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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</&>
  <&>1:00</&>
  

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      but there was this <O>voc</O> really good um <,,> singing group
      from the philippines

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      <{><[>they're a family</[>

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      <[>from the philippines</[></{>

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      yeah <latch>

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      <?>really</?> <latch>

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      they're a <.>fam</.>

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      they're <.>mal</.> maltese family or something

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      yeah

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      really massive

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      christian?

  <WSC#DPC254:0055:VC>
      yeah

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      they were um <,,><&>3</&>

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      they looked REALLY YOUNG but then they were all talking <.>about</.>
      you know saying oh yeah i've got <laughs>four kids <.>and</.></laughs>
      <O>laughs</O>

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      really

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      and <.>th</.> that was the lady <{><[>and</[> she looked <.>at</.>
      she looked about twenty <.>t</.> or something to me <O>laughs</O>

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

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      mm

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      they were really good

  <WSC#DPC254:0095:JR>
      oh yeah oh we're um

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      but i hated the food

  <WSC#DPC254:0105:VC>
      i mean <.>i</.> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC254:0110:JR>
      was it all chinese food

  <WSC#DPC254:0115:VC>
      no the actual food was all right but how they <.>s</.> served
      the food you <{><[>know</[>

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      <[>yeah</[></{> yeah

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      yeah

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      oh yeah

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      i'd rather just eat it at one time

  <WSC#DPC254:0140:JR>
      oh well our small group um we've been um really good lately

  <WSC#DPC254:0145:JR>
      it's been really good fun <latch>

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      what do you mean

  <WSC#DPC254:0155:JR>
      um because we've been <.>g</.> cos we've <.>known</.>
      <&>2:00</&> like we've been together for a year and a half now
      but it's only like been the last maybe month that it's sort of
      been getting <.>more</.>

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      um i guess it's <.>j</.> we've just been taking things more
      seriously and that and <{><[><.>just</.></[>

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      <[>what</[></{> things

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      just because small group <.>f</.> for a long time was just more
      of a <,> social time together rather than talking about anything
      christian or <.>s</.> as a support group or anything you know as
      any real function like that

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      it was just like a get together and muck around and smoke cigars
      and do stupid things and that's <.>all</.> all we did

  <WSC#DPC254:0180:VC>
      smoke cigars

  <WSC#DPC254:0185:JR>
      yeah we smoked cigars

  <WSC#DPC254:0190:VC>
      <O>laughs</O> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC254:0195:JR>
      not all the time

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      they're really disgusting

  <WSC#DPC254:0205:JR>
      <laughs>um</laughs> but um <O>tut</O> like um this is <.>p</.>

  <WSC#DPC254:0210:JR>
      um i reckon that's been um sort of pushed along because <.>like</.>
      by leon and dean broke up with their girlfriends in the same
      week <.>so</.> <latch>

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      OH is leon in your small group as well

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      yeah so we all had very serious things to talk about

  <WSC#DPC254:0225:VC>
      does leon <.>go</.> <,> <{><[><?>out <.>t</.> er</?></[>

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      <[><?>well</?> he</[></{> went out with jackie

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      jackie

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      that goes to our church

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      you know jenny that always calls me <laughs>gerald</laughs>

  <WSC#DPC254:0250:JR>
      you know that one that we <.>saw</.> and she works in the <&>name
      of hotel</&>

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      we saw her <{><[>in town that time</[> <&>3:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC254:0260:VC>
      <[><drawls>oh</drawls></[></{> that nice one

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      yeah she's nice she's a bit dizzy though <laughs>eh</laughs>

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      um <{><[><.>but</.></[>

  <WSC#DPC254:0275:VC>
      <[>OH</[></{> that's a bit naughty

  <WSC#DPC254:0280:JR>
      yeah but um so they <.>b</.> broke up and i felt really sorry
      for leon

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      we all felt really sorry for leon because jackie was his dream
      girl that he's been dreaming of every night for the last two
      years

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      <{1><[1><.>and</.> <,> and he finally</[1> got his dream girl
      and about three weeks later she dumps him

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      so that was not very nice <.>and</.> <{2><[2>um</[2>

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

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      <[2>they</[2></{2> just went out for three weeks <latch>

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      <?>about</?> three weeks or a month or something like that

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      really short eh

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      and um <.>and</.> and he was really upset <latch>

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      what kind of going <?>outs</?> are they

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      <.>well</.>

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      i really don't understand

  <WSC#DPC254:0340:JR>
      i don't understand either um <O>voc</O> <,>

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      jackie's just one of these girls that's really stupid really
      quite annoying cos she just can turn off her feelings just <O>clicks
      fingers</O> like that

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      and you know it seems so strange <.>that</.> you know that they
      were really close and they could talk to each other about
      anything <{><[>and then</[>

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      <[>REALLY CLOSE?</[></{>

