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Age Group:

31-40

Gender:

Male

Residence:

Tyneside - Gateshead

Education:

Left school at 14

Occupation:

Unemployed (previously Storeman)

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Gender:

Female

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could you tell us eh where you were born first please

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where I was born (unclear) you have to ask her for owt like this

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(laughter)

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(unclear) I divn't know I can tell you when I was born like (unclear)

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aye you you weren't born here for instance

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(unclear) will I ask her (pause) was I born in Gateshead

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eh

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was I born in Gateshead or was I born in Washington

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(unclear)

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where was I born

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where were you born (unclear) (laughter)

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(unclear) right right we've got that one

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(unclear) right (pause) got that one eh and eh so you've lived here all your life

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(unclear)

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aye ehm (pause) and ehm you've never really been away from Tyneside for very long periods

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no no

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eh (pause) and eh now I take it eh your parents were born in Washington were they (unclear)

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eh father was (unclear) eh where were you born were you born in Washington or

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why me

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you were born here

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eh

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where were you born

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I was born at Springwell

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Springwell

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Springwell (unclear) yeah

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Wrekenton

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yes yeah (pause) eh (pause) and eh (pause) what's eh what's your what was your father's occupation please (unclear)

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a miner

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(unclear) ta ehm (pause) eh now if eh we could just talk about eh about Gateshead for a bit you've lived here all your life do you think that eh Gateshead's a good place to live

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oh (pause) not bad aye

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no (pause) complaints about it

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no no

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eh you wouldn't say eh rather live in Newcastle for instance

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no

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that's (interruption)

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(unclear)

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that's a definite no like

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that's a definite no (unclear)

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aye why do you think that is

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well I eh I was born in Gateshead that's it like you know

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I see yeah aye yeah it's just sort of seemingly eh natural to stay where you were (interruption) born (unclear)

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uh-huh

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ta eh and eh would this apply to ehm anywhere else in the country as well you wouldn't like to live anywhere else in the country

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no just Gateshead

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(unclear) eh (pause) and eh what about eh this area of Gateshead like do you think that this is a eh

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oh it's not a very nice place the eh this end like you know there's other parts (unclear) better than this like

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you would prefer to live somewhere else in Gateshead like

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well I would like if we had the money like

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(laughter) are these eh (pause) are these these houses not coming down soon

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eeh well eh we've been offered a a place like

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have you whereabouts

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been offered a place up at eh Leam Lane

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aye

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the place wasn't big enough like you know

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oh I see aye

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and that was it I had to turn it down like

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aye but then at (unclear) stage like (interruption) (unclear)

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uh-huh uh-huh

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eh (pause) and here's another card for you can you tell us ehm (pause) which age group you come into on the card please just say the letter

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age group (pause) wey I'm thirty thirty eh eight so what's that like it's

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(unclear) find that we'll put you in

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which

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eh D no sorry C

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C C

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eh (pause) and eh you're not married

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no

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eh (pause) and eh (pause) another card can you tell us ehm how you occupy your house please if you just you know this house

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(unclear)

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say the letter again you know well do you own it yourself or rent it or you know which of these

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well I don't rent it like I mean eh it's been bought and that's it like you know

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oh I see it belongs to your (interruption) parents (unclear)

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(unclear)

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eh (pause) can you tell us ehm what job you do at the moment

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I'm not working I got paid off like it's

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where you

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the factory closed in

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oh where where were you working at

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Adam Powell's

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oh on the (interruption) (unclear)

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on the trading estate (unclear)

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(unclear)

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yeah aye the eh that's right aye

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yeah

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but you know (unclear) and all that like

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aye

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it just closed down about what (pause) few month back (unclear) that was it

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aye

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eeh (unclear) (interruption)

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(unclear) didn't know they were closed like because

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aye we were the first ones to get paid off and that was it like (interruption) you know

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aye

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it'll be about eh six month back closed down (interruption) last November

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(unclear) aye (interruption) right on the main road isn't it eh

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(unclear) on the main avenue (interruption) there aye

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on the main avenue aye aye I know where it is (unclear)

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aye

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hey I'm surprised I thought that was a good (interruption) factory you know

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it was a good firm

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aye

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it's even got the Queen's Award for it and all like

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aye

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you know just before they closed down just a one of them things like I was there a year like (interruption) it was a good firm it was a (interruption) real decent firm (unclear) you know

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(interruption) what happened to (interruption) aye (pause) did they collapse altogether or move somewhere else

