Missouri Nine - Text
Caucasian male, 17 years old. Born in St. Louis, raised in St. Peters. Recites Comma Gets a Cure, talks about football and family. Family is from Missisippi, and the influence is obvious in his dialect. Interviewed by Shawn M. Muller and Tim Hansen on 9-22-00. Edited by Shawn M. Muller. Recording length 00:02:48.
TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH
(Uh) Offensive guard an’ defensive tackle. Really I been kinda lucky. In JFL I got a sting, but that’s about it. Nothin’ like-- no broken ankles or anythin’ cool. (Uh) An’, like, Little League football, I broke my teammate’s ankle, but that’s my teammate so it wasn’t fun. (Uh) One thing I’ll always remember is-- I was, like, six years old, an’ I was, like, ridin’ my bike on the street, an’, like, this kid came runnin’-- I don’t know. He was prob’ly like 12 years old or somethin’. He’s like, “Hey, can I see your bike?” I thought he just wanted to look at it. Yeah, so he just got on my bike an’ took off. So he ’s, like, tryin’ to steal my bike. So, my brother, like, took care of it, ’cause he’s older, an’ I got my bike back but ’s kinda traumatizing. Like, my family is from Mississippi. Not me though. (Uh) He goes to Lindenwood. He (uh)-- he’s goin’ into mass media, broadcast ’n’ communications. (Um) He works for the radio station. (Uh) That’s about all I can tell you.
UNSCRIPTED SPEECH TRANSCRIBED BY JACQUELINE BAKER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR FOR TRANSCRIPTIONS, July 1, 2008