Male, Police Chief in Wallace, Idaho, 34 years old, born and raised, describes gun accident which injured his arm.

Wallace, Idaho, Shoshone County, Montana border, San Diego, fishing, hunting, border patrol, black powder rifle, arm, accident, stitches

A young girl from Idaho talks about herself and her brothers. Tells a story about teasing her brother about having a girlfriend.

Idaho, Montana siblings, brothers, girlfriend, punch, beat up

 

Woman, 40-60, from Wallace, Idaho, born and raised in Kellogg, discusses the previous temper of her eight-year-old granddaughter.

woman, grandma, grandmother, mother, Wallace, Idaho, Kellogg, twelve miles, Montana, born and raised, granddaughter, temper, throw a fit, eight years old, middle child, only girl

Joe is getting deli with a friend who is visiting. He talks about growing up in New York. He was born in Brooklyn, then moved to Manhattan and lived in Little Italy. He talks about going to City Hall Park and seeing mayor La Guardia.

Joe, Deli, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Little Italy, New York, NYC, growing up, City Hall Park, mayor, La Guardia

 

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

Long Island man talks about maintaining health. Tells a story about Jim Fix, a marathon runner, who died from a heart attack despite receiving a clean bill of health from a doctor. He talks about how pain is good because it's a warning signal. He also talks about how taking medication can be bad.

Long Island, New York, health, Jim Fix, marathon, runner, heart attack, pain, warning, hot, drugs, medication, doctor

 

Ida was born and raised on the east side of New York.  All of her family is from there and is currently still living there as well.  She was 66 years old at the time of recording and is married.  She talks about what it was like growing up there and that she had a safe and fun childhood.

Ben is a native New Yorker that has lived on the east side for almost 20 years.  He is approximately 60 years of age or older. He works at a Jewish deli that is one of the best around and is visited by celebrities.  He talks about how he enjoys working there and how wonderful the food is.

Man, 50-70, English teacher (Mentions cities of Dexter and Madison, mentions New York and Florida, but this was clearly recorded in Maine. But he sounds like he's from NYC)

Maine, Florida, pelicans, birds, Boston, Florida sunbird, travel, public transportation, home sale, Gazette, coal stove, wood stove, Dexter, Madison

Montana, airport, pilot, testicle festival, testy festy

 

Montana man in his 40s talks about The Testicle Festival, and discusses several testicle related facts

Montana, testicles, testicle festival, facts, aphrodisiac, Montana tender groin, 

 

74 year old Montana Woman talks about horses she's owned and trained, tourism in the area, her grown children and grandchildren, and animal trophies hung in the store.

Montana, White Woman, 74 years old, Older Woman, horses, tourism, children, grandchildren, animal trophie decorations

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

 

White Jewish female. 26 years old from New Jersey. Lives in New York. Married just over 2 years to husband Drew. She's a graduate student studying clinical psychology, specializing in anorexia and body image distortion. Been in school for 2 years. 2 older brothers and 1 younger brother. Her childhood was very family oriented. She's an excellent wrestler and can protect herself. She relates better to men. Had a hard time relating to other women, especially when she went away to college and had roommates. Taught that she had to get an education. She couldn't understand the female point of view. No drugs of any kind in the house, all organic food. No red meat, no milk, no white sugar or flour. 

Jewish, female, graduate student, psychology, anorexia, body dismorphic disorder, family, college, education, women, communication, organic, chicken, red meat, milk, sugar, flour, whole grain, health, food, store, roommate, childhood, brother, school, married

 

Joe has lived in the Manhattan area of New York for most of his life. He is almost 60 years old and comes from a Jewish family.  He talks about growing up in New York and that his family was one of the only Jewish families in the neighborhood at the time.