50 year old Russian man talks about his life being good and being happy and how he became an actor

Russia, life, good, happy, actor, journalist, theater

 

A scottish woman in her 30's talks about the history of Scotland and that it experienced a major turning point in the 18th century due to an invasion of the English.

 

White male about 47 from Glasgow Scotland discussing Government is a problem, issues with outing homosexuals, and that common streetwise people should be in government, not men from all boys schools

homosexuals, homosexuality, government, schools, boys

A white Scottish 40 year old man, Dave, and a 40 year old Scottish woman, Gillian, talk about a variety of topics including pornographic movies, the pub they are currently in, Russians, Dave's time in college in Aberdeen and his Orcadian accent as well as poking fun at Eliza's name.

Orkney, Pub, Photo, Collage, Picture, Aberdeen, Porno, Movies, Russian Submarine, Untrusting, Wales, Drunk, College, Accent, Written, Jokes, Disbelief

Man and a Woman in their 40s in a pub in Orkney. Talking about accents, and college, and opinions on pornography, and life and writing.

Orkney, pub, photo, college, picture, aberdeen, porno, movies, russian submarine, untrusting, wales, drunk, accent, written, jokes

White Female in her 40's from Glasgow Scotland Talks history with her English roommate, in particular talking about Culloden which is a big battle outside Inverness, and the impact on Scotish identity

history, scott, slaughter, culloden, english, inverness, battle, catholic, bonny prince charlie, wiliam of orange, highland clearances, crofts, sheep, canada, australia, new zealand.

A white 40 year old Scottish woman talks about her time playing the French Horn and conducting and how she got into conducting through her degree and some study in Russia as well. She next talks about some history of Scotland and the Battle of Culloden and how it affected the Scottish people and how the 45 Rebellion ened with this battle. (Her English friend can be heard in the background adding bits of information in regards to the history during a small portion of the recording.)

French Horn, Conducting, Sheffield, St. Petersburg, Battle of Culloden, Scots, English, Iverness, Slaughtered, History, 1746, 45 Rebellion, Bonnie Prince Charlie, King of Scotland and England, William of Orange, Stweart Kings, Catholics, Protestants, "Balls'd it all up," Highland Clearances, Sheep, Mass Emigrations  

White Female in her 40's from Scotland Talks about playing french horn and conducting music, which was always her dream.

French horn, conducting, sheffield, saint petersburg, conservatory, russia

An older scottish man around the age of 70 talks about his children and what they are doing with their lives.  He has a nice and think scottish accent and it is difficult to understand some of his words at times.

 

White Female Perth, Scotland 60s. Born in York, Moved to Renfrew at about 3 (near Glasgow), and has spent most of her life (with her husband) in Perth. speaking about borrowed tradition important We have to stay human beings. How much people of all ages love hearing stories by someone who is in front of them, instead of by video. Technology is great - but human contact is irreplaceable.  Isolation from human contact causes people to suffer. Power of oral tradition. The Scottish Travel who kept the oral tradition alive. Singing and stories including The Berry Fields of Blaire and The Good Man of Ballangigh.  - Immersion

nationalism, stories, songs, travellers, human contact, oral tradition, braveheart, singing, weavers, life, travel, family, good man of gallangigh, Berry fields of blaire

White male in his 40s from Glagow, Scotland Professor talks about the development of the Scottish in different groups throughout Scotland and how he and his team have gone about collecting data for the study

data, speakers, communication, speech, historical, variety, community

A 20 year old Siberian white female talks about how she met her boyfriend through competitive collegiate level rowing and what he is up to now.

College rowing, competition, boyfriend, friends, Moscow, hero, family. 

A man and woman ask Eliza questions and talk about a sheep farmer. He has a lot of unfinished projects that he’s like to finish. He says he’s seen too many changes and more for the bad than for the good. Tells how he stopped drinking and found a wife.  He used to dance for the fun of it. He talks about the museum he started from his collections. 

Ireland, Rural, Killarney Galway, museum, collection, sheep, dance

Male in his 70's from Sneem, Ireland. His ambition was to get a house, property, settle down with a wife. He saw a woman in a fur coat when he was drunk as a young man and decided he'd get sober right then and get all those things...and the fur coat. He is married with two children, but no fur coat. Met his wife dancing. Competed in waltzing competitions and filled his house with plaques.

Sneem, Ireland, ambition, dancing, waltzing, wife, children, fur coat, drinking, marriage, competition, plaques

 

Irish man tells joke about a waitress having her thumbs in a man's soup

Ireland, Irish, soup, joke, story, bar, waitress, thumbs

A 55 year old white German male talks about his work in a tourist office, his hobbies in helping and playing with children and working at summer camps during the summer. He also talks about an interesting summer camp experience with different children coming from different countries and cultures and how that worked and the difficulties related to that.

Story, Germany, Stuttgart, tourist office, famous city, docks, February, carnival, people, coaches, hobbies, children, June, summer camp, Iraq, Iran, normal, language, cook, Croatia. 

White male in his 50's from Scotland, discussing linguistics, in particular the dropping of the ng and nag sound inside of words in Irish and scottish

english, irish, scottish, acronyms, surnames, hidden sounds, nasalized vowel, ulster

White male in his 50's from Scotland, discussing linguistics, discusses how language rearranges when some sounds are dropped.

english, irish, scottish, acronyms, surnames, hidden sounds, nasalized vowel, ulster, vellorized, partialized, baledine country

White male in his 50's from Scotland, discussing linguistics, and intervocality and how it can change when some sounds are dropped.

english, irish, scottish, acronyms, surnames, hidden sounds, nasalized vowel, ulster, intervocality names Amen Dehorde Dublin

45 year old, white male from Welton, East Yorkshire talks about traveling in America, spirituality of Native Americans, and people watching

UK, East Yorkshire, Welton, British, white male, 45 years old, middle aged, America, Native Americans, People watching