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Age Group: | 16-20 |
Gender: | Female |
Residence: | Manchester |
Education: | Higher Education |
Occupation: | University Student |
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Age Group: | 16-20 |
Gender: | Female |
Residence: | Tyneside - Newcastle |
Education: | A-Levels |
Occupation: | Waitress |
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Age Group: | 16-20 |
Gender: | Female |
Residence: | Tyneside - Newcastle |
Education: | A-Levels |
Occupation: | College Student |
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Gender: | Male |
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Gender: | Male |
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Gender: | Female |
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Yes |
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Yes! |
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(interruption) Yes! |
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(interruption) Whereabouts -- whereabouts are you working? |
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(interruption) The Wheatsheaf |
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(interruption) The Wheatsheaf (laughter) |
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The Wheatsheaf |
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The (interruption) Wheatsheaf |
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(interruption) Wheatsheaf |
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Where's that? |
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(interruption) Callerton Park |
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(interruption) Callerton Park, next to the airport (pause) (interruption) it's like a bar restaurant |
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(interruption) Oh right cool what's that like |
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(laughter) |
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What do you do are you just like bar staff or |
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Bar staff |
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Waitress |
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(interruption) Waitress |
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(interruption) Score |
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Ah |
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Pub and restaurant two for one anything (laughter) on the yellow section (pause) if you want (laughter) |
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Nice (pause) ah do you both work together then is that how (interruption) you know each other aww that's cute |
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(interruption) Yeah |
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Ah no it's not how we know each other |
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You what sorry (pause) (interruption) oh no how do you know each other then? |
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(interruption) No it's not how we know each other oh my God me and (NAME) have known each other like, all wor [equivalent to Standard English 'our'] life |
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Really? |
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Our (unclear) [possible reading: uncle] hauled us over a fence |
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(laughter) aww |
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We, we've known each other all wor [equivalent to Standard English 'our'] lives |
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Mm-mm |
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(interruption) Aww |
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(interruption) Since we were like born |
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Mm-mm |
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That's cool |
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'Cause her auntie lives behind my dad and the fence is there so (pause) we used to just (pause) lob wuh [equivalent to Standard English 'us'] over the fence (pause) didn't he? |
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And then we used to pick wuh [equivalent to Standard English 'us'] up and just pass wuh [equivalent to Standard English 'us'] over the fence for things in each other's gardens |
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(laughter) mint that's cool |
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And then we went to (pause) primary school together |
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Yeah |
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Then we went to secondary school together and |
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No way (pause) that's well cool (pause) em I take it it's (pause) part-time jobs |
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I'm full-time |
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You're full-time |
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Full-time I'm (interruption) part-time |
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(interruption) You're part-time cool (pause) em what do your parents do for a living (pause) [3 sec] guys (laughter) |
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Ah right |
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He used to work on the railways |
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Ah cool does he do like work -- work for like (pause) (interruption) (unclear) |
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(interruption) He used to work for the Balfour Beatty but now I don't have a clue what he does |
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Oh right (interruption) (laughter) |
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(interruption) To be honest with you |
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Cool (interruption) what about your mum |
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(interruption) My mam used to be a nurse but she's retired now |
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Ah right |
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My mam's a (pause) I don't really know what the job title is but she works with kids |
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Works with kids (interruption) ah cool |
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(interruption) Like, em (pause) I think she works for an agency but it's like different placements like nurseries and creches and |
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Oh right |
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Stuff like (interruption) that |
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(interruption) With like really young children and stuff ah cool what about your dad |
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Hm (pause) he's in prison |
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Ah no way |
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Yeah (laughter) |
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Jesus |
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I'd edit that bit out |
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It's cool we can take out like whatever you want (laughter) |
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Em what was I going to say like how old were you guys when you left school? |
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Well, when we left school we were sixteen but we stayed on |
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You stayed on oh so you did A-Levels (interruption) and stuff |
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(interruption) Yeah (pause) till we were eighteen |
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Ah so you were eighteen then just went (pause) straight to work (pause) and you're -- you're (interruption) at college |
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(interruption) In college |
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Montague |
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Monty- what's that? |
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Montague |
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Montague |
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(interruption) Yeah |
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(interruption) Yeah |
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Ah right cool is that 'cause you live round here as well |
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Ah just (interruption) live down the street |
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(interruption) She lives round the corner (interruption) as well |
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(interruption) Ah no way (pause) ah that's cool are you in a flat as well or is it like |
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No I live with my mam |
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(interruption) Ah right |
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(interruption) Basically I live with my (interruption) (unclear) |
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(interruption) She lives in |
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(interruption) Yeah |
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(interruption) You know when you -- you know when you drove down did you see any big yellow houses |
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No? |
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She lives in one of them |
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You know the pub, The Peacock? |
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Yeah yeah yeah |
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I live on the houses just backing that |
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Ah right no way (pause) that's cool em do you [realized as 'd'you'] guys speak any languages other than English? |
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Mm (pause) I can say a sentence in Chinese |
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(laughter) A sentence in Chine- (laughter) go on what's that |
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[informant speaks in Chinese] |
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Oh nice (interruption) (laughter) |
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(interruption) Isn't that cool? |
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Wouldn't count that as fluent though (laughter) |
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(laughter) No I -- I (interruption) wouldn't |
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(interruption) What about you (NAME)? |
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I can say words in (interruption) diff- (laughter) many different languages (laughter) |
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(interruption) Words |
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Em (pause) how long have you guys been living in Newcastle |
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All wor [equivalent to Standard English 'our'] (interruption) lives |
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(interruption) Since I was (interruption) born |
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(interruption) All your lives |
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Oh (interruption) yeah you lived next to each other didn't you |
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(interruption) Nearly nineteen |
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Ah right that's cool em do your family live up here? |
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Most of them |
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Most of them |
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Some of mine (interruption) do |
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(interruption) Some of them do |
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Actually er (pause) just (pause) my auntie and uncle (pause) the rest of them live in (pause) well some of them live in Australia some of them live down South and (interruption) some of them live in Yorkshire |
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(interruption) Oh right |
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Some of mine moved down South but they lived here first |
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Ah |
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It's the bum shit (laughter) |
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It's the bum shit (interruption) (laughter) |
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(interruption) Ah no man it's mint I [realized as 'aa'] love it |
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Do you [realized as 'd'you'] like it |
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(interruption) I love Newcastle |
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(interruption) What sort of stuff like what sor- what do you like and dislike about it and (pause) (interruption) just like for going out and stuff |
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(interruption) I like how (pause) I like where it is like you're dead close to the beach and you're dead close (interruption) the countryside |
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(interruption) Yeah yeah |
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Yeah yeah that's cool |
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So like if you want to [realized as 'wanna'] go for a break then you've got like loads of areas around it that you can go but you don't have to go too far |
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Yeah yeah do you go to the beach (laughter) or not really (laughter) |
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Well no but if I wanted to I could (laughter) |
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Yeah it's a bit cold though I find |
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Well it is the (interruption) beach |
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(interruption) Beach (pause) bit chilly (pause) what was I going to say em what about your particular area of Newcastle what do you like about it |
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I [realized as 'aa'] just like 'cause it's familiar really |
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'Cause it's familiar |
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Like ah -- ah (interruption) know people round here |
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(interruption) Have you lived like, (interruption) round here |
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(interruption) I like the town |
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For a while? |
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Yeah we've lived like pure all wor [equivalent to Standard English 'our'] lives (interruption) haven't we? |
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(interruption) I like the town a lot |
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Aww |
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(interruption) Yeah |
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(interruption) Because it's quite a nice town though isn't it |
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Yeah it's w- like (pause) it's dead easy to get to places from here |
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Yeah |
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But you've got the Metro just down to (interruption) Fawdon |
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(interruption) Then you've got the Metro-Centre if you just jump on a bus |
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Yeah |
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Yeah yeah |
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Ah that's cool em (pause) has anything big ever happened around here (pause) at all (pause) like some sort of (pause) disaster (interruption) or |
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(interruption) Someone got stabbed once didn't they? |
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Really? |
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Someone got stabbed once round here and that's about it |
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When was that? What happened? |
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I don't know [realized as 'dunno'] might not have even been true (laughter) |
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(interruption) (laughter) |
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(interruption) Even been true just |
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I [realized as 'aa'] heard someone got stabbed once |
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Oh Jesus is it like is there (pause) (interruption) a lot of crime |
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(interruption) Nice area (interruption) though |
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(interruption) It's not a rough area |
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This is really really posh compared to most places |
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Really what you mean like the suburbs of |
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Like Fenham (interruption) (laughter) no no (laughter) like |
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(interruption) Oh yeah no |
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Like Fenham and |
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No it's a (interruption) nice area |
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(interruption) Cowgate and Fawdon this is really nice (pause) if you just go on the other side of the school you've got like the proper |
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You, like this place you've got people who have lived here like all their lives and their like their parents lived here and stuff so it's like |
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Yeah (pause) so quite a sort of like family area |
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Yeah |
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Yeah |
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Yeah em (pause) so I was just going to say what kind of people live here just like families and |
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Old people as well because there's (interruption) the (pause) there's the |
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(interruption) Ah like (pause) Jesmond (laughter) |
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There's the block of flats like |
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Oh right so it's not like a retirement thing just like a |
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Sheltered accommodation |
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Sheltered acc- |
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Ah right |
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Yeah I think it is |
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That's cool |
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That's where my nana lives |
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Ah yeah |
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Oh is it? Aww that's nice is it quite em (pause) a close community round here or is it like (pause) does everyone like know each other around here is it quite close or |
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No but if you walked down the street you would (interruption) you know see someone |
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(interruption) You would see someone you know to say hello to |
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You'd know to say hello to someone |
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That's cool (pause) em is there anything you'd like to see change around here or (pause) is it all right? |
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The bus to Kingston Park |
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You what (laughter) the bus to (interruption) Kingston Park (laughter) |
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(interruption) That would be that actually no that is true |
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(interruption) The bus to Tescos Extra |
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The bus to Kingston P- because there is no -- no way to get to Kingston Park |
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Really |
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Yeah |
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You'd think there would be (interruption) wouldn't you |
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(interruption) But yeah you've got like a huge Tesco there |
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Yeah yeah |
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You'd actually have to walk up to the top of Blakelaw don't you? |
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Yeah or (pause) Kenton shops |
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And get the bus down to Fawdon or something (pause) yeah |
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Em is there like a local place round here where everyone goes and (pause) hangs out |
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No |
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No (pause) do you go to town and hang out and stuff or ah that's cool em (pause) have you ever lived anywhere else other than here or is this |
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I [realized as 'aa'] lived in Glanton Wind |
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Where's that? |
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In Gosforth it's well (pause) it's right next to the em (pause) where Regent Farm First School was |
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Oh I've no idea about Gosforth I know the high street |
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(interruption) It's (pause) not near there (laughter) |
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(unclear) [possible reading: That's it] (interruption) Em |
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(interruption) I lived along the street and then I moved to up the street and now I'm in the middle of them both |
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Ah right (laughter) cool (laughter) nice em (pause) what's, is anything changed about (pause) this area since you were kids? |
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I got older |
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(laughter) You got (interruption) older (laughter) |
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(interruption) I got older and (interruption) my legs grew |
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(interruption) I |
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Really is it pretty much the same? |
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It just (pause) took less time to walk to school 'cause my legs got longer (laughter) |
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(unclear) [possible reading: Yeah ] that is the only thing |
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That is the only thing |
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No way that's mad (pause) Em what's (pause) I was going to [realized as 'gonna'] say (pause) have you seen like all the building work going on around town at the moment |
