Kentucky 14

Listen to Kentucky 14, a 23-year-old man from Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject. 

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 23

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 21/01/2000

PLACE OF BIRTH: Williamsburg, Virginia (but raised in Louisville, Kentucky)

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: White

OCCUPATION: entry-level office work

EDUCATION: bachelor’s degree

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

The subject lived in Richmond, Indiana, during college, with the exceptions of summer and holiday breaks.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

The subject’s mother’s family grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee. The subject’s father grew up in Woodbridge, Connecticut, while his parents grew up in Brooklyn, New York City. However, the subject has lived in Louisville for nearly the entirety of his life.

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RECORDED BY: Subject

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 15/04/2023

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

OK, so I was technically born in Williamsburg, Virginia, but my family moved to Louisville, Kentucky, when I was about a year old, and I’ve lived there more or less since then. Now I went to college for four years in, uh, in Richmond, Indiana, which is a small town in Indiana, but, you know, I was still in Louisville during breaks, and that’s, that’s where I’ve spent — that’s where I’ve spent all my formative years; that’s where I currently live. I, I’m currently living in the Louisville Highlands, which is sort of, a urban, quote-unquote “trendy” area of town. I enjoy it very much. I grew up in a more suburban area, which I found a lot less to my liking. But, anyway, yeah.

I recently — I haven’t really been up to too much recently, but, uh, but I’ve been enjoying my life a lot. I’m very fascinated by Louisville history. The, the Derby is coming up fairly soon, and, you know, that’s pretty much the most iconic part of our culture. And, you know, I, I graduated college about, well, yeah, about a year ago, not quite yet. So, you know, it’s kind of exciting for me to get to experience like all these exciting events living on my own, like living my own life for the first time. So yeah, I’d say I’m in a very bright spot. You know, the pandemic was quite a stressful time, but it feels like things are finally settling down here and worldwide, and I’m very much looking forward to whatever might come in the near future of my life and the world.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Subject

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 16/04/2023

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