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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</&>
  <&>4:00</&>
  

  <WSC#DPC201:0005:FA>
      god drinks were expensive at armadillos

  <WSC#DPC201:0010:FB>
      how much were they

  <WSC#DPC201:0015:FA>
      oh like easy fucks were quick fucks were seven dollars each

  <WSC#DPC201:0020:FB>
      FAR <{><[>OUT</[>

  <WSC#DPC201:0025:FA>
      <[>i know</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC201:0030:FA>
      cos we ordered three and um it was janette's round and i sort of
      thought oh four bucks each <{><[>you know</[> sixteen bucks
      that's cool cos <.>m</.> like macs gold were four dollars wine
      was four dollars <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0035:FB>
      <[><O>coughs</O></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC201:0040:FB>
      yeah <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0045:FA>
      really expensive <{><[>cos i was just</[>

  <WSC#DPC201:0050:FB>
      <[>macs gold's <?>a</?></[></{> really nice drink <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0055:FA>
      beautiful i know

  <WSC#DPC201:0060:FA>
      cos i ordered linton was at was gone to the toilet <O>tut</O>
      and he said oh get me a drink so i ordered me and b a couple of
      wines and a macs gold for him and the <{1><[1>guy</[1> goes oh
      twelve BUCKS and i like FELL off the barstool <,>

  <WSC#DPC201:0065:FA>
      yeah yeah whatever and um and then kev <{2><[2>asked for</[2>

  <WSC#DPC201:0070:FB>
      <[1>mm</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC201:0075:FB>
      <[2>did you guys</[2></{2> all pay for yourself last night

  <WSC#DPC201:0080:FA>
      for dinner?

  <WSC#DPC201:0085:FB>
      mm <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0090:FA>
      nah cos we said we'd put <?>it</?> on the visa and split it and
      do it <{><[>as a</[> flat account <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0095:FB>
      <[>whose</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC201:0100:FB>
      <O>coughs</O> whose visa linton's? <{><[><O>clears throat</O></[>

  <WSC#DPC201:0105:FA>
      <[>because</[></{> we decided anyway that the flat's gonna go
      out to dinner and we're gonna go to armadillos

  <WSC#DPC201:0110:FA>
      so then we thought well we may as well we might as well <O>clears
      throat</O> <?>term</?> yesterday <{><[>as the flat <drawls>dinner</drawls></[>

  <WSC#DPC201:0115:FB>
      <[>good idea so did ann</[></{> and bevan pay for themselves
      <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0120:FA>
      NO they didn't we <.>well</.> well we said look we might as well
      just slap it all on the <.>vi</.> visa and we'll split it up <O>clears
      throat</O> later this week and take it off the <&>5:00</&> flat
      account

  <WSC#DPC201:0125:FA>
      and um bevan paid oh ann paid and bevan put his visa on and then
      ann goes nah nah nah put her visa on and she paid

  <WSC#DPC201:0130:FB>
      for everyone? <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0135:FA>
      yeah and i said to her you don't HAVE to <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0140:FB>
      oh how awesome <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0145:FA>
      oh it was really nice of her but she didn't have to do it <,>

  <WSC#DPC201:0150:FA>
      so we're <{><[><unclear>word</unclear></[>

  <WSC#DPC201:0155:FB>
      <[>splitting</[></{> it <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0160:FA>
      yeah oh oh bit about <{><[>just <unclear>word</unclear></[>

  <WSC#DPC201:0165:FB>
      <[>fuck you guys are getting into this</[></{> going out to
      dinner quite a bit aren't you spending quite a bit of <{><[>money</[>

  <WSC#DPC201:0170:FA>
      <[>oh</[></{> i'm spending far too much money that's my problem
      <,>

  <WSC#DPC201:0175:FA>
      GOD i can't believe the COPS were at the hog though ugh

  <WSC#DPC201:0180:FB>
      scary scary <drawls>scary</drawls>

  <WSC#DPC201:0185:FA>
      i'm gonna tell the whole world that i went to a pub and the cops
      were there and i walked straight past <{><[>them</[>

  <WSC#DPC201:0190:FB>
      <[><O>laughs</O></[></{> it was so exciting eh <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0195:FA>
      it was awful cos you guys were all in flats and i was in shoes

