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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</&>

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      oh he's the vet

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      yes <O>laughs</O> and i think he's a more a less a er one of
      these permanent students i'm beginning to <.>thin</.>

  <WSC#DPC022:0015:FE>
      no i suppose you've got to keep up with things they do don't
      they <latch>

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      well he <latch>

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      but he does seem to flit around doing little <{><[>bits and
      pieces</[>

  <WSC#DPC022:0030:MJ>
      <[>well he was over</[></{> in england <,> a few years ago <,>
      and he <,> went on a special eye course there to qualify <,>

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      it was very hard for him to get taken because of the old school
      tie in england and he being from the colonies but er after the
      course he got top marks <{><[><,> so you know</[>

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      <[>oh <unclear>word</unclear></[> <&>3:00</&>

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      <[>he's over forty now</[></{>

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      he sort of wondered if he was still up to sort of keeping up and
      he's evidently doing well

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      i got a postcard from him the other day it looked a BEAUtiful
      university and um it's obviously their break over there for
      about nine weeks and that's when this course is running

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      and he said there were vets and doctors evidently cos it was
      human eyes he was working <O>laughs</O> on when he wrote

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      from all over the world there

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      sounds quite <O>voc</O> i see <O>all laugh</O>

  <WSC#DPC022:0075:PL>
      <laughs>i don't think i want to know too much</laughs> <latch>

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      no it doesn't sound too good but anyway you see he organised all
      this before he went these electric gates and things cos they are
      they have been burgled a few times cos they're sort of up in the
      trees and away from everything

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      but i mean that was the last <O>laughs</O> straw when she
      couldn't come to tea <O>laughs</O> cos she couldn't get out

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      <{><[>i</[> think that's WONderful

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      <[><?>well i</?></[></{> <,,><&>3</&>

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      yeah i think if john was home he'd know how to <latch>

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      he probably would know <latch> <&>4:00</&>

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      and there was <,> cos occasionally

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      there's two <,> there's two gates that come in like that
      sometimes they get out of if the wind's blowing hard when they
      come to close they've got er you know about so much and a dog or
      a cat could get through

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      so you got to sort of open them again and then close them again

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      but er <,,> i have seen him do some adjustments there but er

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      you're not planning electric gates on your front gates then <{><[>francie
      <O>laughs</O></[>

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      <[>no no i don't think <O>laughs</O> so</[></{> that was the
      last <{><[>straw</[>

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      <[><?>i</?></[>

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      <[>you'd have</[></{> to shout at all the neighbours to lift
      your car over <latch>

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

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      <[><laughs>yes</laughs></[></{> i sort of thought well we could
      go out with something but i thought it'd be cold by the time we
      got there anyway so there wasn't much we could do about it

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      and i said to tina are you all right because tina likes to eat

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      she said yes i've had a cracker with some cheese on <O>laughs</O>
      oh dear <latch>

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      but the power's going off quite regularly <{><[><?>down at
      robert's</?></[>

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      <[>well</[></{> i don't know what was the problem

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      you see first of all she thought it might be just theirs but um
      she sort of rung and <.>ev</.> the whole place was off

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      but the other rest of it came on i think about sixish but she
      had to wait <latch> <&>5:00</&>

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      they got a flick or a flash <{><[>but then nothing happened</[>

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      <[>yes <,> and then</[></{> nothing mm <latch>

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      we're so reliant on it <unclear>word</unclear> <{><[>particularly
      at this time of year</[>

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      <[>i know</[></{> that's what i thought

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      i thought she'll have to get something else out there so she can
      <,> um

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      i mean that's just the last straw isn't it when you can't even
      get a hot drink or anything <latch>

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      mm it's funny where that um our microwave hasn't been working
      and <unclear>word</unclear> taken it down to um l v martin

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      and i didn't even think i used to like it at all <{1><[1>but</[1>
      when as soon as we didn't have it we've just discovered how much
      we'd used it

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      <{2><[2>and</[2> that's only one microwave i mean that's not our
      <{3><[3>electricity</[3>

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      <[1>no</[1></{1>

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      <[2>well i</[2></{2>

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      <[3>i know</[3></{3> i know <,> yes well i use mine for <.>li</.>
      sort of little things

