right

(unclear) T L S G five one

thanks (pause) eh (pause) to start from the beginning could you tell us where you were born please

ehm Windy Nook

yeah eh and whereabouts eh else you've lived since then for roughly how long how long did you stay there for instance

well I was there right (unclear) I was eh Windy Nook right from being born till I was nineteen and I was married and then I went down to eh Windmill Hills at Gateshead

mm-hm mm

lived there for two and a half year and then come up here (pause) and I've been here nine year this month

ta and eh which of those places did you think was the best to live in you know where did you (interruption) enjoy living most

oh Windy Nook

yes

definitely aye

why why do you think it was so much better

wey I mean to say I think just being used with the place you know

yeah

just being brought up in a place more or less

yeah did you find that it was more ehm more neighbourly you know (interruption) did you know people better

yes oh yes wey you knew everybody because it was only a small eh place you see

yes yeah eh it's almost almost a sort of village by itself isn't it really (unclear)

mm

eh (pause) mm what about ehm this area do you find that this is a pretty neighbourly sort of area you know

well not really it's anything but neighbourly

is it

oh no it's not ehm (pause) it's not my cup of tea like you know

oh you don't would you say that you knew say most of the people on on your block

oh I know all them on the block uh-huh mm-hm

mm eh mm (pause) would you ehm (pause) you know considering Gateshead as compared with Newcastle would you (pause) rather live in Gateshead

oh yes

definitely

yes

why do you think that is just because you were born here or (interruption) (unclear)

well probably that's what it is uh-huh sometimes I like to go shopping the town and that but eh for living I wouldn't like to live in it

aye do you not shop in Gateshead very much

uh-huh I shop in both places you know

yeah ehm (pause) and what about eh Tyneside as compared with the rest of the country would you be happy to move away from Tyneside if there was reason for you to or (pause) do you think you would miss it

oh I think I would miss it if I moved away

yes

uh-huh

sort of connections and friends and something

uh-huh I think that's what it is

yeah ehm (pause) do you think that eh (pause) people from Tyneside are in in your experience different from people from other parts of the country

well they are uh-huh I think they are anyway uh-huh I think they're more neighbourly and you know easy to get along with them eh more than any other parts I've been to

yes have you eh been away from Tyneside very often just holidays

oh just holidays you know that's all just fortnight holidays

eh (pause) could you tell us ehm where your parents were born please in Gateshead as well were they

ehm (pause) eh uh-huh both in Gateshead

ehm yes

don't (NAME) get up

ehm (pause) and eh so they've lived in Gateshead all their lives in fact (interruption) (unclear)

all their lives uh-huh

ehm and what was your father's occupation

mining

yes (pause) it's amazing how many people have you know mining connections (unclear) generation but ehm (pause) eh could you say what age group you fall into on that card please if you could just say the letter you know

the letter C

ta eh and finally on what basis you occupy this house is it C

ren eh C (interruption) uh-huh

yes yeah and eh you're married

yes

and ehm how many children have you got

two

the two is that are they both yours

no eh just the little boy and I've got one eh nine

oh I see both at home

eh sch yes she's at school

ehm (pause) eh do you work at all (interruption) at the moment

yes

oh eh whereabouts

emh Whitehall Road Co op

do you

mm-hm

oh right I haven't seen you in there I I sometimes go in I go in on eh Saturday mornings

oh well I don't (unclear) I have been these last couple of Saturdays like (interruption) I've been in uh-huh

yes

but eh I don't I just work the five day

oh I see yes and do you work

just the twenty hours you know part time (interruption) (unclear)

ah I see yes you don't work a whole day

no

you just work

mornings or afternoons

wey it all depends what shift I'm in doesn't it

(unclear) mornings or afternoons I just put twenty hours a week in that's all

yes it's it's (pause) pretty well up to you is it what eh (interruption) when you work (unclear)

uh-huh mm-hm

is it eh is it a good job do you enjoy it

oh yes uh-huh I like it better than any of the other jobs I've had

yeah what eh what other jobs have you done in the past (interruption) (unclear)

wey mostly factory work you know machinist

yes

of course as well ehm CWS at Pelaw worked in (interruption)

the fact the factory oh I see yes

three of the factories (unclear) quilting shirting and tailoring

oh I see aye

and then eh Farnon's a while then like I got married and then at the store

I see yeah yeah (pause) and eh but your your present job you enjoy better than the (interruption) factory

yes right uh-huh any the rest uh-huh

mm (pause) ehm (pause) this is just eh (pause) some questions to find out if you use certain expressions in certain situations ehm (pause) if something's eh stacked on a on a high shelf do you say it's up a height

uh-huh

do you use that expression

uh-huh

yes and ehm (pause) could you say of a a tool or something eh this'll do the job clever do you ever use that expression

not clever no

no

na

and ehm if somebody's had too much to drink he's (pause) what do you say

wey (pause) (laughter) well I (laughter)

she says all sorts her (laughter)

