Oregon 5

Listen to Oregon 5, a 33-year-old woman from Grants Pass, Oregon, United States. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 33

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 10/06/1984

PLACE OF BIRTH: Grants Pass, Oregon

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Caucasian

OCCUPATION: product developer

EDUCATION: bachelor’s degree

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

The subject has lived in southern Oregon her entire life except for one year spent in Portland, Oregon.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: Kris Danford

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 28/05/2018

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

Uh, I was born in Grants Pass, Oregon, on two acres, uh, relatively right across the road from the Rogue River — uh, so out in the wilderness. Uh, had — was raised by my mom and dad with my sister and two older brothers. Uh, we had a lot of chickens, geese, goats, cats, all kinds of different animals. Uh, but my parents then decided “we have too many neighbors” and the area was getting too occupied, uh, so two acres wasn’t enough. So they moved us up the road five miles, and they now live on twenty-seven acres. Uh, still have the chickens and turkeys and cats and now a dog. Uh, but no goats or anything so. Um, I have always lived in nature and tried the big city of Portland for one year and decided it was too big for me. So I moved back to southern Oregon and, um, yeah, am looking for property of my own, I guess. I’m definitely a country girl.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Kris Danford

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 29/05/2018

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