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Yes |
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All that |
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Yeah |
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Knocked down the whole of South Eldon Square |
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What like next to |
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Yeah like all the Eldon Square and (interruption) stuff |
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(interruption) (unclear) [possible reading: That like] used to be like next to The Gate and the (interruption) Haymarket is getting done isn't it? |
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(interruption) Yeah I love the way they're doing like everything at the same time (pause) like what do you [realized as 'd'you'] reckon it's going to [realized as 'gonna'] be like when it's finished |
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I think they need to do some more |
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I [realized as 'aa'] don't know I [realized as 'aa'] don't know what (interruption) their plans are |
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(interruption) (unclear) [possible reading: They should] do loads of things |
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(interruption) (unclear) [possible reading: And] any of the other buildings |
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(interruption) I think they're going to [realized as 'gonna'] build like, tons of new stuff and like |
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Well they need to, they need to knock everything down and rebuild it all (laughter) |
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Are they building |
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I think (interruption) like |
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(interruption) Don't know [realized as 'dunno'] what they're building |
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Designer |
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They're doing a new designer like, library as well and (pause) they're doing a Debenhams where The Gate is |
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Oh I [realized as 'aa'] hate people who (pause) do Debenhams |
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(laughter) |
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(laughter) Do you [realized as 'd'you'] reckon like do you [realized as 'd'you'] reckon it's going to [realized as 'gonna'] be better when it's all done |
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No not if they're building Debenhams (pause) I can't (interruption) afford anything from there |
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(interruption) Why not? |
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(laughter) (unclear) [possible reading: doing it] |
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Yeah |
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I'd just walk through and go 'oh that's nice' |
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Yeah |
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'That's nice' (pause) cannae [i.e. 'cannot'] have it 'that's nice' |
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Aww yeah well (pause) what's your favourite thing about Newcastle? |
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Primark |
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(interruption) (laughter) Primark (laughter) |
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(interruption) (laughter) Primark (laughter) It's massive isn't it? |
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It's lush! |
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Especially I like the one in the Metro-Centre better (interruption) 'cause it's not like a jumble sale |
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(interruption) Aye that's true (pause) that's bigger (interruption) as well |
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(interruption) And it's (pause) you don't have to push people |
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(interruption) Yeah |
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Actually I don't know [realized as 'dunno'] there's lots of things that (unclear) [possible reading: are cool really] about Newcastle (pause) [2 sec] the people |
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Mm-mm |
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Yeah |
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People are (interruption) (unclear) |
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(interruption) Yeah that's true (pause) I like the people |
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I was going to [realized as 'gonna'] say would you live anywhere else if you could live anywhere else? |
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Stratford-upon-Avon |
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(laughter) Why? (laughter) |
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'Cause it's closer to Global Gathering (laughter) so |
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Yeah I've been there actually (pause) it's all like (interruption) (unclear) |
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(interruption) Lush isn't it? It's all the -- but it's got the canal so (pause) and -- and the swans are really friendly (laughter) |
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Aww |
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Aye the swans are mint |
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And I love ducks |
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Aww |
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The only other place I've ever (pause) well (pause) I'd either like to |
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Alnwick? |
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I [realized as 'aa'] know (laughter) it's really different (laughter) |
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What's Alnwick? |
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Alnwick it's like (pause) well, it was like a little town but it's kind of a bit bigger now but it's like Alnwick Castle Alnwick Gardens and stuff (pause) and I [realized as 'aa'] just really (interruption) really like Alnwick |
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(interruption) Where is it, is it like |
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E- Em (pause) (laughter) I think i- it's up past Morpeth I [realized as 'aa'] think |
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(interruption) Like (pause) like it's further up the country I think (pause) is it further or was it further down? |
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Up I think (interruption) can't remember now |
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(interruption) I don't know [realized as 'dunno'] think it's up (pause) but I [realized as 'aa'] just really like Alnwick (pause) it's like it looks like some kind of cute little town |
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Aww |
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And (laughter) I [realized as 'aa'] just really like it (laughter) |
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Aww |
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I think it's up 'cause Cragside's up as well |
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I think it's up as well it and yeah (pause) 'cause there's signs for Cragside when you're going |
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Aww (pause) Em (pause) Which schools have you guys been to (pause) and what were they like? |
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Wyndham School |
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Where's that? |
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You went to another one for a couple of years |
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Yeah |
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I [realized as 'aa'] went to (pause) when I lived in Gosforth I started off at em Regent Farm First School I [realized as 'aa'] went there until I [realized as 'aa'] was like in year four |
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Yeah |
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Then I went to Gosforth West for a |
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Mm |
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Then I [realized as 'aa'] went to (pause) Wyndham School until I [realized as 'aa'] finished in year six and then went to Kenton from year seven until (pause) year thirteen |
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Yeah oh so you did your A-Levels there? (pause) Ah that's cool what about you (NAME)? |
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I went to Wyndham (pause) [2 sec] after nursery, at Wyndham (pause) till year six then I went to |
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Ah cool (pause) did you go, is it quite local to here then? |
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Yes |
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Ah yeah it's just up the road yeah |
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Oh right what primary school as well or are they all really close (pause) ah that's pretty cool did you enjoy school or did you hate it? |
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No well (pause) (unclear) [possible reading: when I was back] I really really really enjoyed |
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Ah yeah the last year was (pause) was really good fun |
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Why how come? |
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We just all we just had a laugh (pause) like (pause) dinner times and that we just I mean quite a few of wuh [equivalent to Standard English 'us'] just used to sit on like one big table and just have like a big laugh and (pause) it was just funny |
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We made willies out of salt |
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(laughter) |
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No because I [realized as 'aa'] was never allowed |
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Yes |
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Why not? |
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I don't know [realized as 'dunno'] it was (interruption) like |
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(interruption) Em |
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Em (pause) some good some bad |
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Why which, does any one stick on your mind? |
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Yeah the one where I [realized as 'aa'] (pause) somebody got (sigh) it was the worst one ever they took wuh [equivalent to Standard English 'us'] to like this |
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What like a geography thing or like a |
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It was just (pause) stupid it was like they did a art week thing and you -- you either got a really good (pause) trip or you got (pause) stuck with a really shit one (laughter) and ah got stuck with a really |
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(interruption) Really? |
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(interruption) And (laughter) (unclear) [possible reading: apparently] (laughter) and we decided that we were going to [realized as 'gonna'] do that in the afternoon |
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Yeah |
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Just to get out of going and like walking miles just, like |
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Oh God |
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S- S- So we (interruption) kind of |
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(interruption) What so everyone just sat on the coach? |
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Everyone sat on the coach for the rest of the day it was like it was really good |
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Ah right |
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And (pause) |
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Aww |
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And my name was (NAME) after my auntie |
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(interruption) Aww |
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(interruption) And (pause) they did a thing where they showed you how to (unclear) [possible reading: butter] and they showed you how to do it being made at (interruption) in Cragside |
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(interruption) Oh like (pause) |
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(interruption) Yeah (pause) it was really good |
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I've been on I [realized as 'aa'] -- I [realized as 'aa'] lie I've been on one school trip and I [realized as 'aa'] was in primary school like year three |
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Mmm (pause) (interruption) where did you go? |
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(interruption) I went to (pause) I went to Beamish (pause) I [realized as 'aa'] we all (interruption) dressed up as Victorian people |
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(interruption) Ah yeah yeah yeah |
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It was dead good and that's the only school trip I've ever been on |
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(laughter) Did you do all the little (pause) dressing up in all the little (interruption) Victorian things and that I [realized as 'aa'] I did all them |
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(interruption) Yeah (pause) with the stupid (pause) bonnet things |
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I [realized as 'aa'] loved it me I [realized as 'aa'] thought it was |
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(laughter) You go to go to Beamish though I [realized as 'aa'] went to Cragside |
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Yeah 'cause that was the only trip I [realized as 'aa'] ever was allowed to go on though I was never allowed to go on any other ones |
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How come? |
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I [realized as 'aa'] was (pause) naughty |
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Aww (laughter) no way (laughter) |
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I wasn't naughty I just talked too much and they was like 'you're not allowed to go on any school kr- school trips because you'll er' |
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That's well |
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(interruption) 'You'll (pause) bring shame to the school' (laughter) |
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What was the worst telling off you ever had? |
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Oh (pause) God I don't even know (pause) I've had loads of them |
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At school like (pause) really bad |
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I [realized as 'aa'] -- I [realized as 'aa'] was never in loads of trouble I just talked too much and (pause) got sent out loads |
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Really (pause) what about you (NAME)? |
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(unclear) [possible reading: My phone] |
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Did you ever get properly told off at school? |
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(laughter) Yeah (pause) when I locked Mr (NAME) in the cupboard |
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(interruption) (laughter) What? (laughter) |
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(interruption) (laughter) |
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Well I act- I [realized as 'aa'] told her I was like he went in the cupboard and I was like 'ah (NAME) go and lock Mr (NAME) in the cupboard' and she went and did it, 'cause she's stupid |
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What was (interruption) he your teacher? |
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(interruption) She actually went and locked the teacher in locked the teacher in the cupboard and I [realized as 'aa'] was like '(NAME) that was a joke' (interruption) (unclear) |
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(interruption) It wasn't |
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How (interruption) long was he in there for? |
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(interruption) One time we got (pause) (interruption) oh |
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(interruption) Oh it was only about five minutes I (unclear) the door and he was going 'If you (laughter) if you don't (laughter) open this door you're going to [realized as 'gonna'] have to pay for it and I [realized as 'aa'] shouted back (laughter) 'well if you stop kicking the door I can get the key in the keyhole' |
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(interruption) Oh no |
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And he went what did he say to us? 'I don't want to see you do that to anybody ever again now go to your class' |
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Was that it? |
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(laughter) Yeah! (laughter) |
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You didn't get bollocked? |
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No [realized as 'nah'] (laughter) that's 'cause I was hoping for you to do it next time (interruption) (laughter) |
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(interruption) Another time (pause) another time we got |
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Ah no way |
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Yeah (pause) it was dead good |
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Mm tennis (interruption) seven |
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(interruption) Ah it was good (pause) it was tennis seven all you had to do was |
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Aye (unclear) [possible reading: you just gan] (interruption) seven balls |
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(interruption) We just had seven people and seven balls and lobbed them all at (laughter) each other (pause) it was great (laughter) while shouting |
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It was dead good it (interruption) was (unclear) [possible reading: making animal noises] |
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(interruption) Shouting 'tennis seven'? |
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(laughter) Yeah (laughter) 'tennis seven' |
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(laughter) What's the er what's the best thing you remember from being a kid? |
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(NAME) |
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(NAME) |
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Aww (laughter) how cute! (laughter) |
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Just, getting chucked over fences and |
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Getting chucked over fences like, launched |
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Like yeah |
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What like each other's gardens or like |
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Yeah |
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Like getting picked up and just like 'go -- go play with (NAME)' |
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(laughter) Ah that's well cool (pause) how about what about like your earliest memory |
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A don't think I [realized as 'aa'] have one |
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I don't have one |
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I actually (pause) well I've got (pause) I [realized as 'aa'] think back to when I [realized as 'aa'] was three when I [realized as 'aa'] was in Greece and I remember waking up and smelling some bacon and that's like it |
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(laughter) |
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I actually don't have one apart from my [realized as 'me'] back garden that's like (pause) the earliest that's why I always say to everyone 'how long have you known (NAME) for' and I just say that 'cause that's like my (interruption) earliest memory |
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(interruption) Since chucking each other over (laughter) our back fences (laughter) |
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(laughter) Yeah (laughter) it was great |
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Ah dear (pause) do you ever remember a time when you were like out and lost your |
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Yeah but ah -- ah (interruption) at a supermarket ah just kind of [realized as 'kinda'] |
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(interruption) Well probably at a supermarket |
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Used to wander |
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Yeah |
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Do you not? Really? (pause) I lost my parents at Disneyland and that was the scariest thing ever (pause) everyone was French (laughter) it was horrible! (laughter) |
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Well French people are horrible |
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I [realized as 'aa'] was in Matalan (pause) but it's all right I can find my mam 'cause I just listen for her cough |
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(unclear) [possible reading: For a cough/Fair enough] |
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I was never like a worrying child I just used to kind of wander |
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Wander off? |
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Yeah (pause) then my mam would come after us like frantically like 'where you been' I'd just be like |
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Yeah |
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Used to get really like 'mam you walked (interruption) away' |
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(interruption) I knaa 'you walked away from me' what you playing at? |
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(interruption) mine wasn't really |
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I [realized as 'aa'] don't know |
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Normal |
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It was really (pause) it (sigh) it was strict to me when I didn't get what I wanted (laughter) |
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Yeah (laughter) |
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Aye (pause) you think it was strict until like |
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Until like (interruption) you get older and you |
