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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</&>
  <&>0:54</&>
  

  <WSC#DPC032:0005:BH>
      i'll have <.>to</.> oh yeah

  <WSC#DPC032:0010:AW>
      well you've been um going out so much on friday nights you
      wouldn't have taken much notice of that friday <&>1:00</&> night
      meeting

  <WSC#DPC032:0015:AW>
      it's always auckland anyway

  <WSC#DPC032:0020:AW>
      auckland always meets on fridays it's a <.>very</.> only the
      very odd occasions someone else works you know <.>actually</.>
      <,,><&>5</&> someone else actually um <O>tut</O>

  <WSC#DPC032:0025:AW>
      what was i going to say

  <WSC#DPC032:0030:AW>
      actually races at night at kennedy park or something

  <WSC#DPC032:0035:BH>
      <O>laughs</O> yeah <{1><[1>the cat can't understand</[1> what
      we're doing he's trying to sniff the tape <O>voc</O>

  <WSC#DPC032:0040:BH>
      <?><.>that</.></?> that's what the funny sniffing sound is in
      the <{2><[2>microphone if you're wondering</[2>

  <WSC#DPC032:0045:AW>
      <[1><?>probably</?> <unclear>word</unclear></[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC032:0050:BH>
      <[2>that was on</[2></{2> FAR side <quietly>that was one of the
      things on far side

  <WSC#DPC032:0055:BH>
      have i told you that one before</quietly> <,> one of <{><[>my
      favourite columns on</[> the far side

  <WSC#DPC032:0060:AW>
      <[><?>when <.>i</.></?> oh the cat</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC032:0065:BH>
      <{><[>no?</[>

  <WSC#DPC032:0070:AW>
      <[><.>the</.> the dog</[></{> looking up at the human?

  <WSC#DPC032:0075:BH>
      YEAH YEAH

  <WSC#DPC032:0080:AW>
      blah blah <{><[>blah blah blah</[>

  <WSC#DPC032:0085:BH>
      <[>blah blah</[></{> <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC032:0090:AW>
      <?>cosmos?</?> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC032:0095:BH>
      this <.>is</.> this is what the human says

  <WSC#DPC032:0100:BH>
      <{><[>this</[> is what the dog understands <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC032:0105:AW>
      <[>yeah</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC032:0110:AW>
      he looked up at me before <?>you know as</?> much to say well i
      know you're saying my name but i don't know what else you're
      doing <O>laughs</O> <,,><&>6</&> <&>2:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC032:0115:BH>
      jane's drink's nice

  <WSC#DPC032:0120:AW>
      <O>laughs</O> well you told her the risks <,>

  <WSC#DPC032:0125:AW>
      she'll probably come back and go all snotty now cos you drank
      her fucking tea <,,><&>7</&>

  <WSC#DPC032:0130:AW>
      well anyway <?>franco ice</?> is having his first start for the
      month off fifty metres in the twenty two hundred metre race

  <WSC#DPC032:0135:AW>
      so it's got <.>no</.> <.>it</.> <.>no</.> no chance of winning
      the <.>record</.> i actually know this

  <WSC#DPC032:0140:AW>
      strangely enough the <.>stran</.> one of the strangest things
      you'll ever know that the <?>sumo way</?> is the horse that's
      won off the biggest handicap over twenty two hundred metres in
      auckland

  <WSC#DPC032:0145:AW>
      it was only twenty metres

  <WSC#DPC032:0150:BH>
      won eh no it got second in the heat

  <WSC#DPC032:0155:AW>
      no it won a heat

  <WSC#DPC032:0160:BH>
      won the heat

  <WSC#DPC032:0165:AW>
      <?>sumo way</?> i think it's in america now

  <WSC#DPC032:0170:AW>
      <&>next utterance close to microphone</&> did you see the list
      of um

