Oh well. So do yous have Sunday dinner?

(interruption) Yeah

(interruption) Yeah

(laughter)

So tell us what a typical Sunday is like?

Em. Well normally, well in the morning we just sort of normally like (pause) well as a typical day we sort of just chill out really. Em (pause) some now and again we will go out for the day

Yeah

Em, like to the lakes or up the coast or something or to the town where if we're just staying in then we just sort of chill out for the morning and then w- we have like Sunday dinner at tea time like I know some people have it

(interruption) At lunch time

(interruption) Yeah

But we have it at tea time. Em, yeah just like do we own thing my brother sort of comes over 'cause he's got his own house so he comes to visit. And then my dad's in charge of the Sunday dinner (laughter)

(interruption) (laughter) so he does the cooking?

(interruption) Aww (laughter)

(interruption) Yeah, he generally cooks em just because he, well he's retired now and he went before that he was part-time so he used to and he used to get in before my mam did so he was sort of in charge of getting tea ready for when she came in so em he does the Sunday dinner. Oh yeah, he's in charge (laughter)

(laughter) Do you not help out?

Em, not with Sunday dinner, I probably won't -- wouldn't know what to do. (laughter)

(laughter)

I could chop the veg and stuff but I wouldn't know how long stuff gets cooked for and anything like that (laughter)

Yeah it's yeah. In our house yeah it's kind of the same we don't usually go out on Sunday it's Saturday usually when we go out like to go and see my family and stuff. Em and yeah sometimes we just have my Granma and Uncle over it just d- depends. Em we had my Granma this week

Right

Em and then yeah in the morning we just kind of chill out. And my mam usually prepares the veg the night before like (interruption) em

(interruption) Um, my dad does it in the morning yeah

Em and then yeah she just she just she cooks it all and stuff and s- some and s- sometime we have to just help her like dish it all like on the plates and stuff

Yeah

And then I usually help her with the dishes em

Oh you're nice to do that (laughter)

(laughter) Yeah but then I didn't used to I didn't used to I only do it now because my Granma like (interruption) not as well as she used to be (interruption) and then my

(interruption) Yeah (interruption) Yeah (laughter)

My mam and Granma did the (interruption) dishes

(interruption) yeah

That's like quite a recent thing

Yeah (laughter)

So you're taking over the tradition?

(laughter)

Yes, yeah

Oh, that's quite good

Yeah so my sister helps with the preparation and I help with the clear up that way

Uh hmm. Yeah that's good

Yeah but I don't like cooking (laughter)

(laughter) I quite like cooking but I don't really do it that often

Yeah sometimes well when my mam was em working at the cleaning we used t- to me and my sister used to take turns to do the tea through the week so we did a bit of cooking there and by far she always enjoyed it more than me (laughter)

So when you have Christmas dinner does your dad still cook?

Yes, yeah (interruption) I mean my mam helps then

(interruption) Aww

Em 'cause then obviously then there is a lot to do with things, and then we all -- we all help with Christmas actually like my dad will do the veg em and the meat and stuff and my mam will sort of help when it's being cooked and like my brother and me will help like dish it like dish it out and like bring to the table and clear up (interruption) and

(interruption) Yeah

That sort of thing and put -- set the table and all that (interruption) sort of thing so we all help then

(interruption) Yes, yeah

Yes, yeah and kind of the same thing except we don't really help (laughter)

(laughter)

My dad calves the meat em. Which he does on a Sunday as well, em yeah. It's pretty much the same as a Sunday dinner in our house

Yeah

Yeah seems pretty much the same. Except there's two types of meat we have Turkey and Pork

Aww, do you?

Yes, yeah we have a lot of (interruption) meat yeah

(interruption) Do you have the chipolata sausages?

Eh. No no we don't. We (interruption) do but we have em

(interruption) Ahh! They're the best (laughter)

Pigs in blankets, (interruption) uh yeah

(interruption) Ah, they are the same

Are they

Yeah with the bacon

(interruption) The bacon?

(interruption) Yes, yeah

Oh I didn't know, (unclear)

They just like called the really little sausages (interruption) with bacon

(interruption) Yes, yeah

Yes, yeah

We only have a couple of those

Pigs in blankets

Yes, yeah

Yes, yeah. I love (interruption) them

(interruption) I love them. Yeah (laughter)

It's the only time we have them

Yeah, same here

Yeah

All right. Tell us about a good memory of Christmas. Like a good Christmas that you've had?

A good Christmas?

Like a good memory

Em em

Or like you had nice gift. Someone gifted you a really nice present or anything like that?

