Russia 26

Listen to Russia 26, a 20-year-old woman from Pyatigorsk, Russia. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 20

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 23/05/2000

PLACE OF BIRTH: Pyatigorsk, Russia

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Russian/White

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: bachelor’s degree

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

The subject has never lived outside Russia. (She grew up in Pyatigorsk, in southwestern Russia, and has spent the last couple of years in Saint Petersburg.)

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: 

She reads Comma Gets a Cure more quickly than one might expect from a person whose primary language is not English. This is her natural speech pattern and not necessarily representative of other Russian speakers of English. But it does mean she is extremely fluent in English when compared to other Russians.

The text used in our recordings of scripted speech can be found by clicking here.

RECORDED BY: Ivan Masterov

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 09/12/2020

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

Hi. I am from Saint Petersburg. I’m studying in Polytechnic University. I am 20 years old. I like learning languages and traveling. I have lots of hobbies, and, ah, my city’s very beautiful, I think, one of really the most beautiful maybe in the world, with cool people, quiet atmosphere, and this is all.

[The subject speaks Russian]: Всем здравствуйте! Я из Санкт-Петербурга, мне 20 лет. Ааа учусь в Политехе, очень нравится изучать языки, вот прочитала этот текст, надеюсь всё хорошо, хах.

[Transliteration: Vsem zdravstvuyte! Ya iz Sankt Peterburgha, mne 20 let. Aah uchus’ v Politekhe, ochen’ nravitsya izuchat’ yazyki, vot prochitala etot tekst, nadeyus’ vse khorosho, hah. English translation: Hello everyone! I am from Saint Petersburg, and I am 20 years old. I’m studying in Polytechnic University. I like learning languages, here I am having written the text. I hope it’s nice, yeah.]

TRANSCRIBED BY: Ivan Masterov

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 09/12/2020

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