Michigan 25

Listen to Michigan 25, a 65-year-old woman from Traverse City, Michigan. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 65

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 06/10/1955

PLACE OF BIRTH: Traverse City, Michigan

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: White

OCCUPATION: professor

EDUCATION: Ph.D

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

The speaker has never lived outside Michigan.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: none

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RECORDED BY: Lynnae Lehfeldt

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 22/09/2021

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

So I have another story for you: I have a dog; this is Duke, the basset. He’s 60 pounds of hound. Duke is about the dumbest dog; he has no tricks; his best tricks are shedding, drooling, and — oh, what else does he do? — sweat; he drools and sheds. He also sleeps a lot. But his main job in life is to keep my husband company, and that’s what he does, all day.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Lynnae Lehfeldt

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 22/09/2021

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SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY:

The speaker demonstrates common Michigan tight front vowel sounds in “lot,” “job,” “odd,” “off,” and “cloth.”

COMMENTARY BY: Lynnae Lehfeldt

DATE OF COMMENTARY (DD/MM/YYYY): 21/10/2022

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