Germany 25

Listen to Germany 25, a 20-year-old man from Bieberstein, Germany. 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): 12/07/1998

PLACE OF BIRTH: Freiberg, Germany

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Caucasian/German

OCCUPATION: university student

EDUCATION: high school education

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

The speaker has never lived outside Germany but spent some time in London, England. He lived in Bieberstein, Germany, for his whole childhood before moving to Freiberg at age 18. After one year there, he moved to Leipzig to study at the university.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

The subject’s time in London, plus his desire to perfect and teach English, has likely affected his German accent of English, which is quite light.

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RECORDED BY: Subject

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 24/10/2018

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

OK, so, I was born in Freiberg. That’s a small town in middle Saxony. And, ah, I’ve grown up in an even smaller village near that town and have always also attended school in that area. And I’m now studying to become a high school teacher of English and music in Leipzig, and I also was in London once, eh, but that’s basically, ehm, where I have gained some English knowledge. Um,  and I hope to gain a lot of more knowledge soon.

[Subject speaks German]: Einen wunderschönen guten abend, allerseits. Es ist ein schöner tag hier in Leipzig, und ich freue mich sehr, heute mit dir zu sprechen.

[English translation: A wonderful good evening, everybody. It’s a nice day here in Leipzig, and I am very happy to talk to you today.]

TRANSCRIBED BY: Subject

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION: 24/10/2018

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