Archive Interview: TLSG11
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Speaker 1: | interviewerTLSG11 |
Speaker 2: | informantTLSG11 |
Age Group: | 31-40 |
Gender: | Female |
Residence: | Tyneside - Gateshead |
Education: | Left school at 15; subsequent nursing training |
Occupation: | Student Nurse |
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T L S G three thirteen |
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thanks (pause) eh start at the beginning could you tell us eh where you were born please |
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I was born in Gateshead |
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mm and whereabouts |
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Teams |
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w which street |
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Smith Terrace no sorry sorry Morris Street |
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yeah |
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still there yes still there |
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ehm and eh where else have you lived since then |
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well I lived in Smith Terrace for about eighteen years and I lived in Orton Street a couple of month then when I got married I went to live in temporary with my mam for a few month |
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I see |
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in this street |
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yes eh and of those places mm which do you think was the best place to live you know where did you enjoy living most |
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well of well of course I mean when I was little I I lived down the Teams it was more I don't know I |
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yes |
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it's all right up here you know it's eh not bad at all nobody bothers you |
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yes did you think it was more neighbourly (interruption) down there |
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well the people down there I think are more friendly uh-huh |
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mm-hm yes eh but eh |
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yes |
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do you think you would miss it |
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very ni oh I don't think I would miss it if I went if I moved you know |
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eh would you say that ehm you knew the people round about here very well |
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oh just just the odd one or two really |
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yes eh (interruption) |
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I mean apart |
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yes |
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and after this block I just know the others more or less to speak to |
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ehm is there anywhere else in Gateshead that you would rather live at the moment |
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I don't know I've never really thought much about it no |
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you're fairly settled here |
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well I'm not settled like but it'll do for a time being (laughter) |
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yes ehm ehm would y would you prefer to live in Gateshead compared with Newcastle |
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oh yes I think so |
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very much (interruption) so |
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mm-hm |
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why do you think that is just because you were born in Gateshead or (interruption) (unclear) |
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probably and I've (unclear) I've lived here all my life I suppose you know I |
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yeah |
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we did once think of emigrating but it never really amounted well we thought about it but that was all we didn't really discuss it very much you know |
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yes where to |
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Australia I think it was but as I say we were just talking about it we never really eh discussed it properly you know |
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yes yes eh what about anywhere else |
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I've never really thought any thought about it about moving anywhere else |
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yes you consider yourself more or less fixed (interruption) in Gateshead do you |
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sometimes I think if we went down the south but it's you know it's an upheaval really I think |
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yes |
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you get used to one place |
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eh do you think that eh (pause) |
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no I don't think so |
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mm have you been away from Tyneside (interruption) very often |
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mm-hm been to Scotland Wales Austria |
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yes |
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Austrians are very friendly I think |
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yes |
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Ireland found people |
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yes |
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in the Republic of Ireland you know not eh |
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the other lot (laughter) eh (pause) say ehm (pause) if your husband for instance got the offer of a slightly better paid job elsewhere in the country do you think you would g do you think be willing to move |
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oh yes I suppose we'd go if if there was a house going you know |
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yes |
