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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</&>
  <&>0:14</&>
  

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      but any rate that all went off well see er alwyn and er very
      proud and the er the kids were proud and i thought well yeah <O>tut</O>
      er four girls now and two boys and that'll be the end of the
      road but the <O>tut</O> the actual signing the um the <.>b</.>
      the ledger um the births deaths and marriages book er was quite
      a big event

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      er the joker who was the local copper there seamus odowd is a
      little oh <.>b</.> big great big irishman he was and i suggested
      to him we sign it there right er get it <O>voc</O> not in
      kaitaia i said

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      i wanted it registered as far north as you can possibly get

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      well he said this is the only bloody place

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      this is you can't get any further houhora er so i said all right
      <O>tut</O> so we we worked the day out and the day was on my
      birthday <O>tut</O> and er i'd had a couple and <&>1:00</&> er
      anyway we drive home pick katy up and the baby and we get to the
      pub and the er the er policeman's waiting old seamus

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      he's very proud and des was very proud cos he's seen his
      namesake

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      we called him after the publican

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      the doctor said what say it'd been a girl

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      would you call it essie and i said oh jesus i don't know about
      that i said i'm bloody pleased it's a boy actually you know

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      essie was des's wife <{><[>i take it <unclear>word</unclear></[>

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      <[>yeah yeah <.>sh</.> yeah a good</[></{> old sort you know a
      real country lady but um <?>anyway</?> we get into the bar and
      out he gets he gets a bottle of scotch out and seamus said to me
      the copper said to me do you think we we do you think <O>voc</O>
      oh you've got do you think we should have one

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      i said of course we'll have a <.>bloody</.> you know so we got
      into it and he had the <.>car</.> book out in the car and he
      said <unclear>word</unclear> <quickly>i'll get the book i'll get
      the book</quickly> <unclear>word</unclear> have another drink
      have another drink so by the time we signed the bloody thing now
      and i'm not kidding we're all spinning a bit and we got the
      thing signed up <O>tut</O> and then all the local maoris around
      the bar saying <with silly voice>hey what about us boss</with silly voice>
      you know <&>2:00</&> <with silly voice>what about us</with silly voice>
      and of course oh no he had to shout had to do it

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      it must have cost him i reckon well it could have cost him
      twenty pounds

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      i don't know i'm <.>j</.> <unclear>word</unclear> but anyway the
      baby was born there and er er signed then so we're leaving and
      it was about you know it was getting on and i said to the copper
      i told seamus i said jeez i'm a bit bloody full to drive this
      car right to the cape

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      he said <with pseudo Irish accent>go on get away out of it</with pseudo Irish accent>
      he said

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      i've seen you driving in a worse state than that

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      when you think of what they go on today you know but anyway we
      got the little fella home

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      he's um he he's he's a fisherman

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      he's over in albany now

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      he he he he deep sea fishes for <O>tut</O> oh <?>lucans</?> er
      on the tuna in in the indian ocean and around the south of
      australia

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      he's a bonny lad and he's been back been back to the scene you
      know he was back there a couple of years ago and he went into
      the bar

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      the publican said to him mclean said to him are you a stranger
      here young fella

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      he said no i was here before you were

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      mcdougal

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      mcdougal <{1><[1>sorry</[1>

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      yeah noel mcdougal

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      <{2><[2>he said</[2> are you a stranger here lad and he said
      <&>3:00</&> no i was here before you were and er mcdougal said
      um <O>tut</O> oh i've been here a long time he says

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      you <.>d</.> don't look too bloody old to me and he baz said i
      was born here

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      i was born right in this bloody pub and of course then des told
      the story and oh he was rapt and he he put it on for him too you
      know and he even got his put a picture up there on the wall

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      it's still up there born in this hotel

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      <[1>mm</[1></{1>

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      <[2>yes</[2></{2>

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      i was thinking of the lovely present that er esme on the day
      that the er we went through esme had a lovely gift all wrapped
      up a lovely little suit for the baby and an unusual looking
      parcel from des for the baby as well we found out to be a big
      bottle of whisky when we <laughs>got home</laughs> <{1><[1><O>laughs</O></[1>

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      he might have been able to drink it now <{2><[2>if it'd</[2>
      still been around if his father hadn't tampered with it <{3><[3><O>laughs</O></[3>

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      <[1><O>laughs</O></[1></{1>

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      <[2><O>laughs</O></[2></{2>

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      <[3>it was</[3></{3> appropriate it was appropriate the boy was
      born then

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      i think you know when you look back er it's some time ago of
      course thirty odd years ago er but looking back er the rural
      life the the er the the <&>4:00</&> easiness of the whole show
      like er there's no big deal like people in <?>te kao</?> saying
      have the baby here have the baby

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      it just like you know have another cigarette have another beer
      because that's the way they lived and that's the way they
      expected life to run you know expected <.>not</.>

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      nowadays of course you've got to have this and you <.>n</.>
      you're you're in the shit if you're born out er in in the fields
      or anything like that

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      there's all kinds of regulations but in those days <?>and</?>
      i'm pleased to say it worked out right but i think the woman's
      healthy er well why not and in in an emergency well what the
      hell can you do

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      yeah

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      <drawls>the</drawls> houhora pub must have played quite a part
      in the social life up there in the far north

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      well it was our stadium really

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      it was the only place where you could let steam off really

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      we had er lots of fun <.>a</.> at the cape itself but er to get
      the to get the real top shelf stuff you had to go down to des's
      and er there would be no greater character in the far north than
      des ellis

