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  <&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One</&>
  <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies</&>
  <&>Victoria University of Wellington</&>

  <&>side one</&>
  <&>17:56</&>
  

  <WSC#DGB056:0005:HG>
      hello jo <&>18:00</&>

  <WSC#DGB056:0010:Z1>
      <O>tut</O> yes george i i agree with you what you're saying
      there

  <WSC#DGB056:0015:Z1>
      yesterday i listened to er talkback and um they had this this
      rubbish in the morning <O>tut</O> um and then they went on to
      the boy about manners and um then someone rang you up and said
      about a woman that had been um an asian woman that kept a bloke
      a woman waiting in a service station

  <WSC#DGB056:0020:HG>
      oh dreadful woman

  <WSC#DGB056:0025:Z1>
      yes <{><[>well</[> i think <?>that</?> i agree with you that we
      need more asians in the country

  <WSC#DGB056:0030:Z1>
      they are workers

  <WSC#DGB056:0035:HG>
      <[>yeah</[></{>

  <WSC#DGB056:0040:HG>
      especially if they <laughs>hold people <{1><[1>like that</[1> up
      in <{2><[2>service stations</laughs></[2>

  <WSC#DGB056:0045:Z1>
      <[1>yes</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DGB056:0050:Z1>
      <[2>that's right</[2></{2> and um i have been in shops lots and
      lots of times where i have been waiting my turn to be served and
      someone comes in and rushes in front of you to be served and
      pushes their way in um and they weren't asians

  <WSC#DGB056:0055:HG>
      well indeed you know <latch>

  <WSC#DGB056:0060:Z1>
      yes <{><[>this</[> happens all the time and you know you take
      australia

  <WSC#DGB056:0065:Z1>
      australia wouldn't be such a good country if it wasn't for all
      the italians and greeks and they have made australia

  <WSC#DGB056:0070:HG>
      <[>i</[></{> <&>19:00</&>

  <WSC#DGB056:0075:HG>
      absolutely right <{><[>i</[> think and they've have also made
      the u s a i have to say <latch>

  <WSC#DGB056:0080:Z1>
      <[><?>so</?></[></{>

  <WSC#DGB056:0085:Z1>
      yes yes

  <WSC#DGB056:0090:HG>
      you know without the mafia what would they have over there

  <WSC#DGB056:0095:HG>
      <{><[>wouldn't have an f b i <O>laughs</O></[>

  <WSC#DGB056:0100:Z1>
      <[><O>laughs</O> yes it's</[></{> so onesided and stupid if
      these people didn't come you know er

  <WSC#DGB056:0105:Z1>
      new zealanders need to get off their butts and australian people
      are just the same um a bit lazy and <O>voc</O> um someone comes
      in and pushes in <.>but</.> and works <O>voc</O> <.>the</.>
      they're er they're bad people

  <WSC#DGB056:0110:HG>
      i tell you what though raised an interesting point about er
      service stations becoming supermarkets

  <WSC#DGB056:0115:Z1>
      yes

  <WSC#DGB056:0120:HG>
      and it Irritates the HELL out of me when i pull into a
      supermarket to get forty bucks worth of gas in the car

  <WSC#DGB056:0125:Z1>
      yes

  <WSC#DGB056:0130:HG>
      put the gas in the car then i have to stand in a queue a mile
      long while the while the person plays checkout operators <latch>

  <WSC#DGB056:0135:Z1>
      yes

  <WSC#DGB056:0140:HG>
      for all the goodies that they sell in the <{1><[1>service</[1>
      station

  <WSC#DGB056:0145:HG>
      now <{2><[2>that</[2> annoys me <{3><[3>and service stations</[3>
      have got to sort that <{4><[4>out</[4> <&>20:00</&>

  <WSC#DGB056:0150:Z1>
      <[1>mm</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DGB056:0155:Z1>
      <[2>yes</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DGB056:0160:Z1>
      <[3>it is annoying</[3></{3>

  <WSC#DGB056:0165:Z1>
      <[4>mm</[4></{4> but i don't i'm not an asian i'm a new
      zealander but i don't think that they should pick on on er on
      just one specific <&>pronounced pacific</&> asian in a flash car