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fairly willingly you'd go ehm eh whereabouts where your parents born please in Gateshead as well |
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yes eh my mother was born up here Rosesbury Avenue and I think my dad was born in Morris Street down the Teams |
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yes and eh they |
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oh yes my dad wouldn't move my family wouldn't move from down that area |
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yes yes eh what was your father's occupation please |
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he was a eh semi skilled painter or something like eh in a factory |
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yeah |
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not painting and decorating just eh machinery |
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yes yes eh could you tell us (pause) which age group on the card you come into please if you could just say the letter |
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which age group C |
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C just in case you were touchy about your age really |
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no it doesn't bother me |
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(laughter) and finally eh on what basis do you occupy this house |
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eh A |
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ta eh you are married |
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mm-hm |
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yes and your husband is your husband from Gateshead as well |
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mm-hm |
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born in Gateshead |
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I don't know whether he was born in Gateshead or Dunston actually |
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yes |
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they lived in Dunston a lo a long time you know |
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yes |
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so |
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eh and do you have any children |
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one (pause) she was born here a girl |
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girl |
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mm-hm |
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how old |
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fourteen |
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eh now y you were talking about your work before whereabouts do you work please |
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y you work night shift |
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mm-hm |
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a a all the time |
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no just eight weeks we have to do eight weeks you know eight weeks one year then eight weeks the next year when you're while you're training |
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oh I see yes |
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you have to do eight weeks (interruption) nights |
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so this this is just a short spell of nights (interruption) oh I see yes |
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mm-hm yeah |
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eh |
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oh I like the job I love the job but I don't like the eh the theory part of it you know |
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yes do (interruption) |
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we have to study and that well of course I'm too tired when I come in (laughter) |
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(laughter) yes |
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too tired to study I mean I think when you're on your feet all day it's |
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yes |
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especially when you're married it's not so bad if you're single |
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yes |
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but otherwise I love the job |
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yes |
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I like nursing |
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where do you study like do you have (interruption) (unclear) |
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well I ha we have a half stu we have a half study day at the Bensham you know |
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in the hospital itself |
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and that's all really |
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yes |
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you've go to do the rest in your own time |
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yes |
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of course I never do any because I'm |
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(laughter) |
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I have good intentions |
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yes |
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but they never work out |
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yes |
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I get all the books out and that's it |
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yes |
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soon as I start to read I mean I c I could come in and I could work all night |
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yes |
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I couldn't just come in the house and and sit and read I'm not the studious type (interruption) I don't think |
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I see what you mean you could work (interruption) physically all night but not read |
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I could uh-huh |
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yes |
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(unclear) it's a wonder I'm not asleep this afternoon |
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(laughter) yeah and h how long have you been doing this have you just taken this (interruption) up have you |
