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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 two</&>
  <&>9:54</&>
  

  <WSC#DPC298:0005:AU>
      <O>tut</O> was that to do with the amount of alcohol people were
      drinking <{><[>or was it particularly <?>dry</?></[>

  <WSC#DPC298:0010:BK>
      <[>no i don't think <,,></[></{> many people were drinking a lot

  <WSC#DPC298:0015:BK>
      there <.>was</.> <.>a</.> a <.>set</.>

  <WSC#DPC298:0020:BK>
      there's two fridges up there there's a normal fridge then
      there's the beer fridge <&>10:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC298:0025:BK>
      <{><[>and it was pretty full</[> on beer <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC298:0030:AU>
      <[><unclear>word</unclear></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC298:0035:AU>
      <.>they're</.> they're always absolutely hung over when they're
      skiing but you can't tell

  <WSC#DPC298:0040:BK>
      <O>laughs</O> they're that good are they

  <WSC#DPC298:0045:AU>
      well yeah <{1><[1>maybe it's only</[1> like with years of
      practice

  <WSC#DPC298:0050:AU>
      and <{2><[2>they</[2> hit the slopes but then they say <groans>oh</groans>

  <WSC#DPC298:0055:AU>
      you hear them talking in the <.>k</.> on the um <,> queueing up
      in the lifts about <.>how</.> how awful they feel and how much
      they drank the night <{3><[3>before and whatever</[3>

  <WSC#DPC298:0060:AU>
      it's all quite gross

  <WSC#DPC298:0065:AU>
      but they don't look any worse for wear

  <WSC#DPC298:0070:AU>
      but i think it's quite dangerous

  <WSC#DPC298:0075:AU>
      i mean there's <?>all those <.>little</.></?> i mean <.>quite</.>

  <WSC#DPC298:0080:AU>
      sort of like if you've seen them carry up packs full of beer and
      things and sit on the terraces drinking them and then you think
      you know drunk in charge of ski <?>equipment

  <WSC#DPC298:0085:AU>
      <{4><[4>so</?> that's why they</[4> don't sell alcohol up the
      mountain <?>probably</?>

  <WSC#DPC298:0090:BK>
      <[1>is it <.>they</.></[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC298:0095:BK>
      <[2>mm</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC298:0100:BK>
      <[3><O>laughs</O> <O>tut</O></[3></{3>

  <WSC#DPC298:0105:BK>
      <[4>mm <O>tut</O> oh <?>yeah</?></[4></{4>

  <WSC#DPC298:0110:BK>
      oh <.>it's</.> yeah it wouldn't be <{><[>safe because <.>that</.></[>

  <WSC#DPC298:0115:AU>
      <[><?>but i think</?> they're</[></{> changing it now <latch>

  <WSC#DPC298:0120:BK>
      no no they won't be selling it because it's um dangerous because
      it thins your blood out

  <WSC#DPC298:0125:AU>
      mm <latch>

  <WSC#DPC298:0130:BK>
      and you're more likely to get exposure

  <WSC#DPC298:0135:AU>
      well apart from that it's the fact <.>that</.> i mean <{><[>drunk
      in charge of a</[> ski

  <WSC#DPC298:0140:AU>
      it's bad enough being <laughs>sober in charge of skis</laughs>

  <WSC#DPC298:0145:BK>
      <[>yeah <?>in charge of</?> ski</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC298:0150:BK>
      well i suppose if you're good enough but

  <WSC#DPC298:0155:BK>
      yeah i'm glad there wasn't many <&>11:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC298:0160:AU>
      i mean there's plenty of cliffs to go over by accident if you
      don't know your way round

  <WSC#DPC298:0165:BK>
      <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC298:0170:AU>
      even if you do know your <{><[>way round</[>

  <WSC#DPC298:0175:BK>
      <[>oh of</[></{> course <?>further up the</?> slopes yeah i'll
      <{><[>say just happy valley</[>