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they just that was it they just lost a big order you know that

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aye

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you know like they just packed up like

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(unclear)

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just a one of them things like

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it's dicey isn't it yeah (pause) and eh (pause) eh what job were you doing there like

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I was working in the stores

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I see yeah (pause) and eh (pause) could you tell us ehm what other jobs you've done in your life and eh

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ah well I've only had two jobs you know I worked at eh Sowerby's on the (pause) the high street there well it's the West the East Street isn't it

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aye (interruption) where about eh

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East Street there Sowerby's against you know where Binn's used to be

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oh aye aye

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you know I used to store all the (interruption) the furniture (pause) upstairs

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yeah aye aye

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I was there since I started schools eh finished what sixty two (interruption) got paid off there

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mm-hm aye

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was there about fourteen fifteen year

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oh I see yeah and then it was (interruption) (unclear)

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I was working in the warehouse like you know

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yes I see yeah just a similar job like to the one you had eh (pause) (interruption) at (unclear)

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mm-hm mm

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aye and that's the two like that's that's the two (interruption)

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where

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that's the two jobs

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that's the only two jobs I've had

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(unclear) oh I see aye

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(unclear)

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(unclear) eh (pause) did you think that eh were there reasonable jobs like did you enjoy them while you were at them

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oh aye especially this last one mind

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aye

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you know it was just a one of them things the way they packed up like

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mm-hm what do you (interruption)

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but eh that was a very good job (interruption) (unclear)

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aye why do you say that like what do you think was good about it

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eeh I mean it was the firm itself like you know it was

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aye

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you know decent people like you know

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aye that's (interruption) (unclear)

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got on with the all right like you know and eh

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aye

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the (unclear) you know

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mm-hm

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(unclear) you know used to (unclear)

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(unclear)

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no bother

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yeah (pause) eh (pause) now ehm I'd like to ask you eh (unclear) some words you might use in various situations like so ehm if you just say (interruption)

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what's this what

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(unclear) I I want to try to ehm eh find out if you use certain words you know so I'll try and suggest them to you but I mean just say what what comes naturally to you you know it it'll be clear like as I go along eh eh if somebody's had too much to drink you would say he was

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(laughter) half cut that's what I would say

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(laughter)

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he's half cut (laughter)

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half cut aye yeah

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probably wrong (unclear) (laughter)

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yeah (pause) eh can you think of ehm (pause) any (interruption)

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hey hey

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(laughter)

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come along here hey come here you'd better get him in here and close the door

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(laughter) (unclear)

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(unclear) get out the way

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eh (pause) can you think of any word you might use for eh somebody who eh who's got lots of nerve you know he's pushy and thinks he can get away with anything

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oh dear dear dear dear eh (pause) eeh I couldn't explain that (interruption) not really no

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no it's difficult to think of them sometimes like (unclear) eh if eh here's an a a appropriate question for you if if eh something was stacked away on a high shelf could you say it was up a height

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a height

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up a height (unclear)

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aye I'd say that aye

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yeah eh

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watch that dog (pause) it's getting on the table (unclear)

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eh (pause) about could you say about eh ehm a tool eh this'll do the job clever would you use that expression

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no

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no what do you think you would say just do it properly or something

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aye that's aye

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yeah (pause) eh (pause) what do you call eh the thing that a brick layer's labourer carries the bricks in over his shoulder

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oh what is it (pause) it's not a (unclear) is it

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no (unclear) not familiar with a hod (pause) eh (interruption)

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look it's over here now hey phhss get the dog out the way man (laughter)

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(laughter)

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you sit here

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

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fourteen

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aye eh were you glad to leave school or

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eh

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were you glad to leave school

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oh aye aye

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you were

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mm

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you didn't like it (unclear)

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oh wasn't much cop at school like you know

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yeah (pause) eh and you haven't had any education since then

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no

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(unclear) eh (pause) do do you think that eh your education's been worth very much to you since eh you know in your job for instance

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oh aye aye (unclear) the last job I was at like you know

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uh-huh

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aye

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in what way like

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well learn a lot of things like you know in store keeping things like that you know

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mm yeah eh (pause) what about eh outside your work can you think of any ways that eh it's been important to you you know (pause) for oth other things

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oh oh no no no

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no ta ehm (pause) eh (pause) now ehm you've lived here all your life so you were living here when you were young like when you were a a young lad

