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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</&>
  <&>4:26</&>
  

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      and i went shopping

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      oh what did you get

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      <laughs>groceries</laughs> <,>

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      why am i disappointed <latch>

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      <O>laughs</O> no i was going to buy jonathan's christmas present
      actually but working till five you sort of forget that you know
      everything's closed

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      <?>oh</?>

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      i've still got a <.>hundred</.> i've <.>still</.> <whispers>i've
      still got a hundred and twenty dollars pay in my wallet from
      tuesday</whispers>

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      <O>claps</O>

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      i haven't had time to go to the bank

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      no

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      cos it's never open <latch>

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      yes

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      stupid thing

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      mm and it's always rotten they always shut five minutes before
      you think they're going to

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      yeah well they shut at i think they shut at four thirty anyway
      even trust bank does <&>5:00</&>

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      yeah it's not <{><[>fair

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      what</[> was i going to

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      <.>s</.> yes what's that can i ask what jonathan's getting for
      his <.>birth</.> chrissie <latch>

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      <[>yeah <O>voc</O></[></{>

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      oh well we sort of we decided not to get anything anything
      decent nothing over ten dollars

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      so i found i found this cartoon book in <latch>

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      oh yeah <latch>

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      in um in london bookshops which was quite amusing

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      it was something <,,> something to the effect of sort of what
      things to do with useless men

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      <O>snorts</O>

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      <laughs>and i found it highly amusing so</laughs> <latch>

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      <laughs><?>how</?></laughs> degrading

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      and it was nine ninety five so

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      jolly good <latch>

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      but i never quite made it i could actually if i could be
      bothered i could go down to the one in cuba street and jo could
      give me a discount on it but <yawns>i don't think it's worth the
      walk</yawns>

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      no no well i got my father's christmas present today quite by
      <{1><[1>accident

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      i</[1> wandered into the student bookshop and there was somebody
      there i know started putting a whole lot of books in my hand
      <{2><[2>and saying buy these buy these um</[2>

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      i mentioned i was browsing for christmas shopping and he
      suddenly got excited

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      just because his wife works there he seems to <&>6:00</&> want
      to sell everybody something

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      <[1>oh yeah what was it</[1></{1>

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

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      <O>laughs</O>

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      anyway <.>i</.> <.>i</.> <latch>

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      <laughs>well i guess it's what they get paid for</laughs>
      <latch>

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      well HE doesn't or perhaps he does then i could say something
      REALLY kinky about that

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      but anyway <unclear>word</unclear> well he sells <?>them</?> he
      sells a number of books for <?>various</?> <unclear>word</unclear>
      and lots of anyway er

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      aside from that <.>he</.> he <.>wai</.> he had about five books
      on me by the time he'd finished and <{1><[1>i said</[1> well
      this one was <{2><[2>roddy clark</[2>

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

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      <[2>fiction ones</[2></{2> or <latch>

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      yeah fiction ones and some you know weird feminist stuff <{1><[1><unclear>word</unclear>
      <.>do</.> <.>does</.> doesn't</[1> doesn't sound like my family
      somehow but he had roddy clarke um the barrytown trilogy which
      i'd looked at and thought looked vaguely interesting <{2><[2><?>and</?></[2>
      and i sort of said well would this be <{3><[3>good for a father
      and he said yeah</[3> it's got a good father character in it
      <latch>

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      <[1><laughs>oh god</laughs> wisc one oh one</[1></{1>

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

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

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      oh yeah <latch>

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      and as mister doyle's just won the booker prize for another book
      i thought it would probably be a good idea and it solves my
      father because he's terrible to shop for

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      <laughs>as long as he likes it and hasn't read it</laughs>
      <latch>

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      <?>i don't yeah</?>

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      should be okay <.>i</.> i'm feeling confident on that <{><[>score</[>

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      <[>oh</[></{> that's good <&>7:00</&> it's nice to feel you've
      got something worthwhile <,>

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      <{><[>i don't</[> buy books i think it's a waste of money
      personally

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

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      well i don't buy books for myself but um <{><[><?>well</?></[>

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      <[><laughs>i don't buy them for</[></{> anyone</laughs>

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      yes <.>tha</.> <.>i</.> i've always sort of felt that in some
      ways

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      well i always think you <{><[>know <?>what's <.>th</.></?></[>

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      <[>you can get them</[></{> get them in libraries <latch>

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      yeah precisely that's why <.>the</.> that's why we have
      libraries <{><[><.>and</.></[> and <.>i</.> mean unless you're
      absolutely DESperate to read the you know the LAtest and the
      BEST and the

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

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      although it's quite <{><[>nice</[> to have a well stocked
      bookshelf

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

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      that's what jonathan reckons

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      i mean all those you you know all those books on his shelf this
      year they were all for show <laughs>basically</laughs>

