Minnesota 9

Listen to Minnesota 9, a 38-year-old man from Alexandria, Minnesota, United States. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 38

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 02/08/1975

PLACE OF BIRTH: Benson, Minnesota

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Caucasian

OCCUPATION: health educator

EDUCATION: master’s degree in education

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

Subject was raised in Alexandria, Minnesota, and also lived in Burnsville, a suburb of Minneapolis.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: David Nevell

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 20/06/2012

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

So I just got back from New York City. Big trip for a guy from, from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Then I grew up in Alexandria. So farm, to the city, to the big city of New York. Last night I took an adventure. I felt kind of like a loser because I went from, New, from thirty minutes outside of New York. Took the subway to the big city all alone. Then I to New York’s, went to the Yankees game. Went to check out the Yankees game. And, I, again I was solo, felt kind of like a weirdo sitting alone. So I walked around the stadium a little bit, took in the site. Just to get out and say I had been to New York City. So that’s what I did last night, on my trip from Minneapolis to New York City. So that was a lot of fun.

Um, now when you go to Minneapolis, make sure that you visit three places. You want to visit Uptown, is an option. You want to maybe visit, uh, when your going to the Guthrie, within waking distance First Ave is always fun. There’s a lot going on down there. And Hanathan Avenue’s a lot of fun. Um, walk the river; the river’s pretty cool. And you might make your way over to Target Field, if a Twins game going on, if you’re into sports, maybe not. Um, that’s an option. Um, what else? There’s uh, uh, oh, when you go over to Uptown, you might want to go to Chino Latino if you want to see some, they got a, it’s a pretty cool restaurant. Lake Calhoun’s fun if you’re going, if you’re an active guy and you want to go for a jog. Go around Lake Calhoun for a run, walk, whatever you want to do. Take the sights in, but a lot to do in Minneapolis, all within five minutes of each other, so there’s a few things.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Benji Coelho (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 12/06/2013

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