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mm-hm

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eh now eh people tell me that this was a great place to live when they were young eh

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(laughter) oh who said that

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(laughter) well (laughter) perhaps not eh (pause) ehm can you remember eh any of the ehm games that you used to play or (interruption)

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(unclear)

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or things that you used to get up to when you were eh (interruption) you know

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just football that's all

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under twelve for instance you used to play football

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(unclear) football that's all aye

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aye

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mad about football (laughter)

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aye you didn't have any sort of street games or eh things like that

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no no

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no perhaps you didn't indulge in them eh (pause) do you know ehm what you call a game where eh one of the kids chases all the others to try and touch them

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(unclear)

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no eh (unclear) that's strange ehm (pause) now eh can you tell us going through each of the rooms of the house can you tell us what you call each room (unclear) what you normally call

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oh it's the big room it's only the big room and two small rooms here like you know that's that's it

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what do you call this room

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just call it the kitchen

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kitchen

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that's it (pause) then the scullery

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then scullery aye and the bedrooms

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that's it

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yeah (pause) eh (pause) and eh to get out of the back door you have to lift the

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oh the latch there

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ta ehm (pause) eh what do you call the thing that you stand in front of the fire to get it going

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(unclear) what (interruption) wh

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the thing you s you stand in front of it to get it going

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oh the ehm what is it again (pause) eeh forgetting (unclear) (laughter) forgetten

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(laughter) the bleezer

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(unclear) we never really use it like you know

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aye

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that's it aye the bleezer aye

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(unclear) the bleezer (unclear)

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we never see it very much like (laughter)

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

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oh never clean nowt up (unclear)

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(laughter) you don't do it do you no (laughter)

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(laughter) last thing I do

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(laughter) eh (pause) ehm can you tell us eh how you eh spend your spare time please you know you know at evenings and weekends what do you usually do

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I just stop in you know most of the time watch the telly or something like

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aye you don't go out (interruption) very often

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no just if there's football on or something I think you know

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oh you mean you go you go to the (interruption) matches like

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aye I go to the matches like if there's any on like you know

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aye

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if I can like if I can afford it

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aye but do do you go pretty often or (unclear)

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wey I just pick the games now and again or (interruption) I'd see

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aye so you go to go to see good games

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(unclear) good game on (unclear) good team coming up here like I'm (interruption) I try to watch it like you know

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aye (pause) (unclear) been any good games this season

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oh one or two that's all like

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aye what do you what do you think of their performance like this season

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oh we had a good season like (interruption) you cannot grumble like

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aye (pause) (laughter) (pause) yeah (pause) and eh you watch television a lot

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not a great lot like you know

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yeah

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not a great lot

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what eh what sorts of programmes do you like

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oh (laughter) there's a lot of bad shows on like you know but you've got to (interruption) sit and watch them like you know like eh

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aye (pause) mm

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eeh I couldn't just pick one like because I've (unclear) I'm not interested

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you don't bother with it

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(unclear)

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mm

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I like to see a good play or something like that you know

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aye

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variety show or something like

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mm mm

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mostly sport like (laughter)

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mostly aye (unclear) this afternoon

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is any on like

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aye (pause) eh (pause) do you eh do you know the people who live around here very well people who live in this street

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(laughter) to tell you the truth I know them for their faces like but most of them I divn't talk to (unclear)

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you don't know them very well to talk to

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eh no no

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eh (pause) and eh that probably means that eh you wouldn't miss this area very much if you had to go and live somewhere else

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wey I wouldn't miss the neighbours look at it that way like you know

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aye is there anything you would miss about it

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eh

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is there anything you would miss about it

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eeh I divn't know it's it's not a bad place like you know

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aye

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well as I say I'd I'd like to be out in one way but living in Gateshead like you know

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aye but this this particular area I mean say say if you had if you had taken the house in the leam you know do (interruption) you think

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(unclear)

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do you think you would have missed anything about

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not really no no

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(unclear) eh (pause) if eh (pause) if you had ehm the offer (unclear) you know (pause) a fairly good job somewhere else in the country do you think you would go

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well not the moment like you know

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no

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what with the you know the parents being bad like you know

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oh aye I see aye (unclear) sort of ties yeah

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uh-huh

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ehm (pause) now eh if we could talk eh a bit about the thing we are most interested in like that's eh the way you talk and then what you think about the way people talk and that ehm (pause) do you think that eh you ever change the way you talk according to the people you're talking to or the (interruption) circumstances