(laughter)

(laughter) (pause) ehm

(unclear) all sorts of things (laughter)

(laughter) yeah ehm how old were you when you left school

fifteen

yeah eh do you think you were glad to leave school or not

well I was at the time till I got till I got left then I wished I was back

aye did you think that school life was better than working life in fact

oh yes wey aye

aye (pause) and eh have you had any eh further education since then or anything (interruption) night class or anything no

no

no ehm (pause) looking back on your education would you say that it's been worth very much to you in your life you know since you left school

well not really

not particularly

no

not in your job

not really no

not very important (unclear) and what about ehm (pause) what about out outside your job do you ever feel it's been important to you you know just in your ordinary life like for for you yourself

well I (unclear) it has been important uh-huh

yes

mm-hm

eh (pause) and what about ehm (pause) for your your own children you know do you feel that education's important for them

oh yeah (interruption) mm-hm I do

yeah if eh if you had say a child who was you know deciding whether to leave school at fifteen say or to stay on do you think you would advise them to stay on

I would advise them to stay on uh-huh if I thought eh you know he was wey clever you know uh-huh if he could (pause) be able to

yeah and do you think that ehm (pause) that this would go as much for girls as for boys or more for boys

wey more for boys I think than for girls uh-huh

wey I don't know because they've got a good good job for life now if they haven't got education isn't it

I think it is I think it's more important now for a lad because I mean to say the lad's going to work all his life whereas the lass gets married and has family and (interruption) (unclear)

aye (interruption) yeah

(unclear)

you see that takes most of her life up I think

but they can always gan back to work now can't they

wey you can do when their family's up

(unclear)

mm-hm

do you think do you think it's eh a good idea in general for a woman to w work after she's married

wey I I do because you're in the house all day and you've got the work when you just you're interest lies in the house whereas when you get out you see a bit more life I you know that's what I think oh I do

so I mean you you would eh you would work even if you know I mean even if you didn't have to you would just do (interruption) (unclear)

oh I would I wouldn't stay in the house all day no

yes (pause) do you think that eh schools have improved since you left

oh definitely (interruption) oh yes definitely uh-huh

is this the impression you get yeah

oh there's a school along (unclear) oh what a smasher (unclear) and all sorts even a swimming pool everything

where aye that's near Washington

aye

yes yes (interruption) (unclear)

(unclear) one that lights up

aye (pause) eh now eh you lived in ehm Windy Nook when you were s pretty young that's you know under twelve say

yeah

ehm (pause) did you think that it was a was a good place to live for children you know did you enjoy your childhood there

well I enjoyed it but there was nothing there really you know there was a lot of country like we used to go for all the walks and that

mm-hm

whereas it's all been built on in that same country now you know

right

but when I was (interruption)

has it changed very much since you were (interruption) young then

oh yes oh it's changed I mean to say a lot of buildings has went up whereas they weren't there when I was (interruption)

yeah aye all the new ones eh (interruption) Harlow

big housing (interruption) estates and that uh-huh wey aye

Harlow Green ones of course yeah pretty (unclear) mm eh can you remember any of the ehm games that you used to play or things you used to do when you were young

well eh I joined the harriers and I enjoyed that

did you

uh-huh Saltwell ladies

that was Saltwell was it

uh-huh

aye was it very eh (interruption)

