Griffith Corpus of Spoken Australian English (GCSAusE15)
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Title
GCSAusE15
Number of people
2
Description
A transcribed conversation between two male
housemates that occurred at home.
Participants
Nigel (23, Australia, male, L1 English, AU, Secondary,
Account Manager)
Julian (22, Australia, male, L1 English, AU,
Undergraduate, Student/Retail Assistant)
Date of recording
March 2009
Place of recording
Brisbane
Length of recording
5 minutes 1 seconds
Contributor of recording
Stefanie Herling
Length of transcript
1,191 words, 6,310 characters (with spaces), 171 lines
Number of pages
7
Transcribers
Stefanie Herling (April 2009)
Yasuhisa Watanabe (June 2009)
Date transcription last
7 October 2009
modified
Creator
Michael Haugh
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Griffith University
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hm
(0.4)
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J:
been fishin’ lately? (0.8)
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N:
No: (0.6) I rea:lly wanna go fishin’ actchally?
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J:
been fishin’ a fair bit down the coa:st (0.4)
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N:
where a↑bouts↓ (1.3)
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J:
ah: spit ‘n:: (0.7) Mooloolah River? (1.5)
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N:
what are ya tryin’ to ↑cat↓ch
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J:
anything, (0.7)
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N:
[what] do: you cat↓:ch=
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J:
[(
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ye↑ah? (0.4)
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J:
yeah↓:↑ pretty fun to ca:tch=
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N:
=chin cha? (0.8)
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J:
hey? (0.5)
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N:
hh (1.0)
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)]
=shovel nose sharks (0.6)
Korean chin cha? really? (0.6)
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J:
>is that what< chin cha means,=
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N:
°yeah° (1.0) °pretty funny°
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(2.1)
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((smirk))
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(1.8)
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wor::d
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>word to your mum< (0.9)
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J:
°yea (.) (to dad)°
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(6.8)
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J:
work busy? (1.3)
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yea:↓h (.) hehe .hhh yeah it is actchally? (0.7)
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I got twelve people to work today, (1.4)
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twelve [different jobs]
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J:
[so >what do you do jus’< f]ind like random
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until like they get jobs
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ye:ah↓: oh not just randoms, so (0.8)
people apply for jo:bs and I find positions for them
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>at meatworks< (0.6) only at >meatworks< (0.6)
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N:
yeah
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J:
°ye[s°
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[at the moment=I can find other jobs as we:ll if
I need to, (1.2)
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>but you< don’t need to really (0.5)
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N:
with my job I don’t but if a friend needs a job
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like a receptionist job or somethin’? (0.6)
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J:
oh ↓ye↑ah (1.5) °that’s° >pretty cool,< (0.5)
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N:
or m:inin’ jo:b or >whatever,< (0.6)
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J:
so you’re [like] an employment agency=
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[((background noise))]
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N:
=yeah↓: (0.9) but my division is meat- (.) works,
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J:
yeah=
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=but (0.9) you kno:w our whole company’s,
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lo[t more (
J:
)]
[so if >someone’s] not lookin’ for a meatworks
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job they can ring you and you can like put them
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on to somebody<= (.) °a[nd f]ind somethin’
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N:
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N:
yep (0.5) ((noise)) (0.4)
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↑oh↓ yea (.) mad
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=yeah
[yeah]=
(1.1)
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do all sorts of stuff like ↑buildin:g ↓and um
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↑construction: minin:g (1.1) reception (0.5)
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↓um ↑temp- wor:k (1.3)
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°that’s ↓pretty ↑sweet° (0.4)
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hm↓:↑: (3.9) >do you ↓want a< ↑card? (0.5)
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J:
yea:↓h (1.6) have you really ↓got a ↑ca↓rd? (0.4)
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N:
°shit it was in my pocket, when I got home° (0.4)
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(we’ll sort it out)
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J:
give it to me later, (0.2)
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N:
(must have) (0.9)
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J:
must have (1.7) what’s it sa:y (3.3)
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>bit of that?<=
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N:
=°wonder where my card is (1.5)
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(need some tea?) (0.6)
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N:
n t (.) (fag[s)
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J:
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yeah, (1.2)
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does it say in the hood? (0.3)
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((clears throat)) (1.3)
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it should say in the hood=
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=it ↑doe:↓s (0.7)
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better (1.2)