  <WSC#DGB056:0170:Z1>
      i bet they would like to be in that flash <{><[>car and</[>
      they'd probably do the same thing

  <WSC#DGB056:0175:HG>
      <[><O>laughs</O></[></{>

  <WSC#DGB056:0180:HG>
      absolutely right jo

  <WSC#DGB056:0185:HG>
      thanks for calling

  <WSC#DGB056:0190:HG>
      nice hearing from you

  <WSC#DGB056:0195:HG>
      this is radio pacific the talk of new zealand

  <WSC#DGB056:0200:HG>
      three oh nine three oh double nine is the phone number
      <&>20:17</&> <&>two minutes forty eight seconds of greyhound
      racing results plus community notices and commercials not
      transcribed</&> <&>buzzing sound in background comes and goes
      during following section</&> <&>23:05</&>

  <WSC#DGB056:0205:HG>
      three oh nine three oh double nine radio pacific the talk of new
      zealand at twenty minutes past four

  <WSC#DGB056:0210:HG>
      what do you want to talk about john good afternoon

  <WSC#DGB056:0215:Z2>
      <?>john</?>

  <WSC#DGB056:0220:HG>
      hi

  <WSC#DGB056:0225:Z2>
      oh is that you er george <{><[>is it</[>

  <WSC#DGB056:0230:HG>
      <[>it is</[></{> me george

  <WSC#DGB056:0235:Z2>
      er look er i want to talk about this power business mercury
      power

  <WSC#DGB056:0240:HG>
      <drawls>yep</drawls>

  <WSC#DGB056:0245:Z2>
      is that all right

  <WSC#DGB056:0250:HG>
      yep

  <WSC#DGB056:0255:Z2>
      i couldn't get through to allan dick and um mark bennett

  <WSC#DGB056:0260:Z2>
      <{><[>i just <?>spent</?> <unclear>word</unclear> <?>eh</?></[>

  <WSC#DGB056:0265:HG>
      <[><drawls>no</drawls> gee look i</[></{> tell you what i've
      tried getting through to allan dick for twenty years

  <WSC#DGB056:0270:Z2>
      oh yeah but he's all right

  <WSC#DGB056:0275:HG>
      i didn't say he wasn't

  <WSC#DGB056:0280:HG>
      you just can't get through to him

  <WSC#DGB056:0285:Z2>
      yeah but i i just want to <{><[>ask this question you know</[>

  <WSC#DGB056:0290:HG>
      <[><laughs>when you</laughs> <laughs>ring i mean</laughs>

  <WSC#DGB056:0295:HG>
      yeah okay</[></{> all right go on

  <WSC#DGB056:0300:Z2>
      can you spare me a minute

  <WSC#DGB056:0305:HG>
      absolutely

  <WSC#DGB056:0310:Z2>
      i i got a thing in the power board you know from the power board
      saying vote for these nineteen people

  <WSC#DGB056:0315:Z2>
      which ones do you want <,> right

  <WSC#DGB056:0320:HG>
      mhm

  <WSC#DGB056:0325:Z2>
      now if they were good enough to send that out <&>24:00</&> why
      couldn't they send out if i wanted to have a share in it you
      know in the in the power board like they got in waitemata and
      bay of plenty and other boards you know

  <WSC#DGB056:0330:Z2>
      they got all got shares for about a thousand bucks

  <WSC#DGB056:0335:Z2>
      where do we get auckland

  <WSC#DGB056:0340:Z2>
      we get mercury power i mean we get thirty two bucks

  <WSC#DGB056:0345:HG>
      i don't understand what you mean here

  <WSC#DGB056:0350:HG>
      what are you talking about

  <WSC#DGB056:0355:HG>
      i er <.>y</.> <.>y</.> you've got me <{><[><.>com</.></[>

  <WSC#DGB056:0360:Z2>
      <[>well</[></{> you know waitemata power board

  <WSC#DGB056:0365:HG>
      yeah

  <WSC#DGB056:0370:Z2>
      they they they they been getting um <O>voc</O> next month they
      get about fifteen hundred bucks shares

  <WSC#DGB056:0375:HG>
      who does

  <WSC#DGB056:0380:Z2>
      people at waitemata power board

  <WSC#DGB056:0385:HG>
      get <.>to</.> get GIVen shares is that what you're saying

  <WSC#DGB056:0390:Z2>
      yeah <,,>

  <WSC#DGB056:0395:HG>
      yeah?

