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MONASH UNIVERSITY

Department of Linguistics

Australian English Project (1996-1998)

The Talk of Young People in Melbourne

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(if relevant):

STUDENT’S

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15-16

TRANSCRIBER: JC

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Born in Adelaide

Born in Adelaide

English

JC (RF3)

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Born in Australia

{The informant’s parents were both born in Adelaide, and moved to Victoria shortly before she was born. She is very keen to do tertiary study in either England or Wales, being attracted both by the scenery and the music scene.}

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Can you tell me where you live? You don’t have to give me your address, but just ...

Mmm Hmm … I just live in [IDENTIFYING MATERIAL REMOVED].. which is just sort of .. over the hill from this school so

I .. I used to live in [IDENTIFYING MATERIAL REMOVED] but … we sort of moved in nearby .. ???

And how do you get to school?

Um .. my mum drives me to school .. and I catch the bus home .. ???

Okay .. Do you like catching the bus?

Yeah, it’s okay .. I’ve got .. some good friends on there so it’s all right. There’s a few .. morons on there but it’s all right @@

Right. Is it very crowded?

No … Nuh, there’s always a seat so

Yeah … Okay … And do you have any brothers and sisters?

No, I’m an only child

Okay .. Do you like being an only child?

I do actually, yeah, cause I’m really close with my parents so … yeah, I guess they’re like .. you know, my best friends as well so .. it’s good

You get along really well with them?

Yeah … Very well

Do you think people, generally, your parents’ generation understand people your generation?

I don’t actually, no … um … I sort of think maybe that …

‘cause um, cause um … nineties are sort of changing my .. everyone’s sort of more relaxed nowadays so’s … I think .. maybe some of them are a bit still tense and … and they’re not really relaxed ‘round their .. their .. you know, families ‘n’ that, but my mum and dad are really sort of …

“ninetyish” @you know@

[Are they?]

[They’re] really good mates. They .. yeah

Do you have cousins?

Ah .. I’ve got a .. complicated family @@@

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I’ve got .. um .. my uncle … um .. has been married about three times so I’ve got two cousins … three cousins from

‘im … three different marriages @@ .. Ah, and I .. and my aunty, you know, I’ve only got three cousins .. Yeah

Right .. Okay .. Do you see much of them?

No ‘cause they all live in South Australia or in New South

Wales so

Oh, I see .. Where were you born?

I was born in Victoria .. but um .. Mum actually was pregnant with me when they moved over here in 1981 so

They were from Adelaide [were they]?

[Yep, yeah]

And were your parents born in .. Adelaide?

Yeah .. They were both born in Adelaide

Okay

Yep

Mmm .. Do you study any languages?

Um .. I … I actually sort of wanna pick up … Hindi ..

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I’m really interested in, in Indian’s culture .. so … um .. that’s just sort of .. I, I did learn French in, in Year 7

‘n’ 8 .. but I sort of chopped that .. um … so yeah .. that’s sort of .. I really wanna pick it up this year ..

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So .. yeah

Have you made any enquiries about that?

I’m … about to today actually .. so @@@ I have this big urge to go learn it so … ah … cause I wanna do um .. cultural anthropology when I leave school, you see

All right .. Okay

Or do something interesting like that @@

What made you become .. interested in that?

Mmm .. well actually umm .. one of my favourite band’s .. um .. called Shaker. They are really Indian influenced

Okay

So they sort of .. and plus .. the sort of stories and .. myths and gods and sort of .. I’m really … It’s really sort of enchanting so .. it’s sort of .. easily can get into it

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Are they .. an ... [English band?]

[English band] Yeah, yeah

Right .. okay .. I’ve just heard all about those

Yeah

From [IDENTIFYING MATERIAL REMOVED]

Oh, well she’s my best friend so .. yeah @@

Oh, I see, yeah .. Well that was gonna be my next question: do you have a best friend?

Yeah, [IDENTIFYING MATERIAL REMOVED] @@

All right .. so what sort of things do you like to do?

Well we’re .. ‘cause we’ve got a band together, as you’ve prob’ly heard any way? .. Yeah, um … so .. and we’re also into like .. English football, and we sort of do everything like .. and we’re also into horses .. so … we sort of do .. like [IDENTIFYING MATERIAL REMOVED] comes up a lot to ride my horse .. and we’ve got a big show coming up and .. we sort of like going out places, mainly to record stores @@

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And looking ‘round there .. so … yeah .. we sort of .. do a lot together .. so it’s good

Mmm, so you have a horse?

I do. I’ve got … two .. two .. I’ve got a little yearling and a … ‘bout an eight year old .. so

Male or female?

