Baja 2

Listen to Baja 2, a 21-year-old man from Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, and also Orange County, California, United States. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 21

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 23/01/1993

PLACE OF BIRTH: Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Mexican

OCCUPATION: mechanic

EDUCATION: college

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

The subject was born and raised in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, until age 12. At age 12, he moved to Orange County, California, where he was residing at the time of this interview.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

His command of written English is not strong, as is evident from the scripted speech.

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RECORDED BY: Haydee Palomino (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 08/04/2014

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I was born in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. I was born and raised there ‘til I was about 12. And then I came to the States. My, I lived with my parents; um, my mom is from Ensenada, and my dad is from Sinaloa. I have three brothers, no sisters, thank God. I’m the youngest. The oldest: His name is Armando; then, we have Pedro, who is like three years younger than my older, and he is considered a “special ed” kid, but he really doesn’t have any disabilities; he works; he knows how to spend his money, so we don’t really consider him “special ed.” And, uh, Jonathan, who is my manager. I’ve been here, um, since I was 12; now I’m 24, so half of my life. When I came to the States, I was actually living in Anaheim. A few years later we moved to Fullerton, which pretty much, this is where I grew up; I came to elementary, and I then I did junior high, high school and, um, college. So pretty much, I think I’ve spent more than half of my life here ’cause when you’re little, you don’t really know many things, so I wanna say I have spent more than half of my life here. I was also raised here; it’s a combination of here and there, but obviously there are some things that you just don’t leave right like, or they stick with you forever like family, like, uh, or where you’re from, culture, foods, so yeah, that’s me.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Haydee Palomino (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 08/04/2014

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