  <WSC#DPC298:0180:AU>
      <[>and <?>they <.>have</.></?></[></{> i mean all they have is a
      few crossbars <{1><[1>and things</[1> like that

  <WSC#DPC298:0185:AU>
      so there's nothing to actually stop you

  <WSC#DPC298:0190:AU>
      you just have to know where not to ski

  <WSC#DPC298:0195:AU>
      <{2><[2>there's</[2> some sheer drops of you know twenty thirty
      forty metres

  <WSC#DPC298:0200:BK>
      <[1>yeah</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC298:0205:BK>
      <[2>great</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC298:0210:BK>
      <O>laughs</O> perhaps i'd better practise my turning <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC298:0215:AU>
      oh there's some <.>w</.> nice wide bits where you can ski where
      there's no risk of that

  <WSC#DPC298:0220:BK>
      oh i think i might <{><[>stick to them for a <?>bit</?></[>

  <WSC#DPC298:0225:AU>
      <[>there's just an AWFUL lot of</[></{> people skiing there

  <WSC#DPC298:0230:BK>
      i can handle people

  <WSC#DPC298:0235:BK>
      <.>people</.> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC298:0240:AU>
      like the bits where they have <.>the</.> <.>the</.> <{><[>the</[>
      <?>rocks</?> like on the lefthand side of um <,> knoll ridge tee
      bar <O>tut</O>

  <WSC#DPC298:0245:AU>
      <?>like i'd</?> ski down there on a fine day but i'd never ski
      down there in <.>white</.> white outs

  <WSC#DPC298:0250:AU>
      i only ski down the really really safe bits in white outs
      <laughs>because you can't see what you're doing</laughs> <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC298:0255:BK>
      <[><O>voc</O></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC298:0260:BK>
      <unclear>word</unclear> the white outs <latch>

  <WSC#DPC298:0265:AU>
      it's actually quite <.>good</.> quite <,> good in white outs
      because there's not too many people

  <WSC#DPC298:0270:AU>
      like <{><[>practically</[> NONE

  <WSC#DPC298:0275:AU>
      and the <.>snow</.>

  <WSC#DPC298:0280:AU>
      and because it's really snowing it means that there's nice snow
      and if you just ski one of the smaller easy runs it's
      <&>12:00</&> actually quite pleasant and there's nothing too
      dangerous to do

  <WSC#DPC298:0285:BK>
      <[>mm</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC298:0290:BK>
      how big's visibility normally up there or how long is it

  <WSC#DPC298:0295:AU>
      on a clear day you can see um <,> mount egmont slash <{><[>taranaki</[>

  <WSC#DPC298:0300:BK>
      <[>oh</[></{> yeah see well the largest visibility we got <{1><[1>over
      the</[1> entire time was maybe fifty metres

  <WSC#DPC298:0305:BK>
      <{2><[2>maybe a hundred if we're lucky</[2>

  <WSC#DPC298:0310:AU>
      <[1><?>oh yes</?></[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC298:0315:AU>
      <[2>oh <?>yes</?> oh <.>the</.> yeah on</[2></{2> <.>a</.> day

  <WSC#DPC298:0320:AU>
      fifty or a hundred metres is good visibility for a cloudy day

  <WSC#DPC298:0325:AU>
      and on a bad day you'll be lucky if you get maybe a metre or <{><[>two</[>
      visibility

  <WSC#DPC298:0330:BK>
      <[>yeah</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC298:0335:BK>
      oh it wasn't white out it was just like continuous snow and
      sleet and hail and it was <.>really</.>

  <WSC#DPC298:0340:BK>
      it was a <.>l</.> little unpleasant but hey <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC298:0345:AU>
      what are your um

  <WSC#DPC298:0350:AU>
      was your new gear warm enough

  <WSC#DPC298:0355:BK>
      oh yeah <.>my</.> my gear was fine

  <WSC#DPC298:0360:BK>
      <laughs>hand <.>cold</.></laughs> my hands got cold right at the
      end when you're still doing <{><[>the last slope</[>

