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FILENAME:	3000_1229_1174
TOPIC#:		316
DATE:		910603
TRANSCRIBER:	csw
UTT_CODER:	lsh
DIFFICULTY:	1
TOPICALITY:	1
NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	3
ECHO_FROM_A:	1
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	1
BACKGROUND_A:	1
BACKGROUND_B:	1
REMARKS:        Caller A slurs you know, like it was one syllable.

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^h          A.1 utt1:  {D Well } let's see, {F um, }  /
sd          A.1 utt2: [ I, + I ]  like to go out to eat,  /
sd          A.1 utt3: I really do,  /
sd          A.1 utt4: {C but } being from Dallas, {F um, } I think we have an average of six or  seven restaurants that open and close every [ we-, + ] month  /
sd          A.1 utt5: {C and } [ we ave-, + we have ]  a really high turn over rate. /  

bh          B.2 utt1:  {F Oh, } really? /  

ny          A.3 utt1:  {F Oh } yeah  /
sd          A.3 utt2: [ {C and, } + {C and } ] [ this is, + {E I mean } there are ] streets just called restaurant rows  /
sd          A.3 utt3: {C and, } {F uh, } you can get everything here  from, {F um, } a very spicy Indian meal to, {D you know, } the favorite barbecue  [ and, + and, ] {F uh, } just anything your little hearts desires around here,  /
sd          A.3 utt4: {C so, } here they have to  entertain us to make us come back. /  

%          B.4 utt1:  # {F Uh. }  # /  

sd          A.5 utt1:  # {C And } # I guess it's all one big game  because [ you, + you ] just never run out of places to go,  /
sd          A.5 utt2: you really don't. /  

ba          B.6 utt1:  That's good. /  

b          A.7 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.8 utt1:  I never really thought about that,  /
sd          B.8 utt2: {C but, } {F uh, }  a good turn over would be sort of nice.  /
sv          B.8 utt3:  Course if you find a place you like and it works out  that no one else likes it, it would be sort of sad to see it go under. /  

aa          A.9 utt1:  Really  /
sd          A.9 utt2: [ {C and, } + {C and } ] we go to, {D you know, }  {D like } an older part of town /
sd          A.9 utt3: {C and } we just notice how many, {F oh } {D well } - /
^q          A.9 utt4:   that restaurant's changed,  /
^q          A.9 utt5: {C and } {F oh, } gee,  there, they've changed  /
^q          A.9 utt6: {C and, } {F oh, } we've got to go try that one,  {D you know, }  /
%          A.9 utt7: {C and } [ it's, + it's ] really, - /
sd          A.9 utt8:  you have the pick of [ the, + {D you know, } the ] crop here. /  

qy          B.10 utt1:  Are they big into [ am-, + ambiance ] down there  /
qrr          B.10 utt2:  {C or } is it more like, -/  

b          A.11 utt1:  Oh! /  

sd          B.12 utt1:  {F uh, } Texas to me makes - /
sv          B.12 utt2: it seems like it would be portions would be the big thing. /  

bf          A.13 utt1:  <Laughter>  {D You know, } [ your, + your ]  fourteen ounce steak with your potato and  stuff. /  

aa          B.14 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          B.14 utt2: right,  /
aa          B.14 utt3: uh-huh. /  

sd          A.15 utt1:  {F Um, } you can get that too.  /
ar          A.15 utt2:  No,  /
sd          A.15 utt3:  they've got everything here from the, {F uh, } French Room which is ultra, ultra to, {F um, } {F um, } Dean  (( Ferrings )) , {F uh, } {F uh, } restaurant which is the Mansion on Turtle Creek.  /
sd          A.15 utt4:  {E I mean } we've got beautiful places to go.  /
sd          A.15 utt5:  You can get as dressed  up  or,  [ a-, + ] {D you know } just going to the local barbecue and just doing take out. /  

b          B.16 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

sd          A.17 utt1:  # {C So, } # {D you know } <laughter>.  I guess, {F uh, } some of the foods that we really enjoy though are the, {F um, } {F um, } {D like } Chinese, /  

