<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>0:09 it's changed it all so much has it changed since we had our walk the other day <{><[>just since then <[>yes and when i went <{><[>in for a swim before there was much more sand <[>snorts mm not so much gravel so okay what's new in the house auntie ann do you really want to know uncle ben laughs well when you put it that way <{><[>yes <[>yes laughs tell him about phillipa rieger coming round <.>h voc <.>she <.>she she's popping in <,> maybe once or twice a week now <{><[>mm <[>and she's ringing too she's getting <{><[>you ready to sell <[><.>this this is the wellington she's starting to lick her chops i see <.>she laughs cos that's her bit of new zealand laughs <.>she's she used to have a poodle which she doted on and she <.>come she came round the other <&>1:00 day and she picked him up and she kissed him and cuddled him and of course you know what he's like <&>imitates dog noise very <{><[>affectionate <[>and she gave us a lecture for five minutes on how to keep the dog cut i can just imagine it yeah <{><[>yeah <[>she told us off one day because we <.>weren't we weren't feeding him properly mm and that he STUNK like a polecat too cos he went for this lovely long walk in the grass out the <.>east around to park island <,> and he kept trying to bring stones to us but gave up after a while huh always goes for the big ones <{><[>laughs <[>yeah <[><,> laughs wanders along carrying these big <{><[>stones <[>mm he doesn't know he's little yes well is tea ready or are we still waiting for <.>the well tea is ready yes you may go <.>and could we feed you or could you feed <{><[>yourself <,> cos i'm gonna sit and talk to jane and ann for a while and i think you should go and have tea and do whatever <,> <[>he can go and get it himself oh don't you are you off to training tomorrow night again too yep <,> yep skip ben if you need clothes go and have a look at warnocks <&>2:00 tut actually we were <.>bo in there the other day weren't we mm <&>from kitchen so i just take it out of here yes <&>from kitchen <.>the <{><[>this <[>and there's rice in the microwave does it need cooking longer well stick a knife in it and <.>s if there's <.>any if any blood comes out it means it has to cook a bit longer <,> jack bartle who has the drycleaners just near warnocks no near von marche oh yeah oh right said he'd been in there and got a few items and said he thought warnocks had a few bits and pieces too thirty percent off i got some <.>nice we looked for some <{><[>shirts and they didn't have any <[>casual stuff no <{1><[1>nothing like that left but they've got a lot of tracksuits and and jockey shorts <,> you <{2><[2>know um <{3><[3>boxer shorts <[1>that's right <[2>yes <[3><.>b sweatshirts yeah they've got sweatshirts might go and see if <{><[>they're any in a good colour <[>they've let their <.>st they've let their stock drop right down there's <{><[>mm <[>mm they had some nice sweatshirts too i got jordan one with the sort of roll collar with the cord round is <.>that that <{><[>in menswear <[>olivey green colour mm coughs tracksuit pants and one of those revolting <&>3:00 shirt with canterbury birds across the front <,> canterbury birds you know the canterbury logo OH oh oh right mm yeah i might manage to get into town tomorrow though <,> i don't know <.>this this term sort of <&>crash of plates meetings on mondays tuesdays wednesdays and thursdays and <{><[>then when you go away in the weekend <[>word <&>next utterance addressed to PT have you got everything it's ridiculous mm isn't it <&>noise great that you're on a salary so you don't even get paid overtime anymore <,> oh <{><[><,> at least we've got a job i suppose <[>we actually <.>have we shouldn't have to be <{><[>grateful that we've got a job <[>coughs no we're having our staff meetings at night now and they're paying us to have <.>them they're paying us for the time <{1><[1>word paid five <{2><[2>dollars each an hour <[1>god i wish <.