  <WSC#DPC298:0365:AU>
      <[>you know what to use</[></{> those <.>polypropyle</.>
      propylene inner gloves that <{><[>you can buy</[>

  <WSC#DPC298:0370:BK>
      <[>ah i did</[></{> have some of those except mine were wool not
      polypropylene

  <WSC#DPC298:0375:AU>
      oh

  <WSC#DPC298:0380:BK>
      but <.>i</.> i didn't put them on except for tuesday and tuesday
      i didn't actually go <.>out</.> <{><[>go</[> skiing anyway

  <WSC#DPC298:0385:AU>
      <[>yeah <.>but</.></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC298:0390:AU>
      no but wool <?>gloves</?> get <.>so</.>

  <WSC#DPC298:0395:AU>
      no you can buy at the um ski shops and camping shops just plain
      white very thin <{><[>polypropylene</[> gloves which you wear
      inside your normal gloves

  <WSC#DPC298:0400:BK>
      <[>yeah</[></{> <&>13:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC298:0405:BK>
      oh <?>yeah</?> see my <,> goretex gloves have got um kind of
      furry polypropylene inside <{><[>because you <.>know</.></[>

  <WSC#DPC298:0410:AU>
      <[>i know but this is</[></{> just to give you an extra layer

  <WSC#DPC298:0415:AU>
      and <{><[>because</[> polypropylene is a <unclear>word</unclear>
      it keeps you warm

  <WSC#DPC298:0420:AU>
      i haven't actually tried them but lots <.>of</.> they look quite
      good

  <WSC#DPC298:0425:BK>
      <[>yeah</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC298:0430:BK>
      oh

  <WSC#DPC298:0435:AU>
      but my goretex ones keep me warm

  <WSC#DPC298:0440:BK>
      oh <.>mine</.> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC298:0445:AU>
      <?>and</?> they look very trendy

  <WSC#DPC298:0450:BK>
      yeah well mine <.>were</.> were very good <&>microphone noise</&>
      until i got up to um sort of the last five minutes of <.>the</.>
      the climb up from the rec <.>c</.> not the rec centre from <O>tut</O>
      the <.>ski</.> <.>s</.> kind of place <?>area</?> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC298:0455:AU>
      what did you do

  <WSC#DPC298:0460:AU>
      did <.>you</.> did you <.>cli</.> climb

  <WSC#DPC298:0465:AU>
      did you leave the skis in the car every night <{><[><?>and then</?>
      carry them up</[>

  <WSC#DPC298:0470:BK>
      <[>no we</[></{> carried them up <latch>

  <WSC#DPC298:0475:AU>
      so you <.>had</.> you didn't get to ski down <.>from</.>

  <WSC#DPC298:0480:AU>
      i <?><.>s</.> presume</?> the skiers skied down from <{><[><.>the</.>
      <,> the lodge to the <unclear>word</unclear></[>

  <WSC#DPC298:0485:BK>
      <[>yeah i was thinking that

  <WSC#DPC298:0490:BK>
      <.>i</.> i</[></{> skied down a <?>little</?> on monday <{><[>because
      um <O>tut</O></[> well i didn't have a pack or anything i was
      all right

  <WSC#DPC298:0495:BK>
      i just fell over once

  <WSC#DPC298:0500:BK>
      i think that was the first time i fell over on monday

  <WSC#DPC298:0505:BK>
      yeah it would have been the first time i fell over because it
      was the first time i was on skis on monday

  <WSC#DPC298:0510:AU>
      <[>it'd be quite terrifying</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC298:0515:AU>
      <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC298:0520:BK>
      um yeah but my glasses were all misted up so i couldn't see
      where i was going

  <WSC#DPC298:0525:BK>
      so i banged into <.>some</.> a couple <.>of</.> of cliffy bits
      <.>and</.> um

  <WSC#DPC298:0530:BK>
      well <&>14:00</&> not <.>cliffy</.> large rocks and <{><[>fell</[>
      over <O>tut</O>