  <WSC#DGB056:0400:Z2>
      yeah <{><[><unclear>word</unclear></[>

  <WSC#DGB056:0405:HG>
      <[>i'm</[></{> unaware of that but if that's the case <{><[><?>you
      know</?></[>

  <WSC#DGB056:0410:Z2>
      <[>well</[></{> i i would say at least a thousand

  <WSC#DGB056:0415:HG>
      well <O>voc</O> where do you get that from

  <WSC#DGB056:0420:Z2>
      well it's been in the papers

  <WSC#DGB056:0425:Z2>
      it's everywhere <&>25:00</&> <{><[>but why why why can't mercury</[>
      power

  <WSC#DGB056:0430:Z2>
      this is what i'm trying to ask

  <WSC#DGB056:0435:Z2>
      you know um i got i i i've got a thing here i've got to vote for
      different people out of nineteen <,> all right but if they
      they're quick to send it around why couldn't they send around it
      to the consumers saying do you want to have shares in it or not

  <WSC#DGB056:0440:Z2>
      is that fair enough question

  <WSC#DGB056:0445:HG>
      <[>has it

  <WSC#DGB056:0450:HG>
      has i i haven't seen it <.>i</.></[></{>

  <WSC#DGB056:0455:HG>
      well i don't know the answer to that

  <WSC#DGB056:0460:Z2>
      well maybe i'm asking you to look into it cos i couldn't get
      through to mister dick or to mister bennett <,> <{><[>this
      morning

  <WSC#DGB056:0465:Z2>
      they</[> were quite busy on that business <latch>

  <WSC#DGB056:0470:HG>
      <[>well mister</[></{>

  <WSC#DGB056:0475:HG>
      oh they're always busy mister dick and mister bennett <{><[><drawls>er</drawls>
      are</[>

  <WSC#DGB056:0480:Z2>
      <[>yeah well they have</[></{> mark and <O>voc</O> you know <?>well</?>
      whoever

  <WSC#DGB056:0485:Z2>
      <{><[>maybe</[> i'll have to get sinclair on to it

  <WSC#DGB056:0490:HG>
      <[><unclear>word</unclear></[></{>

  <WSC#DGB056:0495:HG>
      well i i <O>voc</O> as i said know absolutely nothing about that
      which you are talking about but if someone can ring me and
      explain it i'd be more than happy to hear from them

  <WSC#DGB056:0500:Z2>
      yeah well you know there's <?>interest in it</?> but it's been
      going through my mind you know

  <WSC#DGB056:0505:Z2>
      i <&>26:00</&> going crazy <,> <{><[><?>in fact</?> <unclear>word</unclear>
      <?>turn them</?></[> around but they they never ever sent around
      why why can't you VOTE if you want to have shares in mercury
      power

  <WSC#DGB056:0510:HG>
      <[>okay well we can't have you doing that</[></{>

  <WSC#DGB056:0515:HG>
      well that's a good question <{><[>but and i'm not</[>

  <WSC#DGB056:0520:Z2>
      <[><?>yes maybe if</?></[></{> <.>mis</.> <.>mis</.> mister
      collinge do you know his name <,,> <{><[><?>if you er</?></[>

  <WSC#DGB056:0525:HG>
      <[>it rings a bell</[></{> yes

  <WSC#DGB056:0530:Z2>
      yeah he used to be <drawls>the</drawls> the big boss at <{><[>the
      auckland</[> er you know what i mean eh

  <WSC#DGB056:0535:HG>
      <[>yeah</[></{>

  <WSC#DGB056:0540:HG>
      oh yeah <{><[>yeah</[>

  <WSC#DGB056:0545:Z2>
      <[><?>in</?> the</[></{> national party

  <WSC#DGB056:0550:HG>
      that's the one yeah

  <WSC#DGB056:0555:Z2>
      yes i know <,>

  <WSC#DGB056:0560:HG>
      well really no <{><[>i</[>

  <WSC#DGB056:0565:Z2>
      <[>i'm</[></{> not i'm not really a alcoholic you know <,>