I enjoyed that while I was in it

was it very popular in those days for girls to

oh yes uh-huh it was popular

aye because that that's I I I don't think it is now so much

no you never hear it now but you did used to hear a lot of it in the papers and that at one time you know

aye (pause) because I I run for the eh university like you know we run in the loc in the local harrier league

mm-hm

and there there are women's competitions but they're usually pretty sparsely you know entered

uh-huh (pause) no I never hear much of it now well I never hear really of it at all

aye

but you did hear in the Gateshead Post like you know (interruption)

uh-huh yes

you used to hear you know more than any other paper like

were you a very distinguished athlete

(laughter) but eh oh aye I enjoyed that while I was in

yes

well you used to do all right in the school sports though and all didn't you

sport I used to like anything to do with sports

aye

netball anything

uh-huh good (pause) ehm can you remember eh what you call a game where eh a street game where one of the kids has to chase the others to try to touch them what do you call that

mm (pause) we used to play it and I've forgetten the name now

(unclear)

relievo was it we used to play

I I was just thinking of tuggy did you used to play tuggy

oh aye tuggy uh-huh that's right aye uh-huh

wey aye

(laughter) uh-huh

and what do you say about the the one who has to chase the others

what eh

did you say he's (pause) do you say he's on

aye uh-huh (unclear) mm-hm

yes yeah and eh (pause) did you have any eh methods for deciding who was going to be on

wey ehm (pause) I don't know sometimes we used to have a race to see you know if you're last (laughter) you were on more or less I think

eh (pause) and what did you used to say when you wanted to ehm call a halt in a game for some reason you know if you want to stop and tie your shoelace or something like that did you used to cross your fingers and say

no I don't whether we done that

skinchers

oh aye that's (interruption) right (laughter)

aye you forget divn't you

aye you forget it he's bringing it back (laughter)

I find (pause) strange like but the older the people are who I'm talking to the better they remember their childhood you know some people dead old people can remember loads about when they were little mm ehm (pause) now ehm (pause) do you think you could tell us what your ordinary word is for each of the rooms of this house please just (pause) you know what you normally call them what's this room please

well I usually say this is the kitchen

uh-huh

and I'd say that's (pause) like in the scullery

yeah

and the bedrooms like that's

yes and what do you call the eh you know what you're in after you come through the front door

the passage

yes ehm (pause) and eh (pause) this probably isn't true for you but to get out of my backdoor you have to lift the (pause) what do you call that

the sneck

yeah and ehm (pause) what do you call eh the thing you sweep the floor with when you do it by hand

just the brush

ta eh and what do you call ehm that

the bleezer

ta (unclear) you would talk about bleezing the fire (interruption) (unclear)

uh-huh uh-huh (laughter)

(unclear)

(laughter)

(laughter) eh (pause) and what do you call ehm cleaning the plates and things after a meal

cleaning the what

the plates and things after a meal (unclear)

just tidying up

eh I mean actually (pause) washing them you know what do you say you have to

have to wash the dishes

wash the dishes yeah ehm (pause) could you ever do you ever say washing up

no just washing the dishes (laughter)

eh (pause) can you tell us ehm (pause) how you like to spend your spare time you know assuming that you have any

going out (laughter) just going out and for a drink

aye whereabouts do you like to go for instance

well we just usually go to the Mount Pleasant club

oh aye yes

that's where we would go

(unclear)

well uh-huh it gets sometimes you know turns on

good (unclear) (unclear)

(unclear) a Saturday night that's the only night I get out

oh I see yes

on a Saturday night I don't get out any other time (pause) we just go there

we sometimes gan to Wardley

oh very odd times

you see with mother being handy for the young ones you see when we've got a baby sitter (unclear) we've got to back (unclear)

yeah

(unclear)

yeah what about eh watching the television do you watch very much

oh yes watch it on wey on a night uh-huh

yes all the nights you're in you usually watch the television

I watch it uh-huh wey not all the time like (unclear) things I've got

aye

different times I've got things to do but (interruption) if there's a good film on I like to watch it

aye yes

and anything I like on it

and if if you don't like what's on do you usually switch it off or do you just leave it on

no I just leave it on

aye but ignore it

(laughter) uh-huh (laughter)

yeah she'll say turn it on I want to see this and I'll watch the other side and then she gans in the scullery and starts washing up (unclear)

(laughter)

(laughter) nasty trick

wey aye

yeah do you think that the eh standard of programmes is pretty good on the whole or poor

oh I think they're pretty good

not bad

mm

what kind of things do you like

wey eh I like the films and I just like Coronation Street and ehm I like to see that University Challenge (interruption) I like to see that

oh aye it's a good programme that

and quizzes and that you know (interruption) and the eh Hughie Green shows

yes yes aye do you not get bored with Coronation Street

no I like it no

no have you watched it

I used to like to see Peyton Place when it was on and then I (pause) would never miss that

uh-huh (pause) eh (pause) and what do you think's the worst sort of rubbish on television is there anything that you really hate

ehm (pause) oh I don't like that Callan

do you not

oh no it's an eh (pause) ehm (pause)

you know that Star Trek you didn't used to like (interruption)

star that Star Trek aye

now she's going bad (unclear)