  <WSC#DPC201:0200:FA>
      and like you guys were ALL upstairs and i was still starting to
      go yo guys wait up this is my mum wait for me mum <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC201:0205:FB>
      mm cos did you think that they were looking at us quite funny
      <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0210:FA>
      i didn't see it but <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0215:FB>
      i thought i thought oh they're just looking at us like um trying
      to <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0220:FA>
      yeah <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0225:FB>
      see er oh they're all with this couple kind of thing

  <WSC#DPC201:0230:FB>
      i was thinking <{><[><unclear>word</unclear></[>

  <WSC#DPC201:0235:FA>
      <[>but it doesn't matter</[></{> because she's not our legal
      guardian

  <WSC#DPC201:0240:FB>
      true <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0245:FA>
      i mean only like i was going to say i was <&>6:00</&> anita

  <WSC#DPC201:0250:FA>
      i'd like to see you and susan say you were sisters <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0255:FB>
      <O>laughs</O> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0260:FA>
      yep we're <{><[>sisters</[>

  <WSC#DPC201:0265:FB>
      <[>we are</[></{> <O>laughs</O> <with silly voice>it's true
      trust me</with silly voice> <{><[>i know</[> what i'm doing
      <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0270:FA>
      <[><O>laughs</O></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC201:0275:FA>
      that guy in the suit that unemployed guy was such a loser

  <WSC#DPC201:0280:FB>
      oh no no <{><[>he</[> was beautiful <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0285:FA>
      <[><.>like</.></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC201:0290:FA>
      he <.>was</.> no no no no no <?>the</?> dork

  <WSC#DPC201:0295:FB>
      no he was BEAUtiful <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0300:FA>
      <O>laughs</O> <?>but he gave me</?> <unclear>word</unclear>

  <WSC#DPC201:0305:FA>
      it was quite disgusting <O>laughs</O> slightly longer <{><[><?>oh</?></[>

  <WSC#DPC201:0310:FB>
      <[>mm</[></{> he was such a goober <?>i</?> remember when he
      started working at <&>name of business</&> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0315:FA>
      yeah

  <WSC#DPC201:0320:FB>
      everyone was going <{><[>oh my GOD what did</[> you hire him for
      <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0325:FA>
      <[><drawls>ugh</drawls></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC201:0330:FA>
      <O>laughs</O> we were <{><[>desperate</[>

  <WSC#DPC201:0335:FB>
      <[>cos</[></{> there was this really cute guy <{1><[1>who</[1>
      they were gonna hire but um he was over qualified <,>

  <WSC#DPC201:0340:FB>
      <{2><[2>apparently according to bevan</[2> according to bevan
      and <{3><[3>bevan</[3>

  <WSC#DPC201:0345:FA>
      <[1>yeah</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC201:0350:FA>
      <[2>how <?>neat</?> was he</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC201:0355:FA>
      <[3>what</[3></{3> what's over qualified <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0360:FB>
      <O>tut</O> um oh they they wanted to get someone and bring them
      up through the ranks <,> like show them work that you'll <{><[>need</[>
      in business kind of thing <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0365:FA>
      <[><unclear>word</unclear></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC201:0370:FA>
      he's not there any more though is he <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0375:FB>
      he got fired after four months <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0380:FA>
      why <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0385:FB>
      cos he's a loser and he didn't know how to work anything he
      didn't know anything about <?>laybys</?> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0390:FA>
      mm <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0395:FB>
      he didn't know anything about <&>7:00</&> customer relations and
      all that kind of shit

  <WSC#DPC201:0400:FA>
      what a DORK

  <WSC#DPC201:0405:FB>
      <O>tut</O> so <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0410:FA>
      i didn't get any mail today

  <WSC#DPC201:0415:FB>
      i did i got lots

  <WSC#DPC201:0420:FA>
      what did you get <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0425:FB>
      i got lots of bills <{><[>well they're</[> not bills they're
      like old things that my mum just sent that have been sitting at
      home like um a land transport thing <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0430:FA>
      <[><laughs>oh no</laughs></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC201:0435:FA>
      yeah <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0440:FB>
      <drawls>and</drawls> um action down under brochure and community
      services card renewal <?>information</?> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0445:FA>
      mhm how long does it take to renew it

  <WSC#DPC201:0450:FB>
      i don't know mine doesn't expire till the ninth month

  <WSC#DPC201:0455:FA>
      <?>and it's only the eighth month</?>

  <WSC#DPC201:0460:FB>
      so

  <WSC#DPC201:0465:FA>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC201:0470:FB>
      it's been sitting at home for a while and on the back of each of
      the letters i got SIX or something they're all sent from home
      cos mum told me the other day when she rung up that she was
      going to send them

