Michigan 24

Listen to Michigan 24, a 41-year-old man from Rives Junction and Leslie, Michigan, United States. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 41

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 20/05/1979

PLACE OF BIRTH: Lansing, Michigan, but raised in Rives Junction

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Caucasian/White

OCCUPATION: system administrator

EDUCATION: associate’s degree

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

The subject has spent most of his life in Michigan, either in Rives Junction or Leslie, but, while in the Army, he spent about three years in South Korea and Arizona. He’s also spent time in Honduras.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: subject

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 20/10/2020

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I grew up in Rives Junction, Michigan, which is a small town of about 500 people. It’s located in Jackson County, Michigan. Uh, it’s a very rural area. I still spend a lot of time out there riding my bike, just enjoying the countryside and visiting my friends once in a while. Spent about 15 years of my life there, uh, until I graduated high school. After graduation, I joined the Army, was sent to Basic Training down in South Carolina at Fort Jackson. After that, I got sent to South Korea for a year. Spent most of my time there in a city called Uijeongbu. It’s north of Seoul about 20 or 25 miles away from the DMZ. Left there around Christmastime of 1998 and went to Fort Huachuca, Arizona. I spent the rest of my enlistment there, which was about a year and a half, until I got out in 2001. I moved back to Michigan after getting [out] around that time, and I’ve been here ever since.

I’ve lived in Leslie, Michigan, for about 20 years now. It’s a small town of about 2,000 people, and I really like it here. It’s a good place to live; it’s very peaceful; the people are friendly; it’s just a good place to be.

TRANSCRIBED BY: subject

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 21/10/2020

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