78 year old Alabama woman talks about business college, diffulty learning short-hand. She talks about taking the State of Alabama test and being offered a job with the State Health Department in Montgomery. She talks about going back to school and becoming a lab tech in the serology department, with the encouragement of her boss.

Alabama, school, lab, lab tech, serology, night class, Health Department, Montgomery, business college, short-hand

 

Texas woman talks about working on The Jarvis Ranch, growing up on a ranch, her family, and her schooling. Born in 1941

Texas, Amarllio, Jarvis Ranch, ranch, horses, cattle, bulls, calves, Two Bay Cafe, twins, children, parents, car accident, school

 

Man talks about his love of folk music and concerts. Convinces Congress to build music facility. Tells how his parents took him to Oklahoma on a wagon. He sings a sample of folk music. Woman says they “didn’t know it was called folk music then.”

Arkansas, mountain, concerts, music, Oklahoma, folk music

 

A Georgia mother talks about her children. She says they are very precious to her and she doesn't know what she'd do without them, even when they frustrate or aggravate her. She talks about how her kids are doing in school and how proud she is of them.  She also talks about her husband and how she enjoys life and being with her family.

Georgia, mother, kids, school, grades, husband, married, family

 

An 8 year old girl from a trailer park in Georgia talks about her school, her birthday, her summer break, her family, being bored, and various things she wants to do.

Georgia, school, math, birthday, beach, summer, family, bored, haircut, boyfriend, friends

White female 11, talks about flirting in class, and Kindergarten love life recorded 1993.

Flirting, kiss, class, Kindergarten, love

A young female child, aged around 8 years old, from Georgia talks about what is currently happening in her life.  She is not a fan of school and wants to do something fun over the summer.

 

A mother from Georgia, aged around 35 years old, loves her daughters and family.  She talks about how strong her kids are in school and how she enjoys spending time with her family.  She is married to a farmer and her family lives close by.

 

A young, teenage girl around the age of 14, from Georgia talks about her experience with trying to sneak out of the house at night.

 

Young white males from London, Kentucky, aged 24-26, recorded in 1993.  They talk about how their town had the first KFC and about the annual World Chicken Festival.

 London, Kentucky: Mountain Southern: World Chicken Festival: White Males: KFC

Two men tell all about the world chicken festival in London, Kentucky. Then they talk about how chicken fights go down. 

Kentucky, Southern, fried chicken, festival, KFC, chicken fights

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.

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

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.

76 year old woman peaks in French for a bit with English sprinkled in, talks about insurance. She talks about when she was young and how they got their water from rainwater in a cistern, which she still uses. She talks about an alligator farm and about how people used to make a living off the wilderness. She also talks about lots of people being on welfare and disabled in the area.

New Orleans, Cajun, French, Lousiana, insurance, religion, welfare, disabled, cistern, rain, water, bayou, alligator, farm, wilderness

 

17 year old North Carolina White Female gossips about a girl named Ana, talks about how horrible she is, and makes joking threats. Some cursing.

North Carolina, White Female, 17 yrs old, young, gossip, Richmond County, threats, cursing

Sisters (or friends?) tease each other and talk about their past. They were in the Terry street gang and beat up other kids. She would throw pinecones and ketchup out of her treehouse. They sledded on trash can lids. One of the girls hates coming home for the holidays. One of them scored so high on the placement test she got to skip two classes. They tease each other about their phone use. 

North Carolina, Southern, teenager, childhood, gang, sledding, treehouse, sisters, friends

An older male, aged around 70 at the time of recording, talks about he was a "globetrotter" in his early years. During the 1920's, he spent many years traveling around America without paying any fare until being caught at the age of 18 and fined for .80 cents.  He goes on to talk about how he sung a song to amuse the judge in lieu of paying the fine. This was recorded in 2007.

 

An older teenage girl from North Carolina, located near Richmond County talks about a girl in her area that she is not fond of.

 Keywords: North Carolina, teenager, 18 years old, white female, girl, teen, young, Richmond County

Tilford talks about his family, about being adopted and being married with a baby on the way. He has lived in Louisiana his entire life.  He tells the story of when he got married and talks about his life. He likes to fish and bow hunt. 

Louisiana, bow hunt, deer, hunting, fishing, school, drop out, wedding, married, marriage, justice of the peace, birthday, adopted