well ehm (pause) to start at the beginning could you tell us eh first of all where you were born please

ehm along the road (laughter)

whereabouts is it

along the road

were you on this (interruption) very street

uh-huh uh-huh

and eh (pause) whereabouts else have you lived since then you know

just in here

just you've just sort of moved (interruption) along two doors then yeah

yes

what eh (pause) what do you think about this area then as a place to live in and that

well it's all right really you know (pause) there's not much (pause) there's not much exciting happens like

no

there's only the youth club that's the only place you know for we to go

uh-huh yes

and that's really all

what about this sort of is it very neighbourly you know do you think that (interruption) people are fairly friendly (interruption)

(interruption) uh-huh (interruption) ah yes

mm mm mm ehm would you say that eh (pause) what do you feel about like Gateshead as a place to live in you know do you (pause) think you would ever fancy moving away from Gateshead

no

no

mm

what eh what is there anything particular you like about it or just that

I don't know really it's just that with us being brought up here you know

yeah I suppose so mm eh (pause) so (unclear) you just see yourself sort of living on Tyneside you know for the rest of your life if it

uh-huh

if it's not your choice yeah mm eh (pause) have you ever (pause) been away from Tyneside very often you know (interruption) (unclear)

well (pause) just you know like on holiday

holidays

to Scotland and ehm

yeah mm

that's all really

mm

just on holiday that's all

mm do you find that eh (pause) do you find Tynesiders very different from people from other parts of the country you know

well up Scotland it wasn't too bad because (pause) you know they sort of talk like us don't they

aye I suppose so

it was just really the same

yeah yes a lot of people say things like eh (pause) you know they find people here much more friendly than people (interruption) (unclear)

aye apart from that they are really

yes mm you know I get this even from people who don't come from here much it's it's the (unclear) mm ehm (pause) eh whereabouts were your parents born please

ehm my mam was born along Sunderland Road

mm

my dad my dad was born down Gateshead

yeah

just you know just round here still

yeah yes and eh (pause) ehm what was your father's oh well what is your father's occupation

ehm he's off work now he's (pause) been off work for quite a while with his back (pause) he was a labourer

yeah

he is

who does he work for

he doesn't work for nobody at the moment

aye

with him being off he's been off over a year now

yeah (unclear) (pause) yeah and eh (pause) just eh sort of completing the facts eh how old are you at the moment

seventeen

yeah mm and eh (pause) and this is a council house right

uh-huh

mm mm mm ehm (pause) now eh (pause) if you eh eh are you working at the moment

uh-huh tra- trading estate

where

Alexandra's (pause) they make (interruption) suits

now that's the gown eh place

uh-huh

yes oh right

I've only worked there a year like (pause) used to work in a shop at the top (pause) Brough's (interruption) Self Service

yes yes mm what eh (pause) how did the two jobs compare like which one did you like best

the shop because you meet more people in the shop

aye

and it's more friendly really (pause) you know

yeah what

because the factory people you know like mostly stick to theirselves

do they

mm-hm

oh

you know like if they come from one area they usually stay together

oh I see aye right yes

but the shop like with (unclear) there's only a few of you you all mix in

mm-hm yes

and you're mixing with customers

that's true yeah (pause) yes the that's qu- it's n- they employ nearly all women there don't they I mean that's

mm at Alexandra's?

at the factory yes yes

yes

because like I was working (pause) quite near there last summer you know and I always used to see g- qu- (pause) hoards and hoards of women outside down there at tea breaks and that

mm-hm

mm what about eh (pause) is the money very much better there

the money's better (interruption) uh-huh

in the factory mm

but (pause) I'd rather go back to the shop (unclear) really you know

yes yeah (pause) what about eh the job itself in the factory you know what kind of eh thing do you do

well I'm on the machines and on the press (pause) depends how much work we've got (pause) you know like

yeah

if there's a lot of work on the machine I'll go on the machine and if there's

what is yeah is that like stitching up (interruption) and stuff like that

sewing (pause) sewing up the sleeves uh-huh

yeah

and if there's a lot on the press I'll go on the press depends

mm yes mm mm mm (pause) eh would you and do would you say you were fairly (pause) eh settled in your present job you know or would you think you'd