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°well it doe:s,°
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[in the hood?] (0.3)
(4.4)
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>when are you comin’ down the< coast again (0.2)
for a party (1.8)
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ah- asap, (0.5)
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J:
Asap=
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=e:sap (1.2) well
(1.0) when Dale comes back he
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wants to go °fuck’n get fucked up, so we’re
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thinkin’ about coming down to see you (1.1)
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J:
do it (0.5)
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‘cause he’s like ↑oh: we never fuckin’ we haven’t
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been out together just for ages, always goin’ out
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with gay cunts (0.8)
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((giggle)) (0.7)
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so I’m like swee:t (0.9) we go down the sunny
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coast with Julian(0.9)
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do it (0.6)
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°↓get ↑wrecked up and shit (0.5)
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J:
Dale um (.) might actually pick up a chick, (1.4)
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I don’ know ‘bout that but I migh’,
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both:
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((laugh))
(5.7)
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well let me kno:w give me a week’s advance and
I’ll try ‘n organis a par:ty=
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N:
=too easy (1.3)
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J:
actually give me a week- two weeks maybe (0.4)
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that’d be good (0.8)
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not a problem=
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=>(so) can get< work off and have- (0.6)
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((clap)) (0.3)
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all good (1.9) always good to get work off when
(you are havin’ a par[ty)
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=((cough))=
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=what is h- (.) when did he leave (0.8)
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appa:rently he’s quittin’ ‘is job (0.8)
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what’s ↑he gonna do↓: (.) work down ‘ere=
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=work at Kilcoy meatworks,=
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=oh:↓: you’re kidding (0.5)
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electrician stuff (0.4)
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oh:: but (.) is that good pay? (0.5)
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[when’s Dale come back=
won’ be
as good as Emerald >would it< (1.6)
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(dunno) (1.2)
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was he gonna live here: °or back in Kilcoy°=
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=no live in Kilcoy (0.4)
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ah::: (0.8) can’t get away from his mummy ‘n daddy
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(1.0)
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gotta suck off the tit some[how ‘a:↓y]
[(
)] yeah
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(3.0) so (.) when did he leave for- (.) when does
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he get back? (0.4)
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N:
.hhh (1.6) maybe (.) three weeks
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oh did he just leave did he? (0.5)
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yea::h (0.3) he left last weekend (1.3)
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ah ok so [another two weeks]
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[weekend before] (0.6) yeah he had to go
a month this time not three weeks=
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=ah: ok (2.9) oh well ye- (.) let me know when °he
comes back° (0.8)
talk to him (0.6)
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yeah: (.) yeah he’s keen (0.9)
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alrigh’ >well let me know two weeks en advance<=
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=um hm, (1.8)
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an’ I::’ll um (.) I’ll do it
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(3.6)
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it’s Easter soon, isn’t it (1.4) so when’s Eas↓ter
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(0.8)
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Easter? (2.0) April or some shi’, (0.9)
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April some time,
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N:
April Sunday (0.9)
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°yeah (1.9)
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eggs ‘n shi’? (0.7)
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I ↓wanna go to F↑raser over Easter (1.7) >do you
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wanna come?< (0.5)
N
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ye:↓a:↑h (1.2) (tell me about it) (0.8) °hook me
up° (0.7)
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I will=
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=(wasn’t) it last time you vaguely told me? (0.6)
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yea:h (1.0)
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with Buffy ‘ay↓ (1.0)
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NO↓:, °I didn’t go with° Buffy, (0.6)
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oh didn’t you? (0.2)
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I went with my mates from the coast (1.3)
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°↑oh real↓ly°=
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J:
=three ↓or ↑four days (1.4)
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Nick Damon ca:me >as well?<=
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=oh yeah,=
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=and his mate (.) Jim: (1.0)
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[(say it again?)]
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[°Baker°
] Baker, Jim Baker (0.8)
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>he lives in< um (.) Tingoora (0.9) >he’s got< a:
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fourbie an’ (
)
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