There's been like there's been a few good ones, em. Just trying to think of one that sort of stands out

Probably when I was younger but I can't remember. I always remember getting my bike and that err the computer that me and my sister got one year

Uh um

It was like the first year we had a computer. And we came downstairs and my dad had set it all up and stuff (pause) Well Santa had set it all up

(laughter)

Em I remember playing on that and they had brought us a Harry Potter game (laughter)

(laughter) aww

(laughter) So we were playing on that waiting for Christmas dinner I always remember that Christmas and yeah

Yeah I remember -- I remember getting a bike yeah em, I also got one when I was really little I got one of them em big em car things, the red and em yellow ones. (interruption) Do you know what I mean?

(interruption) Oh yeah. We used to have one of them in School in the playgroup, (interruption) yeah

(interruption) Yo -- with the little steering (interruption) wheel mm and then yeah

(interruption) Yeah

(interruption) Yeah remember one of them

Yeah

Yeah

I used to; I got one of them, that was cool (laughter)

Yeah

I haven't seen one of those cars in years (laughter)

It used to be like such a competition to get one of them in the playground. And the nursery used to have the two and I don't think I ever got on one them for years

(laughter)

Yeah everyone (interruption) used to (pause) queue up

(interruption) Yeah

Did yous have the craze of scooters when (interruption) one

(interruption) Yeah

Christmas when everyone, come in like oh we've got a scooter for Christmas. And then

(interruption) Yeah

I think I think I got one for my birthday don't think I got it for Christmas

I never got one but I know lots of people in school got one really

Yeah. That's it, I've got a quite a bad scar on my knee from (interruption) falling over from the scooter (laughter) yeah

(interruption) aww (laughter)

It's healed a bit now but it's still (pause) scarred for life

Aww

Aww

Yes (pause) yeah I went flying like head first

Oh dear no. Did you hit (interruption) your head?

(interruption) yeah (pause) Well no. I think -- I think I was like thrown my arm over something

Ah to stop yourself?

Em, but I did the same thing off my bike actually I went head first off my bike and hit my (pause) and if I didn't have (pause) my baby teeth had fallen out

Uh hmm

At the time so I didn't have any teeth

Teeth

At the front. But if I had I would have lost them (laughter) So I was quite lucky that it was then

(laughter) Yeah

Yeah

Yeah my mouth was all like swollen so of like this and I was getting funny looks at school

Aww (laughter)

Like looking at my nose

Aww

Eh, do yous believe in God?

No (laughter)

(laughter) (unclear)

(laughter) That was quick

Em, well I was brought up like as a Christian em (pause) but I don't know but recently I've thought in the past few years I'm sort of more open minded I think it's just when you sort of learnt things at school like and about like evolution and things like (interruption) that

(interruption) Yeah that's true

And like I'm sure like evolution is right so it kind of makes us think hmm (pause) you know

Hmm yeah

(laughter)

We had loads of arguments about this in our house because I kind of thought like my dad. But not except as close minded as my dad (laughter)

(laughter)

Em my sister is q- quite (pause) she s- started to go to a Catholic school she left our school

Uh hm

Em for sixth-form. Because she didn't like the sixth-form there so she started to go to a Catholic School and she has always been like more of a believer in like of God and Christianity and all that stuff

Yeah

And my mam was raised Catholic as well so she kind of believes it but then she goes to church, so we were kind of r- raised to believe it in but not prac- practice

Yeah (interruption) that's what my family is like yeah

(interruption) If you know what I mean. Em but yeah my dad doesn't hold. He's like very 'science is right'.

Hmm

Hmm

Anti-religious kind of thing even (laughter)

(laughter) Yeah

Religion causes all the problems in the world (laughter) is kind of his attitude em, but yeah I kind of agree with you the whole (interruption) e- evolution stuff

(interruption) Yeah I think it's (interruption) just

(interruption) Big bang

I think -- I -- I'd like (pause) I'd sort of want to believe that there is (interruption) something after death

(interruption) hmm

But there's there's as well though

Yeah

So there's something's that I'd sort of believe in and some things I don't. I'm quite sort of not sure

I should be -- I don't if I believe in God but I kind of, it the same thing really. Like you get the idea of fate (pause) there's the same thing really

Yeah

But I wouldn't call it God. I don't know

Yeah

I'd would have to take issue with the Christian idea of God

(laughter)

(laughter)

(laughter) Yeah

Oh right okay then. So what do you like to do in your personal time? Do you like going on MSN chatting to people or Facebooking?