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(interruption) You get older and you realise actually they weren't being strict |
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Yeah yeah |
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Like 'no you can't go out until twelve o'clock you're four years old what you playing at' |
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(laughter) Yeah exactly (pause) were you like naughty kids or were you (interruption) quite |
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(interruption) Yes |
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Well behaved (pause) (interruption) a bit naughty |
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(interruption) Yes I [realized as 'aa'] was really naughty |
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At (interruption) home like what sort |
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(interruption) Well I like I wasn't dead naughty I [realized as 'aa'] was just (pause) I [realized as 'aa'] had to touch everything (pause) and I'd never listen (pause) no like seriously like (pause) I'd be in a shop and I'd be like (pause) |
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(interruption) (laughter) |
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(interruption) I'd just be like (pause) I [realized as 'aa'] had to touch everything I [realized as 'aa'] was always wandering off and I [realized as 'aa'] was like dead loud and like (pause) I was just a really hyper child |
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I used to be dead nosy |
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Nosy (pause) how do you mean? |
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I just wanted to know what everything was and (pause) my mam said that even when I was little and in my |
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Yeah |
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And I used to always sit up in my pram and look at her |
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(interruption) Aww |
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(interruption) See what she was doing and she was just like [informant makes a disapproving groan] (laughter) |
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Ah dear (pause) that's not naughty though that's -- that's cute! (pause) [4 sec] Right |
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I've got a (unclear) [possible reading: picture] like [creaky voice] it's not a memory or (unclear) [possible reading: a picture] when I [realized as 'aa'] was pure naked in the bath covered in bubbles |
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You what sorry? |
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And I used to play the bubble shop |
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Bubble shop? |
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(laughter) Yeah the bubble shop rocks (laughter) |
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What? |
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The bubble shop! (interruption) Do you not remember? |
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(interruption) I can't remember that |
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Right, when I was dead little y- you know when you used to have to get a bath when (interruption) you were younger |
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(interruption) Yeah yeah |
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With your brother or sister |
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Mm |
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My sister |
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Yeah |
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And she used to put loads and loads of bubbles in the bath and steal them and she used to say you had to buy all the bubbles off her |
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(laughter) |
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So we had to play bubble shop and (pause) I never got any |
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Aww |
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(interruption) (laughter) |
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(interruption) Aww (pause) how cute! |
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(laughter) It's dead sad (laughter) |
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Buy your bubbles now |
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So you've got a sister is she older or |
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Yeah |
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Younger? |
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I've got two sisters I've got a (pause) sister who's like nearly forty (pause) and I've got (interruption) (NAME) |
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(interruption) Forty? |
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Yeah |
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No way |
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(laughter) My mam's sixty -- sixty one (pause) (interruption) em |
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(interruption) My sister my sister's like one and a half |
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Aww |
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She's tiny (pause) yeah what you saying you've got (pause) (interruption) older sister |
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(interruption) And then (pause) (NAME)'s |
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Yeah |
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Twenty four she's five years older than us |
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Aye she's like the same age as my (NAME) and (NAME) |
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Em (pause) she lived in London for a while and then I don't know what she's doing I don't talk to her |
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Really? |
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Really I don't talk to anyone in my family |
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How come? |
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I don't know [realized as 'dunno'] (pause) [2 sec] One's in (unclear) [possible reading: Brizzle] one's in Newton Aycliffe one's (pause) |
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What are they all doing in what's she doing in Brazil? |
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Hm? |
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What are they doing in Brazil? |
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Bristol |
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Oh Bristol! Thought you said Brazil I was like bloody hell! |
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(unclear) [possible reading: I was] As well I [realized as 'aa'] was thinking I never knew that |
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Bristol |
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What was it like growing up with your (pause) brothers and sisters have you got any? (interruption) (unclear) [possible reading: Brothers and sisters] |
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(interruption) Got one brother |
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One brother (pause) what was it like growing up with all siblings (pause) I'm an only child |
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Really? |
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So yeah (pause) so (pause) I wish I still had like family like I lived with brothers and sisters but then I know for a fact that I'd just get annoyed and they'd pinch my clothes |
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It's okay I do that now |
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(laughter) I know (laughter) (NAME) (pause) pinches my clothes |
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Do you remember being like little |
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We got on and argued (pause) (interruption) at the same time |
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(interruption) You what sorry |
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We got on but then we did argue |
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Yeah |
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We got on |
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Aww what about you? |
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Me and my brother used to hate each other |
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Really |
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We just absolutely hated each other (pause) like, one time I [realized as 'aa'] did something that annoyed him so I've got this like, this toy monkey |
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Yeah |
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And em (pause) he painted its eyes (pause) red with nail varnish like |
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(interruption) Aww yeah |
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(interruption) To -- to annoy us back so I [realized as 'aa'] was like, convinced it was real and I was like 'oh my God you've like blinded it' (pause) I was (interruption) pure gutted |
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(interruption) Aww -- Aww bless! |
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He used to do that and like pull the heads off my Barbies and stuff (unclear) [possible reading: pure] if I'd done something that (interruption) annoyed him like |
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(interruption) Really? Aww |
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We get on mint now though 'cause he's away and married because |
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There was a |
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No way |
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Oh (interruption) right |
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(interruption) So on my bedroom and (NAME)'s bedroom you used to used to be able to see (pause) out the windows to each (interruption) other |
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(interruption) Yeah (pause) aww |
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The problem like there was a little tree in the way |
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Yeah |
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And when we were dead little we used to get torches |
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Yeah |
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And we used to get theirs and we used to trade them like -- like a little troll for a rubber or (interruption) something |
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(interruption) Aww! That's well cute (pause) so did you all used to play together when you were kids? |
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Mm-mm |
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Yeah because I've got a picture |
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(interruption) Have you? [realized as 'a yeah?'] (laughter) I'll have to see that! |
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All of wuh [equivalent to Standard English 'us'] lined up in a row on the field (pause) we're all we're all standing there I'm standing there with a handful of Barbies (laughter) like (laughter) |
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Aww |
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I've got a I've got a picture of your |
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Your swimming pool? |
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Yeah |
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Oh you mean a paddling pool or like a swimming pool |
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A -- a big paddling pool |
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Ah cool |
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A swimming pool (laughter) |
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Yeah I was going to [realized as 'gonna'] say like bloody hell! |
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I'm not (unclear) [possible reading: (NAME)] (laughter) |
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Em (pause) reet. Have you guys ever had any pets? |
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Yes |
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(interruption) Yeah |
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(interruption) You've got one now haven't you? |
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I've got loads |
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You've got one (pause) oh loads? |
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Yeah I've got a dwarf hamster in that corner [informant points to corner containing a hamster cage] (interruption) little dwarf hamster |
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(interruption) Aww! Is it asleep? |
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Yeah |
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(interruption) Aww |
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(interruption) I've got Molly (pause) somewhere (pause) she's my (pause) kitty-cat (pause) who's (pause) always in heat (pause) I'm surprised she hasn't |
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(laughter) |
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I've got (pause) my little black googly-eyed fish (interruption) called Chi Chi |
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(interruption) Called Chi Chi |
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Ah (pause) Aww |
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And (pause) another little fish (pause) and a pure ugly one |
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(laughter) The ugly one (laughter) |
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Did you used to have any like (pause) when you were kids? |
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Major (pause) Major bless her |
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What's that? |
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|
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Aww (interruption) I love them! |
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(interruption) Class (pause) he was class |
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So cute |
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What happened was we had to give him away because he couldn't manage the -- the stairs |
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Ah did he get really old? |
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Yeah it was 'cause I had him since I was really really little |
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Ah bless (pause) poor thing did you ever have any (unclear) |
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I've had like (pause) |
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(interruption) Billion animals (laughter) |
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I swear to God (pause) I had em (pause) when I was little I had a hamster called Simon (pause) which I [realized as 'aa'] painted (pause) em |
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You painted? |
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I [realized as 'aa'] wanted to make hamster footprints when I [realized as 'aa'] was little so I [realized as 'aa'] painted his feet |
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(interruption) Yeah |
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(interruption) But then it just like spread all over then my cat ate him |
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(laughter) Your cat ate him? |
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Then my cat ate him (pause) we heard like a crunching noise behind the door opened it and the cat was eating the hamster (interruption) (laughter) |
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(interruption) Aww (pause) aww (laughter) no! (laughter) |
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It's pure disgusting (pause) (interruption) funny though |
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(interruption) Oh really were you little? |
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Aye |
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Oh no! |
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(laughter) |
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I'd have never got over that |
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Pure funny man |
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(laughter) Oh my God (laughter) |
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No it was (interruption) I was a bit traumatized though |
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(interruption) Did he not go (laughter) |
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It was yellow paint |
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What he ate it when it was painted and got |
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Because I never closed the lid properly after I [realized as 'aa'] finished painting it (laughter) |
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Oh no! |
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Now the only thing I [realized as 'aa'] can do is laugh about it (pause) or (interruption) else I'm crying |
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(interruption) Aww (pause) that's horrid as well like |
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Em (pause) and I had (pause) had a rabbit called Nibbles (pause) which |
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Every rabbit (interruption) has to be called Nibbles |
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(interruption) I know (laughter) |
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It's like 'I have to call it Nibbles' |
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Yeah |
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Which like, proper lived up to its name and ate through a game gear wire and got electrocuted |
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(laughter) |
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Did you just have like a (pause) million pets with horrific deaths |
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Yeah well then I had another rabbit called Smudge which my mam put underneath a laburnum tree and it ate laburnums and (laughter) it died (laughter) |
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(laughter) Ah no! (laughter) |
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Tarzan? |
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Oh he comes later (pause) and I [realized as 'aa'] had em (pause) two gerbils called (pause) Pudge and Tinker 'cause I [realized as 'aa'] was little right and I [realized as 'aa'] called them stupid names |
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One was called mister something or was that later and |
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No that was a plant (pause) em (laughter) |
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(laughter) |
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(laughter) We won't talk about that now (NAME) |
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(interruption) What was it called? |
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Mr Fern |
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Mr Fern |
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(interruption) (laughter) |
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(interruption) And em (pause) and then we thought they were two girls and they had like flipping loads of babies (pause) and then they ate them (pause) and then they had some more babies (pause) and then (pause) (interruption) all a |
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(interruption) Is this rabbits? |
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No these were ha- these were gerbils |
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(interruption) Oh gerbils |
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(interruption) And then they died and then we kept three of them (pause) and |
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(laughter) Oh no! (laughter) |
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Even now I still haven't got over it I [realized as 'aa'] proper gutted I [realized as 'aa'] just wanted to die at that moment |
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(interruption) Aww |
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(interruption) And then (pause) then there was one just I don't even know what happened to that I think it just died |
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(interruption) You can tell why she wasn't allowed on the cool -- school trips (laughter) (unclear) [possible reading: talking of the crusher] |
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And then I [realized as 'aa'] -- I [realized as 'aa'] had a hamster called Trudy and she just got old and she died in my hand |
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(interruption) Aww |
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(interruption) Because like I [realized as 'aa'] didn't kill her she was just like dying and I [realized as 'aa'] was like stroking her and then she died |
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(interruption) Aww |
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(interruption) And then I [realized as 'aa'] had one called Tarzan because he used to swing off the bars and (pause) he just died |
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Were these all gerbils and (pause) |
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(interruption) No these were those -- those three were ham- those two were hamsters |
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(unclear) [possible reading: Hamsters and gerbils] |
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Hamsters |
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And I [realized as 'aa'] had a dog called Cassie (pause) which |
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What type? |
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A little I [realized as 'aa'] a little when I [realized as 'aa'] was little (pause) she was a little Yorkshire terrier then she died |
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Aww |
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And then a (laughter) all my animals just died God (laughter) I had seven goldfish and (interruption) they died |
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(interruption) Had a (unclear) [possible reading: reasonably cruel] in a little (interruption) (unclear) |
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(interruption) Seven? |
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Seven at one time and they all died and then I had em (pause) I went through |
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Oh |
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Em (pause) I bought a goldfish and then it had a shell in a -- the tank |
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Yeah |
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And then on -- it just disappeared and I didn't even know where the hell it had went and my mam was like it might have went in the shell and died so (pause) I put the shell in the tap and put the tap on full belt and this like, half, decomposed goldfish just went puw [approximation of how informant describes noise] |