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ehm (pause) been doing n nearly a year |
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yeah |
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but I've worked as an auxiliary at a physically handicapped school for four year |
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aye |
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yes |
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then oh a few years ago I worked in Saint Nicholas's hospital as an auxiliary for about a year |
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yes |
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before that I was in a factory |
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were you |
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before I was married |
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yeah when you left school you went (interruption) (unclear) |
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mm-hm went into a factory |
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what kind of factory was |
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clothing and I went into quilting |
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yes where was it Team Valley |
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Team Valley uh-huh |
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yeah eh (pause) and eh how did the job in the factory compare with what you're doing now I mean (unclear) |
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well I prefer I |
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aye (unclear) |
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I really enjoyed it |
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mm (pause) eh (pause) mm (pause) ehm how old were you when you left school please |
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fifteen |
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eh were you |
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well I don't know I think I had mixed feelings about leaving school |
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yes |
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I think I was glad in a way that I was left |
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why was that just (interruption) |
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I don't know |
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because you were starting a starting a job |
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I suppose so uh-huh |
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you didn't mind school when you were there |
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I didn't care |
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yes |
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I think I did like it really |
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yes eh would you say that eh looking back on your education would you say it's been worth very much to you since you left school |
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no not really n not not to the education you get now you know |
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yeah |
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I think things have improved a lot they have more opportunities now I think than what we had |
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yes would you have liked to have stayed on at school yourself if you'd had the chance |
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I think so if I'd had the chance but then you didn't get the chance then unless you were you know went to grammar or anywhere like that which I didn't |
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she's supposed to be staying on she says she's going to stay on |
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which school does she go to |
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she goes to Greenwell up Beacon Lough |
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yes |
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comprehensive |
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yes and she'll sta yeah she'll |
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well she'll go to Dryden Road that's the girl's grammar you see at the eh at eh in the summer |
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oh that's right yes they have that arrangement now don't they |
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yes she went up with the with the first lot of comprehensive you know she just missed her eleven plus |
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yes |
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she went up with the first lot of comprehensive and then she'll come up here to the Dryden Road in September |
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yes they have to spend the last six months (interruption) or something at Dryden Road |
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(interruption) yeah (interruption) yeah |
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eh do you think that eh education's just as important for girls as for boys |
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oh yes I think so (pause) definitely |
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ehm (pause) |
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well I have a bedroom two bedrooms that was a bedroom we knocked the wall down made it into like a dining room and sitting room two bedrooms dining room sitting room kitchenette and we have eh two |
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ta ehm and eh to get out of the back door you have to lift the (pause) what's your word for the thing that you have to lift |
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the latch |
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yes |
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to get out in the yard to |
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I see yes yes eh what do you call eh the thing that you use to sweep the floor with when you do it by hand |
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the hoover the brush (interruption) the brush |
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no when you do it by (pause) mm-hm eh and eh |
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well you can use a shovel and paper or you can use the blazer we used to call it the blazer you know |
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yes call it the blazer do you eh and what do you call eh cleaning the plates and things after a meal |