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      <{1><[1><O>laughs</O></[1> <laughs>you know look what i've got
      on my bookshelf <{2><[2>all those</[2> shakespeare plays and</laughs>

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      <[1>yeah <unclear>word</unclear> some of them</[1></{1>

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      <[2><?>yeah i know</?></[2></{2>

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      i have a very classically oriented bookshelf

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      one full of pressies <latch>

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      i've got i've actually got quite a few linguistics books now
      because this in this german conversation class i went to there
      was this old guy who did linguistics at york university years
      and years ago

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      and he was tidying up his house and he wanted to get rid of
      these linguistics books so <laughs>he donated them</laughs>
      <&>8:00</&>

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

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      <[>yeah</[></{> and some of them are useful and some of them are
      sort of NOT useful

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      yeah <unclear>word</unclear>

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      but <.>i</.> they're looking fairly good

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      oh that's good at <.>least</.> luckily my father is one of these
      people who actually likes to <drawls>OWN</drawls> books so
      <latch>

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      <drawls>oh</drawls> right

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      so i'm safe

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      yes

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      my mother is much more into libraries <{><[>than my father is</[>

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      <[><O>laughs</O></[></{> <O>laughs</O> <drawls>yeah</drawls>

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      no so i went shopping and it was exCIting

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      what did <.>you</.> <.>wh</.> where did you shop

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      er new world

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      and is it is it a fabulous experience

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      i have shopped at new world

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      have you

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      it is a fabulous experience isn't it

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      mm <latch>

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      yes no i actually only <.>ma</.> i managed to spend only thirty
      dollars

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      i'm going again on monday

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      oh wow <{><[>you'll look forward to that</[> with your flatmates

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      <[><?>thankfully</?> <unclear>word</unclear> <?>yes</?></[></{>

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      oh just one of them the other one's busy

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      but it's graduation week and <latch>

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      oh of course have you organised your graduation yet

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      er sort of i mean i know where i'm taking my parents

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      i've told them i've booked in but i <&>9:00</&> haven't actually
      <{1><[1>as yet haven't</[1> found the time but

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      it should be fun and on the night before hand we're having a
      dinner party round at the flat with er <{2><[2>the</[2>
      graduands as we're known <latch>

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

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      <[2>oh yeah</[2></{2>

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      are you <.>all</.> you're all graduating are you

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      yeah

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      right

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      so we thought that would be nice there are four of us graduating
      and what with one person one one partner liz johnson will be
      there

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      oh god will she

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      yes um

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      oh but hang on

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      <.>sh</.> she's

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      oh is thomas still counted as part of the flat is he <latch>

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      well he's coming down for graduation he's not staying with us
      but he'll be <{1><[1>he'll be there</[1> with his partner and
      yes so that's five of us for the main meal and then <.>some</.>
      somebody is fronting up about eight oclock <{2><[2>for dessert</[2>

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      <[1>oh right</[1></{1>

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      <[2><O>laughs</O></[2></{2> <laughs>oh that's nice of them</laughs>
      <unclear>word</unclear>

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      that's a friend who's coming down <unclear>word</unclear> a
      friend of anna who's coming down from new plymouth

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      oh right

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      so that should be fun so <{><[><unclear>word</unclear></[>

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

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      oh well say <.>i</.> if you see liz tell her i did get
      <&>10:00</&> her change of address card and i will write
      eventually

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      mm right i will tell liz that <?><.>you</.></?> <latch>

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      i don't know why she sent it to me

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      i mean this is like having not written ALL year or most of last
      year and i went home in october and found the change of address
      card on my <laughs>desk</laughs>

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      yay <{1><[1>yep</[1> well i'll i'll tell her that <.>you</.>
      you've got the <{2><[2>change</[2> of address card and that er
      you're <.>s</.> seriously considering writing <{3><[3>to her in
      the near future</[3>

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

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

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      <[3><O>laughs</O></[3></{3> yeah just don't tell her <.>it's</.>
      <O>clears throat</O> i have several higher priorities

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      oh i'm sure yes <latch>

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      i did start writing to kylie

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      oh good well <{><[>done</[> i mean these <.>are</.> these sort
      of <.>m</.> letters which sort of um are written over many days
      are usually quite interesting <latch>

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

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      mm well i thought i was doing quite well i got up to three pages
      <{><[>and then it</[> was ten oclock

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      <[>well done</[></{>

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      oh well there we are then

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      and then i had to go and ring jonathan and give him final
      instructions

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      final instructions <latch>

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      yes two fifty a m at newmans

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      god how awful <{><[><O>laughs</O></[>

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      <[><laughs>i know</laughs></[></{> <O>coughs</O>

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      it should be an exciting dinner party as we <&>11:00</&> sort of
      thomas left on sort of shaky ground <latch>

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      <drawls>oh</drawls> right

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      <.>when</.> how long ago did he leave <{><[>was it like</[> when
      varsity finished

