Kuwait 1

Listen to Kuwait 1, a 29-year-old woman from Kuwait, who has also lived in Egypt. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 29

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 1970

PLACE OF BIRTH: Kuwait

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Kuwaiti (exact ethnicity unknown)

OCCUPATION: kindergarten teacher

EDUCATION: N/A

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

At the time of the interview, the subject lived in Cairo, Egypt.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

The subject is a teacher, but her English is still rather halting, and she has a strong accent.

The text used in our recordings of scripted speech can be found by clicking here.

RECORDED BY: Krista Scott

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 29/06/1999

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

One of the most events happened in Kuwait, and I do like attending this festival; it’s the twenty-fifth of February, it’s the National Day in Kuwait.  It used to be the National Day in Kuwait, now they are, uh, celebrating it twice, one in August and one in February.  But I do like the main one, uh, twenty-fifth of February.  We used to have, ah, a party at school, and they used to have lights whenever you go in Kuwait and they sell ice cream and toys freely.  Um, uh, people looks very happy.  I think the foreigner.  But Kuwait is [unintelligible]; they, they are not depending on this day, they used not to depend on this day because maybe they don’t, they didn’t feel it, they didn’t feel that they were occupied with some… someone, and they are free now.  They just celebrating because it’s a day for fun.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Elizabeth Terrel

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 21/05/2008

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY: N/A

COMMENTARY BY: N/A

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

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