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      there's people tried to imitate but er there's only one des
      ellis and er another thing <&>5:00</&> that happened up there at
      houhora alwyn was the the head of the breweries er cameron james
      cameron sir james i think he was and alex his er accountant made
      a tour of the northern hotels and of course in due course they
      arrived up at the CAPE and er <O>tut</O> er alex came in and er
      <?><.>mine</.></?> and one of my brother in laws worked for the
      brewery had a <.>m</.> had a pub in auckland for them and they
      said oh your brother in law's got so and so

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      yeah yeah yeah

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      got talking away

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      he said do you take a drink and i felt <?>gee</?> oh yes i said
      we love <?>a drop</?> and we always drink d b too

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      i said it's a funny thing about it

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      we ALWAYS drink d b up here <O>tut</O> and er des's pub is a
      lion pub see but we always drink d b

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      he said oh alex go out and get <?>him</?> a dozen of beer so
      alex goes out and brings a dozen in and oh so of course there's
      four of us here and we all take a drop and go and get another
      dozen alex so <laughs>we had two dozen of bloody beer</laughs>
      see and we had a bit of a squirt and we <&>6:00</&> gave him a
      cup of coffee and er <O>tut</O> he said er we're going to miss
      davies's now

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      would you like a lift and he had a he had a um rolls royce i
      think it was or <.>a</.> <O>tut</O> one of the big ones one of
      the heavies so i get in there with er er yeah his wife and er
      <.>an</.> and alex and we get down to the PUB

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      saturday afternoon at houhora

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      you know it was like <?>ringling's</?> circus really

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      any rate in we go and <O>tut</O> er alex went in and he went to
      des oh james cameron wants <.>the</.> everyone to have a drink
      of beer on the on dominion breweries <O>tut</O> and of course
      all the local maoris there they all drink bloody lion

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      none of them drink d b and it was a lion pub and er <O>tut</O>
      he said er oh we got no oh no none on tap but we've got plenty
      of bottled beer er <.>li</.> he said yes yes that'll do so he
      <unclear>word</unclear> goes round and <?><.>openi</.></?> one
      maori said <with silly voice>hey i don't like that stuff des

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      it gives me the shits</with silly voice>

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      he said shut up

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      you're getting it for nothing and he goes <&>beer opening noises</&>
      psst psst psst opens about twenty five bottles around the bar
      and there <.>he</.> here's the best mister cameron oh
      <&>7:00</&> good you know and they're going <O>swallows</O> and
      putting the bloody thing down and going like this and he only
      stayed luckily he only stayed a few minutes

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      <.>he</.> he just er er <.>b</.> shot them a drink and then went
      around and shook hands with most of the people and everyone said
      <O>voc</O> what fine beer you make and all that <,> you know
      stuff and so he went out

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      the maoris said <with silly voice>jeez what have you got to do
      all that des you got the <.>b</.></with silly voice> he said i'm
      going to put the bloody tops on them right away he said but er
      no one drank the bloody beer see and of course the ones that did
      drink it well the maoris did they <.>got</.> everyone did drink
      it it wasn't wasted but des said he put the tops on because he
      says the gas hadn't gone out of it you know but oh we used to
      have it up there

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      um there's one occasion when we're on our way on a shopping trip
      from cape reinga into kaitaia <O>tut</O> and er we <.>se</.>
      used to set off early in the morning

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      er seventy miles it used to take you about two hours in those
      days two and a bit

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      very bad roads

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      any rate <,> on our way down from the cape through to te paki
      station we come upon a a litter of pigs er so we <,> jumped out
      the car and we had a sack in the back and we <&>8:00</&> grabbed
      one got one <.>and</.> <.>b</.> by the leg and into the sack <O>tut</O>
      and i said i'll give this to des ellis er cos des fattens <&>pronounced
      as fatten</&> pigs so we got down there er and er the bar was
      open of course

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      the the side door was open and there was one or two having a
      spot in there and <.>the</.> there's all the proverbial dogs all
      outside scratching themselves

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      real flea taxis they were all out round the front of the pub

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      any rate i got <.>the</.> backed the car up opened the er the
      boot <O>tut</O> and <.>b</.> got the pig <.>th</.> which was in
      the sack and just let him go in the bar

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      just in there there was about five in there

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      well the bloody dogs they took off they <unclear>word</unclear>
      they were half <.>carv</.> half pie pig hunting a very you know
      multi purpose dogs and they into this bar

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      well the shemozzle that was in there

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      it was bottles and bloody oh <.>yo</.> look it was like it was a
      disaster

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      any rate esme came down and jeez did she give me a lashing but
      it broke a few bottles and er <O>tut</O> <&>9:00</&> like we <.>p</.>
      we proceeded on to to do our shopping and on our way back we
      called in to have our proverbial

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      we used to always have a drink there ALWAYS have a drink on our
      way home and er missus ellis come round and she said to me
      <with silly voice>oh i didn't like the way you put that pig in
      the bar

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      you've broken quite a you know</with silly voice> and she was
      <.>go</.> raving on and old des <,> he was winking over her
      shoulder and er any rate a year later he said to me come and
      have come and have a look out the back here and here was this
      beautiful pig he'd go about a hundred and twenty pounds and er
      he said er that's the one you let go in the bar that day

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      i said to the old lady well there you are

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      you know it's an ill wind that doesn't blow someone good but er
      <O>tut</O> yeah des er but that was nothing to des

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      that was just <O>voc</O> part of the show <{><[><O>laughs</O></[>

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      <[>no he</[></{> really looked after us old des

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      oh i think though um looking back at the times alwyn is <,> he
      often i think what did we do in all those years that we were
      lighthouse keepers

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      how did we really make fun and i like fun still <&>10:00</&> do

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      i like practical jokes

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      i like to <.>have</.> play them and i've had them put on me <.>say</.>
      i mean to say if you <.>can</.> if you're going to give it
      you've got to be able to take it <&>10:09</&>
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