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(interruption) Oh my God! |
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(interruption) Oh yeah you told me about that ages ago |
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Proper disgusting (pause) and then I had some aquatic frogs (pause) and then (pause) they died and I [realized as 'aa'] got a snail (pause) and then (pause) some more aquatic frogs (pause) I got an aquatic snail (pause) and I [realized as 'aa'] gave it my brother 'cause I [realized as 'aa'] was bored of them and bought (pause) two hamsters (pause) these two little hamsters I've still got them and I've got a German shepherd |
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(interruption) Aww |
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(interruption) Told you I'd had |
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Bloody hell that is a lot (pause) Jesus Christ |
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I -- I -- I've had a lot too but I -- I decided to shorten it (laughter) |
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Don't worry it's cool |
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(laughter) To be honest with you (laughter) |
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Was there like (pause) an animal you ever like, really wanted when you were a kid but you never got |
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Yeah Yeah (interruption) a rabbit |
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(interruption) Monkey |
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Monkey? |
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A rabbit |
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And I [realized as 'aa'] still haven't got one |
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What sort of monkey like one of them little (pause) [2 sec] |
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No like a monkey monkey |
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(interruption) Right |
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(interruption) Like a proper monkey (pause) I really want a proper monkey |
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My God |
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I wanted a rabbit |
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You what a rabbit? |
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I wanted a rabbit or a hamster or a- anything rodenty |
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(interruption) Rodenty |
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(interruption) I [realized as 'aa'] like rodents |
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Yeah and my mam was like 'you're not allowed one' so like a year ago I brought two home |
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What and just (pause) |
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(interruption) And she was like [informant puts on a mock enraged voice] 'eeh! It's a rodent!' and I was like 'it's a hamster aww look it's cute' and now she loves them more than I [realized as 'aa'] do |
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Aww (pause) that's cute (pause) right guys what's the first job (pause) you ever had |
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(unclear) [possible reading: A little] out of school club (pause) when I [realized as 'aa'] was at (interruption) Wyndham School |
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(interruption) Prostitution (laughter) |
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What's that? |
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I said a prostitute |
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|
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I [realized as 'aa'] know (pause) (unclear) |
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Whereabouts did you work? |
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Just at Wyndham School I did an kid -- an out of school club |
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Ah right |
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Em |
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What was that like |
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It was er (pause) before school so I [realized as 'aa'] like, started at six till ten to nine (pause) then I had to like run up to sixth-form then as |
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(interruption) Ah right |
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(interruption) Till eight |
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Oh yeah you did didn't you |
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(interruption) Used to kill us that |
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(interruption) What sorts of stuff did you do just like (pause) play with the kids |
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Yeah it was like all school age kids |
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Not in that way though |
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(laughter) Well no (pause) obviously (laughter) |
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That's foul I've got my police check man (unclear) [possible reading: on time] |
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Police check |
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You're saying I'm a paedo that's foul |
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|
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Er well baby-sitting but that wasn't really properly em (pause) [2 sec] worked at Stage Door |
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Oh what when it was the Stage Door? |
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Yeah it was the Stage Door I worked at Stage (interruption) Door |
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(interruption) Didn't it used to be like cheesy eighties and |
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No I used to work on the rock nights for all the under eighteens because I was only like, (laughter) |
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Yeah |
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For them and that and now (unclear) [possible reading: we hate] the Stage Door because we (unclear) for free every time I go |
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Ah! (pause) (interruption) that's well good |
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(interruption) So (pause) yeah and then I worked at the proper one was like (pause) my first part-time one was (pause) [2 sec] USC, in Eldon Square |
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Oh yeah |
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I need a wee |
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Has that been there for a |
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It used to be where Republic is ages ago |
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It used to be? |
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Where Republic is |
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Oh no I mean like El- Eldon Square itself has it been there for (pause) (interruption) a while |
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(interruption) Years (pause) yeah since my mam was little |
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Really? |
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Yeah apparently there was like a bomb -- bomb scare when she was little there |
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Really what in the (pause) (interruption) in Eldon Square |
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(interruption) Put in the war or something |
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You what sorry? |
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In the war or something |
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In the wall? |
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(interruption) Well I don't know I'm (pause) saying I think she said that I can't (interruption) remember |
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(interruption) No way (pause) that's mad (unclear) [possible reading: did it go on for ages then] (pause) what was your favourite TV programme when you were a kid? |
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Brum |
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Brum (pause) ah I love Brum! |
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Brum was mint! (pause) Which is why I said to (NAME) that I'm going to [realized as 'gonna'] get him a little Brum thing for his car (pause) 'cause -- 'cause I know so many (NAME) |
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Yeah |
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There's ginger (NAME) (laughter) (NAME), boyfriend (NAME) |
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My (NAME) |
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Southern (NAME) so I [realized as 'aa'] thought well there's (interruption) instead of just |
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(interruption) Southern (NAME)? |
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Yeah so -- so -- so Southern (NAME) now 'cause he's a Southerner from here so |
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(interruption) Ah right |
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(interruption) Otherwise I called him Brum (laughter) |
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Brum |
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Because he's got a brum-brum (pause) he's the only one who drives so that (interruption) was easy |
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(interruption) What my (NAME)? |
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Yeah |
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Southern (NAME)? |
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Yeah |
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|
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(laughter) Dirty Manc (laughter) |
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Dirty Manc |
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That's horrible! |
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No! [realized as 'nah'] |
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Well dirty Manc sounds really horrible |
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Dirty Manc no like Manchester [informant puts on mock Mancunian accent] Manchester! |
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Dirty man |
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No dirty Manc! |
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Manc? |
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As in Manchester (pause) (laughter) not dirty man (laughter) |
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No [creaky voice] I know but Manc sounds (interruption) horrible |
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(interruption) Oh right do you think? |
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(interruption) (unclear) [possible reading: It's just in] Manchester |
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Manc |
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Manc (pause) it's like Geordie (pause) Manc |
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He likes being called (interruption) Manc? |
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(interruption) He doesn't mind (pause) he's fine (laughter) |
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That's a horrible thing to (laughter) call (interruption) someone (laughter) |
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(interruption) (laughter) You think? (laughter) It's like Geordie have you not heard anyone say that? |
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Manc? |
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Manc |
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Ugh it's just it ugh |
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Do you think? |
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(NAME)! |
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What? |
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If I [realized as 'aa'] said Manc to you (pause) does it sound horrible? |
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Manc? |
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Yeah (pause) would you like being called Manc? |
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It's like Manchester, Manc |
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Oh thought it was like a (pause) nasty name no I wouldn't want to [realized as 'wanna'] be called a Manc (unclear) [possible reading: I'm not] from Manchester |
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(laughter) No [realized as 'nah'] he -- he loves it he's fine |
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I call him Brum |
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Southern |
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Well I like Brum anyways |
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Yeah (pause) aww |
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Brum and Rupert the Bear |
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(unclear) [possible reading: We're talking about] kids TV programmes |
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I [realized as 'aa'] I love kids TV |
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(laughter) (interruption) (unclear) [possible reading: No anyway] |
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(interruption) I've got the (unclear) ah right |
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(laughter) |
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See I've got the Lazy Town tune on my phone |
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(laughter) Have you? (laughter) |
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It's banging man |
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Yeah I used to watch that in the gym (interruption) (unclear) though |
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(interruption) He-Man |
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(interruption) He-Man yes! |
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Prince Adam I have the power |
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What about Bananaman? |
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That was (interruption) all right but it didn't -- didn't beat He-Man |
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(interruption) 'When Eric eats a banana' (pause) [1 sec] that's amazing I (interruption) love it |
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(interruption) He-Man ah the Battle Cat (pause) ah yeah |
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Did you ever watch Thundercats? |
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Ah yes! |
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I love that! (gasp) |
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Oh! |
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(interruption) It's so good! |
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(interruption) She Ra, She Ra turned to Battle Cat and was like 'ah here, I'm just going to [realized as 'gonna'] run with my own show 'cause I'm better than you Prince Adam' |
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Yeah |
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I [realized as 'aa'] liked boys things |
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Penny Crayon |
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Ah! [informant sings] Penny Crayon (pause) ah I love that (unclear) they had that (unclear) [possible reading: man] |
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Man that was mint Penny Crayon |
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Wizadora (pause) flipping loved (interruption) Wizadora |
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(interruption) Yeah |
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Spot |
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Spot |
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Love Spot (unclear) [possible reading: I was thinking of] Spot the Dog |
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Snoopy |
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Snoopy? |
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I [realized as 'aa'] didn't used to watch Peanuts |
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What |
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(interruption) Peanuts (pause) was it not Peanuts? |
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Oh Snoopy! I'm getting confused with Sooty and Sweep (unclear) (interruption) yeah |
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(interruption) Yeah I was going to [realized as 'gonna'] say something like that |
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Oh Snoopy like (pause) (interruption) (unclear) |
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(interruption) Fun house (pause) I used to (interruption) like Fun House |
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(interruption) Fun House (pause) we wa- we watched Fun House (pause) it's on the net you know |
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(laughter) Is it? (laughter) |
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Yeah |
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What no way |
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Yeah it's well good! |
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Ugh |
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That's rank (pause) but yeah |
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Fun House it's a whole lot of fun (pause) mint |
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Prizes to be won |
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(unclear) [possible reading: I liked that me] (pause) [informant sings] whole lot of fun there's prizes to be |
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(interruption) I know (pause) I know the whole theme tune how sad is that |
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[informant calls to cat] Molly |
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[informant speaks to cat] Why don't you stop being so posh |
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I know (laughter) she's dead posh isn't she (interruption) my cat (laughter) |
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(interruption) What the cat? |
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Yeah (pause) [informant calls cat again] Molly (pause) [informant pretends to mimic cat] 'don't look at me I'm eating my sushi' (interruption) (laughter) |
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(interruption) She's cute (pause) aww |
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Flipping heck I [realized as 'aa'] killed off this Sunny-D |
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Yous are on wine and that and I'm rocking Sunny-D |
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Are you not going out tonight? |
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She's going out tomorrow (interruption) night |
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(interruption) Don't I [realized as 'aa'] (pause) don't drink wine and stuff anyway |
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Ah no |
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Vitamin C all the way |
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(laughter) What was I going to say em (pause) how about nowadays what's your (pause) what TV do you watch now |
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Heroes, Prison Break, America's Next Top Model |
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(interruption) Series (pause) |
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(interruption) I [realized as 'aa'] still watched the stuff I [realized as 'aa'] watched back (interruption) then |
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(interruption) Yes! America's Next Top Model! |
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(laughter) I've watched every series (interruption) (laughter) |
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(interruption) What even apparently there's a new one on the net and I've not seen it |
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Ah have you not I've already watched it (laughter) |
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What series ni- series (interruption) nine? |
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(interruption) Series nine |
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Ah I've not seen it (interruption) yet |
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(interruption) It's not as good as series eight |
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Is it not? |
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No |
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Ah I've not even seen it |
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Not as good as series -- series three was the best |
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Which o- which one was that? |
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Em |
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Oh with (interruption) Naima |
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(interruption) What was her name (interruption) again? |
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(interruption) With Naima yeah |
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I like that but well actually I do quite like that |
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What sort of stuff do you watch? (pause) (interruption) Series |
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(interruption) Anything on Dave channel |
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Kids TV (interruption) (laughter) |
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(interruption) (laughter) Kids TV (laughter) |
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(unclear) Anything on Dave channel |
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Balamory |
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Hey you know I'm a (interruption) boy, I'm actually a boy |
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(interruption) Oh yeah (pause) is that new? |
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It's disgusting (pause) |
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(interruption) What? |
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(interruption) You -- you I think it used to be one of the UK-TV things |
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Yeah |
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And it's changed to Dave it's got like got like Top Gear and em |
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(laughter) Dave (laughter) Dave channel |
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(laughter) Yeah somebody sent Dave a -- a text message randomly 'oh there's a new Dave channel' and it was off his friend ginger Dave (laughter) |
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Ah! |
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Ah |
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(interruption) Apparently it's called Dave channel 'cause everyone knows someone -- someone called Dave |