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well a little bit like (unclear)

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aye such as who for instance

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eh what do you mean like (unclear) (interruption)

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well do you think I mean what sort of people do you think that you would ch that that you would change your way of talking (interruption) (unclear)

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oh if I was say ganning for job or something like that like I might change (unclear) little bit a bit like (unclear) not much

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aye

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you know (laughter)

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aye but there's just sort of one or two special s situations like that when when you

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oh that's that's it aye look at it (interruption) that way that's it with the worker you know

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aye (pause) aye but mostly I mean like now for instance you're talking normally

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aye aye yes

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yeah yeah eh (pause) what do you think about eh the local accents of Tyneside do you find them nice to listen to or not

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oh wey I'm used with it and that's it like you know

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aye (pause) so (pause) eh I mean y you approve of people talking in local accents do you

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oh wey aye aye

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aye eh (pause) would you say ehm if ehm if you if you met somebody for the first time and they talked like you would you say that you were more likely to get on with them (unclear)

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oh wey aye aye

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you're you're you're (interruption) you're certain like (interruption) (unclear)

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oh definitely definitely aye

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mm (pause) eh (pause) why is that like do you think they would be likely to be like you in in other ways like

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(unclear) aye

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aye

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probably aye yeah

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eh (pause) what about eh ehm other local accents of England you know like ehm say Liverpool accents or Cockney

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oh they're aye I like

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do you (interruption)

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eh I like eh you know accents like you know the likes of Liverpool and (interruption) like you know Cockney (unclear) all the same to me like you know

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aye (pause) there's none that you dis there's none that you dislike

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no no no no

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no no good ehm (pause) and eh (pause) now if you could think about if this eh special sort of accent that eh you know (pause) newsreaders use on television when they're reading out the news you know sort of get that get on your mind ehm (pause) do you think do you I mean do you approve of that way of speaking (unclear)

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oh it must be marvellous that like you know oh it must be marvellous that like you know

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what to be able to do it like

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oh aye aye mm

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aye why do you think that

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oh fantastic that like you know (unclear)

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(unclear) you do you think it's sort of nice to listen to like

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oh it is aye (interruption) definitely

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aye eh (pause) would eh (pause) do you think that ehm would you approve of eh the news being read out in some other kind of accent

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wey especially in your own programme like you know what I mean eh (interruption) you know Tynesiders (unclear) you know

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I see what you mean (pause) aye it would be all right then

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aye wey not bad aye

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but for the for the ehm national news

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(unclear) for the BBC (interruption) like you know they've got to sort of be decent haven't they (interruption) you know (unclear)

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(interruption) aye (interruption) I see aye aye eh (pause) now eh (interruption)

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the kettle's boiling

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this is ehm (pause) question that some people find a bit difficult really eh what sort of things do you ehm do you think you can tell from the way somebody talks you know like I was saying before if you meet somebody for the first time you know and you hear them speaking what kind of things do you think you can tell about them

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eeh I'm not sure (unclear) you know (unclear) explain owt (unclear) you know it's eh be able to explain you know (pause) (unclear) I mean

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(unclear) lots of people sort of find it difficult to talk about do you think eh you wouldn't eh be prepared to have a guess about what sort of job he does for instance

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oh possible by his eh you know by (interruption) the the accent right fair enough aye

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(unclear) yeah and eh of course where he comes from like (interruption) (unclear)

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aye aye sure enough like aye

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yeah eh (pause) when eh (pause) have you ever been eh away from Tyneside on holiday

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on holiday

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aye

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oh just down eh Scunthorpe like you know

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aye and could

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just eh

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could people down there usually tell that you came from Tyneside

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oh wey aye (unclear) Geordies (unclear) (laughter)

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aye (pause) eh (pause) and eh (pause) in s (pause) in Newcastle for instance ehm do people ever guess that you come from Gateshead by the way you speak

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(unclear) when

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I mean when you're in Newcastle do people ever guess that (unclear) that you come from Gateshead by the way you speak

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no I don't

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no (pause) eh (pause) do you think it would be a good idea if everybody spoke in the same accent or not

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the same ah wouldn't be the same that I divn't think you know

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you like the variety do you

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(unclear) (laughter)

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yeah (pause) ehm (pause) that's a bit of a job for you

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(laughter)

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do you think you could read out that list of words for us please

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oh dear me I'm not good at owt like this

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just (pause) take your time about it you know