  <WSC#DPC298:0535:BK>
      but tuesday i didn't want to do that because i had my pack and a
      hand bag as well and

  <WSC#DPC298:0540:AU>
      <[><?>mm</?></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC298:0545:AU>
      oh you'd taken all your gear down to <.>the</.> <{><[>down</[>
      to the <unclear>word</unclear> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC298:0550:BK>
      <[>yeah</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC298:0555:BK>
      i found out LATER that i could have left my skis and poles and
      stuff up there and um cam would have skiied them down because
      they were skiing some of the stuff like that down but no <O>tut</O>
      <latch>

  <WSC#DPC298:0560:AU>
      what did you wear for inside

  <WSC#DPC298:0565:AU>
      take your tramping boots up or what

  <WSC#DPC298:0570:BK>
      yeah but i was <.>just</.> <.>like</.>

  <WSC#DPC298:0575:BK>
      i wore my tramping boots UP the first night and then after that
      i just wore ski boots

  <WSC#DPC298:0580:BK>
      it's <?><.>bigge</.></?> <{><[>keeping tramping boots dry</[>

  <WSC#DPC298:0585:AU>
      <[>oh yeah ski boots are fine</[></{> yeah <latch>

  <WSC#DPC298:0590:BK>
      except when you go right down the <.>s</.> the snow gets inside
      so it's as <{><[>if they're done up fully</[>

  <WSC#DPC298:0595:BK>
      oh i had them half done up but not fully done up

  <WSC#DPC298:0600:AU>
      <[>did you have them done up</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC298:0605:AU>
      yeah snow goes inside

  <WSC#DPC298:0610:AU>
      <{1><[1><unclear>word</unclear></[1> in a knot before they <.>get</.>
      you can get <{2><[2>then they <unclear>word</unclear></[2>

  <WSC#DPC298:0615:BK>
      <[1>yeah</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC298:0620:BK>
      <[2>oh i wasn't worried about</[2></{2> that

  <WSC#DPC298:0625:BK>
      it's just <.>like</.> it's as bad as it being fully done up
      because it just sticks to the inside and <{><[>you can't</[> do
      anything

  <WSC#DPC298:0630:AU>
      <[>mm</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC298:0635:AU>
      yeah i wear <.>s</.> sneakers but we just go off the car park so
      i <{><[>just</[> wear sneakers <?>and i manage</?>

  <WSC#DPC298:0640:AU>
      just pop the boots on and TRUDGE up to the um <,> to the bottom
      of the lifts

  <WSC#DPC298:0645:BK>
      <[>yeah</[></{> <&>15:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC298:0650:BK>
      mm <{><[>tuesday mm</[>

  <WSC#DPC298:0655:AU>
      <[><.>but</.> <.>but</.></[></{> but it's very pleasant when you
      take your boots off and put your <{><[>sneakers on</[>

  <WSC#DPC298:0660:BK>
      <[>oh it's great</[></{> isn't it <latch>

  <WSC#DPC298:0665:AU>
      it's so light and such a relief

  <WSC#DPC298:0670:BK>
      <O>laughs</O> like tramping that <,>

  <WSC#DPC298:0675:BK>
      yeah and tuesday morning i was going down i was just carrying so
      much <.>i</.> i <.>went</.> sunk up to my mid thigh at one point

  <WSC#DPC298:0680:AU>
      <O>laughs</O> wow that <{1><[1>i</[1> call a decent amount of
      snow

  <WSC#DPC298:0685:AU>
      <{2><[2><?>and</?></[2> how many people were up there i mean on
      <.>the</.>

  <WSC#DPC298:0690:AU>
      were the queues for the <{3><[3><?>wednesday</?> morning too bad</[3>

  <WSC#DPC298:0695:AU>
      no not the rope tows <{4><[4>i mean for <.>the</.></[4> for the
      lifts to go up <.>t</.> to go up the mountain <{5><[5><unclear>word</unclear></[5>