  <WSC#DGB056:0570:HG>
      well who said you were

  <WSC#DGB056:0575:Z2>
      some people call me that

  <WSC#DGB056:0580:HG>
      do they

  <WSC#DGB056:0585:Z2>
      yeah they call me crazy

  <WSC#DGB056:0590:HG>
      well they might be right about that

  <WSC#DGB056:0595:HG>
      i don't know <{><[><?>about much about</?> the other <laughs><?><.>thing</.></?></laughs>
      <O>laughs</O></[> yes john <latch>

  <WSC#DGB056:0600:Z2>
      <[><O>laughs</O> well i'll tell you what</[></{>

  <WSC#DGB056:0605:Z2>
      i'll give you a ring back in about <.>half</.> about an hour's
      time and we'll have a bet on a horse

  <WSC#DGB056:0610:HG>
      oh no get out of here

  <WSC#DGB056:0615:Z2>
      okay bye

  <WSC#DGB056:0620:HG>
      mug's game

  <WSC#DGB056:0625:HG>
      thanks for calling

  <WSC#DGB056:0630:HG>
      three oh nine three oh double nine

  <WSC#DGB056:0635:HG>
      mug's game taking advice from other people on who to bet on
      that's the <&>27:00</&> that's the mug's game

  <WSC#DGB056:0640:HG>
      i always choose my own horses

  <WSC#DGB056:0645:HG>
      that's why i never get <laughs>rich</laughs> <&>27:02</&> <&>rest
      of side one five minutes thirty six seconds of HG's monologue
      and commercials not transcribed</&> <&>side two</&> <&>0:32</&>
      <&>six minutes sixteen seconds of HG's monologue plus news and
      weather broadcasts commercials and greyhound racing results not
      transcribed</&> <&>6:48</&>

  <WSC#DGB056:0650:HG>
      hello sarah

  <WSC#DGB056:0655:Z3>
      hi

  <WSC#DGB056:0660:HG>
      hi

  <WSC#DGB056:0665:Z3>
      how are you

  <WSC#DGB056:0670:HG>
      good thank you

  <WSC#DGB056:0675:Z3>
      good is this george

  <WSC#DGB056:0680:HG>
      it is

  <WSC#DGB056:0685:Z3>
      hi george

  <WSC#DGB056:0690:HG>
      hi sarah

  <WSC#DGB056:0695:Z3>
      um you know that prank caller <.>y</.> er you know <&>7:00</&>
      that um person who you up yesterday <?>maylee</?>

  <WSC#DGB056:0700:HG>
      yes

  <WSC#DGB056:0705:Z3>
      um you know how she was talking about prank calls

  <WSC#DGB056:0710:HG>
      yes

  <WSC#DGB056:0715:Z3>
      <.>well</.> i i've been having prank calls too

  <WSC#DGB056:0720:HG>
      really?

  <WSC#DGB056:0725:Z3>
      yeah and do you know what they say

  <WSC#DGB056:0730:Z3>
      <{><[>sometimes</[> they go hello is mister wing there please
      and then <.>you'll</.> you'll go no and they'll go hello is
      mister wong there please and they'll go <.>n</.> you go no and
      they go oh sorry i must've winged the wong number

  <WSC#DGB056:0735:HG>
      <[>i</[></{>

  <WSC#DGB056:0740:HG>
      <sighs>oh</sighs> that kind of nonsense

  <WSC#DGB056:0745:Z3>
      yeah

  <WSC#DGB056:0750:HG>
      okay <{><[><?><.>l</.></?> the the</[>

  <WSC#DGB056:0755:Z3>
      <[>do you have</[></{> any advice for that

  <WSC#DGB056:0760:HG>
      yes i do

  <WSC#DGB056:0765:HG>
      you ring telecom and let them know that you're having problems
      as <.>l</.> er the first thing you do is look at your clock or
      your watch to establish what time it was then you let telecom
      know

  <WSC#DGB056:0770:Z3>
      oh yeah

  <WSC#DGB056:0775:HG>
      because er the telecom computer these days can er record where a
      call's come from <drawls>um</drawls> once the connection's made
      and they can trace all of these calls so if some idiot's making
      these calls from their home they're likely to get their phone
      disconnected for it if they do enough of it