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      in three weeks you get <{><[>really close <,> oh sure</[>

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      <[>they were <.>really</.> no they'd <.>b</.></[></{> they'd
      been hanging out <.>ag</.> for ages

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      <{1><[1>you know like</[1> <&>4:00</&> courting for about a year
      <{2><[2>or <.>s</.> <unclear>word</unclear> courting you know
      <.>and</.> and always you know a <.>really</.></[2> you know <.>good</.>
      you know good relationship

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      and all that then they went out and then that sort of going out
      ruined it

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      and um i <.>g</.> something like that and then she's just sort
      of turned herself off to him and um and now <.>they</.> now he
      can't even talk to her about anything eh and she just <.>like</.>
      quite mean really

  <WSC#DPC254:0385:JR>
      and dean stopped going out with angie which i think's really
      good

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      <[1>oh yeah</[1></{1>

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

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      COURTING? OH YEAH <O>laughs</O></[2></{2>

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      angie

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      yeah

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      angie that other one who's jackie's friend

  <WSC#DPC254:0420:JR>
      they're <.>y</.> oh yeah they're not really friends any more but
      they used to be really good friends yeah

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      they all came to our camp one time

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      yeah yeah yeah

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      <?>mm</?>

  <WSC#DPC254:0440:JR>
      um so he stopped going out with angie which was really good <{><[>and
      um</[>

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      <[>why what's</[></{> the problem with angie

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      do all of them go to <&>name of group</&> or something

  <WSC#DPC254:0455:JR>
      nah they've got nothing to do with <&>name of group</&>

  <WSC#DPC254:0460:VC>
      oh well how did they all meet up

  <WSC#DPC254:0465:JR>
      um well like <.>there's</.> there's that group

  <WSC#DPC254:0470:JR>
      there's like dean and angie and jackie and leon and i don't know
      if you know philip but this <&>5:00</&> other guy philip they
      all went to <&>name of group</&> for about five years together

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      and <.>th</.> those five always used to hang out like real heaps

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      and <.>they</.> and <.>they</.> you know like they've all gone
      out with each other

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      you know like <{1><[1>angie's gone out with <.>d</.></[1>
      they've all they <{2><[2>truly <.>ha</.> all have eh

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      like they've <.>always</.></[2> they've <.>always</.>

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      you know cos it's <.>always</.> jackie went out with <,> dean
      for <.>about</.>

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      <[1>OH <.>Y</.></[1></{1>

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      <[2><O>tut</O> oh stupid kids</[2></{2>

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      <{><[><?>i'm cold</?></[> <O>laughs</O>

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      <[>a little while</[></{>

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      and um philip went out with angie for ages and then they sort of
      swapped about three years later and um <.>and</.>

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      but they were all really good friends that's how they all know
      each other

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      and i only sort of know them now because of when i did <&>name
      of group</&> with dean and <{1><[1>all <.>that</.>

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      but <.>i</.></[1> knew them all before that cos <?>diane was
      friends</?> with them

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      but you know i've only just sort of become friends with <{2><[2>them</[2>

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      <[1><&>sighs</&></[1></{1>

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      <[2><.>how</.></[2></{2> where does you small group come from

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      i mean like how did you <{><[>make it <?>up</?></[>

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      yeah

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      <[>start it</[></{>

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      um well it was <{><[>those four

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      <.>i</.> <.>i</.></[>

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      <[><unclear>word</unclear> <?>not</?> <,,>

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      face</[></{> into that mike

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      <O>voc</O> i had <.>really</.> i had nothing to do with it eh

  <WSC#DPC254:0595:JR>
      cos those <.>f</.> those four have all been friends for years

  <WSC#DPC254:0600:JR>
      but <.>i</.> i <&>6:00</&> only really knew dean but they just
      <.>asked</.>

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      oh i knew phil but just <.>like</.> like <.>s</.> <.>c</.> like
      the way i know anyone and i knew leon but not very well <{><[><?>not
      you <.>know</.></?></[>

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      <[>which one is</[></{> phil

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      <.>i</.> i don't think you've ever seen him eh

  <WSC#DPC254:0620:JR>
      but um and i knew tim but <.>not</.> er well at all either

  <WSC#DPC254:0625:JR>
      and then they just asked me <.>to</.> <.>they</.> they were
      starting up a small group they asked me to join it

  <WSC#DPC254:0630:JR>
      and i said oh yeah sounds like a good idea and it's sort of <.>basic</.>
      basically gone from strength to strength

  <WSC#DPC254:0635:JR>
      it's been really good eh <{><[><.>and</.></[>

  <WSC#DPC254:0640:VC>
      <[>oh <drawls>strength</[></{> to strength

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      woo you're getting pretty good</drawls>