%          B.18 utt1:  # {F Um } <sniffing>.  # /  

sd          A.19 utt1:  # {C and } we're # always searching around for Chinese.  /
sd          A.19 utt2:   {C And } now, of course, they've added the Taiwanese,  /
sd          A.19 utt3:  [ {C and, } + {C and, } ] {F um, } {F uh, } [ various, + ]  {D you know, } [ any, + any ] part of the country you want to hit, they have got it.  /
sd          A.19 utt4:  {E I mean, } Vietnamese restaurant we went to, {D you know, } last week.   It's great,  /
sd          A.19 utt5: it's good stuff, {D you kno-, } /  

b          B.20 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.21 utt1:  {C But, } {F uh, } [ it's, + [ so + ] it's ]  very, very mixed  /
sd          A.21 utt2: {C and, } {F uh, } {D you know, }  I think if you like food like we do, - /
sd          A.21 utt3: [ I, + I ]  don't know if that happened before or after we moved here  /
sd          A.21 utt4: {C but, } {F um, }   

b          B.22 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          A.23 utt1:  # {D you # know, } you get a [ lot of, + ] {F uh, }  great variety of things here,  /
%          A.23 utt2: {C so. } - /
qw         A.23 utt3: {C But } if you were going to a restaurant, {D say, } {F um, }  where would you go? /  

sd          B.24 utt1:  {F Oh, } {D well } [ we had, + {F uh, } we have ]  a lot of favorites here, {F uh, } in Northern Virginia  /
sd          B.24 utt2: {C and } of course we've got D C to  call on, {D you know, } /  

b          A.25 utt1:  # Right. # /  

sd          B.26 utt1:  # {C and } # there's all sorts of things down there.  /
sd          B.26 utt2:   One thing about D C is that there are a lot of traditional restaurants  where, {D you know, } [ it's, + ] the guy used to be the cook for the Capitol  /
sd          B.26 utt3: {C and so } he stays in  the same restaurant for twenty years, {D you know, } /  

bk          A.27 utt1:  # {F Oh, } okay.  # /  

sd          B.28 utt1:  # {C and } he's # got a big clientele  /
sd           B.28 utt2: {C and, } {F um, } {C so }  [ there are, + there are ] some hang outs where you can go if you want to see people.  /
sd          B.28 utt3:   {D You know, } [ it's, + it's ] sort of like Hollywood in a way because [ there's, + there's ]  favorite haunts for Southerners and things like that. /  

b          A.29 utt1:  Oh. /  

sd          B.30 utt1:  {F Um, } we don't hang around with them, because usually it's, {D you know, } ninety dollars a plate or something silly like that. /  

aa          A.31 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          A.31 utt2: right <laughter>. /  

sd          B.32 utt1:  {C So, } {F uh, } {C but, } {F uh, } my wife has [ a, + a ]  friend that [ w-, + ] runs one of the restaurants down there  /
sd          B.32 utt2: {C and } we've been down there and  had French cuisine,  /
h          B.32 utt3: {C and, } {F uh, } I don't know,  /
sd          B.32 utt4: I don't particularly care for that sort of thing, just [ th-, + the ] type of food, just because I do like, {F uh, } {D you know, }  getting a meal. /  

b          A.33 utt1:  # I see.  # /  

sd          B.34 utt1:  # {C And, } {F uh, } # most French food always leaves me hungry for some reason. /  

x          A.35 utt1:  # <Laughter>.  #   

sd          B.36 utt1:  # [ I, + # I ] don't know what they say  about Chinese,  /
sd          B.36 utt2: I'm always hungry after a French meal, {F uh. } /  

aa          A.37 utt1:  That's true too. /  

%          B.38 utt1:  {C And, } {F uh, } - /
sd          B.38 utt2: {C but } [ the, + the ]  atmosphere is just wonderful.  /
sd          B.38 utt3: You do feel like you've gone out, {D you know, } and done something,   