  <WSC#DPC201:0475:FB>
      and um <,> <O>tut</O> on each of them there's a there's a
      message from my mum and my sister <{1><[1>on each and</[1> every
      one i mean they're so cheap they <laughs>don't</laughs> even
      write a letter they just write on the <laughs>back of other <{2><[2>letters</laughs></[2>

  <WSC#DPC201:0480:FA>
      <[1>oh cool</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC201:0485:FA>
      <[2>why</[2></{2> not that's the way to do it

  <WSC#DPC201:0490:FA>
      i always <{1><[1>i <.>g</.> i get</[1> pissed off with my mum
      sending things down and all she does is cross it out and rewrite
      the address <{2><[2>and</[2> she doesn't even write <{3><[3>hi</[3>

  <WSC#DPC201:0495:FB>
      <[1><O>laughs</O></[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC201:0500:FB>
      <[2>mm</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC201:0505:FB>
      <[3>it's <&>8:00</&> got</[3></{3> HI karla love to you <,> love
      mum and then it's got love debbie and then deborah's like drawn
      little pictures on the back of them <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0510:FA>
      <O>laughs</O> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0515:FB>
      little cheapskate <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0520:FA>
      <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC201:0525:FB>
      she's such a <{><[>cheapskate</[>

  <WSC#DPC201:0530:FB>
      oh um mm mm got a letter from sonya jones <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0535:FA>
      <[>mm</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC201:0540:FA>
      oh great <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0545:FB>
      <laughs>and she said</laughs> <O>laughs</O> she reckons that i
      <.>li</.> cos we went to christchurch but either um poor
      students er now or something or something i don't know she's
      going on about something

  <WSC#DPC201:0550:FB>
      and she sent some <.>e</.> envelopes cos she thought we might be
      a bit <laughs>poor to write a letter</laughs> <O>laughs</O>
      <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0555:FA>
      <?>poor bitch we can answer that</?> <O>laughs</O> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0560:FB>
      and in the letter she wrote um oh i already knew this anyway cos
      mum told me but um happy tav got busted hugely last weekend
      <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0565:FA>
      oh did it <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0570:FB>
      like huge time <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0575:FA>
      um so the cop hang on sorry the cops that were there at the hog
      last night are

  <WSC#DPC201:0580:FA>
      they the ones that they're the ones that would have taken um
      trish and um <,> <?>what's her friend</?> from the pub eh

  <WSC#DPC201:0585:FB>
      yes the same ones

  <WSC#DPC201:0590:FB>
      <{><[>it's</[> a police it's a it's squad of people that go
      around each and every a pub

  <WSC#DPC201:0595:FA>
      <[><?>why</?></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC201:0600:FA>
      yeah <&>9:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC201:0605:FB>
      they go round

  <WSC#DPC201:0610:FB>
      they have a paddy wagon

  <WSC#DPC201:0615:FB>
      they have couple <?>of</?> cars kind of thing and they go around
      all the pubs they think they'll

  <WSC#DPC201:0620:FB>
      like they'll go to molly's they'll go to the lord nelson <?>the</?>
      george loaded hog <{><[>where they</[> think all students will
      be kind of thing <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0625:FA>
      <[>mhm</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC201:0630:FA>
      yeah

  <WSC#DPC201:0635:FB>
      and just try and <?>break everyone's neck off</?> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0640:FA>
      oh it works <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0645:FB>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC201:0650:FA>
      the <{><[>boys</[>

  <WSC#DPC201:0655:FB>
      <[><unclear>word</unclear></[></{> <O>tut</O> yeah but anyway
      kevin and a couple of his friends got taken out <?>happy tavern
      at</?> like HA HA cos

  <WSC#DPC201:0660:FA>
      how old is he <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0665:FB>
      he's seventeen going on eighteen <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0670:FA>
      and he's enGAGED <{><[>SHIT</[>

  <WSC#DPC201:0675:FB>
      <[>he's</[></{> not enGAGED

  <WSC#DPC201:0680:FA>
      he wants his girl to marry <{><[>him though</[>

  <WSC#DPC201:0685:FB>
      <[>he wants to</[></{> have <unclear>word</unclear>

  <WSC#DPC201:0690:FA>
      so he got busted bummer for him

  <WSC#DPC201:0695:FB>
      hugely <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0700:FA>
      i don't see the point in them taking them away in paddy wagons i
      really don't

