Wyoming 7

Listen to Wyoming 7, a 40-year-old woman from Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States. Click or trap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 40

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 27/03/1984

PLACE OF BIRTH: Cheyenne, Wyoming

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: White/Caucasian

OCCUPATION: EL teacher

EDUCATION: bachelor of arts degree in elementary education

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

The subject lived in Bonaire, Georgia, for four years; on Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts for six years; and in Florence, Kentucky, for seven years.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

Her dad was in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed at FE Warren in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He was from Savannah, Missouri. The subject’s mom was from a town outside Chicago.

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RECORDED BY: subject

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 01/09/2024

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I grew up in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on five acres. Um, my dad worked in Colorado, and my mom stayed at home. In the summertime, we played outside in the, in the mud and in the grass. My brother played baseball, and the dog would go and retrieve his ball. It was very, very windy, um, where I grew up. The windows would rattle when big windstorms would come in. We had a well pit that we would go into when there were tornado warnings. My grandparents lived next door, and I would go over there to, to spend the night with them often.

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DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 01/09/2024

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