bf          A.39 utt1:  # To another place,  /
aa          A.39 utt2: yeah. # /  

+          B.40 utt1:  # when you go to # a French restaurant, or a restaurant downtown.  /
sd          B.40 utt2:   {D Well } as out here you might have enjoyed the meal and go away feeling satisfied, it's not so much [ a, + an ] event, {D you know, }  out in the suburbs when you go to a local restaurant. /  

b          A.41 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          A.41 utt2: {D well. } -/  

sd          B.42 utt1:  {C And } [ there's, + they're ] starting to get a little bit different, {F um, } /
sd          B.42 utt2: [ they're, + they're ] realizing that more of  [ the, + the ]  people with the money are coming out and living in the suburbs, getting away from the city  /
sd          B.42 utt3:  {C and so } there are a couple jazz houses, {D you know, } that have jazz bands playing while you're eating and stuff like that,   

ba          A.43 utt1:  # {F Oh, } there you go,  /
b          A.43 utt2: yeah. # /  

+          B.44 utt1:  # which is kind of nice, # because, -/  

sd           A.45 utt1:  {F Oh, } we're sort of in the middle of, {F uh, } the  extension of the Cajun country too,  {C so } we have, {F um, } a lot of ambiance provided  by, {D you know, } [ the, + the ] bands  and [ everyth-, + ] {D you know, }  like you said jazz bands and things like that.  / 
sd          A.45 utt2:  {D You know, }   

b          B.46 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          A.47 utt1:  # you # go out  /
sd          A.47 utt2: {C and } you eat your crawfish and --   

b          B.48 utt1:  Yeah  /
b          B.48 utt2: right. /  

+          A.49 utt1:  -- jambalaya and stuff.  /
sd          A.49 utt2:  {D You know, } [ I, + I ]  really don't like that stuff  /
sd          A.49 utt3: {C but } my husband does.  /
sd          A.49 utt4:  He loves to cook it  /
sd          A.49 utt5: {C so, }    

b          B.50 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          A.51 utt1:  # he # and a friend of his get together  /
sd         A.51 utt2: {C and } they cook, {E I mean, } {D you know, } {D like } for a bunch of people /
%          A.51 utt3: [ {C and, } + {C and, } ]  {F uh, } it's really, - /
sd          A.51 utt4: in fact, we do a lot more entertaining I think at home than we do going out.  /
sd          A.51 utt5:   {C So } when we do go out we really, {D you know, } want to be wowed by, {F um, }  the presentation, so to speak. /  

b          B.52 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          A.53 utt1:  {C And, } {F uh, } {D you know, } [ {C but, } + {C but } ]  there are little places, {F um, }  /
sd          A.53 utt2: {C and } like I said, some of our very favorites are the Chinese restaurants, [ just to, + ] /  

b          B.54 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

sd          A.55 utt1:  # {C and } # we do a lot of take out because everybody's so busy running around, /  

b          B.56 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

sd          A.57 utt1:  # {C and } # it's the fastest thing to do,  /
sd,o@       A.57 utt2: {C and so } we sort of enjoy [ the, + ] {D you know, } both parts because, *[[slash unit, because A's next utterance is a backchannel of B.58]]

sd          B.58 utt1:  We have [ two, + {F uh, } two ] very special places  in Northern Virginia that people go to.   /
sd          B.58 utt2: {F Uh, } one's called Captain Pell's --   

+@          A.59 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  *[[ Should be indep. slash unit ]]  