oh I'd like a change really (laughter)

mm mm eh (pause) how old were you when you left school

fifteen

mm eh do you think you were glad to leave school at the time then

not really (pause) wanted to stay on but (pause) all my friends were leaving you know

aye

so I just left with them

oh yes it's a pity that like course eh did you get the impression that ehm (pause) that staying on at school wasn't a sort of popular thing to do you know what I mean

mm-hm

yeah I see mm did you did you used to enjoy school (interruption) (unclear)

uh-huh it was good

aye

used to go to (laughter) Hill Head and then to Saltwell senior high school it's a comprehensive it was a boy's grammar school

yes is that the one on eh on (unclear) road there

uh-huh

yes yeah (pause) mm is eh what's what what's the what's the case now does Hill Head not take (interruption) all the kids from here right up to fifteen (interruption)

(interruption) Hill Head's (interruption) no they just take them up to thirteen no fourteen and then have to go to Alexandra Road

oh yes must be a bit of a ehm you know bit awkward for people like that changing (interruption) after their last year

(unclear) it is really stupid in a way because you have to like get uniform for your other school and you're only there for a year

mm (pause) mm yes (unclear) right difficulty with people who are sort of (pause) get sick with their last year at school you know (interruption) and they get sort of

uh-huh

mm now (pause) would you say that you know ehm (pause) eh (pause) you haven't got much to look back over of course but looking back on your education you know would you say that since you left school (pause) it had been worth very much to you like you know (unclear) for instance

well it was when I was at the shop

yes mm

was (pause) (unclear) shop you know

yes

mm and like pronouncing it right to the customers you know (pause) that's all but it's no (unclear) really

(unclear) mm what about ehm (pause) you know outside work like just in your ordinary life do you ever (pause) do you ever feel that it's been important to you you know just for yourself like but

never really think about it (laughter)

no more or less put it all behind you do you think

uh-huh

yeah (pause) eh (pause) do you think that eh (pause) do you think it's on the whole a good idea you know for ehm (pause) for kids to stay on at school if they can I mean (unclear)

well it really depends on what they want to be you know

yes

if they want to be like (pause) something like (pause) something good it depends (laughter)

mm yes you would th- you would think that it eh you know that if they wanted to stay on it would have to be specifically for some sort of job that they wanted to do (interruption) (unclear)

mm-hm that's what they usually stay on for that's all

yeah yeah eh

usually if they want to be a nurse they stay on for qualifications

mm-hm yeah

and that's all

when you left school did you have sort of did you have a very clear idea of what sort of job you would do when mm

oh I wanted to go in a shop

mm

well first I wanted to be a nanny

yeah

but my mam says I was a bit young to leave home you know to go to

yes

you hear some people going away and not v- having very good homes you know when they're there (pause) so I just went to the shop

yeah (pause) mm (pause) ehm (pause) eh you you've you've lived here all your life haven't you in fact (interruption) you've

yes

so (pause) mm-hm

oops

thanks very much

do you want one

ehm (pause) what eh (pause) you know if you could sort of cast your mind back to when you were say fairly young say under twelve year old between five and twelve ehm do you think this was a fairly good area to live in from your point of view as a (pause) a a child there you know did (interruption) did you enjoy your childhood yeah

uh-huh uh-huh it was good

yeah (pause) can you remember any of the (pause) sort of things you used to do you know games you used to play or (pause) eh