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That is true like everyone does (interruption) know someone called Dave |
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(interruption) It is true (pause) I know yeah (pause) but what sort of stuff has it got on it? Like |
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I haven't watched it |
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It's em (pause) the home of witty banter |
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(laughter) The home of witty banter (laughter) |
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The what? |
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It totally is! It's got like er QI oh my God I love QI it's genius |
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Ah Stephen Fry I (interruption) love him |
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(interruption) Ah yes |
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Yeah |
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Oh my God I'm amazing |
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I love him |
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Him (pause) I think he's mint (pause) it's got that on it and it's got like em (pause) Whose Line Is It Anyway |
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Ah (interruption) yes |
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(interruption) With my nineties comedy (pause) get in |
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That's good I like (interruption) that |
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(interruption) Ah yes |
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Stuff like that and er (pause) Top Gear and Long Way Down is on it as well |
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Long Way Down what's that? |
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That's with er (pause) Ewan McGregor and (pause) his (pause) friend |
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|
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(interruption) The one on the back of the bikes yeah |
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Yeah |
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He go- he goes from John O'Groats to (pause) I think Cape Town I think (pause) (interruption) (unclear) |
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(interruption) What like on a bike? |
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Yeah |
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How do y- how do you do that? |
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But like, I think you have to ride on ferries and stuff |
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Oh yeah (laughter) I was going to [realized as 'gonna'] say like (laughter) |
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But yeah took them like ages it's really good (pause) and it's got em (pause) what's his what's his name (pause) the survival guy (pause) he like (pause) oh what's his name |
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Oh (pause) that em Tribe that guy that |
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No it's a different guy |
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Oh not him |
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Not him (pause) he's a he's a proper survival teacher like a wilderness (interruption) man and stuff |
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(interruption) Oh (pause) Bear Grylls no the other one (pause) not Bear Grylls (pause) oh what's his name? What's his name? |
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Ah it's going to [realized as 'gonna'] bug me for ages this |
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Em (pause) em (pause) |
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Ah what's his name? |
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Dead good though |
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Ah it's Bear Grylls it was Bear Grylls is like the original one and the other guy's the one that was staying in hotels |
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What's his name no Bear Grylls was the one that stayed in hotels |
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Is it? |
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Bear Grylls is rubbish the other one's the best one |
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Oh right (pause) [1 sec] well yeah (pause) (interruption) anyway |
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(interruption) Going to [realized as 'gonna'] bug me for ages that |
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I know! |
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But I [realized as 'aa'] |
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Ah! |
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I [realized as 'aa'] like things like that |
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[interviewer strokes informant's cat] |
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I like comedies |
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Comedies (pause) why what sort [cat climbs onto the table] Oh Jesus (pause) the cat ran (pause) don't be standing on the table (unclear) (pause) aww she's a cutie what sort of comedies? Like (pause) what's your favourite film? |
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Ah go on (pause) go (interruption) on (laughter) |
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(interruption) No -- no 'cause you'll be like (interruption) 'ugh they're boring' |
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(interruption) I won't -- I won't -- I won't (unclear) |
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Ray Mears |
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Ray (interruption) Mears Ray Mears! |
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(interruption) Oh that's who it is oh God I love him |
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(laughter) Ray Mears Extreme Survival |
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I [realized as 'aa'] always want to [realized as 'wanna'] call him Dom Joly (interruption) and he's like |
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(interruption) (laughter) Dom Joly (laughter) |
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I don't know why but I've always wanted to call him Dom Joly (pause) think it's 'cause he's a little bit |
: |
(interruption) I don't think he looks anything like (laughter) Dom Joly (laughter) Ah dear (pause) yeah (interruption) (unclear) [possible reading: what is it] |
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(interruption) I like The Shawshank Redemption |
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I don't you know I've never seen that? |
: |
Have you not? |
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No |
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You haven't lived (interruption) (laughter) |
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(interruption) That's what everyone says 'you need to see it' but I've never seen it |
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Forest Gump (pause) it's the ultimate film |
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Forest Gump yeah |
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Has to be |
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[informant does Forest Gump impression] Life is like a box of chocolates (pause) |
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He's so blatantly gay |
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You what? |
: |
(laughter) Forest Gump in it he's so blatantly gay isn't he? (laughter) |
: |
No but he's got learning difficulties leave him alone that's shan (NAME) (laughter) picking on disabled people (laughter) |
: |
(laughter) |
: |
Oh that they banned that hobo wars didn't they (laughter) (unclear) [possible reading: that's not another though] (laughter) |
: |
That what? |
: |
Hobo |
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Oh em (pause) (interruption) when they made them fight (pause) Ah! |
: |
(interruption) When they made them (pause) yes! |
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Ah! |
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Bumfights |
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(laughter) Bumfights (laughter) (gasp) that's harsh that (pause) didn't they like give them a tenner and like (pause) just like 'yeah go and (interruption) fight' |
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(interruption) They had to give them like a hundred pounds or something didn't (interruption) they |
: |
(interruption) And set them on each other |
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Yeah |
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Ah they'd just give them a bottle of cider and tell them to |
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(laughter) |
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(interruption) Jesus |
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(interruption) They make them pull their own teeth out with pliers |
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Aye |
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(gasp) (interruption) That's awful! |
: |
(interruption) That's sickening that as well |
: |
I don't [realized as 'dun'] knaa (pause) I've got loads of good films that I like |
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Yeah (pause) go on |
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Saving Grace is a good one |
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What's that? |
: |
It's about this woman who goes bankrupt so |
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Yeah |
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Em (pause) 'cause her -- her husband like leaves her loads of |
: |
Doc Martin (pause) as in the shoes? |
: |
(interruption) No that's what he [informant points to boyfriend] said |
: |
(interruption) (laughter) |
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Em (pause) it's got the doctor out of that in anyways they all smoke weed (pause) and some of them are growing it and he's going back to Scotland or something (interruption) 'cause he's got |
: |
(interruption) What like a documentary or like a |
: |
No it's no it's a like proper |
: |
Comedy |
: |
It's like a comedy but (pause) and then so he says and she says and she's a gardener so she can't let the plants die, and then in the end she ends up harvesting it all this big massive greenhouse (interruption) full of weed |
: |
(interruption) Oh I know what you mean! Yeah what's it called (pause) not Weeds (pause) Weeds? Is that it? |
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Yeah |
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Yeah (interruption) yeah yeah yeah |
: |
(interruption) And then she goes to London and tries to sell it but she like |
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Yeah |
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And |
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Mm |
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And it becomes a bestseller (laughter) and that (laughter) so that's (interruption) how she makes her money |
: |
(interruption) Oh right (pause) I want to see that |
: |
It's really funny actually |
: |
What about you (NAME)? |
: |
All three Lord of the Rings films |
: |
Do you like it? |
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I'm a huge Tolkien fan |
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Uh |
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|
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(interruption) Really? |
: |
Harry Potter no I've (unclear) [possible reading: read the (interruption) works] |
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(interruption) I read the books before like the (pause) films came out |
: |
Mm |
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And I've read them like (pause) seven times each and (interruption) stuff |
: |
(interruption) I've never read them |
: |
I've got like every (pause) publication he ever brought out and stuff |
: |
Really? |
: |
Like they're (unclear) [possible reading: some are really and] like random, unfinished tales |
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Cool |
: |
I've got em (pause) oh what's it songs and poems |
: |
No (interruption) way |
: |
(interruption) Absolutely adore him |
: |
Who's Tom Bombadil? |
: |
He's a character in Lord of the Rings |
: |
Are you not having (interruption) anything to drink? |
: |
(interruption) He's to do with the (pause) he (interruption) sings doesn't he? |
: |
(interruption) I'll w- (pause) I'll have (pause) whatever's going (pause) I'm cool (laughter) |
: |
There's a |
: |
Selection |
: |
Selection there's alcopop there's a cat (laughter) there's a (laughter) |
: |
(laughter) There's a cat |
: |
(interruption) There's that other one that you brought or there's that over that what (NAME) what did you buy? |
: |
I don't knaa what I bought (pause) (unclear) [possible reading: just something] (pause) Parmasons California Rose |
: |
(laughter) Calaforn i a (laughter) |
: |
Wey-aye man |
: |
I brought you some pomegranate and (pause) blueberry fizz from M and S |
: |
|
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Ooo (interruption) that sounds nice actually |
: |
(interruption) It looked (pause) it -- it -- it looked nice (pause) so I bought it you |
: |
That actually does sound really nice |
: |
Crack it open (pause) go for it |
: |
Okay then |
: |
Is it alcoholic? |
: |
It is alcoholic God what do you take me for (NAME) come on! (pause) Course it is (pause) but yeah em (pause) what's the worst film you've ever seen? |
: |
Oh my God (pause) em |
: |
|
: |
(laughter) Em (laughter) the majority of films I've (laughter) watched to be honest (laughter) |
: |
(laughter) Like what? |
: |
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas I [realized as 'aa'] hate it |
: |
You hate it? |
: |
Hate it |
: |
I love (interruption) it! |
: |
(interruption) I [realized as 'aa'] hate it |
: |
Why (interruption) what's wrong with it? |
: |
(interruption) And I hate dark films I just (interruption) don't like dark films |
: |
(interruption) Really? |
: |
It's not dark |
: |
It is, I just |
: |
Ah don't think I've ever seen a film that I really don't like |
: |
Mm |
: |
I'm quite into my films like |
: |
Yeah (pause) [informant pops a bottle cork] Ooo! (interruption) (laughter) |
: |
(interruption) I'm like into a lot of genres (pause) (interruption) I like I like everything |
: |
(interruption) [Referring to cork] You see I've had to practice that one |
: |
Shot |
: |
Never really seen one that I really didn't like |
: |
Really? (pause) I've seen (pause) |
: |
I [realized as 'aa'] know what I [realized as 'aa'] like and I [realized as 'aa'] know what I [realized as 'aa'] won't though so if think I [realized as 'aa'] don't like it (interruption) I [realized as 'aa'] won't bother watching it |
: |
(interruption) Yeah ah right fair-do's (pause) like what sort of films do you like other than like Lord of the Rings |
: |
I really don't like dark films like (interruption) The Corpse Bride |
: |
(interruption) I like (unclear) things I loved that (interruption) actually |
: |
(interruption) I liked that! |
: |
I don't like (interruption) dark films |
: |
(interruption) And I [realized as 'aa'] -- I [realized as 'aa'] really like er Tim Burton stuff though |
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Mm |
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And em I [realized as 'aa'] |
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Tim Burton? (pause) (interruption) Oh right yeah yeah yeah |
: |
(interruption) No it's not by Tim Burton (pause) but it's like em (pause) it's like an art house type film |
: |
Mm |
: |
And it's -- it's all done with puppets (pause) and all the puppets have strings and I can't even remember what the storyline was |
: |
(interruption) Yeah |
: |
(interruption) Bit crap (pause) but the film itself was really good |
: |
Yeah |
: |
And em (pause) like when they died all it was was that the strings were cut and they were just like falling and that was them dead |
: |
(interruption) Aww |
: |
(interruption) And when they were born (pause) they were born without the string, and then like strings just like waved up to the sky |
: |
Was it just a like (interruption) was it like (unclear) [possible reading: mannequins] or like |
: |
(interruption) And that was how they were (pause) yeah it was like they no like (pause) people's voices over the top and stuff |
: |
(interruption) Yeah |
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(interruption) And it was really weird but I [realized as 'aa'] just thought 'ah imagine (unclear) [possible reading: they're all] puppets' (pause) (interruption) was a really good film |
: |
(interruption) Ah! That's well cool (pause) sounds mint (pause) em (pause) are you studying (pause) anywhere at the moment |
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(interruption) You are |
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I am |
: |
Where are you studying? |
: |
I'm studying at Newcastle College |
: |
Newcastle College what are (interruption) you studying? |
: |
[informant puts on mock upper class accent] (interruption) College |
: |
[interviewer mimics informant's mock accent] College |
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I'm doing (pause) art and design as per usual |
: |
Art and design? |
: |
Yeah |
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Ah that's all (unclear) |
: |
Well (pause) in year ten and eleven I did ceramics for my GCSEs |
: |
Oh right |
: |
And then I [realized as 'aa'] did (pause) dual art (pause) and textiles |
: |
(interruption) Mm |
: |
(interruption) For my A-Levels and now I'm just doing general art and design |
: |
|
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Just doing (interruption) random things |
: |
(interruption) What sort of |
: |
Lo- lots of different things like a (interruption) foundation degree |
: |
(interruption) Yeah (pause) Oh right are you going to [realized as 'gonna'] go to University after? |
: |
Mm-mm |
: |
Ah what to do? |
: |
I don't know yet |
: |
Yeah |
: |
I [realized as 'aa'] -- I [realized as 'aa'] think I'm going to [realized as 'gonna'] go (pause) I [realized as 'aa'] don't |
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Yeah |
: |
So it's like (pause) I like what I'm doing but a cannot [realized as 'cannit'] find a course that's (pause) like (pause) that it's (interruption) either textiles or art |
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(interruption) Really? (pause) Oh yeah yeah (pause) can you not just do like general art and then (pause) |
: |
(interruption) Yeah (pause) there's a there's a thing that they do at em (pause) Hartlepool which is textiles but it's not just general textiles |
: |
(interruption) Yeah |
: |
(interruption) It's just it's based in surface decorations |
: |
Oh right |
: |
So (pause) I'd quite like to like, loads of motifs and |
: |
Oh Yeah |
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Or if you do like wallpaper and stuff like that (interruption) at the same time and it's |
: |
(interruption) Ah cool (pause) What sort of things do you want to do just like (pause) design (pause) do you want to do like fashion or like |
: |
I don't know 'cause I've made loads of canvases myself and I -- I've been offered quite a bit of money for (interruption) them |
: |
(interruption) Really? |
: |
No but I've offered I've offered them as presents t- already so I'm (interruption) not going to [realized as 'gonna'] sell them |
: |
(interruption) Yeah |
: |
Why how much have you been offered for them? |
: |
Two hundred pounds for one of them |
: |
Really? |
: |
Yeah one -- one's (interruption) in my bedroom |
: |
(interruption) What who -- who by? |
: |
|
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Yeah I'll have a look at it in a bit (pause) what who -- who was it that wants to buy them? |
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Someone in the pub |
: |
You what (pause) (interruption) someone in the (laughter) pub? (laughter) |
: |
(interruption) I know someone in the pub |
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[Is handed a drink by informant one] (interruption) Ah thank you very much |
: |
I know (pause) (interruption) yeah (pause) there you go (NAME) [informant B hands informant A a drink] |
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Cheers dude |
: |
Are you studying or are you just at |
: |
No [MN1] I [realized as 'aa'] don't do (interruption) nothing [MN2] |
: |
(interruption) Full-time aren't you? Ah cool |
: |
sixth-form was a waste of time and I [realized as 'aa'] just think screw education you're crap |
: |
[informant pretends to hand cat a drink] Do you want some Molly? |
: |
I (interruption) know what you mean like because you get |
: |
(interruption) No offence I didn't mean that like |
: |
No [realized as 'nah'] it's fine like no I totally know what you mean because you don't like you don't (pause) everyone goes to university nowadays and it's just like you get |
: |
Loads of people hate students |
: |
Oh Yeah |
: |
(interruption) Loads of people |
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(interruption) Dave hates students and |
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(interruption) I [realized as 'aa'] do |
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(interruption) I'm like 'you're going out with one!' (laughter) |
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I er I [realized as 'aa'] -- I [realized as 'aa'] I hate I [realized as 'aa'] hate it when they're all round town and I just want to [realized as 'wanna'] hit every one of them |
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(unclear) [possible reading: They're useful for] the stupid nights out |
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Yeah |
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See what I mean? See I like students like you who hate other students (pause) but it's fine (pause) (interruption) (unclear) |
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(interruption) (laughter) I know what you mean though you get some proper (pause) knobhead (pause) rahs |
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Like 'rah rah' |
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(interruption) 'I'm a student rah rah' (laughter) |
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(interruption) 'Rah rah rah' (pause) did you like I never knew what a rah was before I came to Newcastle |
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(laughter) What? |
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(interruption) Like no |
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(interruption) (unclear) [possible reading: It's because we saw them and (interruption) thought] (unclear) |
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(interruption) I didn't know what a Manc was |
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What? (interruption) What (unclear) |
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(interruption) No I'd never seen |
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(interruption) No, it's a Jes- it's a Jesmond bear |
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What are you (interruption) (unclear) [possible reading: chatting] |
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(interruption) Jesmond bear? |
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What are (interruption) you talking about? |