  <WSC#DPC201:0705:FB>
      it's just to <.>sc</.> it's just to scare people i think i don't
      know <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0710:FA>
      well most of us get scared when we get asked for i d

  <WSC#DPC201:0715:FB>
      true <,,> <drawls>only</drawls> <sings>ten more months to go ten
      more months to go</sings> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0720:FA>
      mm what are we now april may june july august september october
      november december <?>eight months</?>

  <WSC#DPC201:0725:FA>
      <sings>eight months to go</sings> <&>10:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC201:0730:FB>
      <?>when</?> in november

  <WSC#DPC201:0735:FA>
      <?>november the ninth</?> can't wait and i hate it

  <WSC#DPC201:0740:FA>
      my flattie's supposed to be twenty by september it sucks i can't
      even go out with them <{><[>to</[>

  <WSC#DPC201:0745:FB>
      <[>hey</[></{> i can't figure it out is mike going to be twenty
      or nineteen this year

  <WSC#DPC201:0750:FA>
      twenty i think

  <WSC#DPC201:0755:FB>
      that's what i thought <,>

  <WSC#DPC201:0760:FA>
      you'll be nineteen in may eh <,> person in the corner

  <WSC#DPC201:0765:XX>
      <O>laughs</O> <laughs>yep</laughs> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0770:FB>
      yeah

  <WSC#DPC201:0775:FA>
      <drawls>god</drawls> i'm not the youngest of all

  <WSC#DPC201:0780:FB>
      that was i think that was so sweet of rob look the cops have
      rode up and you're going get pinged as soon as you walk in can
      you handle it

  <WSC#DPC201:0785:FB>
      yep yep yep

  <WSC#DPC201:0790:FA>
      <drawls>NO</drawls>

  <WSC#DPC201:0795:FB>
      <O>laughs</O> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0800:FA>
      i can't

  <WSC#DPC201:0805:FB>
      course i can i've got i <drawls>d</drawls> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0810:FA>
      see that guy max that guy that was speaking to me when we were
      outside the yukky one <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0815:FB>
      yeah <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0820:FA>
      right he did <?>educ with me</?> and he was the one who was
      worried about <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0825:FB>
      he what <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0830:FA>
      he did EDUC with me <.>ed</.> education <{><[>one one</[> one

  <WSC#DPC201:0835:FB>
      <[>right</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC201:0840:XX>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC201:0845:FB>
      oh <{><[>how embarrassing</[>

  <WSC#DPC201:0850:FA>
      <[>and um</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC201:0855:FA>
      me and him are big mates from way back and i can never remember
      <{1><[1>his name

  <WSC#DPC201:0860:FA>
      <?>but</?></[1> oh god he's all you can see him out on the dance
      floor um with <?>us</?> friends and then i decided <&>11:00</&>
      to come off and she grabbed um layton and started to dance with
      <{2><[2>layton</[2>

  <WSC#DPC201:0865:FA>
      i don't know some loser who she's trying to set me up with

  <WSC#DPC201:0870:FA>
      he's a dark guy who <{3><[3><unclear>word</unclear> looked nice</[3>
      but he looked like a bogan so i took off

  <WSC#DPC201:0875:FA>
      anyway i walked to the dance floor and max puts his arm around
      me and says are you all right then it's like <&>shrieks</&>

  <WSC#DPC201:0880:FA>
      i'm fine and run off <{4><[4><?>crying</?></[4>
      <with silly voice>don't touch me i don't know what you got</with silly voice>

  <WSC#DPC201:0885:FB>
      <[1>bit of a goober</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC201:0890:FB>
      <[2>who's layton</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC201:0895:FB>
      <[3><drawls>oh</drawls> yuk</[3></{3>

  <WSC#DPC201:0900:FB>
      <[4>don't touch me</[4></{4>

  <WSC#DPC201:0905:FB>
      mm <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0910:FA>
      oh those suits were <.>they</.> they did <.>ma</.> they made me
      laugh <{><[><?>because they were so obvious</?></[>

  <WSC#DPC201:0915:FB>
      <[>that other guy sitting behind</[></{> was <,> all rightish
      <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0920:FA>
      he was nice but he didn't even say a word <{1><[1><unclear>word</unclear></[1>

  <WSC#DPC201:0925:FA>
      i kept trying to catch his eye going <{2><[2><O>laughs</O></[2>