  <WSC#DPC298:0700:BK>
      <[1>yeah</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC298:0705:BK>
      <[2><.>like</.></[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC298:0710:BK>
      <[3>there wasn't queues for the rope tows really</[3></{3>

  <WSC#DPC298:0715:BK>
      <[4>oh for the passes</[4></{4>

  <WSC#DPC298:0720:BK>
      <[5>there was</[5></{5> only one lift going that i saw and that
      was further up <{1><[1>from the main base</[1>

  <WSC#DPC298:0725:BK>
      it's the one <{2><[2>off to the right</[2>

  <WSC#DPC298:0730:BK>
      you know how there's two

  <WSC#DPC298:0735:AU>
      <[1>the um centennial chair</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC298:0740:AU>
      <[2>or rock garden</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC298:0745:AU>
      there's two

  <WSC#DPC298:0750:AU>
      there's one lower down which you walk down <{><[>to and</[> one
      you walk up <latch>

  <WSC#DPC298:0755:BK>
      <[>yeah</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC298:0760:BK>
      okay <.>y</.> yeah i think the one you walk up <.>to</.>

  <WSC#DPC298:0765:BK>
      yeah that was going <latch>

  <WSC#DPC298:0770:AU>
      usually they <.>run</.>

  <WSC#DPC298:0775:AU>
      i think the bottom one's centennial chair and they usually run
      that and only the other one if there's extra people because it's
      easier to ski down to <?>one that's</?> <{><[><unclear>word</unclear>
      yeah <unclear>word</unclear></[>

  <WSC#DPC298:0780:BK>
      <[>er well it's the one on</[></{> the righthand side anyway

  <WSC#DPC298:0785:BK>
      as you look up the hill

  <WSC#DPC298:0790:BK>
      that was going virtually the whole time but the other one was
      just <{><[>going <?>intermittently</?></[>

  <WSC#DPC298:0795:AU>
      <[><.>was</.> was national</[></{> down hill going <&>16:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC298:0800:BK>
      i don't know <,> how you <.>call</.>

  <WSC#DPC298:0805:BK>
      there's <{><[>the two parallel basically</[>

  <WSC#DPC298:0810:AU>
      <[>national <.>down</.></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC298:0815:AU>
      yeah national down hill goes off at an angle like that compared
      to the other two

  <WSC#DPC298:0820:BK>
      nah <{><[>oh i didn't see it <.>s</.> oh i didn't notice that</[>

  <WSC#DPC298:0825:AU>
      <[>it's a really big one it's triple chair a big one</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC298:0830:AU>
      oh you'd have been too far away for you to see it from <.>the</.>
      the <{><[><?>vic ski</?></[> lodge

  <WSC#DPC298:0835:BK>
      <[>yeah</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC298:0840:BK>
      well like we had enough difficulty just seeing <.>the</.> the
      <?>distant</?> one

  <WSC#DPC298:0845:AU>
      ah well in that case <{><[><?><.>you</.></?></[> <.>you</.>

  <WSC#DPC298:0850:AU>
      although <?>the</?> national downhill's often closed but it's
      quite a good place over there and you can ski between knoll
      ridge and national downhill without any problems

  <WSC#DPC298:0855:BK>
      <[>yeah</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC298:0860:BK>
      yeah the real skiers were a bit <?>despondent</?> <laughs>because
      they didn't really</laughs> get to do any skiing at all <,>

  <WSC#DPC298:0865:BK>
      but you know they got the cheap weekend

  <WSC#DPC298:0870:BK>
      well mm suppose mm it's not cheap if they don't get to go skiing
      <.>but</.>

  <WSC#DPC298:0875:AU>
      mm <latch> but they got the chance

  <WSC#DPC298:0880:BK>
      i was quite pleased <unclear>word</unclear> there was no kind of
      demands to get out of happy valley