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(interruption) It's a Jesmond bear a rah is a Jesmond bear |
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A rah? |
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A Jesmond bear |
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I've never heard that for a rah before like, (interruption) never heard of that |
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(interruption) A Jesmond bear is just a dickhead who lives in Jesmond |
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(laughter) |
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What like us (interruption) (laughter) |
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(interruption) It's a student who sits in The (interruption) Hancock |
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(interruption) You're not dickheads though you know the -- the ones (interruption) that look down their nose at you |
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(interruption) [informant drinks wine] Ooh that's nice that |
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And sit in (interruption) The Hancock |
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(interruption) And I [realized as 'aa'] don't even like wine |
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With some |
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(interruption) Oh yeah (pause) Well I don't like do you get rahs in like (pause) primary school and stuff or are they just like secondary school or (interruption) like |
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(interruption) (unclear) [possible reading: (NAME) (NAME), (NAME) (NAME)] was a (unclear) |
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Yes, yes you do |
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Well like (pause) how had I never |
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Charvers |
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You get charvers but then you get the (pause) the whole (interruption) (unclear) |
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(interruption) Leave charvers alone |
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Sorry |
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Leave them alone |
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(NAME) is cool |
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That's okay then (pause) he's not really a charver he just |
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Just (interruption) happens to dress like one |
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(interruption) Acts like one and looks like one and (pause) speaks like one |
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Yeah |
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(laughter) |
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Everyone thinks (NAME)'s a chav at home |
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Do they? |
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Yeah |
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(interruption) Hey no way! |
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(interruption) He's not a charver |
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How could he be a (interruption) charver |
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(interruption) I don't think I don't know [realized as 'dunno'] (pause) apparently he is |
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He's like the (pause) (unclear) [possible reading: nearest] (interruption) thing to a charver ever |
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(interruption) Yeah he's rubbish! |
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You what (laughter) a |
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Rubbish |
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(laughter) No [realized as 'nah'] there's like (pause) well do you get lots of chavs round here and stuff (pause) (interruption) is it like |
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(interruption) Yeah (pause) it's Newcastle |
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I didn't know like I've not seen as (pause) you don't see as many as (interruption) Manchester (pause) like |
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(interruption) Yeah (unclear) yes |
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Do you not? |
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No way there is like it is teaming with them in Manchester like especially round where like me and (NAME) used to live it was like |
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I don't know really (pause) I still I've never known what I wanted to do but I've known a basic |
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(interruption) Yeah |
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(interruption) What I wanted to |
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(interruption) Yeah yeah |
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Like to sell my work |
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Be an artiste |
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Artiste |
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Mm that would be cool |
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But it's hard to get into |
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Yeah |
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I'd like to have fifty thousand pounds to start my own business up (pause) please |
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No way |
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(laughter) So when you get rich off this course |
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(interruption) (laughter) I will do (pause) well what sort like what sort of business do you want to [realized as 'wanna'] do? |
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Em (pause) I want a little shop |
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Really ah like an art thing |
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A little art shop but I do my textiles as well so I want to [realized as 'wanna'] do like (pause) [informant tells cat off] don't eat that Molly |
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(laughter) |
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I want to [realized as 'wanna'] do my like, my textiles, the art shop |
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Yeah (pause) |
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(interruption) Yeah |
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(interruption) Aww |
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(interruption) Like, make jewellery and little (pause) (interruption) bits and bobs |
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(interruption) Ah a friend of mine does that and she's got like she's got a business on like the net and sells it off and stuff |
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(interruption) Yeah |
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(interruption) She sells like (pause) loads to people |
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(interruption) Yeah |
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(interruption) It's really good actually like it's quite |
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I [realized as 'aa'] make shoes because well sh- well not make the shoes but you can get shoes and you can put your own designs on the shoes and then (interruption) sell them on for loads more |
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(interruption) Oh yeah |
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|
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So that would be good |
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That's cool how about you what sort of thing do you want to go in to? |
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Work at Wheatsheaf for the rest of her life |
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Not really sure I was always so sure that I what I wanted to do |
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Mm |
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It was always set on working with kids |
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Yeah |
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I really wanted to do like I wa- (pause) and then (pause) I went to sixth-form and (pause) they just totally |
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How do you (interruption) mean? |
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(interruption) From, like, they were just like (pause) telling us all these different stuff I [realized as 'aa'] should do and I was trying to do it then I [realized as 'aa'] just thought 'y'knaa what screw yous I'm not going to [realized as 'gonna'] do what you want us to do |
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Yeah |
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And then it just (pause) completely messed us up and I (pause) don't really know where I want to [realized as 'wanna'] be now |
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Mm |
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So |
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It's just (interruption) (unclear) [possible reading: some sort of] |
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(interruption) Don't go to sixth-form (pause) it's crap |
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(laughter) Mate I've (interruption) been |
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(interruption) Then |
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It was not cool (laughter) |
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I'd love to be an |
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A (interruption) what? |
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(interruption) I would love to be one it er an archaeologist that specialises in (pause) Ancient Egypt |
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(interruption) Oh no way |
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(interruption) I would love to be one so much I |
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Can you do a course in that or anything or like |
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I don't think so |
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Can you not (pause) you can do archaeology (interruption) and do |
: |
(interruption) But em, I'm not the most academic person in the world so I think it would be a bit stupid |
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Yeah |
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So (pause) cannae [i.e. 'cannot'] even read English never mind hieroglyphics (pause) just like |
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(interruption) (laughter) (pause) I know what you mean though about like (pause) University i- it's there's just no point if you don't want to [realized as 'wanna'] (pause) (interruption) do it |
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(interruption) I've got loads of things that I want to [realized as 'wanna'] but I'm really unmotivated |
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Really? |
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Like want to [realized as 'wanna'] be a pilot |
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And like |
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(laughter) Pilot (laughter) ah dear |
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A marine biologist or something |
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My brother wanted to be one of them |
: |
I know that's why he had to |
: |
(interruption) (unclear) [possible reading: What do they] do? |
: |
Stupid fish |
: |
Stu- (interruption) (laughter) |
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(interruption) No a marine biologist does like you know like em you get like a normal biologist who just like will work with people or plants and stuff just with er (pause) marine life |
: |
Don't you go like scuba diving and like (interruption) (unclear) |
: |
(interruption) Yeah he does (interruption) that |
: |
(interruption) Wow (pause) that's cool |
: |
He did it in Spain (unclear) [possible reading: on a school thing] on a Spain trip (interruption) (unclear) |
: |
(interruption) I wouldn't let (NAME) do anything with animals |
: |
(laughter) (unclear) [possible reading: so much |
: |
(interruption) 'I want to [realized as 'wanna'] be a zoologist' 'no' |
: |
I [realized as 'aa'] wanted to be one of those as well when I [realized as 'aa'] was little (pause) actually I'm actually really good with animals though they have all died but howay man |
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(laughter) Yeah (laughter) |
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How long do hamsters live I mean seriously like three years |
: |
(laughter) |
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Well yeah but the one that got ate by the cat it didn't last long |
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No I was only about three years old y'knaa |
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(interruption) Aww |
: |
(interruption) Well (pause) my mam shouldn't have |
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(laughter) Have you guys got any like (pause) hobbies or anything? |
: |
(laughter) Turbulence |
: |
Turbulence (interruption) yes! |
: |
(interruption) Turbulence |
: |
Were you there on Friday? |
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No |
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Ah |
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I was at work and then I [realized as 'aa'] was on a thirteen hour shift |
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God you're joking! |
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No |
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At the pub? |
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A thir- yeah (pause) I did a function and a wedding (pause) all day and all night |
: |
(interruption) Ah no |
: |
(interruption) And I only di- had fifteen minutes break |
: |
Jesus Christ |
: |
'Cause she says 'hurry back' I was like (pause) 'fair enough' and then she was nasty to us when she asked us to come in another two hours earlier the next day |
: |
What! |
: |
And I went in and smashed a Bacardi bottle by accident (laughter) |
: |
Ah dear (pause) well yeah (pause) ah no it wasn't good on |
: |
Was it not? |
: |
(NAME) hated it (NAME) had a horrible night |
: |
Rea- what happened? |
: |
He just went he just hated the music and he was just like having a whingey time (pause) and he threw up (interruption) all his booze |
: |
(interruption) It was Andy-C and Shy-FX and (interruption) Noisia |
: |
(interruption) (unclear) [possible reading: It was yeah ] it was rubbish it was (interruption) absolutely rubbish |
: |
(interruption) Were they all crap? |
: |
It was just like Andy-C just played like the most (pause) utter shite like shite wobble like th- the whole night and it was like we just like |
: |
I do like some Shy-FX though when I'm in a good mood |
: |
Mm |
: |
It's a little (interruption) bouncy |
: |
(interruption) I know what you mean when you're in there |
: |
Yeah when I'm in a good mood and I when I'm a bit pissed (interruption) it's all right |
: |
(interruption) What I thought (unclear) [possible reading: on the way out] was Andy-C is a wanker |
: |
Yeah (laughter) (pause) that was not good |
: |
Yeah |
: |
Was Noisia not any good? |
: |
They were all right but they (interruption) I don't know [realized as 'dunno'] |
: |
(interruption) Noisia they played a pretty typical set |
: |
Yeah |
: |
To be honest (pause) but they were good |
: |
What about you (NAME)? |
: |
I don't [MN1] do nothing [MN2] |
: |
You what do you not do you not do anything? |
: |
The Wheatsheaf |
: |
Go to work |
: |
What sort of music are you guys into? |
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Everything |
: |
Everything |
: |
Everything |
: |
(NAME) said you used to be into all like rock music and stuff |
: |
Yeah who did? |
: |
(NAME) (pause) my (NAME) |
: |
|
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What (interruption) sorts of rock |
: |
(interruption) When I used to work at the Stage Door but I -- let's not talk about that now |
: |
No (interruption) (laughter) |
: |
(interruption) Can I answer my telephone? |
: |
Yeah (pause) go for it |
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[informant answers phone] Hello? (pause) Hiya (pause) [2 sec] half eight what time are we all are we heading into town? (pause) For about half eight quarter to nine? |
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|
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Yep |
: |
Ah (interruption) shit (pause) there's wine everywhere |
: |
(interruption) (unclear) [possible reading: What was I saying] at the top of Northumberland Street |
: |
[informant belches] |
: |
Northumberland Street |
: |
It's these lids man (pause) they're crap |
: |
At the top of Primark |
: |
Who's that like? |
: |
It's (NAME) |
: |
Did she tell you (NAME) we broke down on the way here |
: |
We didn't break down we ran out of petrol |
: |
Ah (pause) it was not funny it |
: |
(interruption) Hiya sorry I'm ju- I'm just (pause) (interruption) em in an interview thing for a friend |
: |
(interruption) (unclear) [possible reading: I bet you thought it was a right laugh anyway] |
: |
I thought he'd stalled and then all of a sudden just like |
: |
[informant answers phone] Hiya |
: |
There you go |
: |
(laughter) |
: |
We're in the middle of this interview thing (pause) (NAME)'s on her phone too (laughter) |
: |
|
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What? (pause) No no |
: |
See you about quarter to nine yeah? (pause) Okay, bye [informant puts phone down] (pause) ah bless him I sit next to him in college |
: |
Who's that? |
: |
It's this kid called (interruption) (NAME) (pause) he's (laughter) really sweet (laughter) |
: |
(interruption) Hi yeah I [realized as 'aa'] said yeah I said (interruption) yeah and then you just |
: |
(interruption) He's proper gay |
: |
Yeah he's gay |
: |
Is he like at college night out or |
: |
Ah like no it's fine |
: |
No it's just (pause) because |
: |
We decided to go out |
: |
We just decided to go out we were just like (interruption) 'let's go out' |
: |
(interruption) I [realized as 'aa'] -- I [realized as 'aa'] bought my |
: |
Yeah |
: |
And tomorrow night we're going to Blu Bambu |
: |
(interruption) Nice! |
: |
(interruption) Blu Bambu (laughter) |
: |
(interruption) And I [realized as 'aa'] really don't think that type of outfit's going to [realized as 'gonna'] go down too well in Blu Bambu so I'm going to [realized as 'gonna'] go to a rock night tonight and scare the shit out of (interruption) someone |
: |
(interruption) It's not really rock though is it (interruption) really |
: |
(interruption) Well it's a bit of everything really bit of drum-n-bass |
: |
Yeah |
: |
Tried to get (NAME) to go there one night |
: |
(interruption) What Blu Bambu? (unclear) |
: |
No (unclear) [possible reading: skates] it was it was ages ago like (pause) I was like (pause) like proper ages ago and I just got mortal and I just, wanted to go clubbing and I had no-one to go clubbing I was just (unclear) [possible reading: screaming] 'howay (NAME) just go clubbing with wuh [equivalent to Standard English 'us'] go clubbing' right and he -- he says 'I've got work tomorrow' and I'm 'I'll make sure you're at work tomorrow just (laughter) come clubbing with us' (laughter) and he's like |
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(interruption) Oh the Orange thing? |
: |
No (interruption) yeah yeah |
: |
(interruption) I remember that |
: |
No it wasn't Orange it was when he was it was in Citel (pause) no not Citel it was (pause) Hovis or something |
: |
(interruption) Hovis |
: |
(interruption) Some- somewhere (laughter) some |
: |
Did you hear all about that big thing with his job and stuff and the recruitment agency (pause) (laughter) Aww |
: |
Where's the rest of your costume? |
: |
In my bag |
: |
Haven't seen it yet |
: |
We're still not finished doing the |
: |
What? |
: |
Recording |
: |
Interview (pause) |
: |
Honest to God we've had everything really sorry |
: |
I know it's all right ah (interruption) don't worry about it |
: |
(interruption) It's all Molly's fault (pause) she fetches like a dog you know |
: |
Really? (interruption) Aww! |
: |
(interruption) Yeah (pause) If you get a -- scrumple up a piece of paper (NAME) |
: |
Why's it always me that has to do it? |
: |
|
: |
[Cat goes to scrunched up paper] (interruption) Aw bless her |
: |
(interruption) No that's too big for her (pause) I knaa she picks it up and she brings it back to you |
: |
(interruption) Aww |
: |
(interruption) [Referring to Playstation game] I've got no idea where to go |
: |
What was I going to [realized as 'gonna'] say like yeah (pause) em (pause) what so you're -- you're in to like your drum-n-bass nowadays |
: |
(interruption) Yeah |
: |
(interruption) It that it well what sort of stuff do you like? |
: |
(interruption) Everything? |
: |
(interruption) I like electro I like trance I like (unclear) I like dance I like (pause) drum 'n' bass I like f- (pause) general (pause) poppy stuff (interruption) sometimes |
: |
(interruption) General poppy stuff |
: |
Like (pause) like the radio and (pause) just general stuff like that anything you can dance to |
: |
What sort of nights what sort of |
: |
Other than Turbulence anything (pause) anything I can (pause) have a good time it's not really what I listen to unless it's like pure death metal I don't want to [realized as 'wanna'] (interruption) go there |
: |
(interruption) Really (laughter) |
: |
And (pause) stupid like, I don't know [realized as 'dunno'] like (laughter) folk music I don't want to [realized as 'wanna'] go there either (laughter) see us pure |
: |
(interruption) No |
: |
Just (pause) dancey and |
: |
Yeah (pause) stuff you can dance to |
: |
Yeah (pause) so I just generally prat around (laughter) |
: |
(laughter) Do you go do you like shopping and stuff? |
: |
(laughter) Primark love it! (laughter) |
: |
Yes! |
: |
Yes Primark! |
: |
(interruption) Triple-S what's that? |
: |
Have you never been to Triple-S? |
: |
No (pause) what is it? |
: |
(gasp) You will love Triple-S |
: |
(interruption) What's it like? |
: |
(interruption) It's got really nice dresses for like (pause) twenty quid |
: |
Really? (unclear) [possible reading: where is it?] |
: |
It's er opposite A- like Ann Summers just up from (pause) TJ Hughes |
: |
Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah |
: |
Yeah it's got really nice dresses in there for like twenty quid |
: |
Really? |
: |
|
: |
I'm not sure (pause) last time I saw you out was (pause) Valve |
: |
Yeah |
: |
Yeah |
: |
(unclear) [possible reading: I can't even remember] I had my face painted didn't I [realized as 'aa'] with all (interruption) UV I had it all up my legs and everything |
: |
(interruption) Yeah yeah that's cool (pause) well yeah have you seen that |
: |
I [realized as 'aa'] haven't actually and I'm dying to go because I'm -- I'm studying Vivienne Westwood at the (interruption) minute |
: |
(interruption) Are you? |
: |
Yeah it's -- it's yeah it's just opened hasn't it? |
: |
Yeah it's on like off (pause) Grainger Street somewhere? |
: |
I want to [realized as 'wanna'] is it not |
: |
It's opposite Bar Forty-Two (pause) (interruption) you know Bar Forty-Two yeah |
: |
(interruption) Yeah (pause) yes [realise as 'yeah'] I [realized as 'aa'] walked past the window |
: |
Yeah |
: |
Be too expensive though (laughter) |