(unclear)

mm-hm

eh (pause) we just usually go to the park or to the library dep- depends

yeah

or to go to the woods we used to go to the woods

mm

you know to where there's a stream at Washingwell Woods

yes yeah it's quite a popular place isn't it for

we used to go there along the (unclear)

yeah yeah what about like ehm you know children's eh street games did you play very many of them

mm uh-huh not when I used to live along there never because there's hardly any kids you know to play with (pause) just since I come here (pause) we used to play like hidey or (pause) relievo

mm-hm mm mm you know can you remember (pause) you know we're sort of fairly interested in the words that people used for various things can you remember ehm (pause) what you used to call (pause) just like a game where one of the kids had to chase the others to try to touch them

sticky toffee (laughter)

eh (pause) yes probably but I was just the the very simplest form of the game you know where you touch somebody and

tuggy

yeah yeah that's what I used to call it eh and what did you used to say about the one who had to chase the others you know the one who had to chase the others you know the one whose turn it was to chase

mm (pause) just the same tuggy

but (pause) well did you used to say that that somebody was on you know what

uh-huh

yes you did yeah and eh (pause) what did you used to say ehm (pause) when you wanted to call a halt in the game for some reason you know if you wanted to like eh

we just used to say

did you just cross your fingers

we change wor games (laughter)

aye eh no I was thinking of like a special (interruption) truce word you know if you want to if you want the thing (unclear) used to cross your fingers (interruption)

(interruption) oh right (interruption) oh I would just say eh (pause) skinchers

and say

(unclear)

yes mm and eh (pause) what did you used to call (pause) you know the things that little lads flick along the ground

marbles

right did you not have another word for them

liggies was it liggies

yes mm

liggies uh-huh

that's what we used to call them as well

used to play hidey as well

yeah (pause) eh (pause) still on the ehm idea of sort of what words you use for things ehm what do you call each of the rooms in this house you know what's your normal word for each room

well we usually call this the kitchen

yeah

and the other place the back kitchen

mm

and the scullery

mm-hm yeah

and then the passage way upstairs the landing

yeah

and the bathroom and toilet round bedrooms

yeah ehm (pause) and eh what do you call ehm (pause) your back door's probably different you know but to get out like an old fashioned back door you know you have to lift the

sneck up

yes right aye eh

in the wash house we've got (unclear) and the coal house

mm

and wor arch

yes

we've got

ehm (pause) and what do you call eh (pause) I don't know if you've got one of these the thing you stand in front of the fire to get it going

one them what you blow one of them things

no I mean the like a sheet of tin that (interruption) that you put in front of the fi-

like a bleezer

yes yeah (pause) eh could you tell us please just ehm (pause) you know how you like to spend your spare time and that you know your evenings and weekends and that

well (pause) with the weekends we usually go down to the coast (pause) for a night you know like

aye

go down about half past six or something get down there half past se-

yes

seven (pause) just usually go there on a night time we just usually go to a friend's and listen to records

mm

or go to bus (pause) get a bus ride somewhere

aye

it depends how much money we've got (laughter)

(laughter) yeah

or (pause) if there's any Newcastle football matches on we usually go there

aye you go to watch the match then mm fairly regularly during the season

uh-huh eh well everyday well every match we usually go to

oh (pause) yeah

but my my friends that work (pause) eh

yeah

I used to work with in the shop I still knock round with them but they work on a Saturday so they can't come

yes that's true

but on Wednesday night we usually go (pause) you know

yeah

but a friend at work ehm we're in the supporters club Newcastle's

mm-hm

and we usually go away cheaper

yeah

last season ehm (pause) oh it was only two pounds to go down to London

yeah cheap that

to Arsenal's match

yeah

and it works out really cheaper in the supporters club

yeah

I think it's five shilling now to join

mm

and that's with (interruption) (unclear)

(unclear) yeah it's quite a big eh (pause) canny incentive (interruption) (unclear)

uh-huh

(unclear) football matches mm whereabouts what sort of places do you go to down the coast you know is it

eh just Whitley Bay you know usually the Spanish City

mm

on the shows

mm (pause) do you think that ehm (pause) you know in in the way of like recreational activities ehm do you think that there's any things that eh (pause) you would sort of like to have done that you've never got round to or you've never had the chance to do you know

mm eh don't know not really I (pause) I've really sort of done everything

aye

I'd like to go abroad like but we're thinking about going next year my three f- friends

aye aye

that's all really

where to have you got any ideas

don't know yet haven't suggested it (laughter)

mm but (pause) would you say you were fairly sort of eh you know contented with your life as it is at the minute (interruption) and not really yeah okay

uh-huh

what do you think would happen if ehm (pause) you know if you won a very large sum of money tomorrow like if you won the pools or something like that

oh (unclear) (pause) don't know really (laughter)

do you think it would change your (pause) way of life very much and that you know

