Oklahoma Five - Text
Caucasian female subject, born 1949 is an administrative secretary who has lived in the Oklahoma City area all her life. She speaks of an annual trip to Canton, TX. The regional consonant energy is striking, as is the hard [r] energy. Her story-telling verve is also typical of the dialects of Central Oklahoma. Recorded by Professor Rena Cook, 2001. Edited Paul Meier 4.19.02. Running time 00:05:12
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Canton is a flea market that’s been around, I think, about a hundred years. It’s called First Monday, because it’s the weekend before the first Monday of every month. I think it’s 250 acres of… just treasures: (um) antiques, crafts, junk. (um) There are lots of craftsmen there. There’s the guys that carve the (uh) statues out of tree trunks. (Uh) There’s people who make furniture. (Uh) You can-- I buy my Christmas wrapping and ribbon there every year because they have unusual Christmas wrapping. (Uh) There’s everything you can think of, and it’s just a fun weekend. It’s a town that’s full of bed-and-breakfasts. (Um) It’s so well-known that I think there’s about five motels and hotels in the area. It’s mostly known for its bed-and-breakfasts, and (um) you have to book your reservations a year in advance at the hotels.
(Um) We usually stay at a place called the Shoestring Farm, and, had we have seen it in the daylight the first time we went, we probably would not have stayed there, because it is a working farm. It’s not landscaped, but (uh) Patti is the lady who runs it, and it’s-- it’s beautiful inside. She’s got antiques and feather beds, and (um)… (Uh) She’s just delightful. She’s from New York. (Um) S0… (Um) she does weddings in the bunkhouse, as she calls it.
Her husband has lived on that farm since he was four, and he’s in his-- I think late sixties. (Um) He had to move-- They moved to that place when the lake was put in, she said. And, I don’t know what lake, and… It’s funny when we go there, because (um) he runs hunting trips. They hunt for wild pig, and he has hound dogs, and sometimes they are up all night, barking because they’re so excited about going hunting the next day. And a couple of times, not often, we’ve been there to spend the night, and not only people going to Canton are there, but there will be men there for a hunting weekend. Or a fishing weekend.