Pennsylvania 2

Listen to Pennsylvania 2, a woman in her 70s from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 70s

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 1920s

PLACE OF BIRTH: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Jewish/Caucasian with a Russian background

OCCUPATION: retired

EDUCATION: N/A

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

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

Her grandparents came from Russia.

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RECORDED BY: Cynthia Blaise

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 30/06/1999

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I was born in, um, my grandparents’ house. Well, my parents were from USA. Their parents were from, uh, Russia. We had — my parents had a business. Uh, well I lived in, in different parts of the city. I lived in South Philadelphia. I lived in, um, West Philadel- Southwest Philadelphia. And then for the, uh, for short times. And then I lived in, uh, the, uh, 13th an’ Bainbridge, enjoying every minute of it! Absolutely, I, uh, do exercise, go to, uh … We have senior meetings. We have the exercises too. …

TRANSCRIBED BY: Jacqueline Baker

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 02/07/2008

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