Florida 5

Listen to Florida 5, a 20-year-old woman from Boca Raton, Florida, United States. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 20

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 1987

PLACE OF BIRTH: Boca Raton, Florida

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Caucasian

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: When recorded, the subject was a public communications major at university.

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

The subject has lived in south Florida her whole life so her sample of the dialect of the region is quite reliable.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: Adam Rælson

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 07/09/2007

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I am a public-communications major at Florida Atlantic University. That’s located in Boca Raton. I am currently living, um, 20 minutes south of there. I take I-95 back and forth. Um, because FAU is right off I-95, it’s, it’s just east of there, and I live right off I-95 as well. There is another highway which I could take, the Turnpike, but that would be completely out of my way. Um, 20 minutes, 25 minutes, it’s not, it’s not a huge ordeal, but, um, traffic can be pretty bad in the morning, rush hour definitely. And coming home at around 4 or 5 o’clock. Gas can also get expensive coming back and forth, although now gas prices are pretty decent, I have to say. Um, when I go to the gas station, I, pay for gas. I usually use my, my debit card and, and you know, I usually use regular gas and put it in my gas tank – make sure the engine’s off. Um, and, I pump it and fill it. Pretty much I always fill it up, um, all the way so I don’t have to make as many trips to the gas station. I try not to drive on empty at all. The classes I’m currently taking at FAU are, um, Communication, Gender, and Language. I’m taking Ethnicity and Communication. I’m taking Small-Group Processes. And I’m also taking a sociology class, um, Human Sexuality and Social Change. Um, I like my classes a lot right now. It’s about fifteen credits of classes I’m taking. Um, my teachers can be, seem a little hard, but they’re, I think, I think they’re, they’re really good. And, oh also I’m taking Mass Communication Theory as well. That’s, that’s another class that I, I definitely need to take. But I’m really enjoying the semester so far. Next semester I hope to take up an internship of of some sort. Whether it’s working for a news station or something along those lines.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Adam Rælson

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 07/09/2007

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY:

Subject is a white female who has lived in South Florida her whole life, so her sample of the dialect of the region is quite reliable. She uses the terms “I-95” to refer to the interstate and uses the term “highway” as opposed to “freeway” or even “interstate” itself. When referring to Florida’s Turnpike, she says “the turnpike” rather than a “toll road.” Though she said “pump gas” once, she used “fill gas” twice, making me think that would be the more natural term for her to use. In the term “veterinary,” she does not pronounce the second “e” but combines the “t” and first “r” sounds. She has a very rounded /D/, especially before the letter “r,” giving her a typical South Floridian pronunciation of her own home state.

COMMENTARY BY: Adam Rælson

DATE OF COMMENTARY (DD/MM/YYYY): 07/09/2007

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