Romania 11

Listen to Romania 11, a 44-year-old woman from Brăila, Romania, who has also lived in the United States. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 44

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 14/10/1968

PLACE OF BIRTH: Brăila, Romania

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Romanian

OCCUPATION: apartment manager

EDUCATION: high school

AREAS OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS:

The subject was born and raised in Brăila, Romania, but has lived in the United States since she was 21 (in Connecticut and California, each for about 12 years), so her accent is diluted.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: Melissa Booey (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 04/05/2013

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I was born in Romania in a small town by the Danube River, um, the name of Brăila. Um, and I lived there until I was 21 years of age. Um, I didn’t end up going to the college there; I came to the States and I started working. I lived in Connecticut, um, where I went to, um, junior college, um, but I never graduated; um, I was going for marketing. Um, I lived and worked in Connecticut for, um, 12 years, um, got married and then moved to California in 2001, um, and I’ve lived here ever since. Um, and I speak Romanian fluently. I read and write, obviously; I went to school there. Um, and I-I’m pretty fluent in English — um, read, write. Um, I do speak some French. I read; I cannot write any longer. Um, I do understand many Latin languages like Spanish and Italian. Um, and that’s about it …

TRANSCRIBED BY: Melissa Booey (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 04/05/2013

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