Yeah Facebook yeah

I don't really go on Facebook that much (laughter)

(laughter) I go on it quite a lot and I do like -- like the Internet

Yeah

For just everything really (laughter)

Yeah

E-mails, Facebook, shopping, I'll look at stuff like online

Do you?

Em like I don't know New Look, look on the website look at shoes and things. (laughter) Even though I don't want to buy anything I just have a look

Yeah

Em, but em, what else? Em, I'll read now and again not that often but em yeah couple maybe a couple few books erm yeah em (pause) I like watching TV

What films, programs do you like to watch? Do you like Desperate (interruption) Housewives or Lost or anything (interruption) like that?

(interruption) I do. I love Desperate Housewives

(interruption) I love Lost (laughter)

Yeah

Yeah a- a-

You watch Desperate Housewives?

Yeah I watched it last night and it was so good (laughter)

(laughter) I've never, I've seen a bit of one episode but it's

Oh you should watch it. (interruption) You would like it

Yeah (interruption) it seemed quite good

It's quite like friends and that. It's the same kind of humour and like

Yeah em (pause) I like the X-Factor

Yeah

Em

So what did you think of the X-Factor results this week?

Emm

Who went out?

Belle Amie

Oh yes, yeah

I thought they would go out actually

Yeah I didn't like them

It who I thought who would go and

Yeah poor Simon

But I know now he's only got one group left. I thought em

Yeah but saying that in the actual sing off I thought em they sang (interruption) better

(interruption) Better yeah

Than Katie but I thought (interruption) she was very good

(interruption) I thought that. The judges were saying that Katie sang (interruption) better

Yeah (interruption) she didn't

Than the group and that she sang better than the Saturday (interruption) show but

(interruption) Yeah

I thought she was worse and awful

I really liked her em last week with the Jungle Book song

Yes, yeah (interruption) she was all right

(interruption) I thought she was really good. That was the only time when I liked what she sang

I don't really like Katie much. (interruption) Yeah

(interruption) No

I was hoping she would go last week

I think she might go next week

I think she will go soon, I thought it might be Treyc in the bottom two though

Yeah she was last week

Yes, yeah she was and I don't think she did as very well, she did okay on

Yeah

Saturday but I didn't think people would pick up the phone for her 'cause she just doesn't seem to stand out as much as some of the other people

Yeah

Like everyone talks (interruption) about

(interruption) Yeah that's true

Cher and Katie em and (interruption) em

(interruption) Rebecca

Wagner and

My grandma loves Rebecca

Yeah

She was calling her. She's saying I like that Rebecca Ferguson, is it Rebecca or is it Sarah and I'm just going it's not Sarah Ferguson.

(laughter)

I'm like no, she's Andrew's wife, (unclear)

(laughter) I'm not that big fan of Rebecca. I mean she's got a nice voice but I don't think she's a great performer like (interruption) she

(interruption) No no

Like you can tell she's really shy

Yes, yeah but she has, she has a nice voice

She's got a nice voice though, I like (interruption) Matt the best

(interruption) Yeah I agree with Simon what he was saying about Leona like when she was a bit

Oh Leona Lewis yeah

Matt didn't do very well like, I didn't even see it you know

(laughter)

I'm talking about but I saw the results but I didn't see the actual singing

So you just saw the little clip (interruption) things?

(interruption) Yes, yes, yeah but then they were saying Max didn't do as well

Em, he was still good, like he did em 'Bleeding Love' by Leona (interruption) Lewis

Yeah

And em it was, I don't think it was really his type of song, (interruption) but well I think he done

(interruption) No

A good job it even though

Did he?

Like given the song. Em he was still good but just wasn't as good as his past weeks 'cause his past weeks had been like

Yeah

Outstanding

Who should have thought Billy should do Britney Spears the other week did he just like give (interruption) him like girly songs (laughter)

(interruption) Give him girly songs (laughter)

He did a good version of Britney Spears but you know I like that one

Yeah I like that one as well

Hmm

I quite like Aiden as well (interruption) although I don't think

(interruption) Yeah

He's done as well as in the per -- (interruption) like in the recent weeks

(interruption) Yeah

I thought the first week h- he was b- brilliant but now he's kind of going

Yeah

Downhill so I think next week he has to do something different

I like Mary

Shmm, Oh yeah

For like the first two weeks we would vote for her

Did you?

Well (NAME) had it saved 'cause then we went out for (NAME)'s birthday

Yeah

Em (pause) but (NAME) had voted for her that week but then the next week we voted for her again (laughter)

(laughter)

(laughter) Which was good

Yeah

Yeah

I quite like Mary

Hmm hmm

Yeah that's good. So yous watch Friends?

