England 10

Listen to England 10, a woman in her 20s from Manchester, in northwest England. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 20s

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 1980s

PLACE OF BIRTH: Manchester

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: white

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: university

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

The subject studied in Greece and was in Dublin, Ireland, at the time of this recording.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

The subject’s mother is English, and her father is Irish.

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RECORDED BY: Floortje Nijssen

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

OK, I am a student from Manchester. I was born and raised in Manchester. Um, my dad’s Irish, my mum’s English. Um, I studied in Greece for some time and I travelled quite a lot. Um, I’m now doing my master’s in Dublin.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Kevin Flynn

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 2005

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