  <WSC#DPC254:0650:JR>
      shut up

  <WSC#DPC254:0655:JR>
      and um and it's been getting better but it's not like a <.>s</.>
      it's not like <.>i</.> i'm getting heaps closer with them

  <WSC#DPC254:0660:JR>
      but it's not like i <.>still</.> it's not like i really rely on
      them or anything like that

  <WSC#DPC254:0665:VC>
      well who DO you rely on

  <WSC#DPC254:0670:JR>
      oh no one at the moment <O>laughs</O>

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      yeah

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      but um <latch>

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      no one for the last five years

  <WSC#DPC254:0690:JR>
      nah i <.>don't</.>

  <WSC#DPC254:0695:JR>
      no one for the last year but um <O>tut</O> <O>voc</O>

  <WSC#DPC254:0700:JR>
      um yeah we went out on um friday night <.>cos</.> <{><[>um</[>

  <WSC#DPC254:0705:VC>
      <[>to where</[></{>

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      cos phil he works at um the <&>name of high <&>7:00</&> school</&>
      rec centre

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      mm

  <WSC#DPC254:0720:JR>
      um he runs that place on a friday night so um um four of us not
      tim but the rest of us all went there and played um basketball
      and that

  <WSC#DPC254:0725:JR>
      and played squash at the rec centre and that and it was really
      cool and then we went to this um other girl's house jan's house

  <WSC#DPC254:0730:JR>
      and um and had a <?>feed</?> at her house and watched <{><[>t v</[>

  <WSC#DPC254:0735:VC>
      <[>had</[></{> a food

  <WSC#DPC254:0740:JR>
      had some food <{><[>at her house</[> um and hung out with her
      for a while and that was really good

  <WSC#DPC254:0745:JR>
      and er she's got a real nice house

  <WSC#DPC254:0750:JR>
      she was a real <.>down</.> nice down to earth girl even though
      she's really rich and um

  <WSC#DPC254:0755:VC>
      <[>oh good</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC254:0760:VC>
      <O>laughs</O> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC254:0765:JR>
      not as rich as angie though <O>laughs</O> but she's <?>er</?>
      still quite rich

  <WSC#DPC254:0770:JR>
      and her dad he's a economist and he looks like SUCH a GEEK eh
      <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC254:0775:JR>
      he's like a real tall skinny little adolf <.>hitler</.> <&>pronounced
      as hotler</&> hitler moustache real geeky glasses <O>voc</O>
      black grotty hair and that looks like a real nerdy economist
      sort of

  <WSC#DPC254:0780:JR>
      and that and um he <.>was</.> he was real funny

  <WSC#DPC254:0785:JR>
      and um and ate all their food <.>and</.> <O>voc</O> <&>8:00</&>
      and we drank all their drink

  <WSC#DPC254:0790:VC>
      <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC254:0795:JR>
      or did er drink all their drink

  <WSC#DPC254:0800:JR>
      no we drunked

  <WSC#DPC254:0805:JR>
      <{><[>anyway <.>we</.> anyway we got drunk</[>

  <WSC#DPC254:0810:VC>
      <[><laughs>drunk</laughs> yeah yeah <O>laughs</O></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC254:0815:JR>
      mm is that recording

  <WSC#DPC254:0820:VC>
      yeah i think yeah it is

  <WSC#DPC254:0825:JR>
      <O>tut</O> okay and um

  <WSC#DPC254:0830:VC>
      it better <.>bl</.> blimmin <{><[>be</[>

  <WSC#DPC254:0835:JR>
      <[><O>voc</O></[></{> i'll say

  <WSC#DPC254:0840:JR>
      <.>and</.> um <O>voc</O> and um yeah and <.>then</.> then we
      hung out

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      it was really good

  <WSC#DPC254:0850:JR>
      and we went and <O>voc</O> our group was meant to sing a song at
      karaoke last night cos we were all going to come except carl
      couldn't come cos he was working

  <WSC#DPC254:0855:JR>
      but the <.>r</.> the rest of us were going to sing a song

  <WSC#DPC254:0860:JR>
      except dean didn't <O>voc</O> want to come in the end because he
      got depressed <.>because</.> because angie's gone off to spend
      the weekend at neil's house

  <WSC#DPC254:0865:JR>
      and neil is angie's ex boyfriend who they went out with for ages

  <WSC#DPC254:0870:JR>
      but then angie dropped neil to go out with her <laughs>cousin</laughs>

  <WSC#DPC254:0875:JR>
      <O>laughs</O> <.>who</.> er but her cousin's in england so they
      broke up

  <WSC#DPC254:0880:JR>
      but um neil was <.>in</.> living in christchurch at the moment

  <WSC#DPC254:0885:JR>
      neil <{><[>went to live in christchurch</[> because he's still
      in love with angie and had to <.>g</.> try and get over <laughs>her</laughs>