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oh (unclear) (pause) (unclear) just gan through all this like

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aye please

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(unclear) (pause) fruit eh (pause) rib fly bill will one head drop (pause) fall (pause) wall (pause) (unclear) (pause) (unclear) school (pause) seven one long holiday home (unclear) (pause) fall (pause) television Newcastle (pause) that's it

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(unclear) eh (pause) now eh I'll eh I'm going to read out lists of words and eh for every one I want I would like to know ehm if you use it yourself right and if you hear other people (pause) using it and if you know what it means okay they're just sort of local words you know I want to find out whether you know them and so on ehm (pause) bairn

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(unclear) what do you mean like

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a little bairn

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a baby (unclear)

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aye

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oh

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do you use it

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no (unclear)

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but you know what it means and you hear you hear other people use it like

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aye

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aye eh (pause) bait

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bait (pause) I have heard of bait (unclear)

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aye but you don't y you don't talk about taking your bait to work

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no no

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eh (pause) bonny

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oh aye well a lass or something (unclear) know

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eh bray bray for to hit

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eh

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for to hit no

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(unclear)

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you don't use it

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no

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no eh bullets

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(unclear)

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(unclear) boody

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boody (pause) no

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no clarts

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what

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clarts

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no

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you don't use it

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no never use it

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but you know what it means

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aye

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yeah and you hear you hear other people use it like

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clarts aye odd times like (unclear) aye

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eh coin

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coin

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for coin the corner

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aye oh aye I heard of that one

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but you don't use it

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never use it no

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(unclear) eh cree

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say what

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cree

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cree (pause) no

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no you don't you don't know what it means

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no

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no cree eh dunch

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dunch

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(unclear)

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no

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no you don't know what it means

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no

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no eh to fettle

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fettle

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aye

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fettle anybody or something like that

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aye yeah

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oh I've heard of that aye

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aye do you use it

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but I never use it (interruption) perhaps

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no what about eh in canny fettle do you use that expression

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no

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no eh (pause) gully

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gully no

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n no

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no

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you don't know what it means

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(unclear) use it

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eh howk

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howk howking anybody like is that what you're saying

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aye

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(unclear) I never use that either like

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but you know what it means

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uh-huh aye (unclear)

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ehm hoy

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hoy are you shooting or something or like

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no for to throw

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no

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you don't use it

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no

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eh (pause) ehm parky

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parky oh aye aye (unclear)

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about your food you know

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aye

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aye eh stot

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stot

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aye

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(laughter)

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no for to bounce

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(unclear) bounce (unclear)

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you've never heard stot

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not sure

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no eh varnigh

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varnigh (pause) aye more or less something like that or

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yeah very nearly

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aye

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aye

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(unclear)

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do you use it

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wey odd times aye odd times

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I see aye ta (pause) eh now eh I'm going to read out ehm some sentences and eh for each one I want to know like whether it sounds okay to you you know whether it sounds like something that you might say (interruption) you know

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oh

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because some of them might sound as if they've got something wrong with them you know but some of them will be okay right

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(unclear)

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ehm (pause) now eh the first one were you wakened last night when I came in is that okay or not

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eh say it again like

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were you wakened last night when I came in

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aye it seems all right all right aye

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that's okay ehm I was still a bed when you called this morning (pause) okay enough

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it seems all right aye

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aye he never gave us any

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never gave us any (pause) eh uh-huh aye (unclear)

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okay yeah ehm eh do you not go there very often

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uh-huh seems all right all right

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okay ehm they're useless them

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aye it's okay

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oh eh me and John went to the races on Saturday

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me and John

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aye

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(interruption) (unclear)

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little bit doubtful about that one

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aye (unclear) aye aye trouble with that one

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but you think you would say that do you me and John

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wey I probably would say it like (interruption) wey aye

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I see aye yes well that's that's that's all I want to know like you know eh

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(laughter)

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now eh it's me and him's last day (pause) okay or not

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(unclear) aye that's a bit doubtful

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aye

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(unclear)

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ehm I might could manage it

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uh-huh (unclear)

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okay eh (pause) he wouldn't could have worked even if you had asked him

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uh-huh

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ehm (pause) i it's ower big to get through there

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what

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it's ower big to get through there

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it's ower

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it's ower big

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aye that's what I would probably say (unclear)

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ta ehm (pause) you know my cousin that her husband died

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(unclear) (pause) that looks a bit dodgy like

