Ethiopia 2

Listen to Ethiopia 2, a 54-year-old woman from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, who has also spent considerable time in the United States. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 54

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 13/12/1960

PLACE OF BIRTH: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Ethiopian (exact ethnicity N/A)

OCCUPATION: university staff

EDUCATION: N/A

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

Speaker moved to the United States in her 20s and has remained in Southern California ever since.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: Shellie Sterling (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 05/11/2015

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

Well, I came, eh, to this country in ’80, in early ’80s and right, immediately I start working in the campus, which I’m still working there, but I went from department to department. So, I’m here. I, I, I got married and have three beautiful kids, who’s very successful, and one is in medical field and two twins I have is, yeah, both of them civil engineer. They just got graduated last year and got a job with some construction agencies. So, so far we’re doing good. Coming from a very conservative country, uh, East Africa, uh, Ethiopia, and, yeah, I was born and raised in the capital city of Addis Ababa. So, um, that country pretty much very conservative, for especially woman. You know, they just, you know a little behind. A woman has to act this way; a woman doesn’t have to talk loud. So it’s kind of, uh, made it a little bit difficult for me when I came to this country, which is other way around. So, um, that’s the only problem I had early on when I came to this country but … lunch yesterday — I love tuna sandwich somehow. It’s light, and, um, I know a lot of people like, I hate it after I ate it. It’s kind of you know, at my age now, uh, kind of conscious about what I’m eating, so that’s good for me if I eat too much for lunch — it kind of, you know, makes me drowsy working after …

TRANSCRIBED BY: Shellie Sterling (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 05/11/2015

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