Yeah (laughter)

Yeah (laughter)

Tell us about your favourite episodes

(interruption) Ooo! There's lots

(interruption) Erm, anything with Ross. (laughter)

Anything with Ross. Aye

Actually I always say I like Chandler the best but th- like my favourite episodes tend to have Ross (interruption) on

(interruption) Yeah I know what you mean

Yeah

I think I didn't used to like Ross much but a now he is

Yeah

He's probably one of my favourite

Yeah

Or one of my favourite's, em

I think em the one with when Ross is tanned in series ten

(laughter) Yeah

That was so funny

I like the one where they make the New Year's resolutions

Yeah

And Ross gets stuck in the leather pants (laughter)

(laughter) Yeah (laughter)

That is so funny and he put all the

(laughter) And then when he wants Joey (laughter)

Yeah (laughter) And he puts all the em cream and the talc on

Yes, yeah

And (interruption) and gets stuck

(interruption) That's so funny

Aww, that one was good

Wh- what is that? Is that series five or something like that?

Emm

Is that

Y- five or six

Five or six

I think yeah

I like the series five where Ross likes cracks up. Like you know when he

Oh when he shouts at his boss

Yes, yeah 'You threw my (interruption) sandwich away'

(interruption) sand- (laughter)

I love that one. And he's coming, he come in with like candyfloss. What is it that he's eating? And he's like, is it candyfloss?

Err, yeah (interruption) I think so

(interruption) Yes, yeah and he's just been fired from his job and he's been given like some kind of antidepressant and he's (laughter) all like 'hi'. (laughter) That's funny

I like the one where em they bet the apartment and they play that (interruption) game

(interruption) Yeah I like that one.

And they end up losing the apartment

Yeah but I think it drags on for a bit though in that series like

Eh, yes, yeah

It's just a few episodes really you just want them to swap back

Yeah, and Monica do- does the little apartment up to

Yeah to be the (interruption) hostess

(interruption) To be the best yeah

Yes, yes, yeah

So are you excited to see the new Harry Potter film?

Yeah

Yeah

Have you seen the trailer? I saw it over the weekend

I saw it on; it was during a program on channel four I think I saw it

Yeah, I saw it a couple of times on the Friday at my grandmas and every time -- like while I was putting a film on that what we had been watching like Harry Potter trailer came on I was like ahhh! Yeah

Yeah the world just stopped

It did it did

Then it came on and I was -- was like I'd got off my seat to go to get a drink from the kitchen and Harry Potter

(laughter) Yeah Harry Potters on

I sat back down (laughter)

Yeah it has that affect

'Cause it was a long trailer (interruption) like it wasn't the

(interruption) It is. Yes, yeah I think it's

It hadn't been (interruption) online before

(interruption) Yes, yeah I think it's em, does it show bits from the two. Like the two film?

Oh I don't know

Because some of the trailers before have and I couldn't work out if that one did or not

Oh I don't know

Because em

It was quite different from the online ones

Yeah

It seemed better

Yeah it did

Because I wasn't fussed on the original ones but they were really

I saw a few and (pause) they looked like they've changed a lot which I never agree with

Yeah

Em, but yeah that one does look really good. Can't remember what was even on it now

No, just (interruption) a lot of action

(laughter) (interruption) I just remember it was really good (laughter)

(laughter) Yeah

Yeah

Is this is the last film or the second last film?

There is two parts

Two parts yeah

So this is the first part

First part of the last (interruption) one so you've still got one more to look forward to?

(interruption) Yeah

Yeah

Yes, yeah is it out next summer?

Yes, yeah

The last one?

Yeah I think so

All right okay. So tell us who's in your social circle. Bit about your friends

(laughter)

(laughter)

(laughter) Erm, (NAME) Erm, there is like a group of us (laughter)

(laughter) Yeah we kind share the same (interruption) main

(interruption) Friends. Yeah

Group of friends, yeah

Oh that's good

(NAME), (NAME), (NAME), two (NAME) and two (NAME) in the group. But I don't know why I've just said that. Em (laughter) Em (NAME), who else? (NAME)

(NAME)

(NAME)

I think that's fair enough, is there (laughter) there is so many of us

I think it's everyone

Yeah

Yeah, apart from (NAME) (laughter)

Yeah (laughter)

(laughter)

Well we still talk to (NAME)

Yeah we do we do

(unclear)

Yeah

But then like get on with the main group that's like the main group. Yeah

Yeah

So how did yous meet each other?

