Wyoming 1

Listen to Wyoming 1, a 72-year-old woman from Wamsutter and Laramie, Wyoming, United States. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 72

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 04/06/1936

PLACE OF BIRTH: Kansas City, Missouri (but raised in Wyoming)

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Caucasian

OCCUPATION: sales

EDUCATION: college graduate

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

The subject was born in Kansas City, Missouri, but was raised in Wamsutter, Wyoming, and has lived most of her adult life in Laramie, Wyoming.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

The subject traveled with her husband, who was in the service, to Texas, California, and Washington.

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RECORDED BY: Lou Anne Wright

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 24/09/2008

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I was born in Kansas City, Missouri.  My folks, when I was about 6 months old, moved to Wamsutter, Wyoming.  I lived there until I went away to high school for a short period of time.  Then came back home, lived a little while, came to the University of Wyoming, graduated in the college of Eng-Engli-, er, Education, I’m sorry, in 1957. I traveled with my husband, who was in the service, to Texas, California, Washington.  We came back, made our home in Laramie, Wyoming.  I owned a business here, and now I’m in sales and I’ve been here. I’m 72 years old, so I think probably I know the language pretty well.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Lou Anne Wright

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 24/09/2008

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