(laughter)

hm come on turn over to Star Trek I want to watch Coronation Street

I used to think it was funny that (unclear) Star Trek (unclear)

(laughter) (unclear) too far fetched that was (laughter)

(laughter)

wey it was only because (unclear)

(laughter)

(laughter)

got to use your imagination

eh I can't

(unclear) and are there any things that eh you sort of ehm wish you could have done but you've never got round to or you've never had the chance to do

wey ehm (pause) I mean to say I would have joined up I think you know like

yeah

before I was married like joined up you know if I could have you know if I had my life to go over again like I would s I would have done that

wh why do you would you like the sort of travel (unclear)

uh-huh travel uh-huh

and eh

I think that's the only thing

mm what about eh if you if you won a a very large sum of money tomorrow you know I mean if you won the pools or something what do you think you would do

I would go on a lovely cruise

aye travel (interruption) would be the first thing

eh buy a house

mm-hm

and (pause) well I think that's enough money to do you I think you know to live

aye yeah (pause) these are just ehm (pause) a few questions about your (pause) eh opinions on some ordinary matters like ehm (pause) what do you think that parents should do when their children misbehave you know how what what your policy about you know that sort of thing

well I usually find if you keep them in if they do something wrong and you keep them in the house

yes yeah

and that us more usually works more than anything else than you know braying or anything

bet better than hitting them like aye and eh (pause) do you ever eh hit your children (unclear) (interruption) eh

oh yes I hit them (interruption) uh-huh

you do sometimes

mm-hm

but it's got to be for something special

yes oh oh yes I wouldn't hit them for nothing

mm eh and ehm (pause) what about a young person of say sixteen do you think that they should be more or less allowed to do as they want mm-hm

oh no not sixteen year olds no

do you think their parents should still have

still uh-huh

keep them under control

well they don't really know much at sixteen

aye (pause) and this would go for things like ehm staying out at at nights you know they would have to be in for a certain time at night

oh yes sixteen year olds definitely

(unclear) sixteen year olds is stopping out it's the parents that get worried wondering where they are like

yes mm-hm

I mean instead of talking about how old they are you know it's it's their parent theirsel

aye

I mean even you can get bairn who'll be twenty odd (pause) but if they're out all night you still wonder where they are and get yourself a bit (unclear)

aye that's true yes (pause) eh and this is eh (pause) this is a question you don't have to answer if you don't want ehm secret ballot and all that which way do you vote

Labour

yeah and have you always voted the same way

yes always

eh (pause) eh why do you think wh wh why do you always vote the same way d is it (pause) eh do you feel a sort of loyalty to the (interruption) to the one party

wey I would mind I like eh the Labour policies you know

yes

that's what it is

you're really convinced that they're like (interruption) you know better for

they're better mm-hm definitely

aye (pause) and (pause) would you say that eh (pause) you turn out to vote fairly regularly I mean do you vote in sort of local government elections for instance

yes

yes every time ehm (pause) and eh what sort of things do you expect of a government once it's elected you know mm what do you think its main duties are

well (pause) to the people (pause) and ehm (pause) I don't k to the poor as well you know

aye think there should be more concentration on (interruption) social (unclear)

mm-hm yes

yes ehm (pause) what about ehm (pause) how do you feel about equal pay for women do you think women ought to get equal pay for equal work

well eh (pause) I think some sometimes they should

aye if they really (interruption) do this equal jobs

but eh (interruption) eh uh-huh they do yes

I would say (pause) if they're doing the same work (interruption) they should do

if they're doing the same work uh-huh (pause) should eh should get equal pay

yes ehm (pause) you don't think y you don't think women have got anything to lose by being sort of treated as economically equal

I don't think they've got anything to lose

no

no

ehm (pause) now if we could just go on to talk about eh the thing we are most interested in like that's the way you talk and (pause) what you think about the way other people talk ehm firstly eh (pause) do you ever change the way you speak according to the person you're talking to or the circumstances

wey not really no

no

no

not even (pause) on the telephone or anything like that

wey I think on the telephone you have to eh you know change your eh (pause) (interruption) (unclear) (laughter)

yeah

(unclear) (laughter)

(laughter)

(laughter)

(laughter) you try (unclear)