  <WSC#DPC032:0175:BH>
      won a heat didn't it <latch>

  <WSC#DPC032:0180:AW>
      oh yeah i've got it <.>i</.> i've got in <.>the</.> in the
      bedroom i can go get it for you

  <WSC#DPC032:0185:AW>
      but there's a list er i've got of recent <.>horses</.> exported
      for the united states and the mile times i've got

  <WSC#DPC032:0190:AW>
      and <{><[><.>bolt</.></[> bolt charter's gone one fifty two
      point six there you go

  <WSC#DPC032:0195:BH>
      <[><.>it's</.></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC032:0200:BH>
      i wouldn't <{><[>back a horse <unclear>word</unclear></[>
      <&>3:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC032:0205:AW>
      <[>and <.>mercur</.> mercury they</[></{> reckon <.>mercury</.>

  <WSC#DPC032:0210:AW>
      remember mercury do <.>you</.> remember that at all

  <WSC#DPC032:0215:BH>
      <quietly>nah</quietly> <{><[>no</[>

  <WSC#DPC032:0220:AW>
      <[>i <.>be</.></[></{> i bet you you don't

  <WSC#DPC032:0225:AW>
      <{><[>it was</[> <.>a</.> it was a top three year old about four
      seasons ago right

  <WSC#DPC032:0230:AW>
      i mean it was when race ruler was winning races like the great
      northern derby and that mercury would get fourth or third that
      sort of thing right that's how good a horse it was

  <WSC#DPC032:0235:AW>
      it was sort of <.>a</.> a you know reasonably good three year
      old but not up with <.>the</.> you know not godfrey or race
      ruler which are the two you must remember from that year sort of
      <?>approach</?>

  <WSC#DPC032:0240:AW>
      i remember you taking five dollar trots it was race ruler that
      time remember that aussie race <?>went over</?> ?

  <WSC#DPC032:0245:AW>
      anyway that's beside the point the er

  <WSC#DPC032:0250:BH>
      <[>no</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC032:0255:BH>
      <?>tawa</?> ?

  <WSC#DPC032:0260:AW>
      oh that was <.>way</.> it was WAY back we were living in dunedin

  <WSC#DPC032:0265:BH>
      ah <latch>

  <WSC#DPC032:0270:AW>
      that was just before i left dunedin i'd say it would've been

  <WSC#DPC032:0275:BH>
      that's a long time ago <,> well i <.>h</.> can't remember lots
      of punts <unclear>word</unclear>

  <WSC#DPC032:0280:AW>
      oh it was only a little one only cost you thirty dollars you
      only took um six <.>hor</.> three horses behind or something

  <WSC#DPC032:0285:BH>
      <O>laughs</O> i like doing that <.>one</.> three horses
      <&>4:00</&> behind

  <WSC#DPC032:0290:AW>
      oh well whatever must get your results but anyway the er <,>
      anyway that's the horse mercury <{><[>was</[>

  <WSC#DPC032:0295:BH>
      <[>you</[></{> forgot what you <{><[><drawls>said</drawls></[>

  <WSC#DPC032:0300:AW>
      <[>no well anyway</[></{> this joker blanchard that chap <.>who's</.>
      <{><[>caught <.>for</.></[> yeah that chap who <.>was</.>

  <WSC#DPC032:0305:AW>
      yeah i do that a lot for some reason

  <WSC#DPC032:0310:BH>
      <[><laughs><?>been caught with it</?></laughs></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC032:0315:BH>
      <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC032:0320:AW>
      well that <.>chap</.> you know that chap blanchard who was
      caught for milkshaking up north

  <WSC#DPC032:0325:BH>
      for what

  <WSC#DPC032:0330:AW>
      <.>milksh</.> you know giving the horses bicarbonate of soda

  <WSC#DPC032:0335:BH>
      <.>oh</.> oh was he

  <WSC#DPC032:0340:AW>
      yeah you know blanchard and simpson they're both jokers who
      train sort of a hundred winners a year <.>they</.> they're the
      <.>s</.> they're <.>the</.> the people who er <,> won some quite
      good races with some real <.>sh</.> shit horses

