Panama 3

Listen to Panama 3, a 53-year-old woman from Boró de la Mesa, Santiago, Panama. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 53

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 22/11/1959

PLACE OF BIRTH: Boró de la Mesa, Santiago, Panama

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Panamanian

OCCUPATION: homemaker

EDUCATION: high school plus two years of college

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

The subject was born and raised in Boró de la Mesa, Santiago, Panama.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

As an adult,  she lived in Waldorf, Maryland, for two years and in Fresno, California, for 21 years.

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RECORDED BY: Cheryl Ann Gottselig (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 04/04/2013

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I born in Panama. I live, uh, almost all my life over there. I love my country; it’s beautiful. It’s a tropical clime-, and I love spend days in the beach. I grow up on the farm, where we don’t have water, uh, electricity, just the simple life. I love it, I miss it, and I hope go back to keep living that life. Thank you.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Cheryl Ann Gottselig (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 04/04/2013

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