  <WSC#DGB056:0780:Z3>
      oh yeah

  <WSC#DGB056:0785:HG>
      so you lodge a complaint with telecom <{><[>but</[> keep keep a
      time

  <WSC#DGB056:0790:Z3>
      <[><unclear>word</unclear></[></{>

  <WSC#DGB056:0795:Z3>
      okay

  <WSC#DGB056:0800:HG>
      so know what time it is

  <WSC#DGB056:0805:Z3>
      okay then <&>8:00</&>

  <WSC#DGB056:0810:HG>
      that's the way to go

  <WSC#DGB056:0815:Z3>
      yep

  <WSC#DGB056:0820:HG>
      right oh sarah

  <WSC#DGB056:0825:Z3>
      thank you george

  <WSC#DGB056:0830:HG>
      see you

  <WSC#DGB056:0835:Z3>
      bye <latch>

  <WSC#DGB056:0840:HG>
      bye er

  <WSC#DGB056:0845:HG>
      hal is it

  <WSC#DGB056:0850:Z4>
      yeah yeah it's hal er speaking <{><[>george</[>

  <WSC#DGB056:0855:Z4>
      a a very good evening to you and to all radio pacific listeners

  <WSC#DGB056:0860:Z4>
      it's good to to hear somebody positive er talking about the
      economy

  <WSC#DGB056:0865:HG>
      <[>hi hal</[></{>

  <WSC#DGB056:0870:HG>
      well you know i get quite frustrated

  <WSC#DGB056:0875:HG>
      i mean i know i look i tell you i understand that there are some
      people who are still having a great deal of difficulty making
      ends meet

  <WSC#DGB056:0880:HG>
      i also understand that er that you know there are people who are
      never going to be able to make ends meet and it's easy for
      someone like me i have an income and i'm comfortable to sit here
      and pontificate on these sorts of subjects but glory be if the
      economy's not working then it ain't going to work for anybody

  <WSC#DGB056:0885:Z4>
      the the minute you mention the the recovery <.>w</.> in the
      economy you're accused of wearing er rose er tinted glasses

  <WSC#DGB056:0890:HG>
      yeah or of of being on the government's side or in the prime
      minister's pocket or something like that

  <WSC#DGB056:0895:Z4>
      you see but these these same people george are wearing blinkers
      <&>9:00</&>

  <WSC#DGB056:0900:HG>
      <O>laughs</O> yeah

  <WSC#DGB056:0905:Z4>
      see <.>th</.> see that they're not noticing the economy <?><.>w</.>
      <.>w</.></?> the economy is moving

  <WSC#DGB056:0910:Z4>
      no <.>ma</.> no matter what political <.>per</.> persuasion you
      are <,> <{><[>whether you're</[> labour national or alliance the
      the economy is moving and it's <?><.>a</.></?> it's moving in
      the in the er retail business and the building sector and it's
      very noticeable in auckland and christchurch where the economy
      is er is going ahead

  <WSC#DGB056:0915:HG>
      <[>that's true</[></{>

  <WSC#DGB056:0920:HG>
      well i tell you what i was er in christchurch doing some d i y
      stuff around the house over the weekend and i had to go to er to
      to placemakers to pick up some bits and pieces

  <WSC#DGB056:0925:HG>
      well i'll tell you mate you couldn't move

  <WSC#DGB056:0930:HG>
      the place was just flat out

  <WSC#DGB056:0935:HG>
      <{><[>now</[> that doesn't happen if the economy's not moving

  <WSC#DGB056:0940:Z4>
      <[><?>yes</?></[></{>

  <WSC#DGB056:0945:Z4>
      see these these people these people that criticise the improving
      of the economy are the er doomcasters and the jeremiahs

  <WSC#DGB056:0950:Z4>
      <.>i</.> i'm not referring to jeremy there

  <WSC#DGB056:0955:HG>
      <O>laughs</O> <latch>

  <WSC#DGB056:0960:Z4>
      <O>laughs</O> <latch>

  <WSC#DGB056:0965:HG>
      take just take a look at <.>w</.> <&>10:00</&> at the at the
      hoyts cinema complexes all over the country