  <WSC#DPC201:0930:FB>
      <[1><unclear>word</unclear> <?>ring</?></[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC201:0935:FB>
      <[2>i was</[2></{2> waiting <laughs>for him to</laughs> say
      something like <.>in</.> join in <{1><[1>in</[1> the
      conversation or something like <{2><[2>come on babe</[2>

  <WSC#DPC201:0940:FA>
      <[1>yeah</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC201:0945:FA>
      <[2>yeah his friend was</[2></{2> pretty rude though his friend
      just hoed on in <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:0950:FB>
      i just cracked up when janette <.>st</.> started doing her bit
      though <{><[><O>laughs</O></[>

  <WSC#DPC201:0955:FA>
      <[><unclear>word</unclear></[></{> that was great

  <WSC#DPC201:0960:FB>
      and susan's sitting there going does she know him and i go no
      and she goes why <.>isn't</.> why are they talking to each other
      and i say i don't know and janette <shouts>so how are you chris</shouts>
      how's your week been and all this

  <WSC#DPC201:0965:FB>
      and susan's going are you SURE they don't know each other <?>they're
      not</?> they DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER

  <WSC#DPC201:0970:FA>
      <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC201:0975:FB>
      she's just taking the mickey

  <WSC#DPC201:0980:FB>
      they don't know <&>12:00</&> each other
      <with pseudo Scottish accent>i promise</with pseudo Scottish accent>

  <WSC#DPC201:0985:FA>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC201:0990:FB>
      i'm going to steal linton's bike

  <WSC#DPC201:0995:FA>
      oh

  <WSC#DPC201:1000:FB>
      i like that little red light that flashes on the back except it
      might be a bit too <?>high</?> for me

  <WSC#DPC201:1005:FA>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC201:1010:FB>
      that seat's a bit high eh <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:1015:FA>
      hey who are they playing for

  <WSC#DPC201:1020:FB>
      avalon at avalon

  <WSC#DPC201:1025:FA>
      at avalon oh no wonder

  <WSC#DPC201:1030:FB>
      that's why <&>passing vehicle obscures speech</&> <?>i get to go</?>
      <unclear>word</unclear>

  <WSC#DPC201:1035:FA>
      that's miles away <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:1040:FB>
      miles <{><[>and miles away</[>

  <WSC#DPC201:1045:FA>
      <[><?>janette</?> <unclear>word</unclear> know how</[></{> to
      get there? <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:1050:FB>
      yeah cos er grandpa gave us oh grandpa gave us a map gem of a
      grandpa eh

  <WSC#DPC201:1055:FB>
      you know grandpa's <?>thing</?> the guy who's on the sideline
      <unclear>word</unclear> <{><[><unclear>word</unclear></[>

  <WSC#DPC201:1060:FA>
      <[>yeah</[></{> yeah

  <WSC#DPC201:1065:FB>
      he is the <{><[>guy <.>that</.></[>

  <WSC#DPC201:1070:FA>
      <[><loudly><?>no that</?></[></{> invited janette out to dinner</loudly>

  <WSC#DPC201:1075:FB>
      i didn't you hoe <latch>

  <WSC#DPC201:1080:FA>
      i know <.>i</.> <{1><[1>i told you that last week</[1>

  <WSC#DPC201:1085:FA>
      <?>and oh</?> i don't remember and you know she said cos <{2><[2>like
      <unclear>word</unclear></[2>

  <WSC#DPC201:1090:FB>
      <[1>oh <?>mate</?></[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC201:1095:FB>
      <[2>tht's <unclear>word</unclear></[2></{2> and she'd said no
      <{><[>no no</[>

  <WSC#DPC201:1100:FA>
      <[>yeah he</[></{> came in and i was there and he said hi to me
      and and mike and linton and then he said oh well i'll be back
      cos he just put the ties down cos neither lintie or mike had
      ties

  <WSC#DPC201:1105:FA>
      and when he <{1><[1>came <?>back</?></[1>

  <WSC#DPC201:1110:FA>
      oh he's <?>starting relieving at <{2><[2>the moment</?></[2>

  <WSC#DPC201:1115:FA>
      he's gonna get his DICK lashed

  <WSC#DPC201:1120:FB>
      <[1><?>is mike and linton</?> <unclear>word</unclear></[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC201:1125:FB>
      <[2>oh yeah</[2></{2> <&>13:00</&>
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