(unclear) wey aye

(laughter)

but you're not eh (pause) you don't normally sort of change your speech to suit you know

no not re

towards the speech of the people you're talking to

no not really

aye and y you've never tried to make any eh permanent changes in the way you talk you know (unclear)

oh wey I would like to talk nice like it's (unclear) I don't like Geordie eh

do you not

no no I don't think it sounds nice

that's a just a matter of it its pleasantness like you don't think it's pleasant

no na I don't not one little bit

wey the trouble is if you gan anywhere though man you just have to gan say over the water or go out (pause) over the town at Sunderland there (pause) you know because they're saying words there half the time that I don't understand when we're working as well there's a lot of different types of people work there you know from Crook and what not you're saying aye and they're saying what what

yes aye it's eh

it'd be better if everybody spoke the same like wouldn't it

do you think so

wey aye

you don't think you would miss any miss anything

no

yes

you'd be able to understand each other wouldn't (interruption) they

yes (pause) eh (pause) so (pause) there's eh (pause) there's no sense in which you approve of of local Tyneside accents do you think do you think they should be dropped altogether do you think they should go out of you know out of circulation

wey (pause) aye they should be dropped

yeah

mm

eh (pause) you you never feel ehm (pause) eh closer to people if they talk like you for instance you don't feel that

wey you think to yourself oh well they're one of us (pause) (interruption) yeah but that's eh

yeah so it does it does have that effect on you really (interruption) yes

that's eh (pause) what it is like

ehm (pause) what about eh other (pause) local accents of England you know Liverpool or Cockney accents do you think they're pleasant or

wey I don't like the Cockney

no

no I don't like the Cockney eh I think eh (pause) when you get to Guisborough there they've got a lovely way of talking

mm-hm mm

it's not very (unclear) you know it's not that far like they've got a nice way of talking them

and some are so some accents are nice and some are (interruption) are (unclear)

mm-hm

I like to hear the Scots on me as long as they don't talk too sharp (unclear)

mm yeah and you know when when you said that eh you would like to to be able to talk nicely do what do you think you mean by nicely sort of

well proper (interruption) you know

the way the newsreaders speak (interruption) on the BBC

English uh-huh yes uh-huh

you you thoroughly approve of that way of talking

yes uh-huh mm-hm

eh do you do you know anybody yourself who talks like that

no I don't think so

no (laughter) what do you think you would think about them if you did you know I mean

wey eh (pause) I wouldn't think anything just they were nice talkers and that's all you know

mm (pause) yeah (pause) and eh what what sort of things in general do you think you can tell about people from the way they talk do you ever do you ever guess things about eh (pause) other people from listening to them talk you know (pause) just from their pronunciation

like guess wey what

yeah I mean well let's say (pause) you know how do you react to my speech for instance what w what do you think you would say about the way I talk

well you talk properly talk properly (unclear) you know

really properly

well maybe not really (interruption) but eh I mean to say you don't talk slang Geordie do you

(laughter)

no but you can tell the accent's there though behind the voice can't you

what accent though

I think well do yo you think y do you think you would be able to guess that I came from Gateshead I mean that I came from Tyneside

no I don't think so

you don't think so

no I I don't I don't (interruption)

what about you

oh wey aye I would think so wey aye

it's pretty obvious in fact in my thinking

wey aye

no I thought you (unclear) maybe outside Newcastle you know

aye I was in fact born in Gateshead I've lived all my life in Gateshead you know and as far as I know always talked like this as well you know I've never change I've never I've never changed anything about the way I talk not consciously anyway (pause) yeah but do you not think that you can guess ehm (interruption)

you don't talk slang though do you

eh well I'm not I'm not exactly sure what you mean by slang

wey like ganning and you know things like watta and

yes

like that like you know and ye for you you know

aye

do you sound like that

well I think it depends on the circum

(laughter)

it depends on the situation you know sometimes I do like sometimes I don't but I mean I don't think you do either I mean eh I don't think you've ever said watta in this you know in this interview like

no (laughter)

although you did before

aye he does (laughter)

but you haven't really you know eh in a way I would have thought that I would be you know fairly close to you really in a you know in in wor manner of speech