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ta eh (pause) can you tell us ehm how you spend eh most of your spare time please whenever you have any (laughter) |
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well we very very rare go out we usually just sit in and eh watch the television or you know |
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yes |
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things like that you know |
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and apart from that you don't have any special hobbies or |
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no not unless we go to a dance occasionally |
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yes |
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that's all |
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and eh would you say that were any things that eh you would like to have |
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don't think so really (pause) although I think I would have liked to years ago to have learned a language of some sort you know but I don't think I would bother now |
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yeah (unclear) |
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yes I don't think I would bother now but I think that's |
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yes |
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but with being the eldest in the family I went into a factory I wasn't told to go into a factory you know I just thought I would go into a fa but I wish I'd done that years ago now |
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eh what do you think you would do for instance if you won a a large sum of money tomorrow I mean a very large |
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well I like going abroad (laughter) spend it on going abroad I think |
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yes |
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a nice long (pause) vacation |
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mm eh do you watch television very much |
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when I'm in we have w d we have the television on you know |
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yes |
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it doesn't re it doesn't particularly bother me whether it's |
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yes |
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but eh it's always on because my husband likes watching it |
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mm yes eh what sort of programmes do you like any in particular |
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well I'm not fussy really anything I like a good film |
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yes |
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but my husband he watches anything |
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mm |
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no I think they're rotten (laughter) |
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(laughter) what do you thi (interruption) |
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it's very very rare you get a good programme on I think |
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yes |
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on television |
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mm what do you think's the worst sort of rubbish you can get on television |
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wey all these plays all these sex plays and things I don't like them |
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I mean I don't mind I mean I could a good sex discussion I can listen to but these plays and things I don't like them |
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mm do you usually switch it off when you don't like what's on or is it normally left on |
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oh I just don't bother about it I just (pause) do something or just don't bother you know |
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yeah |
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see what's |
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mm ehm these are just a few questions about your ehm attitude to some ordinary things eh how do you think parents should eh treat their children when they misbehave themselves what's what's your policy on that sort of thing |
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well I don't know |
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aye would you smack children like |
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well I never used to hit our (NAME) |
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no |
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used to of course mind I shout at her which is wrong I think a smack does them more good than the you know the |
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(laughter) yes eh what about eh do you think that a young person of eh sixteen or so should be more or less allowed to do what they want or not |
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to a certain extent I think I think it depends what |
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mm |
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I don't know really eh you can you can advise them but will they don't always take notice of what you tell them |
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that's true yes |
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I mean you can try to help them but if they don't take your advice well can't do anything about it |
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yes so it's mainly a matter of advising rather than (interruption) telling them |
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than telling |
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yes eh eh |
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vote well I I've al I've always voted Labour but now I don't vote for anybody |
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do you not |
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no not for the last couple of times I divn't think any of them does you any good |
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why is that do you not think there's any difference between them |
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I don't think there's any difference between the two of them |
