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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</&>
  <&>25:54</&>
  

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      it's catherine

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      oh hello catherine

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      how <laughs>are you</laughs>

  <WSC#DPF024:0020:FA>
      i'm good thank you

  <WSC#DPF024:0025:MA>
      oh that's good

  <WSC#DPF024:0030:FA>
      how are things with you guys <&>26:00</&>

  <WSC#DPF024:0035:MA>
      er pretty good actually yeah <{1><[1>really</[1> good <{2><[2>yeah</[2>

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      <[1>good</[1></{1>

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      <[2>yes</[2></{2> oh that's good <latch>

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      yeah you keeping well?

  <WSC#DPF024:0055:FA>
      oh yes we're puddling along

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      i'm in a totally exhausted end of year sort of state

  <WSC#DPF024:0065:MA>
      <sighs>oh</sighs> aren't we all <O>laughs</O> <latch>

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      <&>sighs</&> i'll say <O>laughs</O>

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      roll on the holidays

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      are you getting a holiday

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      no <laughs>no not at all</laughs> <latch>

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      oh sam <latch>

  <WSC#DPF024:0095:MA>
      not until after easter so um

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      oh that's terrible

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      yeah it is really but i'll trot along and hopefully <,> hack it
      <,> <{><[>until then <O>laughs</O></[>

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      <[><O>laughs</O></[></{> oh well that sounds tough

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      <laughs>it is</laughs> yeah <latch>

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

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      <[>and how</[></{> how are the kids

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      oh they're all in good shape <latch>

  <WSC#DPF024:0135:MA>
      great <latch>

  <WSC#DPF024:0140:FA>
      maria's it's maria's birthday today <latch>

  <WSC#DPF024:0145:MA>
      oh say happy <{><[>birthday from me</[>

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      <[>but yes i'll</[></{> do that and sarah sent a lovely card and
      maria will thank her in a minute <latch>

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      oh right <latch>

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      mm <latch>

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      <?>oh would you</?> like <{><[>me</[> to get sarah <latch>

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

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      yes if she's about <{1><[1>i'll</[1> have a quick <{2><[2>chat</[2>

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      <[1>yes</[1></{1>

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      <[2>yes</[2></{2> she is

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      i'll just grab her

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      thanks <&>thirteen second pause while MA fetches FB</&>

  <WSC#DPF024:0200:FB>
      hello <&>27:00</&>

  <WSC#DPF024:0205:FA>
      hi it's catherine

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      hi how are you

  <WSC#DPF024:0215:FA>
      good

  <WSC#DPF024:0220:FB>
      oh that's good

  <WSC#DPF024:0225:FA>
      thank you for all your birthday cards and <{><[>things</[> <O>laughs</O>

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      <[>oh that's all right</[></{>

  <WSC#DPF024:0235:FB>
      thank you for your card

  <WSC#DPF024:0240:FA>
      okay well we haven't forgotten any of us <{><[><O>laughs</O></[>
      <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPF024:0245:FA>
      maria will thank you for hers in a minute

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

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      okay

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      she's the birthday girl today

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      of course <{><[>yeah</[>

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      <[>mm</[></{> and we had the party on sunday so it's sort of <{><[>today</[>
      doesn't feel quite so birthdayish really does it maria mm

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      <[>did you</[></{>

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      no that's what happens <.>i</.> cos <.>i</.> i had um on <.>my</.>
      i had my one just the night before but didn't really <.>f</.> on
      monday it didn't really feel like my birthday <latch>

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      no <{><[><.>that</.> yes no i did</[> exactly the same

  <WSC#DPF024:0290:FA>
      we sort of celebrated on sunday and monday just felt like an
      ordinary day

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      <[><?>cos that was more like sunday</?></[></{>

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      yeah

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      still never mind

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      at least we get noticed <{><[><O>laughs</O></[>

  <WSC#DPF024:0315:FB>
      <[>yes</[></{> that's right and how are things with your
      household

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      oh well flat out but okay otherwise <{1><[1>yes</[1> yes <{2><[2>yes

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      oh maria</[2> was diagnosed as having a hernia today

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

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      <[2>oh that's good</[2></{2>