I don't think so

mm

I would just buy a car that's all (laughter)

(laughter) yes

save bus fares (laughter)

(laughter)

and that's all aye

strangely enough most people say that you know that they don't you know they don't think it would change the the sort of things they do very much at all you know they would still (pause) do you think you would buy a a a new house (pause) no

no

mm (pause) eh do you eh watch television very much you know

uh-huh

yeah

well (pause) when (pause) well I'm (pause) on Monday night I stay in

yeah

and tonight I stay in (pause) and that's all I watch it you know (pause) well I baby sit like tomorrow night and go out on weekends

yeah

that's all I watch

yeah what eh (pause) what kind of things do you like to watch you know

well eh I like to watch the wrestling and cowboys uh-huh

yeah

and I used to like Alias Smith And Jones on BBC Two Monday night

yeah I like them yeah I don't really know television programmes because I haven't got one (laughter) (pause) too poor (pause) eh (pause) these are just ehm (pause) a few questions about your opinions on some you know ordinary matters like eh (pause) what do you think that eh parents should do when their children misbehave you know how do you think they should (interruption) (pause) check them

oh ehm (pause) oh well it depends on the parents really you know well I don't know it depends if they've done something seriously wrong you know

aye do you think they should ehm (pause) if it was something serious do you think they should hit them

uh-huh (pause) well (pause) not really hit them you know like keep them in or something for so long

aye yes (pause) mm and what about (pause) what about say some person of say sixteen or so do you think they should be more or less allowed to do as they want or not

not really (pause) I well I wasn't really stopped for doing anything but

mm

you know I couldn't really do everything I wanted (pause) you know

mm (laughter) yes it's a subtle sort of situation to mm mm (pause) eh (pause) this is eh going on to something different it's a question you don't have to answer if you don't want because eh some people don't eh (pause) which way do you vote have you voted yet you you d-

no I haven't voted

have you not

no

you had one chan- you had one chance to vote didn't you in the last (interruption) local government election

yes (pause) last mm-hm (pause) but I think I was bad then and I couldn't

mm mm which way do you think that you will vote I mean (interruption) (unclear)

for Labour (pause) yeah

ehm (pause) and do you think it'll be I mean do you think you'll always vote the same way you know it's it's not really

mm (pause) well with this government in I think I will because it's all con- (pause) everything goes up

yeah

except for your wages (laughter)

mm mm

I think I'd vote for Labour

yeah (pause) ehm (pause) do you think you would vote mainly for (pause) eh (pause) you know the party who you think's going to do like the best job

uh-huh

or do you think yes (pause) yeah do you think it's it ehm you don't have sort of any particular great sort of belief in the Labour party for instance or

well (pause) I don't really

right

but I just think you know if they want to do the best

aye you don't what do you what do you think about you know a lot of people well a lot of people that I talk to for instance say that eh (pause) you know they vote say they vote Labour because they're (pause) working class sort of folks or they vote Conservative because they own their own house and this sort of thing you know do you think this is a (pause) sensible way to vote you know or d- (interruption)

not really I don't think

eh (pause) do you think you eh (pause) do you think you would usually (pause) like bother to vote you know (interruption) on- (pause) on all occasions

uh-huh

I mean you would use your vote fairly (pause) consistently mm mm (pause) eh if we could just eh (pause) go on to talk for a bit about ehm (pause) the thing we're most interested in like you know that's the way you talk and that and what you think about it

mm-hm

eh (pause) firstly do you think that ehm (pause) do you think you ever change the way you talk according to (pause) you know like the person you're talking to or any other (interruption) circumstances

not really (pause) well (pause) not really I don't think so

mm (pause) ehm do you think the way you're talking now is (pause) ehm you know the same as the way you talk to (pause) like your friends

oh yes

when you're at the football match

mm-hm

yeah more or less the same

sometimes you say aye (laughter)

uh-huh yes

and I divn't know (laughter)

mm yes yes

that's all

I yeah I wondered whether you know ehm (pause) whether you might have much more (pause) eh broad sort of way of talking for