Different ways really

Yeah

I met

(interruption) It was a bit random

(interruption) (NAME) at the locals night (interruption) out

(interruption) Yes, yeah

On the Sunday like before fresher's week

Yeah

And that's how I met other (NAME) as well (laughter) and (NAME)

And (NAME), yeah

Em, and then we were sort of a group then you (laughter) and (NAME) knew each other from school

Yeah

And they met (interruption) (NAME)

And met (interruption) (NAME) who knew (NAME) from

From Partners (interruption) scheme

(interruption) Something. Not Partners

No, (interruption) some sort of like master class

(unclear) (interruption) Yeah something thing like that

In University, through A-Level or (interruption) something and then, em

(interruption) Yeah

Yeah

And I knew you from Partners and also (NAME)

Yeah

Yes, yeah and (NAME)

Yeah

But kind of didn't hang around with her then

We didn't hang around straight away but then we used to have like lectures together and

Yeah

We started sitting next to each other

Yeah English Language and

And seminars and some (interruption) seminars together

(interruption) Some seminars. Yeah but I didn't have that seminar though

No you didn't (interruption) did you?

(interruption) But syntax and stuff you all were hanging together

Yeah 'cause syntax

And that's how yous met (NAME). Ah well if you know what I mean

Yeah that's how I met (NAME) 'cause I didn't know (NAME) at all but then we saw her in the seminar we used to do the group work with em (NAME) in the syntax module (NAME) was in our group and then we went on the em, it was like a English (pause) night at the Hancock Pub

Yeah

And we went to that, me, were you there?

I don't know, I don't remember this

It was me, (NAME), I think it was me, (NAME), (NAME) and (NAME). It was just the four of us I think. Em, so got to know (NAME) better then and got know (interruption) everyone else better as well

(interruption) Yes, yeah

Yeah so kind of came together

Oh that's good

Seems years ago now

I know, I can't believe it

Yeah it's long, b- but I can't believe it's only two years

Yeah

So how would you say what helped you become friends such a strong relationship? Like did yous go out socialising a lot after once you knew each other?

(interruption) Coffee

(interruption) Yeah (laughter)

Yeah (laughter)

Lots of cups of coffee

Lots of lunches out

Yes, yeah

Campus Coffee

Yeah And the Tyneside

And going to the Hancock pub and

Yeah

And (interruption) just through Uni

(interruption) We haven't done that for a while

Yeah we haven't

Yeah

Yeah and we go to the Theatre as well

Yeah

And we go to see comedians and

(laughter)

Then Musicals and plays and things

Yeah (laughter)

So what did yous go and see last time?

Eh, last would be John (interruption) Bishop

(interruption) John Bishop, yeah

That's

There was only four of us wasn't there

Yeah

Wasn't there five?

Four I think

Yeah

Four or Five?

Yeah

Five?

Five?

Four? (laughter)

(NAME), it was (NAME) (interruption) (NAME) and (NAME).

(interruption) (NAME) and (NAME), so it was five yeah

Yeah

At the Sunderland Empire yeah

And then are the same people going to what

See Jason (interruption) Manford

(interruption) Jason Manford

At the City Hall

Yeah

Which is in?

Is that next week?

Two weeks (interruption) on Friday

(interruption) Two, is Peter Kay first or after?

Peter Kay is first, it's on the twelfth. So that's a week on Friday (laughter)

I'll remember, I'm not going to forget 'cause I'm really excited (laughter)

(laughter)

(interruption) Yeah

(interruption) Yeah

S- so you go out for lunch together often?

Yeah

Yeah

So where do you go?

Campus Coffee (laughter)

(laughter) Yeah

But em, just like during term time

Yeah

But if it's like in the holidays then we might go somewhere else like the Tyneside

Yeah

Cinema cafe

Yeah

Em

But so we go to Pizza Hut before we go to the Theatre

Yeah

That's like our tradition for that

Yeah

Erm (pause) yeah

Been to Northern Stage before

Yeah

But we haven't been for a while

(laughter) What was it that (NAME) had there? Hummus or something?

It was Hummus sort eh (laughter)

(laughter)

(laughter)

(laughter) Hummus

Hummus and eh em, what was it? Some sort of pita bread thing

Yeah (laughter)

I wasn't even there but I remember the story

And (NAME) picked it (laughter) and then (NAME) thought oh I'd go along with that as well and then she, I bet you regretted that one (interruption) did you?