  <WSC#DPC032:0345:AW>
      well they never won at a group one race

  <WSC#DPC032:0350:BH>
      i heard of blanchard

  <WSC#DPC032:0355:AW>
      yeah well anyway <.>he's</.> so he's the biggest seller of
      horses to the united states and he sold this <{><[><?>thing</?>
      mercury</[>

  <WSC#DPC032:0360:AW>
      he's just been over there for three weeks and that's what this
      article's about and he <.>s</.>

  <WSC#DPC032:0365:AW>
      and he says that mercury is the fastest horse he reckons it
      could be the fastest horse in america that new zealand ever sold
      to america which means it's got to go one fifty one point
      something

  <WSC#DPC032:0370:AW>
      and this thing <.>wa</.> it's seven years old now a <&>5:00</&>
      fucking hack in new zealand so i don't reckon the old the <.>ameri</.>
      yank horses can be that good their two year olds run at one
      forty nine

  <WSC#DPC032:0375:AW>
      i reckon we could probably do that if we had their sort of
      tracks and conditions probably

  <WSC#DPC032:0380:BH>
      <[>oh yes</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC032:0385:BH>
      they run one forty nine

  <WSC#DPC032:0390:AW>
      yeah two year olds ran one forty nine point eight the other day
      a two year old

  <WSC#DPC032:0395:BH>
      that's fucking fast

  <WSC#DPC032:0400:AW>
      yeah it's not the fastest ever though

  <WSC#DPC032:0405:BH>
      <drawls><whispers>it's bloody fast</whispers></drawls>

  <WSC#DPC032:0410:AW>
      i'll go and get the article it's <.>probably</.>

  <WSC#DPC032:0415:AW>
      because <.>you</.> you didn't believe horses ran those sorts of
      times all the time in <{><[>america</[>

  <WSC#DPC032:0420:BH>
      <[><drawls>no i</[></{> still don't believe <?>it</?> <unclear>word</unclear></drawls>
      they always tell you the ones that do that's why you think
      there's more than there actually <{><[>is you know</[>

  <WSC#DPC032:0425:AW>
      <[>oh they</[></{> break two minutes almost every race

  <WSC#DPC032:0430:AW>
      but that <.>doesn't</.> i mean you can do that in new zealand
      now <&>next two utterances close to microphone</&> if you
      assemble the right sorts of fields

  <WSC#DPC032:0435:AW>
      they have that sort of metropolitan <,> country structure they
      have in australia

  <WSC#DPC032:0440:AW>
      hang on i'll go and get it <,,><&>12</&>

  <WSC#DPC032:0445:AW>
      right i've got it this is the most precious possession of all
      the <{><[><?>race</?> <unclear>word</unclear> <?>press</?></[>

  <WSC#DPC032:0450:BH>
      <[><O>coughs</O></[></{> <O>coughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC032:0455:AW>
      i hope that thing's taping all right

  <WSC#DPC032:0460:AW>
      the bloody cat sat right in front of the cord

  <WSC#DPC032:0465:AW>
      it must know there's something going on <,,><&>3</&>

  <WSC#DPC032:0470:BH>
      <O>coughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC032:0475:AW>
      i suppose i didn't bring home that particular page is gonna be
      <.>the</.> <,>

  <WSC#DPC032:0480:AW>
      oh here we are

  <WSC#DPC032:0485:AW>
      there you go i DID bring it home

  <WSC#DPC032:0490:AW>
      read that

  <WSC#DPC032:0495:BH>
      <reads>u s still strong market for new zealand</reads>

  <WSC#DPC032:0500:AW>
      yeah that's the one

  <WSC#DPC032:0505:BH>
      all right

  <WSC#DPC032:0510:AW>
      it doesn't mention blanchard's in <.>for</.>

  <WSC#DPC032:0515:BH>
      <O>coughs</O> <,,>

  <WSC#DPC032:0520:AW>
      blanchard's in for <,> screwing a horse up <,>

  <WSC#DPC032:0525:AW>
      i'll just turn that off for a second i'll start it <{><[>again</[>

