oh yeah so i've got two if i get another one i'm yeah i'll say inhales oh hell tut that's a bit wicked so you've only just got your licence back yeah in um <,> oh what's this month in march i got it back twenty eighth of march <,> mm <{><[>inhales <[>oh not worth it eh no not worth it <{><[>when you think of it <[>not to mention the giant fine on top of it <{><[>and the lawyers laughs <[>oh no jesus yeah i should careful cos i often you know <.>dr drive home bloody drunk as <{><[>a skunk <[>do you laughs <{1><[1>laughs i'll never do it again i haven't been to the pub for since i got my licence <{2><[2>back and all my friends are ringing up come to the pub i said no <&>14:00 <[1>tut anyway <[2>mm what if <{><[>you do you make them take you or <[>they said catch the bus catch a cab <{><[>mm but i've got a twenty first coming up soon one of my friend's daughters <[>yeah yeah in april at the end of this month it's out at paremata so i'll have to catch a train up mm <{1><[1>or go with some mates but they'll all be drunk too <{2><[2>i suppose laughs so what do you do in in your spare time for a bit of relaxation do you do you play any sports or do any <,> <[1>mm <[2>yeah true no nothing no don't play <,> housie or go to anything like that oh i used to but i can't can't be bothered anymore <,> especially if you lose you lose <{><[>heaps yeah i used to love it before yeah <[>yeah true yeah it's not cheap mm what about <,> er what about when you were younger did you use to do like marching or anything like that netball oh netball mm did you like that yeah i still do i watch my girls playing and that i can't be bothered anymore yeah but they yeah cos they used to march as well yeah yeah i had them <,> all into sports i just used <&>15:00 to go along and watch them yeah marching i've never been able to get into marching but <,> did they enjoy it they did yeah started off midgets right up to seniors yeah what do they <{1><[1>do exactly do they just <.>tak what how do they do they practise <{2><[2>marching up and down <[1>mm <[2>yeah they practise about three times a week <,,> tut and you got to <,,> and then they have competitions and that and they go away yeah oh yeah that'd <.>b have you gone away with them on any <{><[>competitions <[>yeah yeah where to er we went up to napier <,> and they went to new plymouth oh they've been all around down south mm mm tut oh yeah tut actually you said um that you were one of seventeen kids mm were you where did you come you near the end of the i'm the second to youngest oh right mm so that explains why you didn't get taught <{><[>maori <[>nah no how do you feel about being near the end of the line oh it's all right doesn't bother me <&>16:00 yeah anything like the others used to say oh you're spoilt or anything nah <,> well we're all close yeah yeah you didn't have <{><[>to get all the hand me downs or anything <[>sniffs tut OH we didn't have ANYTHING <{><[>laughs you know <[>yeah <,> yeah cos i always wanted <{><[>word <[>well all our clothes were from the <,> clothes sales those five yeah six bins for it <{1><[1>would you yeah we had NOTHING new my kids don't even know what it was like in <,> <{2><[2>you know in our upbringing inhales yeah sniffs <[1>yeah <[2>mm yeah <{><[>true <[>we had those outside toilets and <,> we were brought up way out in the sticks you know <{><[>on the farm sniffs <[>yeah yeah <{><[>what long drop <[>mm pardon? had a long drop <{><[>did you <[>yeah laughs <{><[>inhales laughs <[>what other things what other things were different then from the way they are now <{><[>word <[>oh god we had no electricity mm do mind if i have a smoke <{><[>do you want a smoke <[>no no go for it go for it just <{><[>take this off for a minute <[>yep i'll take this off for you <&>microphone noise i'll put our jug on you ready for a <{><[>cuppa <[>yeah <&>17:00 would be good actually i'd love a cup <.>of cup of tea <,> oh i don't mind no no go for it <&>cigarette packet opened laughs <&>cigarette lit yeah oh yeah so what oh yeah so what things were different then <{1><[1>that we don't even know about these days <,> being <{2><[2>brought up in <[1>exhales <[2>well our first house we had we had no floor it was just dirt yeah and it was shiny <{1><[1>laughs and you know how you <.>wel walk on the dirt all the time and it shines and you slip on it <{2><[2>inhales far out <[1>oh that's amazing <[2>oh that's amazing but then um mm clears throat and then our other house we had was only two rooms and how many of you in it tut oh by then it was only <.>b er <.>f four of us <{1><[1>in it cos all the others were out married and all <{2><[2>that yeah <[1>yeah <[2>right so with that first house with the dirt floor mm how did you keep it it was actually all <.>w all hard and shiny just like <{><[>blimmin lino <[>laughs yeah and how did you keep it clean <{1><[1>or it doesn't it just keeps <{2><[2>itself clean <[1>laughs <[2>laughs yeah you know just kept itself clean all the <&>18:00 <.>rubbi you just used that <,> <{1><[1>um that broom that's made out of <,> <{2><[2>um yeah it <.