Cuba 4

Listen to Cuba 4, a 73-year-old woman from Batabanó, Cuba, and the United States. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 73

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 02/09/1940

PLACE OF BIRTH: Batabanó, Cuba (south of Havana)

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Cuban

OCCUPATION: attorney

EDUCATION: J.D.

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

Subject was born and raised in Batabano, Cuba, where she lived until age 26. From age 26-30, she lived in North Bergen, New Jersey, in the United States. From age 30 to 73, she has lived in Southern California.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: David Nevell

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 10/10/2013

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I’m from Cuba; it is an island in the Caribbean Sea, from a little fishing- fisherman town, uh, in the southeast coast of the province of Havana. Batabanó. That’s the name of the town. Batabanó famous, famous sewer system. They did not have a sewer system. It was an open sewer, which we call zanja. In that zanja, there was a lot of water, and all the toilets and all the drainage from all the homes. That’s where they went to drain out. And that zanja was connected throughout the town out to the ocean. So, it gave Batabanó a real distinguished look and distinctive smell. [laughs]

TRANSCRIBED BY: Shawnia Keith (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 19/06/2014

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