Dialects Of Saskatchewan
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In a small number of cases, you will also find a narrow phonetic transcription of the sample (see Phonetic Transcriptions for a complete list).
The recordings average four minutes in length and feature both the reading of one of two standard passages, and some unscripted speech. The two passages, Comma Gets a Cure (currently our standard passage), and The Rainbow Passage (used in our earliest recordings), may be accessed from the menu bar to your right.
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Dialect Samples
To properly play a sound sample, you may first need to save it to your own computer. To do so, right-click on the desired sample and save it. A high-speed connection to the internet may allow you to play the file simply by clicking it.| Sound Sample | Basic Information | Text Files |
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| Saskatchewan One | Caucasian female, 60 years of age. Born and raised in Wolseley, Saskatchewan. She is married, a mother of three grown children and grandmother of eieven. Homemaker. | Saskatchewan One |
| Saskatchewan Two | Caucasian male, 36 years of age. Born and raised in Wolseley, Saskatchewan. He is married and the father of three young children. General Manager of a Manufacturing/Retail Business. | Saskatchewan Two |
| Saskatchewan Three | Caucasian male, 45 years of age. Born in Wolseley, Saskatchewan and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan. He is married and the father of two grown children. Half of his work life is spent as an Information Technologist and the other half as a Post Secondary Trainer. | Saskatchewan Three |
| Saskatchewan Four | Caucasian female, 20 years of age. Born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan. She is presently a working as a nanny, taking some courses and living in Sydney, Australia. | Saskatchewan Four |
| Saskatchewan Five | Caucasian female, 45 years of age. Born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan. She is married and the mother of two grown children. She is employed as an Office Manager. | Saskatchewan Five |