  <WSC#DPC298:0885:AU>
      the PRESSURE

  <WSC#DPC298:0890:BK>
      pressure yeah

  <WSC#DPC298:0895:BK>
      oh except i'd like to be able to on tuesday

  <WSC#DPC298:0900:BK>
      <O>tut</O> what did do we on saturday night

  <WSC#DPC298:0905:BK>
      that's right i was a talking about skiing ploughing

  <WSC#DPC298:0910:BK>
      so i had to draw <.>a</.> oh i ended up <{><[><.>draw</.></[>

  <WSC#DPC298:0915:AU>
      <[>that was</[></{> sunday <{1><[1>night</[1> and it was snow
      ploughing not <{2><[2>ski ploughing</[2>

  <WSC#DPC298:0920:BK>
      <[1>yeah</[1></{1> <&>17:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC298:0925:BK>
      <[2>snow plough</[2></{2> <O>tut</O>

  <WSC#DPC298:0930:BK>
      <.>i</.> i didn't know what a snow plough was and it was an
      action

  <WSC#DPC298:0935:AU>
      haven't you seen them up <.>on</.> didn't you see them <.>on</.>
      <latch>

  <WSC#DPC298:0940:BK>
      no no no no i <.>d</.> it was <.>an</.> an action

  <WSC#DPC298:0945:BK>
      i didn't know what the <.>actions</.> a snow plough was so i
      actually drew <.>a</.> a bull dozer type thing as a snow <{><[>PLOUGH</[>

  <WSC#DPC298:0950:AU>
      <[>did it</[></{> look like a <.>dooda</.> a bull dozer

  <WSC#DPC298:0955:BK>
      well you know they were getting all sorts of weird things for it
      but they got it in the end

  <WSC#DPC298:0960:BK>
      it was something like you know <{1><[1><.>a</.> a</[1> minute
      and a half which is about the worst in the entire evening

  <WSC#DPC298:0965:BK>
      but considering i had a thirteen second one for my first <{2><[2><,>
      and managed to get several others in two or three seconds</[2>

  <WSC#DPC298:0970:AU>
      <[1><O>laughs</O></[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC298:0975:AU>
      <[2>yeah it's so tough

  <WSC#DPC298:0980:AU>
      but i mean you don't have to</[2></{2> draw it as an action you
      just need <.>to</.> to draw something that <{1><[1>reminds</[1>
      people

  <WSC#DPC298:0985:AU>
      but yes i'd draw someone on skis <{2><[2><?>with their feet in a
      little v</?></[2>

  <WSC#DPC298:0990:BK>
      <[1>yeah</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC298:0995:BK>
      <[2>oh <?>you</?> see i didn't</[2></{2> know what a ski plough
      was though

  <WSC#DPC298:1000:BK>
      <{><[>well it was to ski</[> plough

  <WSC#DPC298:1005:AU>
      <[>snow plough</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC298:1010:AU>
      snow plough <latch>

  <WSC#DPC298:1015:BK>
      snow plough <{1><[1>snow</[1> plough oh

  <WSC#DPC298:1020:BK>
      <&>sighs</&> yeah what did we do <.>on</.> on <,> <{2><[2>oh</[2>
      that's right played um charades on monday except i was busy
      doing the dishes for an hour and a half

  <WSC#DPC298:1025:AU>
      <[1>snow</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC298:1030:AU>
      <[2><unclear>word</unclear></[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC298:1035:AU>
      <O>laughs</O> that many dishes huh

  <WSC#DPC298:1040:BK>
      fourteen people can generate a LOT of dishes

  <WSC#DPC298:1045:BK>
      <O>laughs</O> there's two of us luckily i was doing <&>18:00</&>
      drying <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC298:1050:BK>
      there was ME <drawls>and</drawls> <O>inhales</O> lynette

  <WSC#DPC298:1055:BK>
      <{><[>that</[> was the lynette who's going out with john rather
      than the other lynette who is doing computer science
      <&>18:07</&>

  <WSC#DPC298:1060:AU>
      <[><softly>mm</softly></[></{>
</I>