I have (laughter)

for yeah yeah I wondered eh I thought that might be eh (pause) and what about do you think you do you think this is the way you talk to well say your family for instance

uh-huh

yeah uh-huh yeah ehm (pause) would you say that eh (pause) you know on a fairly long term basis you had talked more or less the same all during your life you know

ah I have

the same now as what you did (interruption) when you were young

mm-hm

yeah mm ehm (pause) eh (pause) do you on the whole like to hear people talking in local accents you know do you like Tyneside accent

well you get a laugh at some of them

mm yes that's true but

never really bothered with them

yeah

I've never really thought about it and

yeah you never you never think (pause) well do you ever think eh you know that you disapprove of somebody's accent because it's very broad or something like that

not really I've never really thought about it really

no aye do you think that (pause) well let's say do you think that teachers in schools ought to correct the kids about the way they talk

ah (pause) I think it depends really you know depends on what the parents think first I think (pause) if the parents want them to talk mm properly (pause) it's up to them

mm-hm yeah well you're I think that you know home has much more is a bigger influence than school like you know but eh did did you find that when when you were at school did did your teachers sort of emphasize this very much you know did they try to (pause) make you talk in a particular way

well not really you know

no

well it at Saltwell senior high school they did

mm-hm and I mean they used to pull you up for like bad grammar and things like that

uh-huh not just at that school not anywhere else

aye not at Hill Heads

(interruption) no

no mm yeah (pause) what do you think of ehm you know the ways eh the news readers talk on television when they read the news you know what do you think about that way of speaking you know how do you react to that

well it's all right you know

aye

never really thought about it

(laughter) you don't eh (pause) do you know anybody personally who talks very like that

no

no (pause) I think they're they're pretty rare do you think (pause) if you met somebody you know who who was who talked like sort of I mean Robert Dougal or one of these BBC blokes do you think eh do you think that you would think that he was very snobbish or (pause) mm

well not really (pause) well in a way I would eh uh-huh

yeah mm (pause) ehm (pause) a lot of people you know ehm well in in s- in some kinds of schools think that (pause) think that that way of talking you know the BBC way of talking is is the way everybody ought to talk you know and that everybody should do you think it would be a good idea if everybody talked like that

not really I don't think

mm mm would you miss sort of (pause) local accents you know if eh

mm-hm

yeah mm ehm (pause) eh do you think that eh you know most of the people that you're (pause) friendly with and so on do you find that they talk the same as you on the whole

yes

mm do you think that ehm (pause) do you think that if you meet somebody you know eh for the first time let's say and they talk mm and they do talk like you you know do you think that you're more likely to get on with them you know you feel

uh-huh (pause) you do (pause) just

aye aye mm mm mm eh (pause) this eh this might strike you as a rather vague sort of question like but eh (pause) what sort of things do you think you can tell about somebody from the way he talks you know just (pause) like just by listening to his pronunciation and that like

eh divn't I divn't know really

very much or

not really

I mean (pause) eh (pause) to take a particular example what would you think about (pause) eh what would you think about my accent from listening to it now

no (pause) (laughter)

eh

I don't know that

yeah I mean (pause) like would you say I came from Tyneside

not really no

no

no mm

mm (unclear) you're wrong (laughter)

do you

mm eh yeah it disturbs me when people say that because I I come from you know I come from Gateshead in fact (interruption) mm yeah

do you

yeah but do you I mean do you think it's very different from yours you know do you think I talk very different from you

not really

mm

no not a lot (pause) you talk a little bit but not much you know

mm yes I would have thought the same like you know (unclear) eh (pause) ehm do you think you could eh (pause) just read that list of words for us please straight down

find mind fly bill well men head back farm wall daughter down take straight cold alone poor fire four tower path after earth year me field been new moon school revolution isn't it

