New York 28

Listen to New York 28, a 29-year-old woman from Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, who has also spent time in the Bronx (New York City) and the Dominican Republic. 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): 14/10/1984

PLACE OF BIRTH: Dominican Republic

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Dominican

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: The subject completed high school and was a college undergraduate at the time of this recording.

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

She was born and raised in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where she lived until age 14. From age 14 on, she lived in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, in New York City. She has lived in the Bronx for the last few years.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: David Nevell

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 08/03/2014

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

Um, I grew up in the Dominican Republic, in the capital, in Santo Domingo, and it was just cool. Like, we had, we have a big family, and we would do these gatherings, and there was — we had like this little street where, um, my great grandmother lived, and all of us sort of grew up there, and so all the family would get together and the street would be closed, and there would be music outside, and we would dance, and make so much food, and it was just fun. So, about like, six years ago or so we moved to the Bronx. I don’t like the Bronx. [Interviewer: Why?] Because my people are not there. [laughs] There are some Dominicans, but it’s predominately African-American, and it’s just not, ya know, home. Washington Heights is like, you have all Dominican businesses, and everything is for Dominicans and from Dominicans, and it’s just cool.

Well, in the Dominican Republic, we cut the S’s out of the words; uh, we replace the R’s for, like, I’s or L’s, and it’s just, like, very choppy, ya know? Um, and, we speak very fast too, um, and we kinda have like our own Spanish. Like I tell my friend, like, “OK, after you learn Spanish, then you need to learn Dominican Spanish” because it’s different, ya know? And, um, I’ve been to Ecuador and Colombia, and I have to change the way that I speak because it’s not the same kind of Spanish.

[Subject speaks in Spanish.]

TRANSCRIBED BY: Shawnia Keith (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 03/05/2014

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