Quebec 7

Listen to Quebec 7, a 39-year-old man from Quebec, Canada. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 39

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 1971

PLACE OF BIRTH: Quebec

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Quebecois

OCCUPATION: actor

EDUCATION: master’s degree

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

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

Subject is an actor and has auditioned for parts in English. However, his accent remains thick, and he continually searches for the right English vocabulary.

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RECORDED BY: Julia Lenardon

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 01/2010

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 like to work, and I’m a good worker, so, ah, play in English, it’s, it’s, it’s not a goal for me; it’s not a career; it’s not, it’s nothing else about that; it’s just another fact or a chapter in my career, but it’s, it’s, I think it’s fun, for fun. I’ve passed a couple of audition in English last year for a movie; uh, I don’t remember name. It was looking for a guy with an accent, but the word “accent,” it’s, is very large, so, ah, I’ve prepared myself a lot. I went to the audition: “not enough accent.” OK, “how much do you want it?” It’s tough for me to evaluate the accent or to put more accent; usually I try to, to have the less accent I can have, but so, eh, I come here just to, to, to know about what I can make or what work, what I need to, ah, play in a critical way; I don’t know more than that …

TRANSCRIBED BY: Julia Lenardon

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 25/09/2010

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

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