(unclear)

but none seven one long holiday room book good maker wafer happy Harry Mary yes better fall which apple television absent realize Newcastle Seahouses method concert descend chocolate explain industry what's that condemn tissue with film

ta eh ehm now eh I'm going to read out a list of words and eh for each one I would just like to know you know they're all sort of fairly local Tyneside words and I would just like to know firstly if you're familiar with it you know and ehm secondly if you'd actually use it yourself ehm (pause) aside for 'beside' you say 'it's just aside the fire' like

mm-hm well that's the way I say it (laughter) uh-huh aside the

eh (pause) bairn little bairn yeah ehm bait

bait we say

aye eh bonny

huh

bonny

we (unclear)

yes you say eh bray

no

no you don't talk about braying somebody (unclear)

oh yes I do

yes yeah

bray uh-huh

bullets

sweets uh-huh

mm-hm yes eh clamming

yes (laughter)

yes boody

no

no do you do you know what it means are you like familiar with it

no

no (pause) probably shows something about your age (laughter) you know it's like did you not play with that when you were little broken china and that boody (unclear)

no

must be going out of fashion (pause) eh (pause) c- coin

mm-hm

coin a corner aye yeah that's cree

no

no for a pigeon cree no (pause) eh fettle

no

no not like to fettle something

well sometimes uh-huh sometimes

mm-hm yes (pause) eh gully

no

no do you know what it means

I've heard of it but I don't know what it means

like a bread knife or something yeah ehm

some people says they're going to use that (unclear)

yes yeah (pause) eh howk

uh-huh

yes eh (pause) mense

pardon

mense do you say 'it would be more to your mense to get some work done' you never

mm

have you ever heard it

no (laughter)

no eh parky

uh-huh

about your food (interruption) and that

uh-huh

eh (pause) eh varnigh

never heard of it

have you not it's another old fashioned sort of word for 'very nearly' you know varnigh missed the bus' ehm (pause) what about eh 'to be knooled' mm

never heard of it

have you not no to be eh hen pecked you know eh like a husband can knool his wife or vice versa you know eh now eh more or less on the same lines like I'm going to read out ehm this list of sentences and for each one I would just like to know ehm you know if it sounds like a fairly normal sort of sentence to you you know if it sounds like eh (pause) if it sounds like the kind of thing that you might say if the circumstances arose you know what I mean

mm-hm

ehm (pause) were you wakened last night when I came in

(unclear)

yes yeah I ehm I was still a bed when you called this morning

yes (laughter)

yeah eh he never gave us any

uh-huh (laughter)

yeah ehm (pause) do you not go there very often

mm-hm

ehm they're useless them

yes (laughter)

yeah yes (laughter) ehm me and John went to the races on Saturday

yes

yes eh (pause) I might could manage it

uh-huh

yeah ehm he wouldn't could have worked even if you had asked him

uh-huh

yeah (pause) eh it's ower big to get through there

uh-huh (laughter)

yes yeah eh you know my cousin that her husband died

mm-hm

yes with the wife being ill I had to stay in and look after her

mm-hm (unclear)

yes it wouldn't crop up for you would it what about ehm eh (pause) with it being such a sunny day we'll go to the park (interruption) something like that (interruption) yeah

uh-huh

yeah eh (pause) I'm going to stay with the son for the holidays

(unclear) (unclear)

if you had a s- yeah (laughter) if you had a son who was old enough (pause) mm (pause) they go to the pictures of a Sunday

mm-hm (pause) no not really

no you'd say on a Sunday something like that ehm (pause) excuse me (pause) eh (pause) I was coming home on the train and if I didn't leave my coat lying on the seat

mm

no (pause) eh these ones are pretty big to them others

mm-hm uh-huh

so it's eh (pause) here she had left her pram standing outside the shop

not really

no you don't say like 'here she had done this' no eh (pause) I think we're going to be soon for the picture