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      and i put extra in it when i'm cooking a meal i don't sort of
      usually run to whole meals in in it sort of er

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      not like joanne does actually

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      but um no you you wouldn't want to be without it once you've got
      used to it <latch>

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      mm maybe we need l p g microwaves <{1><[1>and <,></[1> little
      camper caravan fridges <{2><[2>and</[2>

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      <[1>yes</[1></{1>

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      <[2>mm</[2></{2> that's <laughs>right</laughs> <&>6:00</&>

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      although joanne wasn't SO bad off she's had got one of those
      fires but hers is <,> stands out in the room

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      it's not a <{><[><,> it's not it's not a built in one

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      and or you can</[> do heat up you know on the top of it <latch>

  <WSC#DPC022:0295:FE>
      <[>yeah well she was stoking it up so she could get a bit of hot
      water sort of</[></{>

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      mm <latch>

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      oh yeah

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      mm

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      yep

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      so she wasn't <,> you know destitute

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      is she the one that is involved with the dogs

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      yes <{><[>she's the one</[> that got all us all involved yes

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      <[>with the corgis</[></{>

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      er how many corgis in your family

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

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      <[><O>laughs</O></[></{> well we've only <{><[>got <,> two</[>

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      <[>i didn't realise you had a</[></{> star in the family

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      yes <,> well we've only got the two but she's got um <,> i
      suppose she's got about seven now hasn't she

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      well they're <{1><[1>sort of up</[1> and down and she's sending
      them <{2><[2>away <unclear>word</unclear> selling them at</[2>

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      <[1>i think so</[1></{1>

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      <[2>she's got um three</[2></{2> that she brought back from
      england with her um all at different times and um <,>

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      i mean she <O>laughs</O> she's um she actually she's going over
      to san francisco to judge in september so she'll meet up with
      john then

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      so it's good she'll see him again and i think he comes home
      <&>7:00</&> not sort of long after that

  <WSC#DPC022:0390:PL>
      what has she been invited by the dog show over there

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      oh yes <{1><[1>she judges all</[1> over the world she <{2><[2>judges</[2>

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      <[1>oh wonderful</[1></{1>

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      <[2>does she</[2></{2>

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      <{><[>mm</[>

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      <[>she's</[></{> approved by the <{><[><?><.>ke</.></?>
      <unclear>word</unclear> approved er</[> overseas judge from the
      <,> you know the new zealand kennel club <latch>

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      <[>she judged in england for</[></{>

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      mm <latch>

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      well the <{1><[1>corgi twenty fifth</[1> years over there they
      had a special um show and she was invited over to that

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      and she actually stayed by er next to um highgrove wasn't it
      where prince charles and princess di live

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      but um she stayed with the crabtree and evelyn people that <{2><[2>make
      all the</[2> and they even had little soap corgis in their
      bedrooms <{3><[3>and things

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      i think she brought them all home

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      they</[3> have corgis obviously

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      but the queen's the patron of that um <,> of the league of
      course because she's supposed to have been the first ones that
      sort of got corgis for pets

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      <.>s</.> started a <,> the habit i think <O>laughs</O>

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      although they are ideal sort of size and that obviously aren't
      they <,> for

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      i <&>8:00</&> mean we <{4><[4>never</[4>

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      <[1>got to be approved you know for</[1></{1>

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      <[2>oh really yes mhm</[2></{2>

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      <[3><O>laughs</O></[3></{3>

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      <[4>for</[4></{4> what for biting ankles

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      no <O>laughs</O>

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      <unclear>word</unclear> <O>all laugh</O>

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      the puppies all do try it when they're <{><[>tiny i mean they do</[>

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      that's how they herd cattle you see <latch>

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      <[>er they are</[></{>

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      they are natural <{><[>heelers</[>

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      <[>you've got to</[></{> teach them not to

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      actually sometimes <,> some we've had if we got them excited
      enough <latch>

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      they'll <latch>

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      they <{1><[1>will</[1> take a little nip round that area <{2><[2>but
      not</[2>

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

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      <[2>playfully</[2></{2> you know