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      she <.>was</.> who was

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      maria

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      oh really <latch>

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      yes she has to go and see the paediatric surgeon <latch>

  <WSC#DPF024:0360:FB>
      oh <{><[>dear</[>

  <WSC#DPF024:0365:FA>
      <[>she's got a little</[></{> i noticed a little lump on
      saturday night and she's <latch>

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      yes

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      got this wee hernia down in her GROIN <{1><[1>which <&>28:00</&>
      is a bit</[1> a bit rough

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      <{2><[2>yeah that's fairly</[2> unusual apparently

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

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      <[2>oh that's not very nice</[2></{2>

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      yeah well yeah well i know sam's <.>dad</.> oh sam's just
      recently had a hernia operation but it's his second one

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      yes glen has had two as well so whether it's sort of an
      inherited weakness <{1><[1>there</[1> yeah but it's apparently
      much more common in males <.>than</.> <{2><[2><.>in</.> than in</[2>
      females

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      <{3><[3>apparently</[3> it's for a female at this age to have it
      is reasonably unusual

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

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      <[2>than in females</[2></{2>

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      <[3>yeah</[3></{3>

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      yeah <{><[>well well and how is</[> her throat

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      <[>mm so anyway there we are</[></{>

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      sorry?

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      and how is her throat her <{><[>tonsils</[>

  <WSC#DPF024:0445:FA>
      <[>well she's</[></{> we've <.>we</.> i can't remember what did
      we go to the specialist <{1><[1>before you <.>m</.> yeah</[1> so
      we haven't heard any more really about <.>that</.>

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      <{2><[2>that's</[2> just happening <?>going to</?> happen in
      april

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      <[1>yeah you did yeah</[1></{1>

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

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      yeah <latch>

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      or so <{><[>yeah</[>

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      <[>so</[></{> i suppose you'll hear closer to the time <latch>

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      yeah <latch>

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      yeah <latch>

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      mm mm <latch>

  <WSC#DPF024:0495:FB>
      so oh poor <{><[>thing</[>

  <WSC#DPF024:0500:FA>
      <[>poor</[></{> thing so two lots of surgery in one year by the
      look of things <latch>

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

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      <[>gosh</[></{> she'll have been a very practised hospital <{><[>stayer</[>

  <WSC#DPF024:0515:FB>
      <[>yeah</[></{> exactly yeah

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      <{><[>shame</[> they can't do both at <laughs>once</laughs>
      <latch>

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

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      and how's your new job

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      oh it's good yeah it's good

  <WSC#DPF024:0540:FB>
      it's um <O>tut</O> it's still lots to learn and that but um but
      yeah i'm enjoying it <{><[>yeah</[>

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      <[>nice</[></{> people? <&>29:00</&>

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      yeah they are really nice people

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      i mean it's quite well i mean it's quite easy <{><[><O>laughs</O></[>
      but um but yeah the people are really nice and um there's a lot
      of temporary people there so cos <.>it</.> you know cos we're
      all on temporary contracts <latch>

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

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      mhm <latch>

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      so some jobs may become permanent it's really hard to know but
      um yeah but no i'm enjoying it

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      <{><[>it's good</[> yeah

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      <[>oh that's great</[></{>

  <WSC#DPF024:0585:FA>
      now i have to warn you that i'm taping this telephone call you
      can tell sam too because my friend yvonne field who lives along
      the road is a linguist and she's making a sample of new zealand
      english <latch>

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      oh is she <latch>

  <WSC#DPF024:0595:FA>
      so i'll you'll <.>be</.> you get to sign a permission form to
      say we're allowed <laughs>to <{1><[1>use you</laughs> so don't
      say <.>any</.></[1> don't say anything damning <{2><[2><O>laughs</O></[2>

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      oh dear

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      <[1>oh really <O>laughs</O> <unclear>word</unclear></[1></{1>

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      <[2><laughs>oh no i won't</laughs> <O>laughs</O></[2></{2>

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      no i won't do anything like <{><[>that yeah no</[>

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      <[>mm you</[></{> can warn sam

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      i mean he can choose not to be on it if he'd like to <latch>