  <WSC#DPC032:0530:BH>
      <[>cos janey's</[></{> back now

  <WSC#DPC032:0535:AW>
      yeah i know <&>tape turned off then on</&>

  <WSC#DPC032:0540:AW>
      all right are you ready to finish this tape off <,,>

  <WSC#DPC032:0545:AW>
      how far through are you <,,>

  <WSC#DPC032:0550:BH>
      finished

  <WSC#DPC032:0555:AW>
      so what do you think now

  <WSC#DPC032:0560:AW>
      do you believe me now

  <WSC#DPC032:0565:BH>
      well about what

  <WSC#DPC032:0570:AW>
      about <.>the</.>

  <WSC#DPC032:0575:BH>
      no

  <WSC#DPC032:0580:AW>
      them going that sort of times all the time <&>7:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC032:0585:BH>
      no <,> <{><[>makes</[> me believe it less

  <WSC#DPC032:0590:AW>
      <[><.>they're</.></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC032:0595:AW>
      why is that <,,> yeah but they're <?>dicker</?> horses
      <,,><&>5</&>

  <WSC#DPC032:0600:AW>
      where's the two year old article that's in here too

  <WSC#DPC032:0605:AW>
      they ran one forty nine eight

  <WSC#DPC032:0610:BH>
      MILSON though <quietly>milson <?>race</?></quietly>

  <WSC#DPC032:0615:AW>
      yeah i mean he's just a dick

  <WSC#DPC032:0620:AW>
      that's what i'm saying

  <WSC#DPC032:0625:AW>
      imagine if we send <{><[>something decent over there</[> MILSON
      wasn't that good

  <WSC#DPC032:0630:BH>
      <[>milson was good</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC032:0635:BH>
      <O>voc</O> milson won heaps

  <WSC#DPC032:0640:AW>
      no never won a group one race

  <WSC#DPC032:0645:AW>
      <.>i</.> look i'll get one of those booklets from <.>the</.> <,>
      that list all the <{><[>big races and i bet you there's no
      milson</[> on it <,>

  <WSC#DPC032:0650:AW>
      none of those horses are on

  <WSC#DPC032:0655:AW>
      none of <.>them</.> oh except oh <.>bol</.> yeah no <?>bolt
      charter</?> never won anything did he <,>

  <WSC#DPC032:0660:AW>
      won the interdominion consolation that's nothing that's not a
      group one race

  <WSC#DPC032:0665:BH>
      <[><O>coughs</O></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC032:0670:BH>
      still aren't <.>they</.>

  <WSC#DPC032:0675:AW>
      not really it's not the new zealand cup or the derby

  <WSC#DPC032:0680:BH>
      still big <O>laughs</O> <&>8:00</&> <,,><&>3</&>

  <WSC#DPC032:0685:AW>
      that's what the yanks do that a lot race the series <.>they</.>
      they race <.>their</.> <.>their</.> the meadowlands

  <WSC#DPC032:0690:AW>
      i mean you've got to be sort of a one fifty one miler to be
      allowed to race in the meadowlands <latch>

  <WSC#DPC032:0695:BH>
      that horse won't be allowed to go in the meadowlands <latch>

  <WSC#DPC032:0700:AW>
      but anyway the um they race two heats like with the two year old
      that ran one forty nine the other day ran one fifty one to
      qualify for the final and the semi final

  <WSC#DPC032:0705:AW>
      <?>you had the</?> quarter final and the semi final on the one
      night and then the finals two <{><[>nights later</[> sort of
      approach

  <WSC#DPC032:0710:AW>
      that's how they do it

  <WSC#DPC032:0715:BH>
      <[><&>whistles</&></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC032:0720:BH>
      <O>sneezes</O> it has to <.>be</.> a strong horse