>they'd <[2>after work pay me for mine <,> hello nick <{><[>word <[>well it just wasn't working people are anxious because children are waking up and things and it just word before now mm <,> <{><[>word <[><,> i remember one cos we were just told <&>4:00 what to do and <{><[>dictated to right through but that now that they're discussions <[>mm so it's much more cooperative mm who's in charge down there now pat fisher <,> oh <,,> word yeah i know the family <{><[>but er er <[>yeah and she said to me another time <{><[>oh her brother in law's er rob is it <[>her <.>sis that's right rob is that <{><[><.>a <[><.>her her husband's name's porthos i don't <.>really had a nice chat <{><[><.>to <[>don't know them well but <{><[><.>the <.>the the two that i know are absolutely brilliant <[>mm yeah she's a lovely person <{><[>very gentle <[>mm exact opposite to what we have known before <{><[>laughs <[>mm mm in every way how's bill getting on well sarah and exhales hannah went up to see him tonight so we'll know a bit more tomorrow but <,> <{><[>i gather <.>his his arm's gone from JUST below the elbow he's been fitted for a prosthesis they can put something on <&>5:00 <[>there's nothing in the paper about it i don't think this is a <,> fellow at ben's school and he <.>w <.>he what'd he do he hijacked <.>a well he yes borrowed a <.>fork <{><[>forklift <[>lift and oh did he rolled it over on himself oh did he <{><[>fortunately not damaging his six year old cousin <[><,> how <.>old er he's just turned seventeen <,> he's a <.>good very good swimmer bodybuilder the kinds of things that take two limbs two good functioning limbs to do so a lot of his enjoyments will have gone <,> <{><[><.>he's <[>it will make life a tougher lot for the people that care about him won't it as well as himself <{><[>yes <[>not many people care about him i think <{><[>do they <[><.>i <.>don <.>don don't think that's true i think his mum and dad really love him but he's <.>wa <&>tape cut off <&>5:38 <&>recording stopped <&>6:04 for months and months and months nearly a year this <.>explains doesn't really explain much about it at all <,> but <.>they're <,,> they're just wanting to find out about <.>the <,> um your age and things like that the um we don't know yes laughs voc um citizen's advice bureau in wellington started to become a bit power hungry mm and so we're starting to get lots of um instructions coming forth from up on <.>a on <{><[>high and stuff <[>oh right and they sent us a list of questions we had to ask well like can you get a person on the phone voc they ask you advice you give it to them and then you say excuse me would you mind answering these questions for us <&>noise so we had a meeting the other day and we just totally um refused to do it i just <{><[>thought it <.>was <[>was that what you were <.>talk what that fellow was saying yeah laughs we had another one too which was about um what sort of social work we do and and um <.>o other volunteer organisations that we work for and <&>7:00 and what was our ETHnic origin our age our religion our um income etcetera and phil boyle and i had a little discussion and decided that we'd just write <.>not totally irrelevant across it so we did well don't do it on that <{><[>laughs <[>oh no this is different but <{1><[1>this is just somebody trying to <{2><[2>justify their salary <[1>laughs <[2>but we're glad you see <.>it glad you see it that way yeah in auckland in wellington coughs <&>telephone rings word new zealand oh that'll be lizzie if that's jordan say yo coughs might be for me <&>beginning of telephone conversation which ends at around nine minutes hello <,> it would be <,,> absolutely <,,> <{1><[1>we haven't been rawleighfying have we no we haven't <{2><[2>well we did get your <{3><[3><,> newsletter about your <{4><[4>word <[1>that's him <[2>laughs <&>rest of telephone call not transcribed <[3>rawleighfying <[4>can't <{><[>be <[>have you been overseas in the last three years i'm going to tick that <{><[>oh <[>i've never been able to tick something like that before one day i'll be able to tick something like that laughs <,,><&>3 <&>8:00 have you been overseas in the last three years if so for long the next question is how long in TOTAL have you spent out of new zealand during your life three weeks <{><[>laughs <[>laughs is that really <.