(interruption) Yeah I did (laughter)

(laughter) yeah

Tell us about a funny situation when we all went out for lunch

Ohhh! (laughter) I can just think when I flipped that plate and (laughter)

Yes, yeah

'Cause it was the time that when we went em, we were staying over at (NAME)'s that night at her flat at Richardson Road, and I was thinking I've just spilt on (laughter) these jeans that I've got to wear all day. But em yeah It was coleslaw or something

(laughter) Yeah

But then what was even funnier than that was a couple of weeks later (NAME) says 'Do you remember when you did this' (interruption) then she did it (laughter)

(interruption) Then she did it (laughter)

At that precise moment

Two weeks after that (NAME) had spilt something at Pizza Hut, (interruption) do you remember?

(interruption) Oh yes, that was (interruption) the best

(interruption) It was when all three things happened

Yeah

And then the other day (interruption) (NAME) spilt coffee

Yeah (interruption) she spilt em, garlic

Yeah garlic sauce

(NAME) spilt garlic mayonnaise

All over her coat

On her coat

Umm

We were all giving her napkins (laughter)

Yeah

(laughter)

'Cause they had us crammed in this little booth

Yeah

That was funny

(laughter) Why is it that everything happens with food?

(laughter) It's 'cause yeah

Yeah (laughter)

Do you shopping together?

Em

(laughter) For people's birthdays, yeah

(laughter) Yeah for people's birthdays

Yeah

Yeah 'cause we all chip in and buy stuff together

Yeah (laughter)

Which is fun (laughter)

So you like going shopping for people's birthdays and stuff?

Yeah (interruption) it's good

(interruption) Yeah

We all get to go together and (pause) pick stuff out, it's fun

Yeah

So what's your favourite bars and pubs that you go to together or anything?

The Hancock

The Hancock yeah

You been out recently?

Oh we went out with (NAME) for a particular time

Yeah

Em (laughter)

Oh w- well yeah we go out like, we don't go out -- out like that much though, (laughter) out -- out (laughter)

(laughter)

(laughter)

Em but we go to the er Hancock

Yeah (pause) The pub

Mm. All right. So did yous go anywhere nice this summer?

(laughter) Canada. Yeah I went there for two -- two and half month

Wow

Yeah it was quite fun (laughter)

So tell us what you did out there. Was it just (interruption) a general holiday or?

(interruption) Em. Em, no I was er working in a summer camp. Em, like a girl guide camp

Hmm hmm

So it was like girls aged between six say and like sixteen

Right

And you would, well, the sixteen-year-olds were the least mature I think it's safe to say they caused the most problems but thankfully I wasn't working with them. My friend was though and she didn't sleep for a fortnight. Literally

Serious

She literally didn't shut up for a fortnight

Really

Yeah they didn't have time like that. There's so much pro- there are so many problems with these girls

Like (interruption) there was an actual physical fights

(interruption) Aww. Really

And like bullying and (interruption) stuff it was really bad

(interruption) Oh, I bet you were glad you weren't with those girls (laughter)

Yeah I was really glad I hadn't been put there 'cause I would have just like. I think one -- they were just like LITs so they were like leaders in training. Em so they had a couple of er weeks to get them they had four weeks, they had a couple of weeks where they were together like learning the theory of how to be a camp councillor and like other stuff and then they got put in sites with us. Em, so they can get hands on some experience, so there was one girl on our site and she was the one who caused like most of the trouble I didn't know this at the time and I -- I ended up being up to like two in the morning with her 'cause she was like unloading all of her family problems (interruption) on us (laughter)

(interruption) (laughter) Really

(laughter) I was just like, I really need to go to bed I have to be up for seven o'clock tomorrow to raise all the children from bed

Aww (laughter)

And she was telling us about her boyfriend who smokes pot

Really

And yeah her parents who don't like her boyfriend and I was like I don't really blame them (laughter) yeah and she was yeah. She had quite a few issues. So yeah a lot of it was quite challenging but it was like loads of fun as well. I was working on the water front so I got to like learn to Kayak and Canoe and I had to teach kids how to do it

Aww

But yeah it was really fun. Yeah (laughter)

What was the weather like? Was it good?

Uh hm. They had said that the year before it was like really bad but I don't know their idea of really bad isn't the same as, us (laughter)

(interruption) Same as us yeah (laughter) (unclear)

Because one day it was like really drizzly kind of and like and, one of girls (NAME) was like 'oh it's so cold oh and this is what it was like this every day last year' and I was just like sitting there and like yeah (interruption) this is like

(interruption) In a t-shirt (laughter)

Yeah everyday in England. (laughter) So yes, yeah it was really good weather I still got a bit of a tan

Yep

Yeah

That's good. What about you?

