Spain Six - Text
Recorded by Micha Espinosa, 2005. Subject is a male for Murcia, Spain. Also lived in England. He is a teacher and enjoys traveling in the USA. No lio-rounding on /w/. Dentalizes /th/; Changes short /i/ to 'ee'; has difficult with nurse words.
Edited by Paul Meier 06.04.05. Running time 00:04:02.
TRANSCRIPTION
(Um) We are on (um) trip to California (um) the flight was from Chicago to (um) Las Vegas (um) we stayed there for a couple of days and (um) then we went to the Grand Canyon. (Um) It was a very quick trip because we had no time and we (um) we didn’t want to spend the night in the Grand Canyon, so we returned to Las Vegas and we spent there the last night. (Um) It was pretty amazing, Las Vegas, wow, big experience thus far in Las Vegas, I thought it was all just casinos, (um) and we rent the car, we rented a car and we went from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. To Mojave Desert’s highway, it was pretty nice too. What else? Once in Las Vegas we met (um) friend there, we staying in his place, and just for a couple of nights because there were not many things to see in Los Angeles. Yes, Sunset Boulevard Beverly Hills, you can’t see anything just trees because (um) the houses of the celebrities is, they are like, you cannot see them, they are surrounded by trees and by bushes.
UNSCRIPTED SPEECH TRANSCRIBED BY KARINA LEMMER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR FOR SOUTH AFRICA, April 8, 2008