  <WSC#DGB056:0970:HG>
      they're always full

  <WSC#DGB056:0975:Z4>
      yes they are er er er they are er george and and there are
      positive things going on

  <WSC#DGB056:0980:HG>
      absolutely

  <WSC#DGB056:0985:HG>
      look at <{><[>the</[> turnover on the t a b every week

  <WSC#DGB056:0990:Z4>
      <[>yes</[></{>

  <WSC#DGB056:0995:Z4>
      that's correct yes

  <WSC#DGB056:1000:HG>
      pubs are still doing okay aren't they

  <WSC#DGB056:1005:Z4>
      and the lotto and <{><[>the er</[> and the er the gambling's up

  <WSC#DGB056:1010:HG>
      <[>yeah</[></{>

  <WSC#DGB056:1015:HG>
      so my only <.>thing</.> <.>you</.> you're quite right a lot of
      people are blinkered

  <WSC#DGB056:1020:HG>
      of course i i i have a bit er of an advantage in that particular
      perspective in that er i i i only have one eye <laughs>anyway
      cos i</laughs> come <{1><[1>from</[1> canterbury <{2><[2><O>laughs</O></[2>

  <WSC#DGB056:1025:Z4>
      <[1>yes</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DGB056:1030:Z4>
      <[2>yeah and we gave</[2></{2> them the ranfurly shield

  <WSC#DGB056:1035:HG>
      absolutely

  <WSC#DGB056:1040:HG>
      be a good game on sunday

  <WSC#DGB056:1045:Z4>
      it will be too

  <WSC#DGB056:1050:HG>
      be a humdinger that <.>and</.> that that loss last week jeez i
      don't know if i should be talking out of class like this but er
      you know it was all designed just to give them a false sense of
      <.>se</.> security

  <WSC#DGB056:1055:Z4>
      well keep it for a while george and auckland will come down and
      take it <{><[>off you again</[>

  <WSC#DGB056:1060:HG>
      <[><O>laughs</O></[></{> <O>laughs</O> <laughs>nice talking to
      you</laughs>

  <WSC#DGB056:1065:Z4>
      yeah right oh <{><[>bye</[>

  <WSC#DGB056:1070:HG>
      <[>see you</[></{> hal bye bye <&>10:52</&> <&>nine minutes
      twenty seconds of HG's monologue plus greyhound racing results
      scratchings commercials and rural news not transcribed</&>
      <&>20:12</&>

  <WSC#DGB056:1075:HG>
      <theme music>in tauranga ken good afternoon to you</theme music>
      <latch>

  <WSC#DGB056:1080:Z5>
      yes hello george how are you

  <WSC#DGB056:1085:HG>
      good mate <latch>

  <WSC#DGB056:1090:Z5>
      i'm glad there's a lot of good news but when you look at the
      share market there's no confidence in the economy since the
      twenty fourth of june

  <WSC#DGB056:1095:Z5>
      the um <O>voc</O> economy's collapsed the share market's
      collapsed we've made all sorts of excuses under the sun <O>tut</O>
      and the share market's in <.>a</.> <.>s</.> pretty sodden state

  <WSC#DGB056:1100:Z5>
      then we look at the thing <{><[>look</[>

  <WSC#DGB056:1105:HG>
      <[>what</[></{> do you mean it's in a sodden state <latch>

  <WSC#DGB056:1110:Z5>
      it's sodden

  <WSC#DGB056:1115:Z5>
      <{1><[1>there's no movement</[1>

  <WSC#DGB056:1120:Z5>
      we have lost dollar after dollar after dollar

  <WSC#DGB056:1125:Z5>
      it's <{2><[2>crashed</[2>

  <WSC#DGB056:1130:HG>
      <[1>how's it sodden</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DGB056:1135:HG>
      <[2><.>y</.></[2></{2> you've lost dollar after <{><[>dollar
      after dollar oh yeah</[>

  <WSC#DGB056:1140:Z5>
      <[>that's right because the</[></{> share market since twenty
      fourth of june <?><.>six</.> if you were track</?> back on this
      you'll find that we have gone down slightly up but on the down
      <&>20:57</&>
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