Jill and Vinesa are around 40 years old who both work at the library.  Jill is a Invercargill native and has not really traveled around much.  Vinesa is from a neighboring town, Winton, and has traveled a bit. Her dad is Scottish and you can hear the influence of his accent in her speech.  They both talk about childhood memories.

• Both from the South Central coast of New Zealand
• Around 40 years of age

 

Recording is of a middle aged woman that was born in Lancashire, which is located somewhat centrally in England, just east of Liverpool. She is a teacher for children who are 10 years of age. Her daughter also helps and together they prepare the students for their required exams. She discusses her time going to an all girls Catholic school.

• Woman, about 50 years of age
• Born in Lancashire, England

 

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

• Woman, 25 years of age
• From Helsinki

 

Younger male, around the age of 25. A native of Vadodara, which is located on the western side of India, north of Mumbai. Discusses how other countries refer to Indians as being from "Bombay."

• Male, 25 years old
• Vadodara native

 

She is a film student around the age of 22.  She talks about the hardships of growing up in a divided household.

•  22 years old
• Nigerian film student

 

Recording is of a male, who is a retired commercial pilot around the age of 40.  He is from Victoria, Gauteng, which is a suburb of Johannesburg.  He is a guitar player and wrote a rock opera song about 9/11 while he was in New Zealand.

• Male, approx. 40 years old
• From the Johannesburg region

 

Recording of a male around the age of 30 who is a businessman from Zhuhai, which is near Hong Kong.  Born and raised in Zhuhai and speaks both Mandarin and Cantonese.

• Male, 30 years old
• Speaks Mandarin and Cantonese

 

Young woman named Jessia Lineham, 16 years old and won first place at science fair.  She is a Invercargill native and an aspiring pharmacologist. This is her 3rd win at a science fair.  Both of her parents are involved in the school too.  Her dad is the PE teacher and her mom is head of the science department.

• Born in Invercargill
• 16 years old

 

Woman, about 70 years old. Born in Timaru, NZ, but mainly grew up on the North Island. Interview is done at a senior center where this woman joins her bowling club for tea.  Club name, the Invercargill Bowling Club and comprised of all senior citizens. She talks about raising her granddaughter.

• Born in Timaru
• Woman about 70

 

Week 1 Orientation, American Southern Dialect.

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This man was born in Medellin, Colombia, moved to Mexico (near the Guatemala border) when he was five, then spent 10 years in Ecuador prior to returning to Colombia.  He was 23 when I interviewed him in 2010.  He discusses the differences in South American accents.

A full of life, mature woman around the age of 60 from Cape Town, South Africa.  She grew up as a tomboy, but eventually settled down. She speaks Afrikanns, which is a language based on the Dutch settlers of South Africa.  She also identifies as belonging to the Cape Coloured ethnic group, which is a mixed race group.

• Woman, approx. 60 years old
• From Cape Town

 

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Mountain AS WF age 35:  American Southern, Southern Accents, Southern Dialects, Mountain Southern, Arkansas, Mountain View, White Female, age 35, Mountain View, AS, WF, age 35, born in 1960, mother, turkey hunter, deer hunter.  Ginger is a white female musician, deer and turkey hunter, and mother from Mountain View, Arkansas, recorded at age 35 in 1994 at the Ozark Folk Center. Her southern accent is a light rhotic ("r" pronouncing), working class, mountain southern dialect.

Jimmy Driftwood has written over 6,000 folk songs, including the Battle Hymn of New Orleans.� He was recorded in the Ozarks, at the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, Arkansas, which he founded.� He started writing songs to teach history at age 16 in a little schoolhouse.� His parents took him in a covered wagon to Oklahoma. � He is well traveled, but his accent is strong and has remnants of early colonial sounds.� This sample can be used to coach or re-create historical American Southern characters.

• White Male, age 87
• Born in 1905
• Recorded in 1993

American Southern: Mountain Southern: Southern Dialects: Southern Accents: Ozarks: Arkansas, Mountain View.