  <WSC#DPC032:0725:AW>
      oh not really not for a mile

  <WSC#DPC032:0730:BH>
      three miles in three days <latch>

  <WSC#DPC032:0735:AW>
      <.>doesn't</.> <?>it's not <drawls>hard</drawls></?>

  <WSC#DPC032:0740:AW>
      no it's not that hard apparently <{><[><unclear>word</unclear></[>

  <WSC#DPC032:0745:BH>
      <[><drawls>oh</drawls></[></{> gotta be pretty tough man three
      miles in three days

  <WSC#DPC032:0750:AW>
      well there's <.>only</.> there's only five or six in the race

  <WSC#DPC032:0755:AW>
      it's not as if they're <.>racing</.> going up three wide <.>ra</.>
      round fields of eighteen

  <WSC#DPC032:0760:AW>
      they're only going round fields of six

  <WSC#DPC032:0765:AW>
      they race sort <.>of</.> there'll be one in the front one
      <&>9:00</&> on the <.>e</.> one on <.>th</.> the trail and one
      on the outer behind the horse on <.>the</.> on the trail not
      facing the breeze

  <WSC#DPC032:0770:AW>
      they let the <.>winners</.> leaders bowl along in front <,> so
      you know

  <WSC#DPC032:0775:AW>
      how hard's that

  <WSC#DPC032:0780:AW>
      remember that dork that <{><[><.>i</.></[>

  <WSC#DPC032:0785:BH>
      <[>it's</[></{> still miles

  <WSC#DPC032:0790:AW>
      remember that dork at <?>calbury</?> that er <.>s</.> class two
      horse borderline that <.>won</.> that <.>we</.>

  <WSC#DPC032:0795:AW>
      oh that was the <.>most</.> one of the most disgraceful things
      <.>i</.> it won <.>us</.> it went in out in the class one race
      and got nowhere got about twelfth

  <WSC#DPC032:0800:AW>
      and came out in the <.>s</.> the first leg of the double in <.>the</.>
      in the sort of three year old feature <?>at</?> <unclear>word</unclear>

  <WSC#DPC032:0805:BH>
      <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC032:0810:AW>
      in the mile that was amazing

  <WSC#DPC032:0815:BH>
      <?>what were <.>they</.></?> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC032:0820:AW>
      that was one of allie malcolmson's things that was one of the
      dirtiest <laughs>things i've seen in a long time</laughs>

  <WSC#DPC032:0825:BH>
      <O>laughs</O> <,> he did it intentionally

  <WSC#DPC032:0830:AW>
      oh i don't know if he did it intentionally but it certainly did
      the punters they went and paid forty odd dollars to win

  <WSC#DPC032:0835:BH>
      ALLIE

  <WSC#DPC032:0840:AW>
      yeah he won er that big four year old final with eye for the lad
      at sort of seventy six to one <,,><&>4</&>

  <WSC#DPC032:0845:AW>
      that might've been um

  <WSC#DPC032:0850:BH>
      he's a hard driver isn't he <&>10:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC032:0855:AW>
      allie malcolmson

  <WSC#DPC032:0860:BH>
      yeah

  <WSC#DPC032:0865:AW>
      oh isabel's father always reckoned he um <,> <.>he</.> he wasn't
      very good in a big race he tended to get a bit nervous

  <WSC#DPC032:0870:BH>
      oh

  <WSC#DPC032:0875:AW>
      but he <.>w</.> he <{><[><unclear>word</unclear></[>

  <WSC#DPC032:0880:BH>
      <[>he's</[></{> got a brother that does <unclear>word</unclear>

  <WSC#DPC032:0885:BH>
      <{1><[1>he's not</[1> very good <{2><[2>his brother</[2>

  <WSC#DPC032:0890:AW>
      <[1>malcolmson</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC032:0895:AW>
      <[2>yeah</[2></{2> something like that <,,><&>3</&>

