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Tennessee Eight - Text

Caucasian female, born 1979, in Memphis. From 5-18 lived in South Haven, 20 miles south of Memphis, then moved back to Memphis. Working on her MA in Education when recorded in November 2005.
Recorded D'Arcy Smith; edited by Paul Meier 2.14.06. Running time 00:03:25.

TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH 
(Um) I jus’ got married, October first, 2005, an’ we went to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for our honeymoon. It was an all-inclusive resort, and we stayed jus’ for four nights an’ I wish it would ’a’ been longer.  But we only got to stay for four nights, an’ we went swimming an’ we walked on the beach, an’ we went-- we did a lotta shopping.  (Uhn) There were shows that we went to go see.  We met some nice people from Canada there.  We met two or three couples, actually, that were from Canada.  There was some couple from Toronto, an’ one from Calvary, which-- I think that’s not how you say it, it’s something else, but we kept calling it Calvary.  An’ we actually spent a lotta time with these people from Canada there.  An’ (um) then we flew home, an’ we had a few more days here.  So it was kind of like an extended honeymoon.  An’ that was pretty much it.  Then we got-- had to go back to work, an’ now we’ve been married for two months.  An’ it seems like it’s gone by really fast already….

UNSCRIPTED SPEECH TRANSCRIBED BY JACQUELINE BAKER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR FOR TRANSCRIPTIONS, July 6, 2008

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