(unclear)

yeah ehm would you mind stop talking

uh-huh

yes eh do you want a cup of tea making (unclear) (pause) yeah

mm-hm

ehm you know him that used to work on the railways

mm-hm

yeah (pause) eh he happened a nasty accident (pause) no

mm

eh I'll put the kettle on for to make some tea

yes

yes eh I wanted for to talk to you about it

pardon

I wanted for to talk to you about it

no

no eh when did it happen to you

uh-huh

yeah eh I've got money belonging him

uh-huh

yeah eh (pause) could you mind your head so as I can see out the back

uh-huh

yeah eh I'm going to get some wool for our Pamela a jumper

yes

yes eh it's all right for you you're used with it

yes

yes eh we've been waiting of a bus

no

mm I think they're going to give him the job permanent

yes

yeah eh (pause) I don't bother much about the television and that

well I do (laughter)

(laughter) yeah

yes uh-huh

yeah mm mm there was all these bottles of beer what we had brought

uh-huh

eh (pause) many people were there there

what

many people were there there

no

no eh (pause) where did you get it at

uh-huh

yes ne- never mind I'll manage but

uh-huh

yeah ehm (pause) never the wonder I couldn't get it to work it's not plugged in

uh-huh

say never the wonder yeah

mm-hm

ehm me and George is going to the town today

mm-hm

yeah eh Jack didn't think much to the race

no

no eh (pause) all the caravan sites are good and I've stayed on them nearly all

yes

yeah eh they'd not seen it

what

they'd not seen it no w- eh what do you think you would prefer do you know

didn't see it

aye yes eh it's far too long this

mm-hm

yeah ehm (pause) how's your wife and family then

uh-huh

yeah eh (pause) Joe cannot come tomorrow being as he's working late

mm

yes eh (pause) what is it he does for a living

uh-huh

yeah eh just light the fire on will you

uh-huh

yes eh I'll clout yous both in a minute

mm-hm

yes eh how much have they offered we

huh

how much have they offered we

uh-huh

pass us one of them spanners

mm

I've broke a plate I'm afraid

no

no what

just broken (unclear)

broken mm eh I come this morning but you weren't in

uh-huh

eh he done it all right

mm-hm

eh I had forgetten to buy the onions

oh

yes eh he give

I sometimes say (unclear)

aye yes but you could say forgetten you think

aye

he give us a pound for doing it

mm-hm

yeah we had went to the coast for the day

uh-huh

yes eh (pause) I seen Albert on Tuesday

mm

mm eh (pause) I'm not going to stand being tret like that

mm-hm

yes eh (pause) that's what happens when you be naughty

mm-hm

I'll probably seeing her Saturday

mm-hm

yeah (pause) eh (pause) I doubt he'll have to stay in hospital for a long time

mm

yeah ehm (interruption) (unclear)

are you (pause) finished

yeah ta ehm (pause) you've letten him get away

uh-huh

yes ehm my mother's keep coming in to see us

yes

we'll sharp get this done

mm-hm

mm he's as Tyneside as what I am

mm-hm

yeah eh (pause) you used to sweep the floor and us used to wash the dishes

sometimes

sometimes okay eh and eh getting just a little bit more complicated eh do you think you could could give me eh the opposite of eh 'I'll be going there this week' does that make sense

mm (unclear) (laughter) (pause) (unclear) ask you

what eh well no I was thinking more of like ehm 'I'll not be going there this week' or 'I won't be going there this week' you know what I mean eh how about the opposite of 'he's got some'

I haven't got none

ta good eh again the opposite of 'he's seen that picture'

saw that picture no I haven't seen that picture

yeah ta (pause) the opposite of 'you're working late tonight'

I finished (unclear) (laughter)

and again the opposite of 'I gave him one'

ehm (pause) never given us any

okay ta ehm suppose you went up to somebody in the street and asked for a match what would you s- say

have you got a light

yes (unclear) (pause) and could you just sort of finish off this sentence eh I couldn't get it done yesterday but I'll do it

do it tomorrow

yes ta