  <WSC#DPC032:0900:BH>
      isabel said <,> her father hired him a couple of times <,>
      <unclear>word</unclear>

  <WSC#DPC032:0905:AW>
      yeah

  <WSC#DPC032:0910:BH>
      <{><[>gave him</[> a chance

  <WSC#DPC032:0915:BH>
      <[><.>her</.> <.>her</.></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC032:0920:AW>
      her father's done pretty well cos he only ever <.>had</.> half a
      dozen mares and he got a horse <.>that</.> i didn't <.>reali</.>
      i didn't know cos i <.>never</.> didn't realise <?>malcolm had</?>

  <WSC#DPC032:0925:AW>
      isabel and isabel and i <.>invited</.> her father invited me and
      i mean he's only raced one season and then he <.>was</.>

  <WSC#DPC032:0930:AW>
      oh

  <WSC#DPC032:0935:BH>
      out of action but he won the ashburton flying stakes <unclear>word</unclear>
      chance

  <WSC#DPC032:0940:AW>
      <?>flying man</?> was a good horse

  <WSC#DPC032:0945:BH>
      fuck yeah it placed third in the derby in his year <,> and
      fourth in the great northern derby

  <WSC#DPC032:0950:BH>
      i mean that's not bad got to the open class

  <WSC#DPC032:0955:BH>
      not many get to the open class <&>11:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC032:0960:AW>
      that's right it's a good horse

  <WSC#DPC032:0965:BH>
      and he's <.>had</.> there's several others that have got class
      three or four so he's done all right really

  <WSC#DPC032:0970:AW>
      <?>scotts blue chuck</?>

  <WSC#DPC032:0975:BH>
      yeah and matthew's lead that's won three or four races

  <WSC#DPC032:0980:AW>
      has <{><[>it</[> won three or four now

  <WSC#DPC032:0985:BH>
      <[><?>there's <.>lots</.></?></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC032:0990:AW>
      yeah

  <WSC#DPC032:0995:BH>
      fuck

  <WSC#DPC032:1000:AW>
      got second remember it got second in that <.>race</.>

  <WSC#DPC032:1005:BH>
      mm <latch>

  <WSC#DPC032:1010:AW>
      on <.>n</.> new <.>year</.> on er queens birthday <O>laughs</O>
      trifecta pays sort of a zillion thousand dollars

  <WSC#DPC032:1015:BH>
      yeah fuck

  <WSC#DPC032:1020:AW>
      who needs it <&>11:25</&> <&>section where speakers talk about
      tape recorder not transcribed</&> <&>12:27</&>

  <WSC#DPC032:1025:AW>
      oh yeah no they didn't play very well did they

  <WSC#DPC032:1030:BH>
      nobody remembers who gets second in <?>the f a cup</?>
      <&>12:29</&> <&>section where speakers talk about tape recorder
      not transcribed</&> <&>12:57</&>

  <WSC#DPC032:1035:AW>
      they'll all think we're sexist pigs now <latch>

  <WSC#DPC032:1040:BH>
      <laughs>do they</laughs> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC032:1045:AW>
      yeah <latch>

  <WSC#DPC032:1050:BH>
      <O>laughs</O> i'll make my <laughs><.>c</.> but i</laughs> want
      to make my comment now and if they call the football off
      tomorrow <{><[>on february</[> nineteen er on february twentieth

  <WSC#DPC032:1055:BH>
      on what is it oh it's july twentieth on <.>j</.> july twentieth

  <WSC#DPC032:1060:BH>
      if they call the football off the new zealand

  <WSC#DPC032:1065:BH>
      the wellington rugby football union are a bunch of girls and i
      reckon i can <laughs>prove</laughs> that they are <latch>

  <WSC#DPC032:1070:AW>
      <[><laughs><unclear>word</unclear></laughs></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC032:1075:AW>
      <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC032:1080:BH>
      so there you go <&>13:21</&>
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