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so I didn't vote the last time (pause) (unclear) election |
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mm |
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got annoyed with them they promise you all sorts and you get nothing |
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mm-hm yes (laughter) eh (pause) do you ehm (pause) you've never actually sort of considered changing the way you vote I mean |
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eh course my dad had always voted Labour you know I think when you're brought up that way you're |
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mm |
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I think I di I think I did once vote Conservative but they didn't do any good either (laughter) |
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(laughter) |
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so now I just eh |
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yes eh (pause) now you eh in fact do work yourself do you think it's eh a very good idea for the the woman of the house to work |
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you get more inde I think you have more independence if you work you know you have more interests outside I think when you're |
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is this mainly why you work in fact just because |
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yes my husband used to be on the long distance you know he was away such a lot and I thought oh I may as well work |
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yes |
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I only I only worked part time you see then I thought well I may as well do my training if I can as work as an auxiliary |
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mm what does your hus (interruption) |
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that was really why I eh went out to work really |
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yes what does your husband do now by the way |
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he's a lorry driver |
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who for |
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well he works with a friend that lives on the front but they work for the national coal board you know |
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yes (pause) aye (pause) |
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I never really thought much I think it depends on the job you do |
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yeah but equal work e equal pay for equal work |
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I think so |
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mm-hm ehm |
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but therefore you've got to take the same as the men haven't you I mean you can't just refuse to do the job when you're on equal pay you can't say |
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mm yes eh now if we could eh if we could go on to what we are most interested in eh that's the way you talk and that sort of thing eh do you find that you ever change the way you talk you talk ehm according to the person you're talking to or other circumstances |
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I don't |
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do you not |
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I think I just speak the na the same as I always speak it doesn't matter who I speak to |
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yes this is in fact the same now you think (interruption) you're just speaking normal now |
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mm-hm mm-hm |
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yes ehm when you've never ehm you've never tried to make any permanent changes in the way you speak at school for instance did they when you were at school did they try to teach you to |
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well they I think they tried to teach you not to speak broad Tyneside you know which I I don't think I've ever really spoken broad Tyneside but I know I've got the accent |
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mm |
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but I don't I've never really spoke in (pause) broad Tyneside you know |
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mm yeah ehm (pause) |
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I don't know I don't ehm think I really like it when it's spoken (pause) you know when you hear people yelling in the streets |
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yes |
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you know saying all these Tyneside words I don't |
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mm what counts as properly (interruption) very sort of traditional (interruption) |
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(interruption) well I don't know (interruption) yes uh-huh |
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yes eh would you say that you feel ehm if somebody talks the same way as you that you would be more likely to get on with |
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I don't know really I can get on with nearly anybody always have done |
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mm you don't feel closer to people who speak like (interruption) you |
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no |
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no ehm what about eh other local accents of England do you like to hear you know people talking in Cockney accents for instance or a Liverpool accent |
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yes you don't find it particularly pleasant or (interruption) unpleasant or anything |
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no no |
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eh what about eh you know the way the newsreaders speak on television when they're |
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oh yes uh-huh yes I like that |
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so in a way you you ehm react favourably to that whereas most accents you just don't really notice |
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mm-hm that's true |
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eh do you know anybody personally who talks like that or |
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well I know people who try you know I think you can tell when it's put on though |