(unclear) (laughter)

it's funny that you should (interruption)

you should hear his own outside (laughter) with them all (laughter)

do you think that you speak sort of very differently when you're you know I mean do you think that this you know the way you're talking now is very different from the way you normally speak

oh no not no

you don't feel as if you're doing anything special to change it

no I don't no

ehm (pause) a about yourself when when you're in other parts of the country can people usually tell that you come from Tyneside

usually uh-huh

yeah

mm-hm

ehm and what about eh on on other parts of Tyneside can people ever tell that you come from Gateshead

no I don't think so

and do you yourself feel that eh (pause) there's a difference between the speech of Gateshead and Newcastle (unclear)

no I think it's about the (interruption) same

more or less the same

uh-huh

you wouldn't like to guess whe whether somebody came from this side or that side (pause) from the way they talk

wouldn't like to guess

mm

I mean to say you get that at Hepburn they talk nice and like Jarrow's just you know the same as like what Gateshead talks you know

yeah

but ehm

but there's no big difference between Gateshead and Newcastle

no I don't think so

ehm (pause) mm (pause) whuh ehm do you think you could just read that list of words for us please just straight down from the top to bottom

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

ta (pause) mm now eh I'm going to read out a list of words and for each one I'd like to know ehm (pause) if you know what it means and secondly eh if you use it yourself and thirdly if you hear people using it fairly frequently you know they're all fairly local words you know ehm (pause) excuse me a minute (pause) ehm (pause) aside for beside do you say it's just aside the fire

mm-hm (interruption) yes

yes ehm bairn

just the same bairn aye

yes you would say that

yes

eh bait

uh-huh

yes

(unclear)

eh (pause) beck meaning a 'stream'

beck

mm

no I never use that

no eh bonny

uh-huh yes

you use that eh bray

yes

yes ehm bullets

yes

clamming

yes (laughter)

yes eh boody

mm

you do w w what do you mean by it boody

wey eh like a cup broken cups like you know

yeah they've got to be broken

mm-hm (unclear)

you don't talk about eh a boody teapot or a boody dish

oh uh-huh that and all yes uh-huh yes

you do mm just that it's made of uh-huh

boody

ehm (pause) clarts

mm-hm

yes eh (pause) coin a corner

no I divn't say (interruption) coin no

you wouldn't say it no

little bit since I heard that now like to coin

yes seems to've c

I had a laugh the other day when I says it at work

aye

you always used coin round there (laughter)

(laughter)

yeah eh (pause) cree

uh-huh yes

dunch

yes

yes ehm fettle

mm-hm

do you use that in the sense of ehm to fettle something

mm-hm yes

what about being in good fettle do you use it that way

no I wouldn't say to be in good fettle no

eh gully

yes

yes howk

yes

yes hoy

mm-hm

yes ken for 'to know'

ken no

do you ken him no

no

eh (unclear)

uh-huh

yes lowe

yes uh-huh

eh (pause) meaning a light

mm-hm

give us a lowe

yes uh-huh

there's not many people who are familiar with that like

aye

mm

(unclear)

yeah

(unclear)

(laughter)

I noticed that (laughter)

(laughter)

(laughter) yes

(unclear)

(laughter) (unclear) (laughter)

no no it's all strictly confidential (pause) eh (pause) eh mense be more to your mense

yes uh-huh

aye ehm parky about your food

parky yes (interruption) mm-hm

aye eh stot

yes

yes varnigh

what

varnigh

varnigh aye varnigh (interruption) yes uh-huh

yes very nearly uh-huh

uh-huh mm

eh and now eh I'm going to read out eh this list of sentences and for each one I want to know ehm if it's sounds normal to you that is if it if it sounds like something that you might say if the circumstances arose you see what imean ehm (pause) so eh (pause) you know some of them will sound a bit odd to you and some of them will sound just you know just like ordinary sentences right

mm-hm

ehm (pause) eh were you wakened last night when I came in is that okay

mm-hm

yes

mm-hm

I was still a bed when he called this morning

yes

ehm he never gave us any

mm-hm

okay yeah

mm-hm

eh do you not go there

(unclear)

do you not go there very often

mm-hm that's okay

okay

(unclear)

they're useless them

(unclear)

me and John went to the races yesterday

mm-hm

eh it's me and him's last day

uh-huh it's all right

that would be okay yes

mm-hm

ehm I might could manage it

uh-huh

yes eh it's ower big to get through there

(unclear) it's too no I wouldn't (interruption) say that

you wouldn't say ower big no eh (pause) he wouldn't could have worked even if you had asked him

uh-huh (unclear)

yeah eh (pause) you know my cousin that her husband died

mm-hm

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

mm-hm

yes eh I've got to stay with the son for the holidays

mm-hm

yes they go to the pictures of a Sunday

mm-hm

I was coming home on the train and if I didn't leave my coat lying on the seat

mm-hm

yeah eh these ones are pretty big to them others

mm-hm

here she had left her pram standing outside the shop

mm-hm

eh I think we're going to be soon for the picture

yes

yeah

mm-hm

yes would you mind stop talking

mm-hm

wey you wouldn't say that you'd say hey will ye shut up

(laughter)

