Oregon 3

Listen to Oregon 3, a 21-year-old woman from Salem, Oregon, United States. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 21

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 07/03/1996

PLACE OF BIRTH: Salem, Oregon

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Caucasian

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: three years of undergraduate education

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

She has gone to school in Ashland, Oregon, for three years.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

Her mother and father were born in Utah and California, respectively.

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RECORDED BY: Kris Danford

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 14/04/2017

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TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

So I grew up in Kaiser, Oregon, and I was born in Salem, Oregon. Uh, Kaiser is just a suburb of, uh, the Salem city. Uh, I have a mom and a dad. My mom was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and my dad was born in Santa Monica, California. Uh, my brother and sister were born in Sacramento, and then, uh, my family moved up to Salem, uh, and that’s where I was born.

I have a dog. His name’s Finnegan. And he’s a King Charles Spaniel and a Papillon, and his favorite activities are playing tug-of-war and searching for new things outside. My dog is actually a registered, uh, therapy animal for comfort to people with anxiety, and so I can take him anywhere. He’s been to the movies; he’s been to grocery stores, to college courses, uh, on airplanes. And everywhere he goes, uh, he brings joy to people and relieves them of stress and anxiety.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Kris Danford

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 14/04/2017

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SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY:

DATE OF COMMENTARY (DD/MM/YYYY): 15/04/2017

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