Um .. my geld .. they’re both geldings so they’re both male

Right .. Okay .. And what are their names?

Um .. My little .. yearling’s called Andy, and his full name’s Easonwiz which @@ and he gets swabbed ??? cause they think it’s a drug horse .. no @@ But .. um .. and my other horse is .. Rennie .. and his full name is Colorando Checks

Charleton so

Right

Yeah

Okay, and you go into gymkanas and?

Yeah, oh, actually I do Western riding

[Oh, I see]

[So] … and dressage .. so I sort of do really .. interesting .. sort of .. Rennie moves really fast .. so it’s good

Mm hmm .. Would you like to continue with that?

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I don’t .. I don’t want it to be a career .. ‘cause I, I don’t think there’s much .. you know, money in .. in horses at all .. so I sort of .. I wanna .. It’s more of a .. a relaxing sort of ... hobby more than anything … yeah …

‘cause it’s nice just to get on a horse if you’ve had a bad day and sort of like go out onto the road, you know .. and walking through the bush ‘cause we live up near um .. a forest .. so that’s really good to go riding in

Well when you finish school, and hopefully you’ll be studying anthropology

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Um .. have you thought about which university you’d like to go to?

I actually like to go to one in England .. um

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Which one?

Major interest .. um .. Well see, I’m, I’m debating ‘cause

I’m also .. obviously really into music .. as well

Yeah, yep

And .. um ... cause I also wanna do music, and I also love drama and I do all the Shakespeare and things like that .. so … it’s sort of … interesting @@

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So but .. um … I wanna do more … Yeah I sort of .. I s’pose

Cardiff .. Cardiff is sort of interesting .. in Wales so

Yes

Yeah and .. um …and more sort of ‘round like ‘round like

London as well .. and

What is it about Cardiff that?

Oh, I just think it’s .. ‘cause Wales is so beautiful ..

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Cardiff University too so I s’pose that’s prob’ly coming into my … me wanting to go there

Have you been over there yourself?

I haven’t .. I’m dying to .. but .. yeah .. I, I, I’ve actually never been out of .. New South Wales, Austra .. um .. Adelaide … and Victoria .. so I’ve been in these three states all my life .. It’d be interesting

If you won Tattslotto .. what would you do?

Prob’ly go to England [@@@]

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Yeah, you know, ‘cause it’s just a .. or India … um .. somewhere different, you know, just to see .. it’s … I mean

I’d prob’ly go to England .. yeah but .. I’m .. I still really want to go to India .. cause their sort of culture .. that’s over there and their music and .. their lifestyle ..

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I mean obviously there’s a lot of places that you wouldn’t go to in India .. cause you .. bit of a .. you know … sort of run down and, and .. there’s heaps of people that live there too so it’s sort of very crowded … Just to find out more about .. like their more .. like I said, like enchanting and magical places are where I’d like to go to

Yeah .. okay ... So what do you see yourself doing in ten years time?

BH6F: Oh, I’d love to be playing at Wembley in ten years time with my band

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BH6F: That’d be my .. that’d be my dream, yeah … um .. ‘cause I ..

I’m a real .. dreamer .. like I don’t really … I like .. I

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I think that if you dream more, you know, you’re sort of more positive and .. you don’t get stuck held back by depression by .. you know, depression and things like that so .. yeah, I’d like to think I’d be playing at Wembley in ten years

Well …You’re obviously into music, so which is your favourite musical instrument that you enjoy playing?

Base

Base

But I sing .. I sing

Do you?

That’s my main thing, yeah … I sing and play base … Very hard to do ‘cause you sort of go .. co-ordinate it all right .. yeah … I love the base ‘cause it’s got so much power

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That’s why it’s good

What about a classical instrument?

Huh … Cello

Yeah?

I like listening to cello. I started to pick up the cello actually … but .. um .. it wasn’t sort of my instrument

‘cause I had to sit there for hours going .. you know .. trying to do sort of … you know, scales and things .. and, with base, it’s more improvising and you can .. like you can pick it up pretty easily

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So it’s good … It’s a fun instrument

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Yeah … but I like listening to cello .. and I think cello’s got places in .. in pop records as well, you know

Right .. yeah .. What about a violin? Does that have a place in pop records?