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      playfully <,> they <{><[>don't mean</[>

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      <[>that's what</[></{> that's what they would think you want
      them for isn't it to nip those who you don't want here <O>voc</O>

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      ours would show anyone whether there's anything worth finding
      i'm afraid wouldn't they they'd be no use whatsoever

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      we shut them in the bedroom so as they wouldn't sort of rush out
      when you came <latch>

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      mm <latch>

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      i didn't think you wanted to tape them <O>all laugh</O>

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      oh i don't know that would have all added to it

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      <?>i would <.>ha</.></?> <unclear>word</unclear> i would have
      had to have written them down on the form <latch>

  <WSC#DPC022:0595:FE>
      oh you would <latch>

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      as participants

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      <O>laughs</O>

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      er how old are they <,> the two corgis you've got

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      oh timothy's about eleven <,> <{><[>and</[> <&>9:00</&>

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      <[>might be even older than</[></{> that mightn't he <latch>

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      no he's about eleven <{><[>i think</[>

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      i have got him in the birthday book

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      and bartie is eight i think

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      <[><unclear>word</unclear></[></{>

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      that's a pretty trendy name <,> simpson's his surname i take it
      <latch>

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      well my little <{1><[1>grandson</[1> named him

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      he was how old would matthew have been then about two

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      and he insisted he looked like um one of my daughter's friend's
      new baby

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      and as they had been twelve years married before they'd produced
      this baby we didn't think we should let them know he looked like
      bartholomew

  <WSC#DPC022:0670:FE>
      but when joanne <laughs>susan</laughs> told jean jean thought it
      was hilarious

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      she looked at bartie and she looked at her little boy and she
      said there's a definite likeness <{2><[2><O>laughs</O></[2>

  <WSC#DPC022:0680:FE>
      but he kept calling him that we couldn't <{3><[3>agree on <?>it</?></[3>
      <,> come pussy

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      we couldn't agree on what to call him and matthew was calling
      him bartie all the time

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      and i said what's matthew saying to him all the time and matthew
      said he looks like baby bartie <{4><[4><O>laughs</O> so</[4>
      <&>10:00</&>

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      <[1>first name</[1></{1>

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

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      <[3><unclear>word</unclear></[3></{3>

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      <[4><O>laughs</O> oh</[4></{4> oh <?>now</?> if i hear er
      penelope penelope being called somebody's named their cat <{><[>after
      me</[>

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      <[>you'll know</[></{> what's happened <O>laughs</O>

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      oh joanne calls hers strange names she's got one called tickle
      <latch>

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      <.>ti</.> <latch>

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      tickle

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      <{1><[1>they've</[1> got big pedigree names <{2><[2>you know</[2>
      but she calls gives them funny names

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      there's cricket and <,> tickle

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      what else are they she's got there <latch>

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      <[1>tickle</[1></{1>

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      <[2>mm</[2></{2>

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      oh

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      onge <,>

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      i mean we always thought she'd only have pups we never thought
      she'd have children <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC022:0775:PL>
      so she got you interested in corgis she gave <{><[>you <unclear>word</unclear>
      these ones</[>

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      <[><drawls>oh</drawls></[></{> yes yes <latch>

  <WSC#DPC022:0785:MJ>
      well the nonsense started here originally <latch>

  <WSC#DPC022:0790:FE>
      she was looking after someone's <{><[>german shepherd</[> wasn't
      she

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      a <,> <.>w</.> woman that lived down the road here and was
      building a house somewhere else and her german shepherd wasn't
      very popular around

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      it hadn't been taught all the right things to do she was an
      austrian woman

  <WSC#DPC022:0805:FE>
      and joanne loved dogs and we didn't want dogs and er she used to
      go and take it to walk all the time and then she took it to
      obedience

  <WSC#DPC022:0810:FE>
      and what happened was when they shifted into their house they
      gave joanne this little pup you see

  <WSC#DPC022:0815:FE>
      we'd said no we didn't want any dogs and i think fiona thought
      that if it was a corgi pup that we couldn't say no

  <WSC#DPC022:0820:FE>
      but we <&>11:00</&> didn't even know what it i mean it looked
      like a little ginger pig actually <latch>

