Italy 26

Listen to Italy 26, a 36-year-old man from the Piedmont region of Italy, near Turin. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 36

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 03/11/1987

PLACE OF BIRTH: Venaria Reale, near Turin, Italy

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Italian/White

OCCUPATION: architect

EDUCATION: two master’s degrees

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

The subject has spent most of his life in the Piedmont region of Italy, near Turin, specifically in his birth town of Venarian Reale and also nearby Druento. At the time of this recording, he had been living in Los Angeles, California, United States, for six years. He also lived in Venice, Italy, for one year.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: none

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RECORDED BY: Christie Coran

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 16/11/2023

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

[The subject speaks extemporaneously in English and follows that English speech with roughly the Italian equivalent]:

You know, especially in big cities, like, uh, New York or like Los Angeles — in città molto grandi come New York e Los Angeles — you can find good food — puoi trovare del cibo più che decente, molto buono — at a reasonable price — non molto costoso. Please don’t eat all this junk that you find around, fast foods, and blah, blah, blah, you know, and — per piacere non mangiate tutte ste schifezze che trovate in giro come I fast food, cioè, state a casa cucinate. You should stay home and buy some grocery and, you know, experiment, and cook some good, good food for you guys. Um, he, uh, an healthier fff-, a healthier foo-future, um, is for sure a better future — un futoro più sano, è, è futoro miglore.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Christie Coran

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 16/11/2023

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