Ireland 11
Listen to Ireland 11, a 23-year-old man from Monkstown, near Dublin, Ireland. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.
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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
AGE: 23
DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A
PLACE OF BIRTH: Dublin, Ireland
GENDER: male
ETHNICITY: Irish/Caucasian
OCCUPATION: works in finance
EDUCATION: college education
AREA(S) OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS:
The subject has lived in Monkstown (suburb of Dublin) all his life.
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RECORDED BY: Christina Smith
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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:
That was a fun text. Hi, I’m currently living in Dublin in Ireland. I have to say a bit about myself, I believe. So, well, I was very happy at the weekend because we played our old rivals, England, in a rugby game and we won by – what was it – 46 to 56 to 16, a 40-point margin difference, which is the best wince since the 1940s, so that was – that was pretty sweet; it’s rare enough we get that. I also work in the funds administration; I work in transfer agency. I’ve just came home from a very stressful day so that was a lot of fun; didn’t get a lunch or anything else like that, but, yeah, I’m young, I can handle it yet. I like football; I’m a supporter of Manchester United. I play football regularly. I also try to play rugby every now and again. I’ll hopefully be playing rugby again this summer. At this point I’m probably conscious that I’m waffling, so I’m going to stop now. It’s been a pleasure.
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SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY:
Dialect is light. Distinguishing characteristics include: “Irish” upward inflections on phrase ends; retroflexed post-vocalic [r]; very breathy quality, with aspirated unvoiced plosives; “liquid” [ju] sounds on DUKE; HOUSE = [ɛʊ]; and “fun” = /fʊn/.
COMMENTARY BY: Christina Smith
DATE OF COMMENTARY (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A
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