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uh-huh |
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but eh course when you work with people I mean people in a high position do talk like that you know |
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yes mm |
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they don't have as much accent I don't think |
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yes ehm |
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I think so yes I think you can |
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yes I suppose the place you work though (unclear) |
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mm-hm |
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eh (pause) |
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well I remember when I used when I was working you know in a factory whenever you used to go anywhere on a trip people always knew you come from Gateshead you know (laughter) |
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yes from Gateshead |
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but I mean uh-huh but ehm I (unclear) to go to Scotland we go to Scotland quite a lot you know |
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mm-hm |
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and of course I mean they know we now but when we used to go up they always used to know we came from this well Newcastle they think Newcastle you know |
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yes |
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they don't think of Gateshead |
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mm-hm yeah do you yourselves notice any difference between speakers from Newcastle and speakers from Gateshead |
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no not really |
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no |
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na (pause) just more or less the same I think |
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yeah |
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well I don't think anything would be missed really |
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no |
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I think it's up to people to speak the way they the way they want |
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mm you wouldn't sort of miss the variety of |
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no |
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no ehm do you think eh can you normally understand people from other parts of the country when they talk in their local accent |
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yes very usually I can uh-huh yes |
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yes I think that's true a lot of people say you know that they can't understand a word Cockneys say (interruption) (unclear) |
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an odd an odd person I mean |
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yes |
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but the others I can you know |
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yes |
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just the one person I ca I just can't always understand |
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yes ehm (pause) eh could you just |
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bind mind fly bill well men head back arm wall daughter down take straight cold alone poor fire four tower path after earth year me |
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yes sorry it's my typing |
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television absent realize Newcastle Seahouses method concert descend chocolate explain industry condemn |
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thanks eh now ehm I'm going to read out a list of words and for each one I would like to know firstly if you know what it |
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aside for beside |
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mm-hm it's just aside the fire |
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well that means 'beside the fire' |
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no I would say beside |
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bairn |
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yes I've heard that before |
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do you use it |
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sometimes I do not a lot no |
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bait |
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bait uh-huh |
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yes you use that |
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I usually say lunch actually but my husband usually says bait |
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I see yes |
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beck mean I never heard that |
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no eh bonny |
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mm-hm |
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yes you use it |
Speaker 2: |
yes I often say she's a bonny (pause) child you know or something like that |
Speaker 1: |
eh bray for 'to hit' |
Speaker 2: |
well I don't use it but I've heard it I've |
Speaker 1: |
bullets for sweets |
Speaker 2: |
I've heard that but I I usually say sweets myself you know |
Speaker 1: |
boody |
Speaker 2: |
I've heard that me eh you know from when I've been little you hear all all these things |
Speaker 1: |
yes |
Speaker 2: |
don't (unclear) up here you know |
Speaker 1: |
no you heard that more down the (interruption) (unclear) |
Speaker 2: |
but I think I think when you're li when you're younger you hear more of the this (interruption) you know |
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you know |
Speaker 1: |
eh clarts |
Speaker 2: |
aye |
Speaker 1: |
do you still use it |
Speaker 2: |
well I don't but eh I remember that from when I was little you know |
Speaker 1: |
aye do you hear it being used now |
Speaker 2: |
well as I say up here I don't know very many people you know sometimes you hear the children (pause) saying it |
Speaker 1: |
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Speaker 2: |
when you coin a c oh yeah (laughter) |
Speaker 1: |
but you don't use it now |
Speaker 2: |
not very often I have mind |
Speaker 1: |
yes cree |
Speaker 2: |
cree for birds like like a bird cree |
Speaker 1: |
yes |
Speaker 2: |