: |
Do you reckon? Do you ever shop (pause) stop -- shop like at designer stuff or |
: |
No |
: |
No (laughter) (pause) how are you studying like Vivienne Westwood like (pause) like (pause) (interruption) what sort of stuff she does? |
: |
(interruption) Well she's a textiles designer and she does jewellery and everything like that so (pause) (interruption) at the minute |
: |
(interruption) Ah like so you have to like make stuff (interruption) like she does |
: |
(interruption) Yeah at the at the well at the minute I'm doing |
: |
Oh yeah |
: |
I've just started like two days ago my new project so it's like old Britain and new Britain and it's like (unclear) [possible reading: to win money] or something |
: |
Oh yeah |
: |
So I decided to study Vivienne Westwood as old Britain 'cause she has em like a (pause) Victorian style but she |
: |
(interruption) Yeah |
: |
(interruption) Her and the |
: |
[informant puts phone down] Sorry about that |
: |
(interruption) It's cool |
: |
(interruption) Manager the manager of the Sex Pistols (pause) |
: |
Really? |
: |
Yeah so |
: |
Oh I didn't know that |
: |
And she's sixty now sixty odd now and she -- she |
: |
She's mad (pause) (interruption) crazy woman |
: |
(interruption) Yeah (unclear) [possible reading: isn't she] and em so I thought I'd do something like that for old like |
: |
(interruption) Yeah |
: |
(interruption) Old punk |
: |
Yeah |
: |
Like would you guys say you like (pause) you follow fashion or have you got like |
: |
I change it every day |
: |
You change it every day |
: |
And -- and sort of like (pause) (interruption) (unclear) |
: |
(interruption) (NAME) can I [realized as 'aa'] go (pause) are -- are you allowed to smoke in the kitchen? |
: |
Yeah |
: |
Definitely are you? |
: |
Yeah just go |
: |
Is that o- is that okay? If I [realized as 'aa'] go and (pause) have a tab? |
: |
You what? |
: |
Is that okay if I [realized as 'aa'] have a (interruption) tab? |
: |
(interruption) Yeah yeah yeah yeah |
: |
(laughter) Pure rocking the interview (laughter) |
: |
(laughter) |
: |
I'm just pissing off aren't I? |
: |
It's cool (pause) em (pause) have you got any big nights out planned? |
: |
Tomorrow night |
: |
Tonight (interruption) oh tonight? |
: |
(interruption) Tonight and (unclear) [possible reading: br-] well tomorrow night |
: |
Are you going out are you going out tomorrow? |
: |
I'm going as a fairy because I [realized as 'aa'] have a theory that I [realized as 'aa'] actually really do look like a fairy |
: |
(interruption) (laughter) |
: |
(interruption) Because if I [realized as 'aa'] had pointy ears I [realized as 'aa'] would actually be like some kind of woodland elf thing |
: |
Whereabouts are you guys (interruption) going? |
: |
(interruption) Seriously like (pause) Blu Bambu |
: |
Yeah (interruption) Blu Shampoo (laughter) |
: |
(interruption) Blu Bambu (interruption) (unclear) |
: |
(interruption) Howay it's -- it's for work though so we're so we're going |
: |
|
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Yeah |
: |
Ah (interruption) right |
: |
(interruption) Do you have any like, tracksuit pants |
: |
No |
: |
(laughter) What sort of music festivals do you (unclear) [possible reading: go] |
: |
I went to Global (interruption) Gathering |
: |
(interruption) Global Gathering (pause) |
: |
Just go on YouTube (pause) and type in Global Gathering two thousand and (interruption) seven |
: |
(interruption) No way like what sort (unclear) [possible reading: music] |
: |
Everyone (pause) The Tidy Boys Lisa Lashes, (interruption) the (unclear) |
: |
(interruption) Ah I've seen I've seen Lisa Lashes |
: |
Ba- Basement Jaxx, |
: |
Yeah |
: |
Er there was a big massive drum-n-bass tent |
: |
(interruption) Yeah |
: |
(interruption) Paul Van Dyke (pause) Dave -- Dave Gretna isn't it? |
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(unclear) What was that like? |
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Em |
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Was it a good crack? |
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It was mint |
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Yeah |
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I got a free massage on my back |
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(interruption) Where from? |
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(interruption) There was a big circle just loads of random |
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Yeah |
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And one was, like (pause) a circle of chairs (pause) and you just sat down and someone would give you a massage and you just donated it |
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(interruption) Ah |
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(interruption) Like a pound or something (pause) or like a fiver for a really long one |
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Yeah |
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If you were pure knackered and that and there was the (pause) cider tent |
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(laughter) Cider tent (laughter) |
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Cider (interruption) tent |
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(interruption) Yes! |
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The bungee jump |
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Oh them things that you get in in the |
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Yeah |
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Oh my friend did one of did that |
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Bungee jump em |
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Did you get on it? |
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No (laughter) (interruption) I ran out of money |
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(interruption) It's ten quid! |
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I took two hundred and fifty quid with us and I [realized as 'aa'] ran out |
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What did you spend it on? |
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Well we went down the day before and looked round Stratford |
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Yeah |
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And em (pause) we had a meal and then we got pissed on the night before (pause) and then the |
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Oh did you not camp? |
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Not on the (interruption) first night but then we camped |
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(interruption) Oh you did that but oh I see |
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And then em (pause) taxis (pause) actually no we didn't get taxis anywheres we got a shuttle bus |
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Yeah |
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Then like buses (pause) em (pause) food was expensive |
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(unclear) [possible reading: Yeah ] Eating from them minging festival vans |
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(interruption) Great yeah it was three pound for a bottle of water |
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Fucking (interruption) hell! |
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(interruption) I know |
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Really? |
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Yeah (pause) I bought a cowboy hat for some stupid reason for a tenner |
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A tenner! |
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Yeah |
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They rip you off don't they |
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Yeah |
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Like proper in (interruption) festivals |
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(interruption) Yeah |
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That's not cool like I was going to [realized as 'gonna'] say like (pause) do you reckon it's all getting a bit like commercial nowadays at festivals |
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(interruption) Yeah |
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(interruption) Like do you reckon? |
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I [realized as 'aa'] do but I [realized as 'aa'] think Global Gathering just anyone goes so it doesn't really (interruption) matter |
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(interruption) Yeah 'cause (interruption) it's the same sort of |
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(interruption) But Global Gath- but Global Gathering if you were to bump into a charver I mean at er (pause) Glastonbury if you bump into -- into a charv down there it's going to [realized as 'gonna'] be like 'what the fuck are you doing here' |
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(laughter) (interruption) Yeah |
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(interruption) I mean (pause) 'go home' |
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Yes (pause) (NAME) said |
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Ah he was not impressed about that none of us were to be fair like (pause) have you gone away this year or anything or what you |
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I [realized as 'aa'] haven't been on holiday abroad since I was ten |
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Can't afford it |
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Aww |
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Haven't got a passport ran out about two years (interruption) ago really (laughter) |
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(interruption) Really (laughter) where did you go what -- what's the last holiday you went on? |
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(unclear) [possible reading: Why] Majorca when I [realized as 'aa'] was ten |
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Majorca aww whereabouts? |
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Port de Pollenca (pause) it (interruption) (unclear) [possible reading: actually] was amazing |
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(interruption) (gasp) I've been there! Ah it's (interruption) so nice! |
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(interruption) Isn't it! And they (pause) is there (pause) did you go when there was the (pause) ice cream shop that |
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(interruption) I can't remember when I went the best thing the thing I remember about it is (pause) the three storey high booze store (pause) like in the middle of Port de Pollenca |
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Uh-huh |
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You know there's like the beach (pause) and then there's (interruption) like |
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(interruption) Yeah |
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Em (pause) the -- the Pine Walk |
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Yeah |
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With all the trees and it was like (interruption) (unclear) |
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(interruption) That was nice! |
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Yeah it's so nice! I bet it's all like (pause) |
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(interruption) (unclear) [possible reading: Rah-y] Now yeah |
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There was a military thing right around the corner |
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There's a what sorry? |
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There was a military thing round the corner |
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Really? |
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If you went all the way along and the (pause) and the to the end there was like a military thing |
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Really? |
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Yeah (pause) it's mad I never saw anything like that something (interruption) like that |
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(interruption) Ah that's cool what's like (pause) do you remember anything like really bad ever happening to you when you were on holiday? |
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Yeah my dad like |
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What happened? |
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(laughter) He went into a glass door or something daft like that |
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You what (interruption) sorry? |
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(interruption) He had to have stitches in his head |
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He walked into a glass door? |
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Yeah |
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(gasp) (interruption) Jesus |
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(interruption) I swear like (pause) it swung (pause) it swung round when he was (unclear) [possible reading: talking or] something and he turned back round and it sw- sw- I don't know something happened about a glass door when I [realized as 'aa'] was little and he had to have stitches in his head, but this |
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(interruption) Jesus did they have to like trek you round hospital and stuff? |
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Yeah (pause) no they didn't trek my round I [realized as 'aa'] cannot [realized as 'cannit'] remember |
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Really? Oh no! What was I going to say (pause) oh yeah em (pause) is there somewhere that you've always like wanted to go on holiday? |
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Florida |
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Florida (pause) (interruption) why's that? |
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(interruption) Florida (pause) Disneyland (laughter) |
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Ah (interruption) no way! |
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(interruption) I've always wanted to go |
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Ah what it is that makes you want to go to Disneyland? Just like |
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Because I never got to go when I was little |
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Aww you still want to get (unclear) |
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Yeah |
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Ah that's (interruption) cool! Yeah |
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(interruption) (unclear) |
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Yeah |
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(laughter) Well I'd still go (laughter) up to (laughter) (pause) Pluto or whatever he's called and 'hi!' get a |
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What's (pause) like (pause) it's a bit of a random question but what's the worst argument you've ever had? |
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Ever had? |
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Worst argument you've ever had? |
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(laughter) Ooo |
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Man I've had some bad arguments (laughter) |
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I don't know I don't think I [realized as 'aa'] should say y'knaa (laughter) |
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I don't know [realized as 'dunno'] I really really don't know (pause) I'm going to [realized as 'gonna'] say (pause) no comment (laughter) to this one (laughter) |
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No comment fair-do's (interruption) (laughter) |
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(interruption) (laughter) |
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Has anything (pause) like (pause) really weird ever happened to you? (pause) Like or unusual or strange? |
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Do you not? (laughter) |
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No you know what I [realized as 'aa'] don't like? |
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[Returns to room] Sorry! |
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When I [realized as 'aa'] know I've seen it before |
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Deja-vu? |
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Deja-vu yeah (pause) I don't like that because I have seen it before (pause) and I'm (unclear) [possible reading: doing it the whole day] before (pause) and it's like, I've just lost a whole day and (interruption) I [realized as 'aa'] haven't |
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(interruption) Do you get that like do you get |
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(interruption) They're real and stuff |
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Yeah what about you (NAME)? |
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What? |
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Do you get like dreams where you think it's true and stuff and like |
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No because I [realized as 'aa'] have really weird dreams so (pause) I [realized as 'aa'] think like 'oh that couldn't be (interruption) true' |
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(interruption) Where she's like the Queen (laughter) |
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I have like really weird ones like I'm flying round (pause) school and stuff (pause) it's just like |
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Where you are actually Peter Pan |
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(laughter) Do you have like really vivid dreams or are they like (pause) you know like |
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Not really |
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Just like random (interruption) ones |
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(interruption) I'm just (unclear) [possible reading: bored] |
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Yeah |
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(interruption) Yeah |
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(interruption) I had a nasty dream once (pause) like, all my teeth started falling out (pause) (interruption) and then |
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(interruption) That's (pause) self image apparently |
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What is it? |
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|
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But then, like, (interruption) it just didn't stop at all |
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(interruption) What does that mean like when you don't like the way you look like? |
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And then all of a sudden, I looked at my hand and (pause) tried to look at these teeth and they were all like, big massive gems and stuff it was (pause) (interruption) ace 'I've got to [realized as 'gotta'] sell these' |
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(interruption) Ah (pause) that's well weird (pause) what's like the most exciting thing you've ever done? (pause) Do you reckon |
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I [realized as 'aa'] (pause) once broke in |
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Really? |
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Yeah |
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Aww (interruption) did you used to go riding when you were little? |
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(interruption) I [realized as 'aa'] -- I [realized as 'aa'] was on the beach once |
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Yeah |
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I was on the beach and (pause) this man, I used to do like riding lessons and this man came up and he had like a (pause) black stallion |
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Yeah |
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And it was just dead young and it had never been ridden before and I [realized as 'aa'] went up to him and I [realized as 'aa'] asked if I could ride it |
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Mm |
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And em (pause) I [realized as 'aa'] broke it in and I [realized as 'aa'] went in the sea with it and em |
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Ah wow |
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Rode it bareback (pause) |
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Cool |
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That was like the best time ever |
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Ah how old were you? |
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I [realized as 'aa'] was about (pause) eleven or something |
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Ah no way |
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I know I was eleven I [realized as 'aa'] broke in a horse |
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(interruption) Ah |
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(interruption) But like I [realized as 'aa'] -- I [realized as 'aa'] was a really good rider |
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How come he let you ride it? Was it just like |
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I [realized as 'aa'] just went up to him and 'excuse [realized as 'scuse'] me mister can I ride your horse?' |
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And he was just like (interruption) 'yeah' |
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(interruption) Yeah he was like 'check with your mum' and I was like 'is that all right?' and my mam was like 'go for it!' |
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Ah! |
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'Go get |
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Ah bet it was (pause) what about you (NAME)? |
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I don't know |
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(laughter) You don't know! (laughter) |
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Playing tennis seven (laughter) |
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(laughter) |
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I [realized as 'aa'] don't know I [realized as 'aa'] di'knaa [i.e. 'don't know'] (pause) (unclear) [possible reading: what do I have to say here] Global Gathering (interruption) probably |
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(interruption) Ah yeah that was amazing that |
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Which -- which year did you go this year? |
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This year |
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What was it like what happened like? |
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Ah |
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It was amazing |
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(interruption) (unclear) [possible reading: That] ah! |
