Iran 4

Listen to Iran 4, a 29-year-old woman from Shiraz, Iran. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 29

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 1973

PLACE OF BIRTH: Chicago, Illinois (but raised in Shiraz, Iran)

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Iranian (exact ethnicity unknown)

OCCUPATION: N/A

EDUCATION: The subject attended college in Iran.

AREA(S) OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS:

The subject was born in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States, and lived there until the age of 3, when she moved to Iran, spending most of her time in Shiraz.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: Michelle Nikoomanesh (under the supervision of Paul Meier)

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 01/12/2002

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TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

Mm, I was born, um, in Chicago, Illinois.  My mom and dad was, mm, university studying here so I was born here but I, uh, went back, uh, to Iran when I was, uh, 3 years old, and I, um,  lived most of my life there.  Um, at, um, first, I went to [unintelligible], um, and I, uh, lived there for a year and then we moved into Shiraz for most of my family are.  I went, um, to school there and I, uh fin… um, also went to college in Shiraz [unintelligible] university.  We have different languages and also different accents. Shiraz is famous for their accent, but I don’t know how to tell that [laughs] in English.  After I finished, um, my high school I went to college, uh, in Shiraz and, um, after that I went, uh, to a very small city, uh, near Shiraz and named Nariz, and they are famous for their pomegranate and pistachio.  Yes and, and I, uh, used to commute, I used to go there every Saturday and used to come back.  [Speaking in Iranian]  [laughs] Um, we should, um, think and, uh, seeing other ways and we should change our thinking, we should think in thought in good way. …

TRANSCRIBED BY: Elizabeth Terrel

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 12/07/2008

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