I've heard that |
Speaker 1: |
dunch |
Speaker 2: |
yeah yeah |
Speaker 1: |
but you don't use it (interruption) (unclear) |
Speaker 2: |
no |
Speaker 1: |
ehm fettle |
Speaker 2: |
mm-hm I've used that an odd time |
Speaker 1: |
yes yeah in what sense to be in good fettle or to (interruption) |
Speaker 2: |
be in good fettle or you're in bad fettle or something you know |
Speaker 1: |
yes or what about 'to fettle something' |
Speaker 2: |
no I mean usually say |
Speaker 1: |
yes yes eh gully |
Speaker 2: |
yes I have I often say gully instead of breadknife mm-hm |
Speaker 1: |
howk |
Speaker 2: |
howk howk no I don't use that (interruption) word |
Speaker 1: |
no ehm hoy |
Speaker 2: |
well that's to throw something no |
Speaker 1: |
ken for 'to know' |
Speaker 2: |
no they'll use that I mean up in Scotland they'd use that but I I wouldn't to me to me that's more Scotch than Tyneside |
Speaker 1: |
yes some people do use it though |
Speaker 2: |
yeah I mean you say you ken you ken somebody or something like that no to me I think it's more Scotch that |
Speaker 1: |
eh kep |
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lowe |
Speaker 2: |
lowe no I can not say I've heard that no |
Speaker 1: |
parky parky |
Speaker 2: |
parky oh yes |
Speaker 1: |
about your food |
Speaker 2: |
yeah |
Speaker 1: |
do you use it |
Speaker 2: |
uh-huh |
Speaker 1: |
eh stot |
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Speaker 1: |
yes |
Speaker 2: |
yes of course I mean now I don't use them because I'm bigger and I never use a ball you know (laughter) |
Speaker 1: |
stot balls anymore that's true yes ehm varnigh (pause) varnigh |
Speaker 2: |
no I've never heard of that |
Speaker 1: |
no |
Speaker 2: |
no |
Speaker 1: |
eh and now eh I'm going to read out some sentences and ehm |
Speaker 2: |
mm-hm |
Speaker 1: |
whether it sounds like the sort of thing you would say or whether it sounds odd |
Speaker 2: |
mm-hm |
Speaker 1: |
so eh that is not really whether you think it's correct English or not but just whether it (interruption) whether it sounds okay |
Speaker 2: |
sounds right |
Speaker 1: |
were you wakened last night when I came in |
Speaker 2: |
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Speaker 1: |
yes that's okay eh I was still a bed when you called this morning |
Speaker 2: |
yes |
Speaker 1: |
yes ehm he never gave us any |
Speaker 2: |
yes |
Speaker 1: |
yes eh do you not go there very often |
Speaker 2: |
mm-hm |
Speaker 1: |
yeah eh they're useless them |
Speaker 2: |
yes I've heard all these things |
Speaker 1: |
yeah yes |
Speaker 2: |
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Speaker 1: |
yes and they sound n normal like |
Speaker 2: |
well they sound normal to to me but I suppose if you went down the south or somewhere they would wonder what you were meaning |
Speaker 1: |
oh yes that's true yes ehm me and John went to the races on Saturday |
Speaker 2: |
mm-hm |
Speaker 1: |
yes do you think would you say that |
Speaker 2: |
well to me I would say John and I (interruption) you know |
Speaker 1: |
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Speaker 2: |
it's me and him |
Speaker 1: |
it's me and him's (interruption) last day |
Speaker 2: |
no I don't think that sounds right no |
Speaker 1: |
eh I might could manage it |
Speaker 2: |
mm-hm |
Speaker 1: |
would you say that |
Speaker 2: |
ah I think I would say I could possibly manage it you know or try to manage it |
Speaker 1: |
yeah ehm |
Speaker 2: |
ower big to get through there |
Speaker 1: |
yes do you ever say that |
Speaker 2: |
no I I would say too big you know |
Speaker 1: |
eh you know my cousin that her husband died |
Speaker 2: |
well I know what they all mean you know |
Speaker 1: |
yes but do you does that sound like something you would say |
Speaker 2: |
but I don't think I would |
Speaker 1: |
you wouldn't say it that way in fact no |
Speaker 2: |
no actually I I didn't realize that was what you're meaning quite a few on the top I think I would phrase them in a different (interruption) way you know |
Speaker 1: |
I see yes yeah |
Speaker 2: |
the first few questions you asked |
Speaker 1: |
mm eh |
Speaker 2: |
I thought you meant had I (interruption) heard that expression you know yeah |
Speaker 1: |
(unclear) yeah ehm |
Speaker 2: |
with the wife being ill |
Speaker 1: |
yes |
Speaker 2: |
eh I think I would just I think I would say the wife was ill so I stayed in and looked after her |
Speaker 1: |
eh I'm going to stay with the son for the holidays |
Speaker 2: |
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Speaker 1: |
yes that's something you would say |
Speaker 2: |
I think so |
Speaker 1: |
eh do you want out meaning 'do you want to be out' |
Speaker 2: |
no |
Speaker 1: |
ehm they go to the pictures of a Sunday |
Speaker 2: |
I think I would say they always go to the pictures on Sunday |
Speaker 1: |
on a Sunday yeah eh |
Speaker 2: |
oh no I wouldn't say that no |
Speaker 1: |
you wouldn't say that |
Speaker 2: |
no |
Speaker 1: |
eh these ones are pretty big to them others |
Speaker 2: |
no I don't I don't think so |
Speaker 1: |
eh here she had left her pram standing outside the shop |
Speaker 2: |
oh I th |
Speaker 1: |
ehm I think we're going to be soon for the picture |
Speaker 2: |
no not I think I would say probably be too soon for the picture or the pictures or (interruption) something like that |
Speaker 1: |
(unclear) ehm would you mind stop talking |
Speaker 2: |
would you mind stop talking |
Speaker 1: |
yes (laughter) |
Speaker 2: |
could you please be quiet or something like that |
Speaker 1: |
ehm do you want a cup of tea making |
Speaker 2: |
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Speaker 1: |
ehm you know him that used to work on the railways |
Speaker 2: |
yeah I've said that thing some similar to that before uh-huh |
Speaker 1: |
ehm he happened a nasty accident |
Speaker 2: |
he had a nasty accident I would (pause) think I would say |
Speaker 1: |
eh I'll put |
Speaker 2: |
I'll put the kettle on and ma uh-huh I think I would yes |
Speaker 1: |
you would say for to make some tea |
Speaker 2: |
no to make some tea |
Speaker 1: |
yeah yes eh I wanted for to talk to you about it |
Speaker 2: |
no I (unclear) |
Speaker 1: |
ehm when did it happen you |
Speaker 2: |
no when did it happen |
Speaker 1: |
no ehm |
Speaker 2: |
no I've got money belonging to him you know something like that |
Speaker 1: |
ehm could you mind your head so as I can see out the back |
Speaker 2: |
I've often said will you mind your head you know till I see |
Speaker 1: |
so as I can see |
Speaker 2: |
yeah |
Speaker 1: |
eh I'm going to get some wool |
Speaker 2: |
