South Carolina 5

Listen to South Carolina 5, a 59-year-old woman from Patrick and Hartsville, South Carolina, and also California, United States. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 59

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 1951

PLACE OF BIRTH: Patrick, South Carolina

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Caucasian

OCCUPATION: pharmacist

EDUCATION: master’s degree

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

The subject spent time in Hartsville, South Carolina, and went to college in Columbia, South Carolina. At the time of the interview, the subject had been living in California for 32 years.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: N/A

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 09/07/2010

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I was born in South Carolina in 1951. Um, I moved to California in 1978. Um, I still seem to retain my Southern accent. A lot of people ask me even now where I’m from. I believe that I still have this accent because I speak often to my family on the phone, and I, um, visit them on a regular basis, and so every time I speak to them I sort of pick it up again.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Lisa Wentz

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 11/07/2010

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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

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

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