>all that that was it you hadn't been away before <,,> <&>next utterance addressed to dog nicky what are you doing word yes thomas <,> <{><[>word <[>which language <.>di <.>di did you speak first in your home what language did you <.>firs first speak in your home mm your background <,,><&>7 this is a very subtle way of <.>f finding out your ethnic origins isn't it mm <,,><&>3 like i suppose that they want <.>to i mean <.>it <.>it it's supposed to be i think for people who are new zealanders and i think if <{1><[1>you've come from england er after a certain age then you can't be <{2><[2>counted as it's going to <{3><[3>skew <[1>word it's word <[2>mm mm <[3>you won't have the accent the thing that <{><[><.>you <&>9:00 <[>get your body down boy sit down <&>ends telephone call well well thanks for ringing bye bye <&>end of phone conversation and nick you stick please circle the appropriate answer is he coughs <{><[>who's that <[>he smells of sweat i'm a wimp are you i am a selfconfessed wimp <{><[>laughs <[>can you not say no the nice rawleigh's lady <{><[>she's such a nice person <[>oh no you didn't well i didn't i just said that i'd have another look at her list of songs <{><[>and choose a tune if i could find one but we bought some tapioca we both had had tapioca as children <[>oh oh yes i love it thought that would be really super but it <.>just it was <,> <{><[>mm <[>not what you <{><[>remembered <[>mm well it didn't work like it should it was sort of <{><[>floury tasting in the middle and er <[>laughs and <.>it and there was some pineapple stuff that was <{><[>quite foul <[>yes that was pretty ghastly <{><[>wasn't <.>i <[>and it's not very cheap anyway oh <{1><[1>it's not cheap oh i didn't buy it because it was cheap i thought that i was paying so much that it would be really brilliant but it <{2><[2>wasn't <[1>mm <[2>so she'll come round with her <{><[>pushchair full of stuff will she <[>no no no no no no no she said she'd been round and had we got the leaflet and er yes i know i put it in the bin oh <{><[>did you right <[>which ethnic group <&>10:00 do you identify with i hopefully i identify with them all i identify with them all yes that's not the right way to put that way is it i'm looking forward to meeting some exciting italians at the moment and i'm not <{1><[1>a pakeha european of british ancestry i'm a pakeha new <.>zealand er european of irish <{2><[2>ancestry <[1>laughs <[2>i hope you're not of any <.>briti <{><[><.>any <.>any <[>british word <{><[>mhm <[>no i'm gonna put irish <{><[>down word <[>i hope you're not of any INcestry which is i thought what you <.>s said <{><[>at first <[>i think way back there those <{1><[1>irish used to get up to all sorts in those <{2><[2>tiny little sod huts <[1>word <[2><.>but did you wear green today voc <{><[>laughs <[>i forgot i got invited to a party at jill kilmer's but i declined i'm not gonna enter that i've got green undies on and no one noticed <{><[>i'll tell you <.>what <[>i went to such <{><[>a lot of trouble <[>well it's probably just as well <{><[>laughs <[>it sort of put the kibosh on ours cos the old fella's funeral was on <.>s seventeenth of march so we don't <.>r sort of <{1><[1>feel like a saint patrick's <{2><[2>day any more in fact i don't think we even word <{3><[3>word <[1>oh <[2>no <,> right <[3>your dad <{1><[1>word <{2><[2>yeah <[1>yeah <[2>so how many years is it <{><[>today <[>four no well it's four years since the funeral today <{><[><&>next utterance addressed to dog hello nicholas <[>oh no unbelievable isn't it people went for a <{1><[1>walk up that <,> <{2><[2>word word <[1>that's a good dog <[2>word <&>11:00 <,> unbelievable i wrote to mum today i couldn't write to her on the saturday i just felt too depressed and i thought what's the point of doing that so each year on the anniversary <.>you you really feel it yeah i do i think it's because <.>i i just involved myself mm mm but i can't do it any other time so word <,,><&>6 have you had any good ideas for <.>tests <&>cut off <&>11:25 <&>end of tape