Illinois 19

Listen to Illinois 19, a 22-year-old woman from Palos Park, Illinois, 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): 21/03/1996

PLACE OF BIRTH: Palos Park, Illinois

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Caucasian with Irish ancestry

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: bachelor’s degree

AREAS OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS:

The speaker lived in East Lansing, Michigan, for four academic years.

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RECORDED BY: Rachel Beck (under supervision of Deric McNish)

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 27/03/2018

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Uh, I have a mom, a dad, um, a beloved cat named Mew Mew. Um, I have two older brothers: Seamus — he just got married — and Danny. Um, yes, so, they’re both, like, one to two or three years older than me, and we all look alike [laughter], and I miss them [laughter]. I have two grandparents left: Grandma Birdie; her name is, um, Bertha, but everyone calls her Birdie, and Daniel. So, my grandpa’s name is Daniel, my dad’s name is Daniel, and then my brother’s name is Daniel, but we just call him Danny. Um, they’re very old; they’re, like, 85, 86. Um, my grandma is the type of grandma to just, you know, brag about her grandchildren. She, um, really likes to, um — what’s that called when you go to the boat and you bet money? She likes to, um — I forget what that word is called. You know, like, you go to the boat, you play the machines, like a casino. What’s that called? You know what I — it’s, like, there’s, like, a word; I don’t know. She goes to the hair salon a lot ‘cause she gets her hairs in — her hair into, like, this big beehive nest, and she has fake nails.

Um, and my grandpa is actually from Ireland. He, um, sold — what are those called? Those really big dogs, something hound, for, um, racing hounds or whatever a long time ago, ‘cause apparently they were really popular after the war, and he sold them to get, um, a plane ticket to come to America, and he left Ireland around 18, came to America, and, um, so, he still has an Irish brogue, and it was really hard, kinda, understanding him as a child, but obviously I understand him now. He met my grandma at an Irish dance. She’s — wasn’t even Irish, but she went to the dance anyway because all her friends made her during nursing school, and that’s how they met. …

[What do you like to drink?]

I have a few: Um, I really like, um, iced chai tea lattes, caramel macchiato, and berry, berry hibiscus. I do like coffee; I’m starting to drink coffee a lot more. I drink it, like, once a day everyday now because I have to wake up early. So, um, in the mornings I teach preschool from, like, 7:45; I have to be there from 7:45 to 12 every day. So I teach 3- and 4-year-olds. …

[What do you teach them?] [Subject laughs.] Well, right now my unit is the five senses, so we’re doing, um, a lot of different activities dealing with the five senses. Um, for example, today we had — we’re gonna have a mystery box where I’m gonna put something in the box, and they’re gonna be able to shake it, hear it, feel it, but they can’t see it, and they have to predict what it is. Um, just different activities like that, just using all their senses.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Rachel Beck (under supervision of Deric McNish)

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 29/03/2018

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