Australia 22

Listen to Australia 22, a 23-year-old man from Perth, Western Australia. 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): 24/01/1986

PLACE OF BIRTH: Singapore (but raised in Perth)

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Asian

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: bachelor’s degree

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

The subject moved from Singapore to Perth when he was 1 year old and has lived there all of his life.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

His mother was from Singapore, and his father was from Malaysia, but the subject speaks only English.

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RECORDED BY: John Christian Oh

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 23/02/2009

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

G’day, my name’s John, I’m ah, 23 years old, I’m from Perth, Western Australia. Um, my parents were actually from South East Asia. From … my mum was from Singapore and my dad was from Malaysia. But they um immigrated to Perth when I was about, um, a year old so, I’ve pretty much lived here my whole life.  Um, I live in a pretty average middle class suburb, um, about fourteen odd kays south of Perth. My accent is a little broader than average, um, I don’t quite know why, because I’ve got friends from all over the place, all walks of life. But um, I’m quite proud of my accent because it identifies me, um, with the place I grew up in.

TRANSCRIBED BY: John Christian Oh

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 23/02/2009

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY: N/A

COMMENTARY BY: N/A

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

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