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mm-hm ehm with the wife being ill I had to stay in and look after her

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uh-huh that's okay

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mm-hm ehm I'm going to stay with the son for the holidays

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mm-hm

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okay eh do you want out meaning do you want to be out

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that's a bit dodgy like (unclear)

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mm ehm they go to the pictures of a Sunday

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they go to the pictures

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they go to the pictures of a Sunday

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aye that's all right all right aye

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that's okay eh I was coming home on the train and if I didn't leave my coat lying on the seat (pause) is that okay

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no that's a bit dodgy (unclear)

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okay eh these ones are pretty big to them others

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mm (pause) aye that's all right that

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that's okay eh here she had left her pram standing outside the shop

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(unclear) bit dodgy (unclear)

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

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that's all right aye

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okay eh would you mind stop talking

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no that's a bit dodgy that one (unclear)

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thanks eh do you want a cup of tea making

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aye that's all right all right (unclear)

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okay ehm do you want this wall painting

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(unclear) aye could be (interruption) (unclear)

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

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that's a bit dodgy like as well

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you think there's something wrong with that

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aye I do

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mm-hm eh (pause) he happened a nasty accident

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aye it's all right all right

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

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that's all right all right

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okay eh (pause) I wanted for to talk to you about it

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that's a bit dodgy (unclear)

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(unclear) eh when did it happen you

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(unclear)

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eh I've got money belonging him

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that's a bit dodgy (unclear)

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

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that's a bit dodgy

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

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(laughter) that's (unclear) all right all right aye

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that's okay is it eh I'm going shopping for John a pair of trousers

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aye that's (unclear)

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it's all right all right eh (pause) it's all right for you you're used with it

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(unclear) that's okay

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okay eh we've been waiting of a bus

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(unclear)

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

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uh-huh say that

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I don't bother much about the television and that

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uh-huh

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okay mm (pause) there was all these bottles of beer what we had brought

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(unclear)

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okay ehm many people were there there

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what

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many people were there there

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no that's (pause) (unclear)

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no ehm where did you get it at

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(unclear)

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something wrong (unclear)

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aye

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yeah eh never mind I'll manage but

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uh-huh

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

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(unclear) that's a bit dodgy that one

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there's something wrong with no the wonder is there

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mm

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(unclear) ehm me and George is going to the town today

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that's a bit dodgy that one in all like (unclear)

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uh-huh eh Jack didn't think much to the race

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that's all right all right (unclear)

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

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uh-huh that's all right all right

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okay eh (pause) had they seen it no they'd not seen it

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uh-huh that's all right all right

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okay eh my coat's too long this

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oh that's a bit dodgy

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yeah yeah aye how's your wife and family then

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what

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how's your wife and family then

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that's all right all right (unclear)

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

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mm-hm (unclear)

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ehm what is it he does for a living

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no that's a bit dodgy (unclear)

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eh he wants his wages paid immediately

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aye that's all right aye

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ehm (pause) just light the fire on will you

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uh-huh

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that's okay ehm (pause) I'll clout yous both in a minute

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(unclear)

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eh (pause) how much have they offered we

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eh

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how much have they offered we

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eh no I divn't say that one

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no eh pass us one of them spanners

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(unclear)

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eh I've broke a plate I'm afraid

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aye that's all right aye

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okay eh I come this morning but you weren't in

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(unclear)

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okay ehm he done it all right

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aye

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yes ehm I had forgetten to buy the onions

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aye that's okay

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okay eh he gave us a pound for doing it

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uh-huh

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we had went to the coast for the day

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mm-hm

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I seen Albert on Tuesday

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uh-huh

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I'm not going to stand being tret like that

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(unclear)

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that's what happens when you be naughty

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mm-hm

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I'll probably see him a Sunday

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uh-huh

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

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uh-huh

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eh you've letten him get away

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mm-hm

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my mother's keep coming in to see us

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mm-hm

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ta ehm (pause) now eh (pause) mm could you give us eh (pause) ehm this might be a bit bit little bit tricky could you give us eh the opposite of I'll be going there next week

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(unclear) going there this week (pause) (unclear) aye thats (unclear) like you know it's (pause) I would s

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(unclear) aye the question doesn't make sense does it not no ehm (pause) well it's eh eh (pause) suppose that you went up to somebody in the street to ask for a match what would you normally say

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eh have you got a light

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ta

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(laughter)

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

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the morrow

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thanks that's great

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(unclear)

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that's all