Venezuela One - Text
This speaker is female, born 1963 Caracas, Venezuela. She had been in the United States for ten years when Bob Dorsey recorded her in May 2002. She was a graduate student. You may note the lack of aspirated 't' and 'p' in her speech. She also has a tendency to lengthen the short 'i' in words such as 'kick and 'six.' You may also note her lengthened vowels in words like 'world' and 'be.'
She also tends to stress unusual syllables of a word or phrase. For instance in the word 'lunatic,' she emphasizes the second syllable rather than the first. Also, with the two words 'was sentimental' these two words are compressed together as 'wasentimental' with the emphasis the first syllable, 'was.' Length of recording: 00:05:32. Edited by Paul Meier, May 2002.