Wisconsin Three - Text
Subject is white female, late 30's, life-long resident of Burlington, WI. She is a teacher's aide. The interview was recorded by Cynthia Blaise on 8/13/99 and edited by Paul Meier on 9/26/99. You will hear a tense fronted vowel in 'arch', 'part' with strong 'r' coloration; a much closer than GenAm vowel in 'rain', 'day' etc.; but not such a close vowel as wisconsin2 in 'drop', 'hospital' etc. This could be a generational difference. 2:45secs.
TRANSCRIPTION
(Umm) When I was eleven we moved from Pell Lake, Wisconsin to Kenosha, Wisconsin. We lived there for a year and a half and moved to Powers Lake, Wisconsin. [I] lived there until I married Evan. We lived in Richmond, Illinois for (uh) three years, and then we moved back to …
UNSCRIPTED SPEECH TRANSCRIBED BY JACQUELINE BAKER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR FOR TRANSCRIPTIONS, October 25, 2007