+          B.60 utt1:  -- which is a crab house,   

b          A.61 utt1:  # Oh.  # /  

+          B.62 utt1:  # {D you # know, } being so close to Maryland. /  

b          A.63 utt1:  # Right. # /  

sd          B.64 utt1:  # Maryland # is, {D you know, } a big place for crabs [ with the, + with the ] bay pretty much taking over most of Maryland. /  

b          A.65 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.66 utt1:  {C And, } {F um, } Captain Pell's is a place with the  big huge wooden tables inside, /  

x          A.67 utt1:  # <Laughter>.  #   

sd          B.68 utt1:  # {C and } # people just go in there and just pig out and  everything.  /
sd          B.68 utt2:  {C And then, } {F um, } the other place is called the Vienna Inn  which is, {F uh, } {F uh, } - /
sd          B.68 utt3: Vienna is a suburb of D C also in Virginia  /
sd          B.68 utt4: {C and, } {F uh, }  that place is known for [ the, + the ] rudest waitresses in the country, [ are, + are ] at the Vienna Inn. /  

x          A.69 utt1:  # <Laughter>.  #   

sd          B.70 utt1:  # {C And, } # {F uh, } people go there to be abused.  /
sd          B.70 utt2:  {E I mean, }   

bf@         A.71 utt1:  Just to be abused, by the meanest waitress <laughter>. *[[slash unit]]  

+          B.72 utt1:  you {D actually } go in there to be abused [ by the, + by the ]  waitresses and the bartenders and stuff. /  

+@          A.73 utt1:  {F Oh, } that's a talent. / *[[ Indep. slash unit ]] 

sd          B.74 utt1:  {C And } people come all over the country amazed at, {F um, } the abuse they were seized. /  

x          A.75 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sd          B.76 utt1:  {C And then } it's on the honor system.  /
sd          B.76 utt2:   You pay totally on the honor system. /  

%          A.77 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

sd          B.78 utt1:  {C And so, } {D you know, } you tell them what  you've eaten and what you drank or  whatever  /
sd          B.78 utt2: {C and } they figure out the bill for you  /
sd          B.78 utt3:  {C and } you're lucky if you get change.  /
sd(^q)       B.78 utt4: Usually [ they, + they ] take your change and throw you a couple of mints in your hand and say thanks, {D you know. } /  

x          A.79 utt1:  # <Laughter>.  #   

%          B.80 utt1:  # {C Because, } # {F uh, } they, -/  

^2^g          A.81 utt1:  Got to carry through with the abuse, huh. /  

aa          B.82 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b^m          B.82 utt2: carry on with the abuse,  /
sd(^q)      B.82 utt3:  they say you need [ n-, + ] mints,  /
^q          B.82 utt4: here guy, you don't get any change, {D you know. } /  

ba          A.83 utt1:  {F Oh, } gee.  /
sv          A.83 utt2:  {D Well } that's funny,  /
sd          A.83 utt3: [ I, + we ]  just went to an Italian restaurant this, - /
sd          A.83 utt4:  {F um, } just wonderful - /
%          A.83 utt5: {C and } they, {E I mean } - /
sd          A.83 utt6:  it's like being in It-, - /
sd          A.83 utt7: {E I mean } I've never been to Italy, {D okay, }  /
sd          A.83 utt8: {C but } it's just this big  beautiful Italian restaurant.  /
sd          A.83 utt9: Very, {F um, } low key in terms of the people are from  California, {D you know, } /
sd          A.83 utt10: {C so }  they have their own adaptation of what Italian is.   {E I mean, }  /
sd          A.83 utt11:  {C but } [ it's, + it ] was a wonderful, wonderful experience.  /
sd          A.83 utt12:  You know they have, {F uh, } women there [ going to S M U, + going to, {F uh, } Southern Methodist University ]   [ and, + and ] graduating in opera or something like that  /
sd          A.83 utt13: {C and } they are all singing arias to you [ and, +   

ba          B.84 utt1:  # {F Oh, } wow.  # /  

+          A.85 utt1:  # and ] just # walking around the restaurant  singing  /
sd          A.85 utt2: {C and } they make the food right there so it's display cooking  /
sd          A.85 utt3: [ {C and, } + {C and, } ]  {F uh, } {C then } they have wine casks all over the place so you're lined up waiting in line to  this place  /
sd          A.85 utt4: {C and } you just take a drink of wine  /
sd          A.85 utt5: {C and, } {D you know, } they don't  count that really,  /
%          A.85 utt6: they just, -/ 
