Michoacán 1

Listen to Michoacán 1, a 52-year-old man from Michoacán, Mexico. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 52

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 17/03/1963

PLACE OF BIRTH: Michoacán, Mexico

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Mexican

OCCUPATION: server

EDUCATION: N/A

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

The speaker had been living in the United States for 15 years at the time of this interview.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: Isaac Ybarra (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 21/04/2015

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I am from Michoacán, Mexico. I grew up in this small community. My job was, uh, working with, uh, animals, and, uh, I was, I was so proud to do that. The life in Michoacán, Mexico, is not too easy, but, uh, we enjoy it very much because we work, we work together, uh, with the family. That make the families strong, and everybody, everyone grow up and learn a lot about how to survive. The story, the story in Michoacán Mexico: It’s, it’s, uh, very interesting.

I don’t know what else? OK, now, I am in United States, learning different things, working in different things. I don’t feel so comfortable, but I am enjoy learning about, uh, how to, how to live in United States. In this time, I have two sons; one has, uh, three kids; another one has one. And I enjoy when they, when they come and visit me.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Isaac Ybarra (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 21/04/2015

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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

SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY: N/A

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