Plymouth, UK white female in her 20s talks about campaigning for free education, world problems, wealth distribution, problems in Britain, American politics, television, consumer culture, and politics. Another woman chimes periodicly.

UK, Plymouth, white female, 20s, monologue, British, free education, world problems, wealth distribution, problems in Britain, American politics, television, consumer culture, politics

Caucasian Female, 19 years old.

Talks about leaving archaeology to work in an orphanage. Working with children changed how she felt about kids and about possibly adopting a child.

Liverpool, UK, England, orphanage, adoption, children, archaeology, Romania

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  

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

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

 

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

 

40 year old Russian man talks about traveling through America by car, visiting 40 states.  He thinks his English is bad and is trying to improve. He says his students say they can understand him, but thinks they are just being kind.

Russian, travel, America, states, car,, English, improve, students, understand, kind

 

Two elderly women and one elderly man talk about telling stories and jokes and giving talks at functions

Sheffield, England, Elderly, Jokes, stories, functions, talks, trolley, birthday, breifcase, walking stick, funny, interesting, Lincoln, Beverley

 

27 year old British woman talks about the various places she has lived in throughout her life, and how her family moved around a lot due to her father being a minister

moving, minister, Beverley, Ipswich, Suffolk, Reddwich, Birmingham, Luton, Bedfordshire, Bradford, Yorkshire, Crewe, Cheshire, Lincoln

 

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

 

Two girls talk discuss Northern Ireland and the IRA. One studied history in college. They also talk about the private Catholic girls school they both attended

Ireland, Northern Ireland, IRA, history, college, private school, Catholic, Dublin

 

20 year old Siberian woman talks about flying from LA to Detroit, where she will start selling beachwear and trying to improve her English. She mentions that her employer is giving her a place to stay, an apartment, and how she will have a roomate from Ukraine

Siberia, Russia, Detroit, LA, beachwear, English, apartment, roommate, Ukraine

 

Welsh man in his 20's from Cardiff, United Kingdom. Talking about a rock band with his friends. Speaks Welsh and English

Cardiff life of a rock band, language, Welsh, English

Female. Late 30's. From Macroom, Ireland. Religious Sister (Nun). Teaches primary school, 6 to 7 year olds. Became a sister when she was 18. Lives in the 'big house' with 16 other sisters. Gets up at 7am, does mass, and then teaches. After school does visits to places like elderly homes and hospitals. Finishes at 6pm and then has free time. On holiday.

 

Macroom, Ireland, Parish, Religious Sister, Teacher, Mass, Holiday, Hospital, Nursing home, elderly, primary school, counseling, big house

 

17 year old male, from Tralee, discusses trying to grow up proper; the issues of Joyriders and drugs; why he took up boxing; country slang. Contains drug and alcohol references.

 

Teen, Male, Tralee, Tallaght, Dublin, values, Joyriders, boxing, fights, soccer, Shamrock Rovers, drinking, drugs, marijuana, The Square Tallaght, Shopping Center, slang, Cork

Irish Female. 11 years old. Plus an older Irish female. From a family of musicians. Discussing the allegory of the Fox and the Hound about an Irishman who's evicted from his home during English rule. The man eventually makes it to America.

Evicted Irishman, English rule, Song themes, Animal allegory, Ireland, Fox, Hound

Irish Male. 30's. Born and raised in Cork in Southern Ireland. Musician. Discussing live music sessions in Cork, particularly the pub Isaac Bells on the Quay (pronounced 'key') across the river from the bus station. He busks in the day and does sessions at night. his favorite place he's traveled in Ireland is Derry, on the north coast.

Ireland, Cork, Derry, Quay, Musician, Music, pub, music, busking, Isaac Bells

 

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

 

Man talks about World Cup and homeless population in Senegal. 

Soccer, Senegal, homeless

 

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