Annie, a German female 23 years old talks about her love of travel recorded 2016.

England, Italy, travel, South Africa, China

German female Stephanie 24, talks about learning English and past jobs recorded in 2016

Au pair, germany, work, Boston, nursing

Geena, a German woman, speaks about her time being an au pair in the US. She traveled around the US and studied political science in Germany and Florida

German, Florida, Germany, travel, au pair, studying, political science, travel abroad, study abroad, US

German female named Gillousia talks about living in a village in Germany and going to highschool where she studies international economy, biology, English, and German. She went to the UK and was a replacement in an office

Highschool, German, village, international economy, economy, biology, English, UK, office, replacement

 

Mara is studying psychology at the University of South Florida from Germany. She can now take electives, which she enjoys.

German, female, psychology, study abroad, Florida, electives

 

He talks about improving his English by watching American television, including football and basketball. He talks about his childhood, schooling, and moving when he was young. He also talks about some of the adventure activities he has done on his travels like camping and white-water rafting, and bear sightings he has had. He also talks about the landscape, like mountains and waterfalls, and other wildlife and other places he has visited. He talks briefly about Plattdeutsch, or "Low German", a Germanic dialect.

Hamburg, Germany, Stuttgart, schools, schooling, English, television, football, basketball, childhood, travel, camping, white-water rafting, bears, moving, mountains, wildlife, zipline, vacation, waterfalls, Plattdeutsch

 

A German woman living in the United States talks about the place where she works, where she does cooking and cleaning. Her coworkers are also German. They go to church every day. She tells a story about a girl nearly getting trampled by a moose.

German, Germany, cooking, baking, cleaning, busy, church, moose, driving, kitchen, English, outsiders, fun, colonists, handbooks, dance, music, tapes, trees, colony, fields, woods, fence

 

Men and women in their early 20's in Glasgow, Scottland discussing life, politics, interests and the future.

friends, plans for the evening, interests, politics, future, australia

White Male, 47, from Glasgow, Scotland talks about travel and other accents and how hard it is to lose a Glasgow accent.

Glasgow, london, cockney, lutton, manchester, newcastle, leeds, bradford, scousers, glaswegian

White Male, 47, from Glasgow, Scotland talks about govnernment and the problems of government and that streetwise people should be in government

politics, homosexuals, pedophiles, street people, streetwise people, all-boys school, common man

White Male mid 20, Glasgow Scotland. About Glasgow, his upbringing, his family and kids, the changes he's gone through and the things in the world that he would like to see changed and homelessness and drugs, and one of his kids being particularly sensitive to things.

homlessness, drugs, footbal, strict, parents, kids, home, kidnapping, milk truck, baggage, life, what is important

Recording is of a younger woman, around the age of 25.  She discusses her childhood imaginary friend and reads from a prepared script.

 

Immersive conversations. First with two Manchester seniors, a man and a woman, who talk about a variety of subjects. These include people they know, fossils and the common cold. Second conversation features some 19 year old women from Stockport and a woman from Ireland talking about meeting someone, college, where they are headed, the state of affairs in the world, where they work and projects they are working on. Third conversation features a woman in her 20s talking about traveling to Romania, taking time off college, archeology, working in an orphanage, adoption, school, Liverpool and John Lennon.

Manchester, seniors, fossils, dinosaurs, footprints, Joel, cold, Stockport, college, e-mail, affairs, world, war, work, land registry, voice, registry, lawyers, computer, Dragon Systems, dialects, understanding, travel, Dublin, Irleland, Cork, Romania, gap year, archeology, conservation, orphanage, children, adoption, language, school, Liverpool, concert, Birmingham, John Lennon, Strawberry Fields, tourists

 

A group of Welshmen sing songs in Welsh/Cymraeg/Gynraeg

Welsh, Wales, UK, singing, songs, Cymraeg, Gymraeg, Immersion

 

This 19 year old white woman lives on Grafton Street, and sometimes gets put up in a B & B.  She talks about the plight of homeless women in Dublin, her eating disorder, and her multiple suicide attempts.  This is a very dramatic piece that has been included in a play called "Displaced," about the state of being homeless around the world.  There are comedic moments as well. We sat and drank a beer in the rain on Grafton street while a quintet of high school girls played the Pachelbel Canon, the Entertainer, Danny Boy, etc. for tourists.  Local ragamuffins she referred to as "street rats" interrupt at a certain point.

Dublin, homeless, pachelbel, Grafton Street, street kids, suicide, anorexia, female, white, young, woman, homeless women, alcoholic, survivor, Irish, Southeastern Ireland, dramatic, grafton street

Female talks about childhood, speaking Russian, Spanish and Mandarin. She then learned English and speaks English with a Russian accent. Had trouble understanding American English when she came to America for college.   Then she reads a passage. 

Russia, Moscow, language, linguist, Russian, Spanish, Mandarin, English, French

 

Ireland-Belfast-educated-white male-gay

White Female Teen, from Ballymurn, satirizes the discrimination of the Skangers and working class slang. “Right” is pronounced “ree”. Thinks the working class deserves recognition and the upper class looks down on them. Contains slight profanity and mild drug references. 

Teen, Female, Ballymurn, North Dubliners, upper class, working class, River Liffey, Henry Street, Skangers, northside, Trackies, slagging, slang, springboard, profanity, class issues, henry street

Male discussing concessions in Ireland for voting, Nationalists and Unionists, The RUC, private policing organizations, and a taxi shooting.

 Ireland, Belfast, male, monologue, voting, gerrymandering, concessions, The Troubles, nationalists, unionists, Catholics, breeding, private police organizations, taxi shooting,