Hungary 1

Listen to Hungary 1, a 26-year-old woman from a small industrial town in eastern Hungary. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 26

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 1973

PLACE OF BIRTH: eastern Hungary

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Hungarian

OCCUPATION: Ph.D. student

EDUCATION: Subject was attending university, pursuing her doctorate, when recorded.

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

She lived in London, England, for a year, then moved to Lawrence, Kansas, United States, where she lived at the time of recording.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: Paul Meier

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 1999

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

So I am from Hungary, and, uh, I was born in a little town, which is, uh, an industrial town in the uh, east part of Hungary, and, um, my parents are working for the same factory, basically the whole town is working for the, that factory. I have a 16-years-old brother, so we are like 10 years difference, and, uh, I was studying in a music school for eight years in my primary school, and I, uh, played the violin for seve years, and then after I went to the high school, where I had uh, I was in, studying in a special math school. Eh, and uh, I still playing the violin [unclear] into the other. And then after my high school I ended up to moved to Budapest, eh, so I lived in first in uh, student house hostel, and then later in a scholarship hall, and in Budapest I was studying geology at the university in, there. And after the second year, I realized how important to speak English, so I took one year off, and then I went to, uh, England to study the language in, uh, Cambridge school. After that one year I got back, uh, I was continuing my study, and I am, uh, I have my master degree, and at the moment I am, uh, studying at the geology department.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Faith Harvey

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 19/03/2008

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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

SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY: N/A

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

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