Em, well I went to (pause) Cyprus at the start of June and then (pause) I started a scholarship through Uni, em, like through the school of English, I got awarded an eight week em scholarship, it was like em a project em sort of investigating the local dialect and that sort of em and I'm going to use that for the basis like as the basis for my dissertation

Yeah

For the work, that's how I've already done some of the work for it

Yeah

Em, so I did that for like eight weeks just came into Uni and did some reading and went off and did questionnaires and em went to Scotland to Hawick (laughter) met lots of people asking them to do questionnaires em (pause) so that was fun. Yeah em, then once when that was finished it was sort of mid Ap- mid-August em I had a couple of weeks free and then went to Turkey. Em just with my family at the start of September

Yeah

And I had a couple of more weeks off then started again. Yeah I had quite a busy summer as far as summers go (interruption) we don't normally do a lot

(interruption) Yeah

Yeah

Had quite a good one. Yeah

So what are your plans for the future?

(laughter) Eh, I want to do a masters at Newcastle but I don't (pause) really know what I want to do after that

Masters in (interruption) Literature?

(interruption) In literature yeah. Yeah but yeah, I don't if I want to do a taught or a research one

Yeah

Yeah we'll see

Em, er, I would like to do a masters as well, I don't know what I want to do afterwards but definitely do a masters. Yeah

Yeah

Em in English Language or Linguistics, I quite fancy one that's Language and Language Acquisition

Yeah

(interruption) That would be good

Em, (interruption) see if they have a good choice of modules for

Yeah. So is there anything that you would like to do in the future that you've never done before like (interruption) bungee jumping something wild and crazy?

I would do something crazy like that (interruption) (laughter) a yeah I (interruption) would

(interruption) Don't think I would

I think I would like to do skydiving actually

Have you?

Yeah No (interruption) I would like to

(interruption) Oh you would like to?

Yeah you do it for charity and stuff I think. Yeah that would be good

Yeah, I think I would rather do skydiving than bungee jumping

Yeah

Yeah I think I just

Bungee jumps too fast

Scared of the bouncing back thing

Yes, yeah

Em, I'd like to travel more, em go to like China or so- like Japan or somewhere like that. And I love America so I'd love to go anywhere in America (laughter)

Yeah

Yeah, I would go back to Canada. To see more of it, because we saw em like a lot of Toronto and kind of Ontario but it was like obviously a lot like it was huge. So I would like to see some other places maybe some other French (interruption) areas. Montreal and stuff. Oh well

(interruption) Uh hm yeah

Yeah

So what did you do for Halloween yesterday?

I didn't really (laughter) (unclear) didn't do much, just answer the door for the trick-or-treaters

(laughter) Yeah

Yes, yes, yeah. (interruption) Didn't really do anything

(interruption) Give them some sweets, didn't do anything at all yesterday

My niece and nephew had a little Halloween party I think

Aww (interruption) that's cute

They had (interruption) their friend up from school over on Friday. So they (interruption) were dressed up

(interruption) aww that's really good (laughter)

Then (NAME) was eh, em the bride of Dracula and (NAME) was a werewolf

Aww that's really cute

But, yeah

(interruption) (NAME) (laughter)

Yes, yeah

Did they have a good time?

Yeah they did. They did, they were raving about it on Saturday. (laughter) I still haven't seen any pictures though I must say

Oh well. Did you go trick or treating when you were young?

A couple of times (interruption) not really

(interruption) Em, yeah, not every year, probably most years some years like when I think it was sort of bad weather or stuff

Hmm

I wasn't really bothered

Yeah

My mam wasn't (pause) em really bothered em but most years we went out. Em, yeah

Did you get good responses from your neighbourhood?

Yeah, (interruption) it was pretty good

(interruption) Yes, yeah

Did they used to be generous?

The ones who lived like the closest to you that know (interruption) you always give you more

(interruption) Yeah, that's true

(interruption) Em they would give you plenty of things

(interruption) we used to go out and em. There was a (pause) group of kids who were similar ages in our streets em (pause) there was a couple of lads who were the same age as me and like em another girl who was a year older so we used to go out like all of us like the street and just like ss -- we had like a bucket and us used to like just split it (pause) em a lot of people like knew us because there were so many that they knew. We used to play together in the street and stuff. Em and then there was like we used to the estate behind us a little bit but yeah We did quite good

I just remembered actually, sometimes my mam used to take us, but sometimes my brother did as well. Bless him

(laughter)

Like he, I can't remember him dressing up but (pause) em he used to like take us and

Yeah aww

Like stand at the end of the drive and wait for us. (unclear) (interruption) It was just canny. (laughter)

(interruption) yeah, aww

It was cute

Yeah (laughter)

Talking about Halloween did yo -- do you believe in ghosts?

