New York 18

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 29

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 04/27/1982

PLACE OF BIRTH: New York City (Brooklyn)

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Puerto Rican

OCCUPATION: security guard

EDUCATION: high school

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

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

The subject was raised until age 15 in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn.

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RECORDED BY: David Nevell

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 30/06/2011

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

So, um, you want me to talk about what I like? The stuff I like: I’m into, uh, drawing and music — is the two main things that I’ve always liked most of my life. And, um, I started since, you know, I was a child drawing first, you know, then I got into music when I started early teenage years, you know, and started writing and reading a lot, then listening to different types of music, and that’s how I got ideas to create, you know, my own — just like with drawings; I just put a blank piece of paper, get a pencil, and whatever comes to mind I could draw out the blue, or I could look at something and draw it; also, oh, variety, uh, I do watercolor, pen, um, pencil. Usually my — I like pencil, you know, just regular pencil drawing, but I paint also, I could do with markers, you know, different types. I’m mainly into Hip-Hop and R&B, but, um, I also like my Spanish, you know, different types of Spanish Reggaetone, Merengue, Salsa, you know, Bachata, like a big variety, you know. I even used to even listen to some Rock n’ Roll back in the days. I’ve worked here, um, I’ll say I’ll say two years now; um, saw a bird, uh, fly in the lobby, hit the glass over there by the café, fly right into the glass, well, because another, uh, a hawk was flying after it, so every a couple people saw it and that was out of the ordinary, I would call it. …

TRANSCRIBED BY: Matthew Evanoff (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 30/06/2011

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

so | ʌm |ju wɒ̃nmi də t̪ɔkabɑʊ wɒɾa̜i ɭa̜ik̚ ‖ ð̪e staf a̜iɭa̜ik | a̜im int̪uaː d̪ɹɔiŋ ən mjuzik̚ | iz̥ ðə tu meˑn θiŋs θ̪ɛɾa̜iv̥ ɔlwez̥ ɭaik̚ mosdəvmaɭaif ɛn | am | ai stɑɾəd sins | ju nõ | ai wɒs ʌ t͡ʃaɭ dɹɔʳiŋ fɝs | ju nõ | ð̪en ai gaɾintu mjusɪk wen ai stɑɾəd ɝɭiˑtiˑneˑ d͡ʒɪz̥ | ju nõ | ɛən stɑɹəd ɻa̜iɾin ɛən ɻiːdin ə lat̚ | ðen lɪ̞səndə dɪ̞fɹen ta̜ipsə mjusɪk | ɛən ð̪ashæʊ aɪgaʔ aɪdiəstə kɹeːt | ju nõ | maɪʔõn | d͡ʒə̜s ɭaik wɪd̪ wɪdɹɔˑɪŋs | aɪ d͡ʒə̜s pʊɾə bleŋʔ piˑsəpeːpʌ | geɾə pɛ̃nsəɭ | ɛˑn wɔɾɛvʌ kə̜m̥stə maɪn aɪ kʊʔ dɹɔə ʔæʊʔ ð̪ə bɭu | ɔʳaɪ kʊʔ ɭʊkəʔ sə̜mθ̪ɪ̞ŋ ən dɹɔʷəɾɔɭso | oː | v̥əɹaɪəɾi | ə̜| aɪ d̪u wɑɾəkʌɭʌ | pɛn | am | pɛnsʊ ‖ juʒəɭi maɪ | a̜i la̜iʔ pɛnsʊ | ju nõ | d͡ʒɒ̝s ɹegjələ pɛnsʊ dɹɔəɪŋs | bəɾaɪ peˑnʔ ɔˑso | a̜ɪ kʊd̪uwɪt̪ mɑəkəz̥ | ju nõ | dɪfɹənta̜ɪps ‖ am menɭiʲintu̹ hiphap en aʳənbiˑ | baɾam aˑɔso laɪk̚ maiə spænɪʃ̚| ju nõ difɹəntaɪpsə spæniʃ ɹɛgʌtɔ̃eː | mereŋgeː | saɭsa | ju nõ | pat͡ʃat̪a | ɭaɪkə bɪg̥v̥əɹaɪəɾiː ‖ naɪ iˑvn ju̹stə lɪsən tə sam ɹaknroː bak̚ɪnʔədeˑs ‖ aːwɜːthɪɹ | am al seˑ al seˑ tu̹ jɪʳs naˑ | am | sɔʳa bɝd | ɑ | fɭa̜iʲind̪a ɭab̥iː | hɪʔd̪əgɭæːs ovə ð̪eə baˑʔə kafei | fɭa̜i ɹaɪʔɪntə gɭæs | weʊ | bikɔs ənað̪ə | a | ə hɔˑk wəsfɭaɪʲiŋ eəftɚɪt̚ | so ɛvɹib̥ əkapɭ piˑpɭ sɔˑ ɪt̚ ðeˑʔ wəz æʊɾə ðə ɑ ɔədəneɹi | a wʊd̥ kɔɭət

TRANSCRIBED BY: Linda Nicholls-Gidley

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 20/10/2015

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

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