Yeah, I think it does. Well my dad’s actually a musician and he’s .. for of like violin .. and cello

Yeah

Yeah .. I’ve sort of been influenced by Dad ‘cause um he’s been in the business since 1972 so

Oh, I see

So he’s been there .. and .. sort of .. he’s a, a great song writer and .. I think, in .. you know, individuality and origination are so … I think all these sort of like .. originality sort of … really good ‘cause … you hear so many things that sound like .. each other, you know

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They sort of blend into

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Another … and it’s nice to hear something different .. every now and then

Yeah … that’s interesting … yes … So you’ll be heading overseas as soon as you finish school?

Definitely, yeah

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Sound like I really wanna get out of Australia … It’s not the case

And is [IDENTIFYING MATERIAL REMOVED] going with you?

Definitely, yeah

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And I’ve just asked ??? Hopefully we’ll have a drummer by then. We’re tring to find one @@ It’s very hard

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I know a good drummer

Oh, do you?

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Okay, and … do you have a particular favourite teacher?

Favourite teacher? .. Oh, my base teacher’s my [favourite teacher]

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Mr[IDENTIFYING MATERIAL REMOVED]; he’s really good

Yeah

Um .. but, no .. um … I like … ? … I like um .. I like Mr

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You like English?

I love English

Yeah

Yeah, I love .. I .. I’m really sort of not so clever actually, but I love writing and I think got some very .. pretty good talent there, sort of … so I … I like writing ..

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It’s just something .. I like doing ‘cause you can express so much through it .. like you can through music

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Hmm, what other teachers do I like? .. I’ll try to think … um … Oh, I love Mr [IDENTIFYING MATERIAL REMOVED]. He’s really good .. and he’s also my House Master .. and he teaches me ??? .. so he’s really good .. he’s um … ??? and he sort of makes it interesting .. oh …I don’t like teachers like .. like .. I can, I can say their names; I feel good [@@@]

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‘cause I’m not .. I’m one of those really creative people that’s sort of … anyone who says maths and science and I sort of go … @ I don’t really want to do that @ … So ..

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Right

In real, in real life, you know. I mean you can .. I mean

I s’pose they, you know, do these things so .. for people that wanna .. excel in maths and stuff

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I might .. I’m thinking of dropping maths next year actually

Are you allowed to drop it next year?

I’m not sure @@@ I want to … Yeah, I sort of .. I wanna ..

I like it like … when .. I want to do in Year 12 like um … sociology .. and … things like that, like more interesting things

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So like can be a bit more creative

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And literature and … yeah

Oh well .. it all makes sense

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[@@@] It does; it all makes sense

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Yeah .. Do you play any sport yourself?

I love soccer

So you [play soccer]?

Yeah, [I play soccer], yeah

Yeah .. okay .. It’s a girls’ team?

Yeah, we’ve got .. I actually played last year

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But .. um … Our school .. We beat Mary McKillop by um eight nil so we were really pleased @@

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It was rather good. They had all their defenders up in the goals and we still got .. past them so .. that was fun … then we had a big mud fight so that was good

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But I think I .. I’m not sounding really horrible here to

AFL but I can’t stand AFL

Can’t you?

No .. I just .. I think I like soccer because it makes more sense .. like it’s … to me it .. it seems more like a .. a sort of classy .. a more a sort of intelligent sport .. and um

Why is that?

I think ‘cause .. I just see .. every time you go and .. like, you know that.. you watch TV and there’s AFL on, you know, they’re all .. having this big brawl on it and .. insulting each other and .. sort of, you know, they’re … got all these teeth missing and it seems like .. @@@ and I sort of get this really bad picture of an AFL player

Do you?

And like the interviews too with the AFL players are sort of like “Oh yeah, how’d ya play yesterday?” “(MUMBLE)” …

It’s .. You look and the TV going “Hmm” … And so I like watching .. watching the soccer. It’s good .. cause it’s sort of a cleaner sport and .. you sort of … I mean they do get injured but .. it’s more like … not .. like .. by being punched up or getting caught, you know, taking someone out ???? ankle goes on them though .. going to get the ball or something … Yeah, but it’s a good sport; I like it .. Oh yeah, and of course I like um .. my horse sport as well

Yeah … Did you watch the Olympics last year?

I watched some of it .. yeah

The equestrian [events]?

[Yeah] ..that was brilliant ‘cause Australia won again.

Maybe they’ll start .. That’s another thing that really annoys be about Australia .. um .. They sort of don’t .. pay any attention to their .. equestrian. I mean they’ve won dual gold now .. and like they still like .. they go

“Oh yeah, the women’s hockey team .. and .. and the Kieren

Perkins” and they .. they sort of .. the equestrian people just sort of come backwards to them like, you know, silver

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Yeah, it is, yeah …Oh well [IDENTIFYING MATERIAL REMOVED],

I think that’s about it, I think that’s enough

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