Australia 42

Listen to Australia 42, a 46-year-old man from Brisbane and rural parts of Queensland, Australia. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 46

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 02/12/1976

PLACE OF BIRTH: Brisbane, Queensland

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Australian/White (Scottish/English)

OCCUPATION: invasive-species manager

EDUCATION: high school and university

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

The subject has never lived outside Australia. (He lived in Brisbane until age of 12, before moving to rural parts of Queensland. He has also spent much of his life in Western Australia.)

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

During his time in Western Australia, he spent time around WA farmers.

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RECORDED BY: Debbie Dowden

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 28/09/2023

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

[I was born in] Brisbane, in Queensland, and then, um, pretty much in the secondary years, then went rural: South Burnett, Darling Downs. And over time, unfortunately, mum and dad split up. They then forced their different ways; we went with dad for a couple of years. And then I went to uni in Gatton, halfway in between Brisbane and Toowoomba. Went west for a bit again, still in Queensland. …

Different areas have got their own lingo, but if you know the lingo, it’s not really a different language. Yeah, like, what’s, what we say “rill.” That’s a window. Um, overflow is from the, say, the roadside to the dam. You guys call the overflow from the dam out when it’s full. I’d have to get a list and think and write them down, ’cause there’d be heaps. But you don’t know you’re saying it. Like, it’s just like [clicks fingers] normal.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Rhea Dowden

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 28/09/2023

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