>s like straw <[1><.>st <[2>stick stuff brush <{><[>brush stuff <[>yeah yeah you sweep it out with that laughs <{><[>laughs <[>hell that's <{><[>amazing eh <[>voc terrible did it used to get cold at night inhales no exhales <,> how many of you were <.>slee were in it at that stage were were of you still home <,,> um <,,><&>3 well there was my parents <,> tut <,,> well i can't remember really <,> how many a <{><[>few though a fair few <[>cos i was only yeah mm hell and the other house that we moved into it was <,> belonged to our <,> um father's parents yeah and it was <{><[>only two rooms left they reckon it was a big house but i can't remember <[>mm tut shit yeah it had tins for windows and <{><[>laughs <[><.>wh what tins oh you mean <{><[>in the <[>to patch up <&>19:00 the <.>b the glass <{><[>you know where the panes had broken laughs <[>oh right yeah tut tut tut gee <{><[>laughs and we didn't have any electricity we used to have candles or a lamp <[>amazing yeah <{><[>and what if you <.>were where did you have to go down to the creek for a wash or <[>mm oh no we had a big open fire and boiled the water on there and yeah have a wash in <{1><[1>the basin <{2><[2>and in the <,> bathtub <[1>tub <[2>yeah yeah <{1><[1>yeah we don't realise what it was like <{2><[2>eh <[1>mm <[2>no <,> and what i <.>d no tv <{><[>laughs <[>no t v we only had a little transistor radio exhales mm yeah and yet i suppose voc you didn't know what you weren't missing <{><[>you didn't know what you were missing eh didn't worry you <[>no nah or is it was there a lot of people in the community there were there a lot of little houses all dotted together or yeah two up the top ours yeah and then my sister built one over there we <.>u and then my brother built another one next to it and we use you know cos we were the only maoris at our school we only had about er <{><[>we only had two classrooms and um <,> oh no there was <,,> quite a few um oh just our family really and another family of maoris at this school and i think there was only about <,> they only had primers up to <.>st <,> primers in one room standards in the other room <,,> yeah <[>oh <&>20:00 choice were the teachers maori or pakeha pakeha and <,> pakehas lived past our place and we used to tell them that that was our new house so <{1><[1>my brother's house and when they <.>w we used to hide at the back of <{2><[2>my brother's house and when they've all gone past we used to run over <{3><[3>to our home laughs oh far out <{4><[4>laughs <[1>laughs <[2>laughs <[3>laughs he was dad <[4>laughs that's a good one <{><[>yeah oh hi guys at one place and out the back door <.>s did he have a flash place <,> or in those days <[>shame laughs yeah laughs yeah mm yeah well it was just brand newly <{1><[1>made mm yeah <{2><[2>laughs they were saying oh yous got a new house yeah yeah that's our new house <[1>oh <[2>you're bad laughs <&>21:00 we used to say we're walking round the back door all the time we used to be hiding around there laughs <{><[>laughs hard case <[>laughs and then when my brother built next door well um my father he <.>w he was quite um clever and that eh he a um tut dug this sort of thing where you put the wires connected the power on from my brother's <.>o into our place oh good <{1><[1>yeah so you got <{2><[2>electricity <[1>yeah <[2>they done it yeah so we got electricity <{><[>inhales but <[>was that in the place with the dirt floor still or no no in that <{><[>other place yeah <[>it's the other place oh <{><[>right <[>but then when the health inspectors and that used to come around eh we didn't use to turn our power on our lights on <{><[>and that cos at that place we were <.>suppo we were living in supposed to be condemned and we used to have the health inspector round you know and <[>oh right shit yeah lot of times yeah word give us somewhere else i mean <{1><[1>oh you know it's all very well for them to <{2><[2>yeah what a dag <{3><[3>was it <[1>true mm <[2>mm <[3>and um my sisters and that they tell me a lot too because you know they <&>22:00 were there <.>be you know before i was born they said that cos my father used to cos we owned quite a bit of land eh and he used to have one paddock just full of vegetables <{><[>and all sorts corn and all that he use to plant and then they <.>used he used to get all my sisters and that to pick all the and dig it all up all the vegetables and that and they used to go into waitara itself <[>mm and sell it and and exchange it for clothes you know <{><[>word laughs <[>yeah yeah voc yeah <{><[>word <[>like at a bring and buy type thing eh? at a <{><[>bring <[>no no they used to go round to houses is that right yeah she says she used to feel shame <{><[>shameful <[>that's amazing eh <{><[>mm <[>yeah they used to they used to say they used to go to all the <,> pakehas' places where they thought they were rich and exchange the <{1><[1>the vegetables for clothes <{2><[2>that they didn't want and things like that <[1>vegetables <[2>yeah how <{><[>amazing <[>mm laughs <&>22:53