I'm going to get some wool to knit a jumper or something like that I would have said |
Speaker 1: |
but that sounds odd does it with that bit in |
Speaker 2: |
yes sounds a bit odd I think |
Speaker 1: |
eh I'm going shopping for John a pair of trousers |
Speaker 2: |
yes that sounds ehm |
Speaker 1: |
sounds okay in fact yes eh |
Speaker 2: |
been shopping to get some trousers or something |
Speaker 1: |
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Speaker 2: |
yes the oh the of course I mean that's everyday eh language to us |
Speaker 1: |
you would say used with it |
Speaker 2: |
it's eh what was that again |
Speaker 1: |
it's all right for you you're used with it |
Speaker 2: |
you're used to it I think I would say |
Speaker 1: |
okay eh we've been waiting of a bus |
Speaker 2: |
we've been waiting of a bus |
Speaker 1: |
yes |
Speaker 2: |
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Speaker 1: |
that that wasn't what I was thinking of actually it's waiting of a bus do you say waiting of a bus |
Speaker 2: |
yes I think yes I do |
Speaker 1: |
eh I think they are going to give him the job permanent |
Speaker 2: |
I don' t know whether yes that sounds all right to me |
Speaker 1: |
eh I don't bother much about the television |
Speaker 2: |
yes |
Speaker 1: |
eh there was all these bottles of beer what we had brought |
Speaker 2: |
that we had brought did you say |
Speaker 1: |
what we had brought |
Speaker 2: |
what we had brought |
Speaker 1: |
would you say that |
Speaker 2: |
no I don't think so |
Speaker 1: |
eh many people were there there |
Speaker 2: |
many people |
Speaker 1: |
were |
Speaker 2: |
na |
Speaker 1: |
eh where did you get it at |
Speaker 2: |
where did you get it at yes I've said all them things |
Speaker 1: |
eh never mind I'll manage but |
Speaker 2: |
never mind I'll manage I would say that |
Speaker 1: |
okay |
Speaker 2: |
no that doesn't that doesn't sound right either no |
Speaker 1: |
ehm me and George is going to the town today |
Speaker 2: |
no I would say George and I I think |
Speaker 1: |
carry on what would you say for the last bit |
Speaker 2: |
eh what was it again George and I are going to the town today |
Speaker 1: |
that's fine |
Speaker 2: |
no that doesn't sound (interruption) right |
Speaker 1: |
no eh all the caravan sites are good and I've stayed on them nearly all |
Speaker 2: |
I think so yes that sounds all right |
Speaker 1: |
ehm had they seen it no they'd not seen it |
Speaker 2: |
no that doesn't sound right |
Speaker 1: |
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Speaker 2: |
no I wouldn't say that |
Speaker 1: |
eh how's your wife and family then |
Speaker 2: |
no I'd say how's your wife and family keeping how are your wife and family keeping |
Speaker 1: |
that's fine ehm Joe can't come tomorrow being as he's working late |
Speaker 2: |
no I don't think I would say that |
Speaker 1: |
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Speaker 2: |
what does he do for a living I would (interruption) say |
Speaker 1: |
that's fine eh he wants his wages paid immediately |
Speaker 2: |
eh (pause) I think so that sounds all right to me |
Speaker 1: |
yes yeah eh just light the fire on will you (pause) |
Speaker 2: |
just light the fire I would just say just light the fire (unclear) |
Speaker 1: |
eh I'll clout yous both in a minute |
Speaker 2: |
well I've I don't say that but I've heard it quite a lot you know |
Speaker 1: |
I see yes how much have they offered we |
Speaker 2: |
yeah I |
Speaker 1: |
you would say that |
Speaker 2: |
I've |
Speaker 1: |
aye eh pass us one of them spanners |
Speaker 2: |
oh I think I would say pass would you pass one of those spanners please |
Speaker 1: |
you wouldn't say pass us one |
Speaker 2: |
well I dare say I would I mean when you know when you're not eh when you're talking unconsciously you say these things when you ask a question and you |
Speaker 1: |
(laughter) I've broke a plate I'm afraid |
Speaker 2: |
I've broke a plate |
Speaker 1: |
yeah ehm I come this morning but you weren't in |
Speaker 2: |
uh-huh I've said that before mm-hm |
Speaker 1: |
eh he done it all right |
Speaker 2: |
he done it |
Speaker 1: |
yes |
Speaker 2: |
I don't think I would put the |
Speaker 1: |
okay eh I had forgetten to buy the onions |
Speaker 2: |
I'd forgotten I'd forgetten did you say |
Speaker 1: |
forgetten |
Speaker 2: |
I'd say (interruption) forgotten |
Speaker 1: |
you'd say forgotten yes ehm he give us a pound for doing it |
Speaker 2: |
he give |
Speaker 1: |
he give us a pound |
Speaker 2: |
I'd say he gave me |
Speaker 1: |
right ehm we had went to the coast for the day |
Speaker 2: |
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Speaker 1: |
yeah ehm I seen Albert on Tuesday |
Speaker 2: |
yes |
Speaker 1: |
yes eh I'm not going to stand being tret like that |
Speaker 2: |
yes |
Speaker 1: |
yes ehm that's what happens when you be naughty |
Speaker 2: |
mm-hm |
Speaker 1: |
yeah I'll probably see him a Saturday |
Speaker 2: |
on Saturday |
Speaker 1: |
right ehm I doubt he'll have to stay in hospital for a long time |
Speaker 2: |
I think I would say I think you may have to stay in hospital for a long time |
Speaker 1: |
that's fine thanks eh you've letten him get away |
Speaker 2: |
I think I would say I you've let him get away but not letten him |
Speaker 1: |
thanks ehm |
Speaker 2: |
yeah |
Speaker 1: |
yeah ehm and finally eh do you think you could give me the opposite of ehm I'll be going there this week mm |
Speaker 2: |
the opposite I'll not be going there this week |
Speaker 1: |
that's fine ehm and the opposite of he's got some |
Speaker 2: |
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Speaker 1: |
ta and the opposite of he's seen that picture |
Speaker 2: |
he hasn't seen that picture |
Speaker 1: |
ta eh the opposite of you're working late tonight |
Speaker 2: |
you're working late tonight (pause) wey (pause) you're not working late |
Speaker 1: |
fine thanks (laughter) eh and the opposite of I gave him one |
Speaker 2: |
I didn't give him one |
Speaker 1: |
ta ehm (pause) suppose you came up to somebody in the street to ask them for a match what would you say |
Speaker 2: |
have you got a light or |
Speaker 1: |
ta |
Speaker 2: |
must it be a match |
Speaker 1: |
well that's that's (interruption) (unclear) |
Speaker 2: |
I would say well have you a |
Speaker 1: |
oh that's okay ehm and could you finish off this sentence in a way that seems natural eh I couldn't get it done yesterday but I'll do it |
Speaker 2: |
today |
Speaker 1: |
ta that's fine |
Speaker 2: |
if possible |
Speaker 1: |
(laughter) that's the lot |
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