Finland 6

Listen to Finland 6, a 22-year-old woman from Järvenpää (near Helsinki), Finland, and also the United States. 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): 11/07/1987

PLACE OF BIRTH: Järvenpää, Finland

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Caucasian

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: The subject was finishing her last year at university at the time of this recording.

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

The subject has lived in Wales, in the United Kingdom, and in California, in the United States.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

She first learned English in school.

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RECORDED BY: Molly Stilliens (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 16/10/2009

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I’m from Finland, from this town called Järvenpää, and, uh, it’s about twenty minutes away from the capital of Finland, called Helsinki. And I often take the train from my hometown to Helsinki because most of my friends, they live there because it’s just the best place to live in Finland cause there’s, you know, most people are there, and there’s a lot of work and that kind of stuff. And, uh, well, I like my hometown too; there’s a lot of, well, like in Finland in general there’s a lot of green places lot of forests, parks, and trees. That’s one thing I miss about Finland, and it sounds weird, I know, but trees like, um, and forests and, um, every time I go back to Finland I usually go back for, um, Christmas and part of the summer holidays, and I stay with my family in my hometown. And I’ve got, um, my mom and dad, um, then I’ve got two sisters; one of them has already moved out; she lives in Helsinki. That’s why I, I can go there so often. And, um, um, so my big sister she’s moved out, um, and my little sister, she still lives, uh, at home, and then I’ve got a little little little brother, and he’s slightly younger. He just turned 16. And, um, uhh, oh, we have a cat. An I miss him too. I’m really close with my family, and, um, it’s really funny; uh, I never get homesick when I’m away from home; it’s just that I would like the people, like my family and my closest friends to be here with me experiencing all this thing I’m experiencing because they’ve been in my life, like all my life. So, um, and, well, I’m like in America at the moment; it’s just been so awesome being here. I like the weather, though I miss it’s snowing at the moment in Finland, so that’s kind of makes me a bit like sad, but I’ve nothing to complain about the weather here so it’s OK. And, um, people here are just so friendly; I’m like every day I’m just surprised. People just are generally, like genuinely friendly.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Molly Stilliens (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 16/10/2009

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