  <WSC#DPC022:0825:MJ>
      <[>a um</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC022:0830:MJ>
      <?>fiona gave</?> to us an an address out at the hutt <latch>

  <WSC#DPC022:0835:FE>
      yes and picked this up you see and we didn't realise until the
      breeder came and told us what that had cost and um we were just
      so horrified

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      mm <latch>

  <WSC#DPC022:0845:FE>
      but um <latch>

  <WSC#DPC022:0850:PL>
      and this the dog had been given to joanne

  <WSC#DPC022:0855:FE>
      he was given to joanne the first one <latch>

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      for services rendered <latch>

  <WSC#DPC022:0865:FE>
      because she's looked after this <{1><[1>german shepherd</[1>

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      i mean we ended up with it here this great <{2><[2>big shepherd</[2>

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      <[1>big monstrous</[1></{1>

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      <[2><?>in that</?></[2></{2> kennel out <{><[>the back</[> there
      <latch>

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      <[>and</[></{>

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      if we <{1><[1>brought</[1> it inside it would wag its tail

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      i'm not exaggerating it used to knock things off the table it
      was just so large <,>

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      not that i very often had it <{2><[2>inside</[2>

  <WSC#DPC022:0905:PL>
      <[1>mm</[1></{1>

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      <[2>out there</[2></{2> the <.>ba</.> out the back was <{><[>a
      sea of mud</[>

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      <[>was like a mud</[></{> pool and

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      oh <{1><[1>i'd</[1> take this thing for a walk at late at night
      <,> and you'd go <{2><[2>on and</[2> you'd let it off the lead

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      now are you going to be a good girl <,> it was a big bitch <,>
      and <unclear>word</unclear> go and the thing would be walking
      beside you <,>

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      then all of a sudden a cat would go across your bows like that
      and all the coaxing in the wide world wouldn't bring it back
      you'd hear all this crashing behind houses tins going and
      everything <,>

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      and er <,> so i'd i'd go home and the thing'd be <,> arrive home
      before me and it'd be in its kennel <{3><[3>cowering</[3> down
      like this

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

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      <[2><unclear>word</unclear></[2></{2> <&>12:00</&>

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      <[3><unclear>word</unclear></[3></{3>

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      yeah well its er owner actually was living at a house at the
      back of <,> the house across the road there and living in a
      little bach <{1><[1>thing</[1> with her little girl

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      and um she sort of got to the stage where the postman wouldn't
      even deliver

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      she kept it in her car at the front and it was a um what sort of
      it was fancy sort of car wasn't it a <{2><[2>sports car</[2> and
      it was a bitch

  <WSC#DPC022:0970:FE>
      and all the came and they clawed all the paint off the outside
      of the car <{3><[3>and it wrecked the inside of the car</[3> oh
      things were bad i <{4><[4>can tell you</[4>

  <WSC#DPC022:0975:PL>
      <[1>mm</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC022:0980:MJ>
      <[2>it was yeah</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC022:0985:PL>
      <[3><O>laughs</O></[3></{3>

  <WSC#DPC022:0990:MJ>
      <[4>kids used</[4></{4> to tease it so it <latch>

  <WSC#DPC022:0995:FE>
      so it <{1><[1>got quite fierce <,>

  <WSC#DPC022:1000:FE>
      postman wouldn't</[1> deliver any mail around that area <O>laughs</O>
      <{2><[2>so</[2> <&>13:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC022:1005:MJ>
      <[1>so it clawed the upholstery of the car</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC022:1010:PL>
      <[2>how</[2></{2> long ago was that

  <WSC#DPC022:1015:FE>
      well this would be when joanne was <,,> ten i suppose and what
      is she now in her early forties isn't <{1><[1>she</[1>

  <WSC#DPC022:1020:FE>
      and um <{2><[2><,> she would be <,></[2> eleven when she was
      given this first corgi that started all this <,>

  <WSC#DPC022:1025:FE>
      and look where it's got us <&>13:17</&>

  <WSC#DPC022:1030:MJ>
      <[1>mm</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC022:1035:PL>
      <[2>oh it sounds hysterical</[2></{2>
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