A homeless middle aged white male talks about the hardships of first living on the streets and how people are not nice and steal from you, but you get accustomed to it and learn.

Liverpool, homeless, steal, streets, not nice people, borrow, tough, emotions, punch out, world, Margaret Thatcher, learn, process.

Female talks about playing the game “Pooh Sticks” and playing with a caterpillar. The caterpillar burned in the fire.

Friendship, childhood, Pooh Sticks, caterpillar, UK, England

 

An Irish man from Cork talks about being a musician, pubs, Isaac Bells, traveling around Ireland. Derry. 

Ireland, Cork, Derry, pubs, musician, music, Isaac Bells, traveling

 

Irish white male, 19 years old from Cork. He lives in the north side of Cork City and talks about the Lee river, which separates the north and south sides. Says there are different accents in Cork, particularly in the country, which have strong Irish accents. He works in a bar for two years. Started as a bouncer and worked his way up to full-time bartender. He dropped classes in order to do that and doesn't believe there would be a future in farming. He wants to have a normal 9-5 job where there is security.

Male, Irish, Ireland, Cork, Cork City, Lee river, Teddy, Blarney, farms, accents, bartender, bouncer, work, job, tax, social security, cheeky, nightclub, full-time

This is a male in his 20's in Dublin. He's originally from Cork but has lived in Dublin on and off for 4 years. He speaks about politics in Ireland and his cynical views about the government and the disparity between rich and poor. He also discusses messy breakups and the toll they can take on an individual.

Dublin, Ireland, Cork, government, class, wealth, breakups

A white female in Dublin, Ireland talks about how everyone has one hand or foot that is bigger than the other. There is loud classical music being played in the background which makes the conversation hard to hear.

Dublin,everybody, hand, foot, bigger, classical music.

A young girl and a middle aged man talk about an otter sanctuary in the UK

East Yorkshire, Beverley, UK, otters, sanctuary, habitat, birds

 

East Yorkshire, UK White Female Grandmother reminisces about struggles during war time while living in a small village. She taught herself how to do chores and became in charge housekeeping when she around 10 years old. She talks about being involved with her village's church and governing council.

East Yorkshire, UK, White Female, Grandmother, older female, war, wartime, housekeeping, village, church, family, secretary

White woman, Yorkshire England in her 70;s Talking about a member of her group who wrote a book about his days as a young farm worker in Yorshire England

History, farming, hired workers, Yorkshire, books

 

White woman in her 70's in Yorkshire, England. Reading phrases and definitions from the book, "Learn to Speak ULL".Dialect is Hull, Yorkshire

Yorkshire, England, reading phrases and definitions, humor, translation, slang, colloquialism

 

Yorkshire woman in her 70s talks about something she has written and how how she reads it versus how others read it leads to different interpretations, wonders about the original interpretation of other authors, talks about creative writing, talks about her personal experiences influencing how she reads her own work

Yorkshire, England, Female, 70s, writing, creative writing, reading, interpretation, authors, personal experiences

This young woman was interviewed while traveling from Birmingham to Plymouth, England.  She is in her 20's and talks about a global problem of a businesses entering countries and altering the landscape how they see fit because they have the money to do so and the locals do not.  She is a native of the UK, originally from Hampshire, England.

 businesses, change, hampshire

Another recording of the young woman in her 20's being interviewed while traveling from Birmingham to Plymouth, England. In this recording, she talks about the village that she grew up in near the south coast of England and the changes that it is going through.

 

An English woman around the age of 70, from Yorkshire shares information about members of a group that she belongs to.  She has a nice, classic English accent where the "r" is nearly skipped.

 

Reading phrases and definitions from the book, “Learn to Speak ‘Ull” by the Remould Theatre Company in Hull. A member of the East Riding Dialect Society.  Not the Yorkshire most of us think of.  From the Eastern coastal town Withernsea.  Loves pigs.  Literally has piggie figurines in every corner of her home. She reads in Olde English.  90 minute immersion files available.

Dialect, Hull, Yorkshire, humor, translation, slang, colloquialism, phrases: East Riding: Olde English,

Woman discusses what Posh is like and does an impression of it, and tells a story about going to a dinner with people in the army and their spouses

Woman, Posh, UK, England, Over the top, Impression, Dinner, party, army, wives

White female, from Paris France, of Algerian descent, age 18. Talking about: college, her love of the arts, Algeria, origin of her name, driving, music that she likes and her family.

Acting, Arabic, Algerian, French, music, college, teenager, Rock, System of a Down, 30 Seconds to Mars, best friend, UCLA, guitar, piano, write, compose, musician, best friend, dance, cinema, aunt, uncle, painter, egypt

French/Kurdish female 18, talks about wanting to be an actress, and hating French cinema

The Secret, acting, movies she hates, French Cinema, economist, parents, culture, mother, African music

Man talks about World Cup and homeless population in Senegal. 

Soccer, Senegal, homeless

 

French man reads passage about fame and money

French, male, fame, money, desires, shit, shitty, rifle, lottery, skills, brains, sex, drugs, rock and roll