North Carolina 21

Listen to North Carolina 21, a 26-year-old man from Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 26

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 05/02/1987

PLACE OF BIRTH: Raleigh, North Carolina

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Caucasian

OCCUPATION: registered nurse

EDUCATION: bachelor of science

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

The subject has lived in Raleigh most of his life. He has never lived outside North Carolina.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

He has studied Russian in college and has attempted not to sound as Southern as the rest of family while growing up. His dad’s family is from Maryland.

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RECORDED BY: Subject (Daniel Corbin)

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 29/05/2013

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I live in Raleigh, North Carolina, in the U. S., and I’ve lived pretty much here my whole life; I’ve lived Raleigh, Zebulon, Rolesville, Wake Forest, and I lived in Greenville, North Carolina, for about four years while I, while I attended college. Um, let’s see, I’m happily married. My wife’s name is Anna, and I have two daughters, Emma and Laney, and my wife is pregnant with our third; we don’t know what it is yet, but we’ll find out soon. Um, I, let’s see, I have three sisters and no brothers. I currently work as an R.N. at a local hospital in the pediatric intensive-care unit, and I really enjoy my work; I enjoy everything that I do. Um, let’s see, um, I grew up with lots of cousins, I had – it’s gotta be over ten cousins, and we all grew up pretty close, but we’ve drifted apart over the years. Um, we all still live pretty close; my family all lives in the Raleigh area, and my wife’s family also lives in this area. I do have some distant relatives in Maryland. My dad was from Maryl… was born in Maryland or D. C. area and my mom was born around here. Um, I actually work in the same hospital I was born at, which is kind of weird, but I don’t have any desire to move permanently anywhere else ‘cause all my family and friends and everybody that I know is here, but um, who knows what the future holds? Anyway, um, I think that’s about it. I don’t have anything else that I should add, so thank you very much! Bye.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Subject (Daniel Corbin)

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION: 29/05/2013

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