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(interruption) (laughter) We picked up people on the way in (laughter) |
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On the way in? |
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(NAME) paid a hundred and twenty pound and fell asleep all night on the Saturday |
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(interruption) (laughter) |
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(interruption) Oh you what? Really? Ah dear no mate I did that at Wakestock don't worry (interruption) (laughter) it's fine |
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(interruption) I [realized as 'aa'] did I [realized as 'aa'] partied too hard on the Friday and then I and then I (pause) raved |
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Can't party too (interruption) hard |
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(interruption) Raved in a |
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We proved act- we (interruption) pro- (laughter) |
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(interruption) You did what sorry? |
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Raved in a tent on my own |
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Raved in a yeah nice mate (laughter) |
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(laughter) (interruption) And that's actually |
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(interruption) Oh dear what do you mean you picked people up on the way in? |
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Ah! When we were in the queue it took three hours to get in and like, finish the queue and this guy (pause) he was sixteen (laughter) right (laughter) but he said he was eighteen right 'cause he obviously didn't know what it |
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(unclear) man |
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And he ended up camping with wuh [equivalent to Standard English 'us'] the whole weekend |
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Really? |
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Yeah and so did a couple of other people as well and now we just keep in contact with them all the time and (interruption) he's coming up at Christmas I think |
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(interruption) Ah no way (pause) That's cool were you like did you camp together and stuff |
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They had their own tent and then em me, (NAME) and (unclear) [possible reading: (NAME)] we had a different tent |
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Ah right |
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I [realized as 'aa'] put up that tent single-handedly |
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|
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(interruption) Ah nice |
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Because I [realized as 'aa'] was like |
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He [informant points to boyfriend] was like off his face (interruption) after the queue |
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(interruption) Girl power |
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Really (laughter) |
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Ah (interruption) yeah (pause) me and (NAME) were |
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(interruption) Well you never expect it to be three hours do you to be- fair so |
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Because em |
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People were just launching bottles of Apple Sourz and stuff round |
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Oh yeah |
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Really what and just (interruption) drinking it? |
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(interruption) This is this I [realized as 'aa'] don't know someone just handed it up and I [realized as 'aa'] was like somebody must have paid like fifteen pounds for a bottle each |
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Yeah |
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Just to launch up the queue |
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Really? |
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Yeah |
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Ah mint |
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It was really good |
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Well so is it quite big Global Gathering then or it is like |
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It's like seventy-five (interruption) thousand people or something |
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(interruption) It's huge |
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Really? |
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Really (interruption) huge |
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(interruption) Jesus how long is it like a weekend sort of thing |
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Yeah (pause) (interruption) Friday Saturday and Sunday |
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(interruption) I've always wanted to go but like (pause) I've always wanted to go but I like never |
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(interruption) Go |
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(interruption) It's really really good |
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Really do go because once you go and you're a -- |
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Yeah cool (pause) 'cause I've been I only we only go to things like Wakestock and that was absolutely shite this year |
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Even if you d- yeah even if you don't like some of the music that you g- you go for |
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It's the atmosphere |
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It's the atmosphere and y- like every |
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Everyone's so friendly to you |
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Yeah |
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And even if there's only a few drum-n-bass DJs just go anyways 'cause |
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Yeah |
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You'll get drunk and you'll like |
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Yeah (laughter) |
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I [realized as 'aa'] did |
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Yeah it would be cool (pause) have you guys been to Leeds? |
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Uh-uh |
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Never been no it's crap (pause) I hate it (pause) but what was I going to say |
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We started off at the big things didn't we (pause) Global Gathering and we -- we went backwards |
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I'm going Glastonbury next year |
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Are you? |
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Em the girl that I [realized as 'aa'] work with her boyfriend's sister goes every year and she can get ten free tick- well not free but she can get |
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(interruption) Ah right |
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(interruption) So me and my boyfriend are going next year and then we're (interruption) going |
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(interruption) Ah wow |
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Back to (pause) Global |
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Global Gathering (pause) have you not been (pause) to Glastonbury before? |
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No |
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It's like the (interruption) first time |
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(interruption) I'm going to [realized as 'gonna'] go proper hippy for Glastonbury and then a little raver for Global |
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Yeah |
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Didn't it like flood this year and go all like |
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One of my friends went and (interruption) she said it |
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[cat climbs onto interviewer's friend's knee] (interruption) (laughter) She's a proper she really does just go for boys |
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Was like (pause) really bad |
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Really (pause) and it's just like |
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There was like, mud (pause) rivers and stuff |
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Jesus that's not cool (pause) well yeah (pause) I'm going to ask you some language attitude questions I think (pause) (interruption) hm (laughter) |
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(interruption) Oh God [in mock upper class accent] ra- rather |
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(laughter) |
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[informant puts on mock upper class accent] Really (laughter) is there a particular accent or dialect associated with this area? |
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Geordie |
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(interruption) Flemish |
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Kind of (pause) but I'm not (pause) like dead Geordie but some if I [realized as 'aa'] get angry I go really Geordie |
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(laughter) |
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I [realized as 'aa'] say like, some words |
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(laughter) She's going like we're from -- we're dead Geordie |
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Yeah |
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[informant drinks wine] Hey I [realized as 'aa'] like this it's nice (pause) [informant spills wine] oh shit |
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[informant refers to spillage] |
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(laughter) |
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[informant calls to cat] Molly |
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Kerry would you say you're a Geordie? |
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No I'm Flemish |
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You're what? |
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No you're not (NAME) (interruption) stop it |
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(interruption) You're a what? |
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I'm Flemish (pause) No I'm not I'm a Geordie |
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Yeah (pause) you're a Geordie (pause) em |
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I've got a posh cat as well |
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Do you like Geordie do you think it sounds nice at all? |
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I wish I was |
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(interruption) Really? |
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(interruption) Oh no I'm proud of it me |
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(interruption) Are you? |
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(interruption) I'm proud of where I [realized as 'aa'] come from |
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(interruption) Yeah |
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(interruption) Yeah me too |
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(interruption) I still wish I lived in |
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(interruption) What's your best (unclear) you what sorry? |
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I say that I'm a Welsh, Welsh or Irish or Scottish |
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What you say that? |
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(interruption) No I wish I was |
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Oh my God (interruption) (laughter) I was going to [realized as 'gonna'] say (laughter) you go to people 'I'm Welsh' (pause) but yeah what was I going to say em (pause) |
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I [realized as 'aa'] (interruption) think they all think |
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(interruption) I don't think most people can understand (interruption) it |
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(interruption) They all think that we're thick, working class |
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(interruption) Yeah they all think that we're thick |
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(interruption) Yeah but you when you think about people from the North East they all think oh we're all working class people |
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(interruption) We're thick |
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(interruption) You think? |
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Because, yeah (pause) because we're all originally like miners and |
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Yeah |
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Shipyard workers and stuff (pause) we are the backbone of England man |
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Yeah man |
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We |
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I've got my (interruption) gas lamp on my bedroom (laughter) |
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(interruption) We rule! |
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From down in the mines |
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Aye (laughter) |
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Ah dear (pause) em (pause) reet have you like (pause) have you ever spoken to someone like (pause) well (pause) other than like me and people, from like, someone with like a really strong accent from another |
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Yes |
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Jock |
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(NAME) and (NAME) |
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(NAME)? |
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Yeah |
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My (NAME)? |
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Yeah |
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Do you think he's got a strong (interruption) accent? |
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(interruption) He says stupid things like 'the bum shit' |
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(laughter) The bum shit (laughter) man that's Manc that |
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And Manc |
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What Manc (laughter) yeah (laughter) |
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I don't really know anybody from any another (pause) (interruption) areas |
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(interruption) Do you not? |
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Apart from like, Jock |
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Jock |
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Who's Jock? |
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(interruption) Jock where's he from? |
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(interruption) Jock's just this crazy little (pause) (interruption) Scottish man |
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(interruption) Jock's from (unclear) [possible reading: the Shetlands] |
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Scottish |
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He's a (pause) (interruption) freak |
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(interruption) No but he's ba- it -- it's really bad (interruption) (unclear) |
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(interruption) It's like Scottish mixed with Geordie so it's like [impersonates speech] 'rararararara' |
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(laughter) |
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Ah it (interruption) seriously is |
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(interruption) It is though it actually is (pause) it's really bad you can't understand him |
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[informant refers to cat] Look at her |
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What do you think like (pause) what do you think if |
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Well like -- like now we're -- we're drinking (pause) a bit (pause) not loads I'm not pissed or anything yet |
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(laughter) |
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And now that we're in full conversation we just go we just talk normally like |
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Yeah |
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Like (pause) I'm not stopping to like say anything differently |
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(interruption) Or slowly it's just I'm just having a proper conversation |
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Yeah |
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And when we're having a proper conversation most people don't understand (pause) and we (interruption) talk really fast |
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(interruption) And yeah that's another thing we talk (interruption) really really fast |
: |
(interruption) We talk really really fast |
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We've got wor [equivalent to Standard English 'our'] own er (pause) like we've got wor [equivalent to Standard English 'our'] own dialect but we've got wor [equivalent to Standard English 'our'] own language |
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(interruption) Yeah |
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(interruption) Completely like wor- like words that other people don't have, (interruption) like |
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(interruption) Howay like (pause) (interruption) is that it (laughter) |
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(interruption) Yeah and like (pause) |
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(interruption) Y- I [realized as 'aa'] say you know what it is? I [realized as 'aa'] thought I [realized as 'aa'] never sa- I [realized as 'aa'] never say 'howay man' |
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Yeah (interruption) you do |
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(interruption) Or -- or aye like but (pause) I [realized as 'aa'] don't think I [realized as 'aa'] do but (interruption) then I do |
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(interruption) But we do yeah |
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But not in a proper 'howay man' thing I [realized as 'aa'] just (pause) yeah, whatever, aye |
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Yeah |
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(interruption) Yeah you do (NAME) |
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(interruption) [creaky voice] but it's (pause) I [realized as 'aa'] don't acknowledge that I'm doing it |
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Yeah (pause) some people come into my |
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(laughter) No when I was mortal one time in Asda I spoke with a really stupid accent |
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(laughter) |
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(interruption) Just |
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(interruption) Actually I've done that before like em |
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(interruption) Mm |
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(interruption) Like an employer or |
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(interruption) Yeah |
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(interruption) Someone I sm- spoke more |
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Not like yourself really |
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(interruption) Yeah |
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(interruption) What would you what would you change about it would you like |
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I'd speak Russian (laughter) |
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(laughter) |
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No I -- I -- I speak more clearly slower and I don't use like, s- most like slang words and stuff (interruption) I speak like |
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(interruption) Yeah yeah |
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I [realized as 'aa'] can't help it me |
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Yeah |
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More conscious of how I [realized as 'aa'] talk if I'm trying to like |
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Get a job |
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Yeah |
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Yeah yeah |
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(interruption) Everyone wants to like (unclear) |
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(interruption) Don't want them to think, (interruption) wouldn't |
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(interruption) What do you think they'd think of you if you (unclear) |
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I [realized as 'aa'] would think they would just, well, a bit |
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Laugh in my face |
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(interruption) But I [realized as 'aa'] think people |
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(interruption) When I [realized as 'aa'] turned well not la- I think when I'd gone they'd just turn around and if the- there's always two people who do an interview |
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Yeah |
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And they'd always just turn to each other and laugh and say 'no' |
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Yeah |
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Just because of the way you talk? |
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And yeah because (interruption) they -- they'll associate Geordie with being (unclear) as well |
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(interruption) The Geordie accent has a bit of a bad reputation as well |
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The Geordie accent? |
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It has like, like people from -- from Newcastle I [realized as 'aa'] think they've got a bit of a bad reputation for |
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(interruption) What like |
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(interruption) For being rough |