  <WSC#DPC254:0890:JR>
      so he went away but now <.>h</.> he's back for a little while
      and um so angie's probably going to be going out with him again
      and so dean was depressed <,>

  <WSC#DPC254:0895:JR>
      so he didn't come out

  <WSC#DPC254:0900:JR>
      and phil's got a cool <laughs>leather jacket</laughs> cos he's
      bought <&>pronounced brought</&> a motorbike

  <WSC#DPC254:0905:JR>
      so he's got a cool leather jacket

  <WSC#DPC254:0910:JR>
      a real fonzie choice one so i'm going to wear it

  <WSC#DPC254:0915:JR>
      he's going to give it to me

  <WSC#DPC254:0920:JR>
      it's our jacket

  <WSC#DPC254:0925:VC>
      <[>oh my goodness</[></{> <&>9:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC254:0930:VC>
      oh <{><[>yeah</[>

  <WSC#DPC254:0935:JR>
      <[>it's</[></{> real choice

  <WSC#DPC254:0940:JR>
      it's like a real you know <{><[>cool dude fonzie</[>

  <WSC#DPC254:0945:VC>
      <[>yeah you look like fonzie</[></{> <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC254:0950:JR>
      <?>well</?> and it's real choice <{1><[1>and um</[1> <,> i can't
      wait to wear it

  <WSC#DPC254:0955:JR>
      it looks really cool man cos i tried it on the other night

  <WSC#DPC254:0960:JR>
      <{2><[2><unclear>word</unclear></[2>

  <WSC#DPC254:0965:JR>
      yeah that's been really good

  <WSC#DPC254:0970:JR>
      and did i tell you

  <WSC#DPC254:0975:JR>
      oh yeah i told you we've got chickens at our house now

  <WSC#DPC254:0980:JR>
      we went rabbit shooting yesterday morning too

  <WSC#DPC254:0985:JR>
      got up at um <{3><[3>six thirty</[3> <[1><O>laughs</O></[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC254:0990:VC>
      <[2><&>sighs loudly</&></[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC254:0995:VC>
      <[3>WHAT

  <WSC#DPC254:1000:VC>
      oh that's</[3></{3> disgusting

  <WSC#DPC254:1005:JR>
      no i'll explain to you why it's not disgusting

  <WSC#DPC254:1010:JR>
      <{1><[1>but <.>we</.></[1> er

  <WSC#DPC254:1015:JR>
      it is NOT

  <WSC#DPC254:1020:JR>
      what about the <.>poor</.> the <.>poor</.>

  <WSC#DPC254:1025:JR>
      cos er we were <.>sh</.> um at this golf course shooting at this
      golf course

  <WSC#DPC254:1030:JR>
      and what about the poor farmer <.>who</.> who no one comes to
      his golf course because rabbit holes <{2><[2><.>dig</.> rabbit
      holes</[2> <&>10:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC254:1035:VC>
      <[1>it is so</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC254:1040:VC>
      <[2>oh POOR OLD</[2></{2> FARMER

  <WSC#DPC254:1045:JR>
      well he's the one <{><[>that's <?>got to</?></[> eat no food for
      dinner because no one comes to his golf club and because there's
      rabbit holes all over his greens and everything like that

  <WSC#DPC254:1050:JR>
      so we're doing him a favour even though we didn't even kill any

  <WSC#DPC254:1055:JR>
      we only saw about <&>phone rings in background</&> <.>f</.> four
      and they ran away

  <WSC#DPC254:1060:JR>
      leave it

  <WSC#DPC254:1065:JR>
      someone else will get it

  <WSC#DPC254:1070:JR>
      and um and um but <?>where we were shooting</?> <unclear>word</unclear>
      <?>was</?> quite dumb

  <WSC#DPC254:1075:JR>
      and um then we bought the four chickens on the way home from the
      there

  <WSC#DPC254:1080:JR>
      and we had <.>to</.> i had to look after four chickens in the
      back seat with me

  <WSC#DPC254:1085:VC>
      <[>BOO HOO</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC254:1090:VC>
      <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC254:1095:VC>
      <laughs>oh yum</laughs>

  <WSC#DPC254:1100:JR>
      i'll say <latch>

  <WSC#DPC254:1105:VC>
      did they peck you

  <WSC#DPC254:1110:JR>
      no they were in boxes

  <WSC#DPC254:1115:JR>
      but they <{><[>were</[> sticking their claws out through holes
      in the boxes and stuff

  <WSC#DPC254:1120:JR>
      like they're real docile as eh

  <WSC#DPC254:1125:JR>
      it was really they're real dumb

  <WSC#DPC254:1130:JR>
      they can't fly

  <WSC#DPC254:1135:JR>
      they just fall off their perch because they try and fly their
      wings are so weak they just fall off <&>10:42</&>

  <WSC#DPC254:1140:VC>
      <[>oh</[></{>
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