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      oh no i don't think he'll <{1><[1>be</[1> particularly worried
      <{2><[2><O>laughs</O></[2>

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      <[1><O>voc</O></[1></{1>

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      <[2><O>laughs</O></[2></{2> i thought i'd <.>type</.> taped
      quentin once a a week or so ago when i had this machine then <.>and</.>
      and i was extremely pleased

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      i thought oh that's good <&>30:00</&> we'll get quentin's disc
      jockey tones <.>and</.> and er then i hadn't done it i'd had the
      wrong button <{1><[1>pressed</[1> <laughs>so i didn't <{2><[2>get
      it</[2> after all that</laughs> <latch>

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      <[1>oh really</[1></{1>

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      <[2>right</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPF024:0660:FB>
      <laughs>oh</laughs> <{><[><O>laughs</O> well</[> that's no
      <laughs>good</laughs>

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

  <WSC#DPF024:0670:FA>
      no that was a shame <latch>

  <WSC#DPF024:0675:FB>
      yeah quentin was thinking about becoming a d j <latch>

  <WSC#DPF024:0680:FA>
      yeah <{><[><O>laughs</O></[> <O>laughs</O> i think he may have
      done once yeah <latch>

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      <[>can you see that</[></{>

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      yeah <{><[>yeah</[> he's been thinking more seriously about it
      cos he's got a <drawls>friend</drawls> who you know went to
      school with us whose <.>on</.> he's a d j on z m f m <latch>

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

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      oh <?>well</?> <latch>

  <WSC#DPF024:0705:FB>
      and so he's thinking he might have a chat to him because yeah
      he's quite into that kind of thing

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      oh that's good <latch>

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      so yeah so <{><[>it</[> would be quite <.>a</.> quite <.>a</.>
      quite a dag <latch>

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      <[>oh</[></{>

  <WSC#DPF024:0725:FA>
      now one of the reasons i was ringing is you might remember that
      we had a christmas carol party last year <latch>

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      yep <latch>

  <WSC#DPF024:0735:FA>
      and we wondered if you and sam would like to join us <latch>

  <WSC#DPF024:0740:FB>
      oh that'd be <{><[>lovely</[>

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      <[>it's on</[></{> sunday at five

  <WSC#DPF024:0750:FB>
      sunday at five

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      i think i made you WORK last year <{1><[1><O>laughs</O> this
      year you can just come</[1> as a guest <{2><[2><O>laughs</O></[2>

  <WSC#DPF024:0760:FB>
      <[1>yeah no i came round and helped you um <unclear>word</unclear></[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPF024:0765:FB>
      <[2><unclear>word</unclear> <O>laughs</O></[2></{2> okay at five
      on <{><[>sunday</[>

  <WSC#DPF024:0770:FA>
      <[>at five</[></{> on sunday <{1><[1>yeah and we'll <.>just</.>
      we'll</[1> just have some food and <{2><[2>sing and</[2>

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      <[1>okay well that sounds good</[1></{1>

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      <[2>do you</[2></{2> want us to bring something <latch>

  <WSC#DPF024:0785:FA>
      well if it's easy <{1><[1><.>just</.></[1> just don't go to any
      trouble

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      <{2><[2>that would be good</[2>

  <WSC#DPF024:0795:FB>
      <[1>yep</[1></{1> <&>31:00</&>

  <WSC#DPF024:0800:FB>
      <[2><O>laughs</O></[2></{2> okay

  <WSC#DPF024:0805:FA>
      okay <{><[>well that's lovely</[>

  <WSC#DPF024:0810:FB>
      <[>that sounds good</[></{>

  <WSC#DPF024:0815:FA>
      oh no maria wants to speak to you now but i'll press the button
      because we're not collecting children

  <WSC#DPF024:0820:FB>
      <laughs>okay</laughs>

  <WSC#DPF024:0825:FA>
      <laughs>okay</laughs>

  <WSC#DPF024:0830:FB>
      <laughs>okay</laughs>

  <WSC#DPF024:0835:FA>
      and so we'll see you sunday

  <WSC#DPF024:0840:FB>
      okay then

  <WSC#DPF024:0845:FA>
      okay and here's maria <&>31:13</&>
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