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      <[>er <.>about</.></[></{>

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      yeah about a month ago now

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      yeah

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      um er you see sort of problems in the <{1><[1>flat arose when i
      discovered</[1> i hadn't really <{2><[2><.>st</.></[2>

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

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      <[2><laughs>you</[2></{2> mean</laughs> you weren't the only
      problem in the flat jason <latch>

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      oh god no

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      um er i discovered halfway through the year that people <{><[>well</[>
      anna doesn't actually LIKE thomas

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

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      oh

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      and this this <.>se</.> <latch>

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      why hang on WHY were you flatting with thomas then <{><[>or is
      that a</[> silly question

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      <[>i'm not sure</[></{>

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      er i'm not sure why but i'm sort of sort of yes well

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      andrew just sort of had nothing to say to thomas at the
      beginning of the year and <{1><[1>then we</[1> sort of moved on
      to dislike um and then we sort of moved from there to um sort of
      almost open contempt um

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      but that's nothing compared to what andrew thinks about LIZ <{2><[2><?><.>it's</.></?></[2>

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

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      <[2><drawls>oh</drawls></[2></{2> right

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      um and sort of tension is is <latch>

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      <O>laughs</O> <latch>

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      particularly strong surrounding the matter of <&>12:00</&> s e
      slash <{1><[1>slash um particularly because thomas and liz</[1>
      <O>coughs</O> aren't s e slash slashing um whereas other people
      <{2><[2>ARE and er thomas</[2> has made a few inappropriate
      comments <{3><[3>about it</[3> um <.>an</.> <latch>

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

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

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      <[3><O>laughs</O></[3></{3> well it must be hard when one's in
      auckland and one's in wellington

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      mm <{1><[1>indeed it's difficult</[1> but um they don't do it
      when they're together either um somebody has got morals or
      something

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      <{2><[2>anyway i don't know <.>thom</.></[2>

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

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

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      <laughs>is it thomas</laughs>

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      er er no well thomas made a few comments like when am i ever
      going to get sex to which andrew responded oh well you could
      rape liz

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      <O>laughs</O>

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      <{><[><O>laughs</O> thomas looked <.>a</.></[> thomas looked a
      bit horrified and then andrew offered the coup de grace by
      saying if you could untie her legs

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      <[><laughs>yay</laughs></[></{>

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      <O>laughs</O>

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      and i sort of sat there and thought i can't believe andrew just
      said <{1><[1>that <,> and neither could anybody else</[1>

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      so <.>that</.> that was thomas' last night um so i <{2><[2>don't</[2>
      know how liz will be feeling about <?>the sittings</?>

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

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      <[2><O>laughs</O></[2></{2> <&>13:00</&>

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      <drawls>no</drawls> <,>

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      well you're very nice

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      i mean i i sort of feel i i feel i should have actually jumped
      down <{><[>andrew's throat when he said that</[> because it
      wasn't a nice thing to say

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      i mean okay sure liz liz's a very nice girl and <.>she's</.> i
      mean she does have a few funny ideas and sure she's not
      particularly strong in the conversation department <latch>

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

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      yeah well that's true <drawls>yes</drawls> <latch>

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      but there's no need to go insulting her like that

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      <{1><[1><unclear>word</unclear></[1> so i should probably nailed
      my colours <{2><[2>to the mast there but i sort of <.>felt</.></[2>

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

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

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      <laughs>well</[2></{2> i must say i can't blame thomas for not
      liking andrew</laughs>

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      no i feel at that point that's not a very nice thing to say

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      so um i <.>was</.> what was i going <.>t</.> going on about i
      felt perhaps i should nail my colours to the mast to the mast on
      this one sort of side with <{1><[1>thomas</[1> but then i

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      thought well <{2><[2>next year's thomas thomas will be in
      auckland the other side will be sort of one door down the</[2>
      corridor perhaps i should not say <{3><[3>anything</[3>

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

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      <[2><laughs>you have to live with</laughs> <O>laughs</O></[2></{2>

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      <[3>yeah</[3></{3> <?>bit of</?> diplomacy

  <WSC#DPC301:0995:FC>
      so is thomas going to auckland is he

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      er he's sort of thinking about it he's pretty <{><[><.>s</.></[>

  <WSC#DPC301:1005:FC>
      <[>to</[></{> do

  <WSC#DPC301:1010:FC>
      is <.>he</.> was he the one doing an honours chemistry or
      something

  <WSC#DPC301:1015:MT>
      god no

  <WSC#DPC301:1020:FC>
      oh

  <WSC#DPC301:1025:MT>
      <O>voc</O> um <.>h</.> he doesn't really i don't know what
      <&>14:00</&> he'll be doing there he <.>doesn't</.> i think he
      wants to get work

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      oh right

  <WSC#DPC301:1035:MT>
      he's a bit <.>s</.> has a rather large student loan <&>14:05</&>
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