Switzerland 10

Listen to Switzerland 10, a 17-year-old boy from Basel, Switzerland. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 17

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 14/03/1996

PLACE OF BIRTH: Basel, Switzerland

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Swiss (exact ethnicity and race N/A)

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: academic upper secondary school

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

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: Lukas Tribelhorn

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 25/06/2013

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

OK, um, my hobbies are athletic, um, like there, to throw the javelin. Um, at the, at the moment the weather outside is nice, at the moment, but no sun, but it isn’t extremely cold, not extremely hot, so it feels very nice outside. I, I like this at summer; I more like the summer than the winter; some days in the winter with snow I like too, but the warm times of the year I like more when you can be outside and playing also.

[Subject speaks in German]: Also, äh, jo ich gang do ins gymnaisum kirschgarte, scho jetzt sit vier johr, eis johr müse wiederhole, äh, will I scheisse gsi bin in englisch unter anderem, ähm, jo jetzt gfallts mir zimli guet do, die klass isch sehr guet, ähm, und jo s schuelhuus gfallt mer eigentlich au, s’isch relativ noch vo mir dihei, mitem velo guet erreichbar, das, das findi guet dodurch chanich immer mitem velo underwegs bi.

[Translation: So, um, yes I go to the gymnasium Kirschgarten, for four years now. I had to repeat one year because I was bad in English, amongst others. Um, yes, now I like it here; this class is very nice, um, and yes I like the school building as well. It is relatively close to my home, well accessible by bike. I like that, as I can commute by bike.]

TRANSCRIBED BY: Lukas Tribelhorn

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 03/01/2014

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY: N/A

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

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