England 22

Listen to England 22, a 22-year-old woman from Washington, Tyne and Wear, in northeast England. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 22

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 1978

PLACE OF BIRTH: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (but raised in Tyne and Wear)

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: white

OCCUPATION: student, part-time sales assistant

EDUCATION: university

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

The subject was raised in Washington, Tyne and Wear, and currently lives in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

She seems to have an awareness of the dialects in her area, and even talks about her own, which is often called “Mutton.”

The text used in our recordings of scripted speech can be found by clicking here.

RECORDED BY: Katerina Moraitis

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 22/08/2000

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

Right, I’m originally from Washington, which is slap-bang in the middle of Newcastle and Sunderland. And Newcastle, the Geordies, call Washingtonians confused Maccams, ‘cause they hate the Maccams. And the Maccams call the Washingtonians confused Geordies ‘cause they hate the Geordies. And then about two, well, a year and a half, two years ago I moved to Sunderland, to Castletown, which is the heart of Maccams. And I started to realize the difference in the Washington accent, the Sunderland accent, and I progressed now to being a fully fledged Maccam, but I do- Maccams miss the [h]aitches of the beginning of words, so that instead of saying “house.” I go “ouse.” So and I’m realizing that I’m picking up this really bad …Maccam accent, and I’ve- I wanna go back to Washington for a week, so I can pick up the Washington accent. Erm, what else about us, and me boyfriend’s a Maccam, and I hate that accent. And, oh, the worst thing about people that live from Sunderland: All the kids begin with the letter C, so it’s Chelsea!, Chloe! and Chantelle, and they all begin with a C, so my bairn* is gonna begin with a D, ‘cause it’s the next one in the alphabet, and that’s where I come from, Kat…
[bairn: (Scots) baby]

TRANSCRIBED BY: Marina Tyndall

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 03/01/2008

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