Switzerland 22

Listen to Switzerland 22, a 17-year-old boy from Wettingen and Zurich, Switzerland. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 17

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 11/06/1996

PLACE OF BIRTH: Wettingen, Switzerland (near Baden)

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Swiss (exact ethnicity and race N/A)

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: academic upper secondary school

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

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: Lukas Tribelhorn

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 17/09/2013

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

Yes, um, my hobbies are, um, climbing. Um, I do it like two times a week, um, in Lenzburg in a, in a building, and in summer outside. So, um, others, I do like sports; I like sports, so I do gymnastics. Um, this year there was the Eidgenössisch, and, yeah, we have been there.

[Subject speaks in German]: Jo, ich ha sehr gern sport; äh, ich chlettere, gange i d halle in Lenzburg, gang döt zweimol ide wuche go trainiere wenns guet chunnt, meistens samstig, sust tuen ich grätturne, bin am Eidgenössische gsi das johr, jo.

[Translation: Yes, I like sport a lot; um, I climb; I go to the hall in Lenzburg; I go there twice a week for training, at best, usually on Saturday; else, I do artistic gymnastics. I was at the Swiss Federal Gymnastics Festival this year, yes.]

TRANSCRIBED BY: Lukas Tribelhorn

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 03/01/2014

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY: N/A

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DATE OF COMMENTARY (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

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