Em

Em, my grandma does (laughter) my mam does. I don't know

I'm not really sure. Em, I don't know I'm sort of open minded (interruption) I don't

(interruption) yeah

Really have a strong view either way

Yeah, I don't think you can really (pause) believe unless something has happened to you

Yeah, 'cause I've had no experience of it so

Yeah right so, yes, yeah

Then if I did, then I probably would. But em

My grandma has quite a few, she gets em s- she t- tells us about (pause) she would hear a knock on the bedroom door, she would just be lying in bed at (interruption) night and hear this three knocks

(interruption) Really

And then the next day she would find out that someone had died like (interruption) yeah

(interruption) Seriously

And yeah spooky things like that. Yeah she gets things like that quite a lot but yeah, hmm

Have you had a dream that's really scared you before?

I really don't remember my dreams

No, I don't often remember them but, I em (pause) no I can't think of one that scared us no

I know once where I woke up younger shouting something about a dog, so that dream must have really scared us like I was being chased by a dog, but I don't actually remember that the ac- dream itself

Yeah, 'cause it always seems really (interruption) vivid and then like you wake up and then you like lose it (laughter)

(interruption) Yes, yeah

Have you ever had a near death experience?

No (laughter)

(laughter) No

No I don't think so

No I can't think of anything. I've never been -- I've have touch wood never like had any sort of accident like

No

No that's involved like broken bones or anything

Yeah (unclear)

(laughter) (unclear) so no

Oh well that's good. Em, many people think that the language is changing these days, what would you say about this?

Em, (interruption) I think it is always changing,

(interruption) I think is yeah

Yeah

We are probably biased with our subject that we study but still yeah

But yeah, like (pause) I talk a lot differently to how the parents talk and they talk differently to how my grandparents talk so

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

And you're always getting new -- new words

Yeah Do you use a lot of Geordie isms and stuff?

I use a few

Yeah mainly when I'm in the house I would (interruption) say like yeah

(interruption) Yeah em

I say like 'aye' and just (interruption) (unclear) (laughter)

(interruption) Yeah I say things like em (pause) when people say like 'give us' instead of 'give me' or em (pause) can't think of any more but things like that or em saying things like 'canny' a lot

Yeah Like I don't really say canny

'He's canny', I say that quite a lot

If my mam asks us a question and I'm getting really sick of being asked then I go 'aye man' (laughter)

Ah (laughter)

Yeah (laughter)

Yeah, so a few (laughter)

Yeah

Do you think there is new slang words being introduced into languages?

In to Geordie?

In to Geordie? yeah

In to Geordie

Em, probably

'Nerna' remember that?

What was that?

'Nerna'. Did yous say that around where you live?

I don't think so what's that

We used to say that instead of just like (pause) i- it used to really get on my nerves, I never said it em, but like no, they used to say 'nerna'

We used to have 'narna'

Yeah it's a bit like that. (interruption) And yeah

(interruption) Oh no I've never heard of that

Everyone used to say it at school like all the lads and it used to drive us around the twist and yeah

Um hmm (laughter)

Yeah you be glad you never heard (interruption) of it. Oh yeah

(interruption) oh no, I haven't (laughter)

I never heard it in a while though. No

Would you say when you first come to Uni or when you first started work you were like not too sure about your accent and you wanted to change the way you spoke?

Emm

Because being at school for such a long time then you tend to speak like what your friends and people talk like but when you come to uni then you have (interruption) new friends

(interruption) yeah

And then do you think your language changed then?

(unclear) I think most of us are around from (interruption) here so.

(interruption) yeah Not as -- I don't know, em (pause) not like consciously but I probably did em but I -- I find it strange 'cause I thought when I first started Uni that I didn't think I had much of a Geordie accent

Yeah

But everyone that I met who wasn't from like Newcastle or in that area em was like 'oh you're -- you're from up here aren't you?' And I was like (interruption) 'yeah'

(interruption) yeah

And they could always tell (laughter)

Yeah you become more aware of it

Definitely

And everyone like someone who have a different accents and. Yeah

Yeah

So you're definitely aware of it but I dint think I've really tried to change it (pause) maybe just to like not use words that a lot of other people don't understand

Yeah

(unclear)

Do you put on a different accent like when you're on the phone or anything?