I w I wouldn't dare say that (laughter) I told you it should have been him (laughter)

(unclear)

that's all right perfectly all right eh do you want a cup of tea making

mm-hm

okay

mm-hm

eh (interruption)

was that a hint (laughter)

(laughter)

(laughter) no it isn't but it has occurred to me that some people might think that it was eh (unclear)

(unclear)

eh (pause) you know you know him that used to work on the railways (interruption) that's okay

mm-hm

he happened a nasty accident

mm-hm

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

mm-hm

okay eh I wanted for to talk to you about it

mm-hm

yeah when did it happen you

mm-hm it's all right

eh I've got money belonging him

mm-hm

eh could you mind your head so as I can see out the back all right

mm-hm

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

uh-huh

yes yeah I'm going shopping for John a pair of trousers

yes

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

mm-hm

yes we've been waiting of a bus

mm-hm

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

mm-hm

aye eh I don't bother much about the television and that

mm-hm

eh there was all these bottles of beer what we had brought

mm-hm

yes many people were there there

mm-hm

yeah eh where did you get it at

uh-huh

yes never mind I'll manage but

mm-hm

yes no the wonder I couldn't get it to work it's not plugged in

mm-hm

no the wonder is okay

mm-hm

yes me and George is going to the town the day

mm-hm

right

he divn't want to be (unclear) work

(laughter)

(laughter) Jack didn't think much to the race

uh-huh

yes

mm-hm

right all the caravan sites are good and I've stayed on them nearly all

yes

had they seen it no they'd not seen it

mm-hm

they'd not seen it yeah

mm-hm

yes eh my coat's too long this

uh-huh

yes

mm-hm

how's your wife and family then

mm-hm

mm Joe can't come tomorrow being as he's working late

yes

ehm what is it he does for a living

mm-hm

yes eh he wants his wages paid immediately

yes

(unclear) paid straight away

yes (laughter) I'll change that eh just light the fire on will you

mm-hm

uh-huh eh (pause) I'll clout yous both in a minute

yes

(unclear) (laughter)

eh how much have they offered we

uh-huh mm-hm

mm pass us one of them spanners

yes

yeah eh I've broke a plate

mm-hm

I come this morning but you weren't in

yes

yes eh he done it all right

mm-hm

yes I've forgetten to buy the onions

yes

he give us a pound for doing it

mm-hm

ehm we had went to the coast for the day

uh-huh

yeah (pause) I seen Albert on Tuesday

mm-hm

yes

(unclear) (laughter)

I'm not (interruption)

(unclear) (laughter)

(laughter)

I'm not going to stand being tret like that

mm-hm

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

yes

yes I'll probably seeing her Saturday

mm-hm

yes eh I doubt he'll have to stay in hospital for a long time

no I would say I think he

yeah mm-hm eh you've letten him get away

mm-hm

yeah my mother's keep coming in to see us

mm-hm

and almost finished eh could you give me eh the opposite of 'I'll be going there this week'

mm-hm

the opposite of

the opposite

yes

wey I'll not be going there this week

that's right eh could you give us the opposite of 'he's got some'

he hasn't got some

ta and the opposite of 'he's seen that picture'

he hasn't seen that picture

ta again the opposite of 'you're working late tonight'

he's not working late tonight

ta eh the opposite of (interruption)

because he was in sharp wasn't it (unclear) that's what you want to hear isn't it

well no I (interruption)

that's what she generally says

n aye no I think in these cases I'm more interested in just you know the actual the negative sort of form of it you know

ah (unclear) because she don't say (unclear)

(laughter)

I wish you would stop interrupting (laughter)

(unclear)

it's my interview

true true (pause) eh (pause) the opposite of 'I gave him one'

I didn't give him one

ta eh (pause) suppose eh you went up to somebody in the street and asked for a match what would you say

have you got a match please

ta and could you finish off this sentence eh I couldn't get it done yesterday but I'll do it

today

yes fine thanks