France 11

Listen to France 11, a 68-year-old man from Nice, France, who has also spent time in England and the United States. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 68

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 1942

PLACE OF BIRTH: the Alps (not clear whether French, Swiss, or Italian)

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Caucasian

OCCUPATION: financial advisor

EDUCATION: master’s degree in finance

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

The subject moved to Nice, France, when he was 3, and was raised there. He got his master’s degree from the University of Chicago, in the United States.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

The subject traveled to England during the summers and worked on his English then.

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

RECORDED BY: Catlin Parks (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 29/11/2010

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

Yes, uh, my name is, uh, Jacques, and, uh, which is a very French name. And I am born, uh, in, uh, 1942, which mean I am in my sixties. Uhm, I all my family is from French origin. My mother is from Belgium actually, and my, uh, father from the west of France. Uhm, I am, uh, financial advisor and a tax advisor. I like finance. Uh, I started an engineer and got my BS in physics, but, uh, I did an MBA at uh University of Chicago in finance. Uhm, I was uh born in the Alps, uh, but I stayed there only few years, and I moved to, uh, Nice when I was 3 years old.  And, uh, so on the French Riviera is where I spend most of my childhood. Uh, the French educational system has been defined by Napoleon and has never changed. And, uh, we have to learn a second language when the, we, uh, start, uh, uhm, the lycee, which is start in, uh, which is equivalent of seventh grade here. And, uhm, I, uhm, uh, my family, so I start to learn English, uh, uh, initially in a very theoretical way. And, uh, it’s easier in Europe to go to different countries, so in summer I will go to England and, uh, spend, uh, summer either in the school or even working in England. I work in Manchester in the chemical factory, for example. [He then reads in French.]

TRANSCRIBED BY: Catlin Parks (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 29/11/2010

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