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FILENAME:	2324_1083_1138
TOPIC#:		347
DATE:		910328
TRANSCRIBER:	glp
UTT_CODER:	stm
DIFFICULTY:	3
TOPICALITY:	1
NATURALNESS:	2
ECHO_FROM_B:	2
ECHO_FROM_A:	2
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	1
BACKGROUND_A:	2
BACKGROUND_B:	4
REMARKS: 	Speaker had a baby in the background and it sounded like
she was chopping food during most of the conversation.

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o          A.1 utt1:  Okay, {F uh, }  /
qo          A.1 utt2: why do you think it, {F uh, } sounds, - /
qy          A.1 utt3: do you think we should adopt it? /  

nn          B.2 utt1:  No,  /
sd^e          B.2 utt2: I don't like metric system. /  

qy          A.3 utt1:  You don't? /  

sv          B.4 utt1:  [ [ I, + I, ] + I ] think the country [ is, + is, ] {F uh, }  too ingrained in the inches [ and, + and ]  just the general, {F uh, } background,  /
sv          B.4 utt2: the history of our country has been inches  /
sv          B.4 utt3: {C and } I don't think there's a big advantage in going to the metric system. /  

b          A.5 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          B.6 utt1:  [ It, + it's  ] going to disorient and confuse a lot of people for years and years  /
sv          B.6 utt2: {C and } there are going to be people who die because of it because they don't understand, {F uh, } {D you know, } simple things from the amount of medicine they should take to how fast they can drive --   

b          A.7 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.8 utt1:  -- and {D you know } how far away something is  /
sv          B.8 utt2: {C and } [ it's, + it's ] not in our national consciousness to do it.  /
sd          B.8 utt3:  We've always measured things in the English system <noise> --   

b          A.9 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.10 utt1:  -- and, {D you know, } everything,  {D you know, }  /
sd          B.10 utt2: our land is in acres,  /
sv          B.10 utt3: our people aren't going to understand what --   

b          A.11 utt1:  Right. /  

+          B.12 utt1:  -- an amount of something is. /  

aa          A.13 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          A.13 utt2: [ I, + I ] agree with you.  /
sv          A.13 utt3: I don't think we should either even though I know there are benefits to the metric system,  /
sv          A.13 utt4: I don't think the benefits of the metric system outweigh [ the, + the ] disadvantages that would happen to the people in America -- /  

b          B.14 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          A.15 utt1:  -- {C and } also the, {F uh, } <lipsmack> - /
h          A.15 utt2: I don't know  /
sv          A.15 utt3: it seems almost like [ there's this, + ] it's a peer pressure  thing is why we keep wanting to do it is so we'll look good to the other nations  /
sv          A.15 utt4: {C because } I think [ they, + ] that's an area that the other nations, especially Europe, look down on us like {F oh, } we're just backward wayward children who still use this backward system, who haven't really attained it yet.  /
sv          A.15 utt5: {C And } I feel it's just pride of why they keep trying to push it on us.   /
sv          A.15 utt6: {C And } it's like, hey, we're content with this <noise>.  /
aa          A.15 utt7:  No,  /
sv          A.15 utt8: it's probably not as accurate,  /
sv          A.15 utt9: probably, {D you know, } intellectually doesn't, - /
sv          A.15 utt10: it's not as sound intellectually, but, like you said {E I mean, } come on.  /
sd          A.15 utt11:  I had six years of college  /
sd          A.15 utt12: {C and } I don't know the metric system {C and } I don't care to learn it -- /  

b          B.16 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          A.17 utt1:  -- {C and } I'm not some kind of an idiot,  /
%          A.17 utt2: I just, -/  

sv          B.18 utt1:  {C And } it's easy to trans-, - /
sv          B.18 utt2: we have a computer for just about everything now  /
sv          B.18 utt3: {C and } if it's necessary to translate back and forth between them, it can be done -- /  

b          A.19 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.20 utt1:  -- {C because } I'm a mechanical engineer  /
sd          B.20 utt2: {C and } I've had to work when I was designing packages for people,  /
sd          B.20 utt3: {E I mean } I had [ to, +  to ] work both systems --   

b          A.21 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.22 utt1:  -- back and forth  /
sd          B.22 utt2: {C and } it was not hard  /
sd          B.22 utt3: {C and } [ you get, + you can get  ] a CAT CAM system that can take any design you want  /
sd          B.22 utt4: {C and } you can push a button  /
sd          B.22 utt5: {C and } it'll convert every <noise> measurement on there --   

b          A.23 utt1:  Right. /  

+          B.24 utt1:  -- {D you know, } from one system to the other --   

sd          A.25 utt1:  There's a lot of --   

+          B.26 utt1:  -- in seconds. /  

+          A.27 utt1:  -- people,  /
sd          A.27 utt2: {D like } you're educated,  /
sd          A.27 utt3: I'm educated,  /
sd          A.27 utt4: my husband is,  /
sd          A.27 utt5: {C but, } {E I mean, } a lot of people are flat not educated  /
sv          A.27 utt6: {C and } if I have a hard time, {D you know } --   

aa          B.28 utt1:  Really. /  

+          A.29 utt1:  -- putting that into my life, can we put that off on the other eighty percent of the population that doesn't have any college  /
h          A.29 utt2: {C or } I don't know how  much of the --    

b          B.30 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.31 utt1:  -- {D you know, } - /
sv          A.31 utt2: {C but } a large percentage probably over half of the rest of the population --   

aa          B.32 utt1:  Absolutely. /  

+          A.33 utt1:  -- they don't have any college probably much at all  /
sv          A.33 utt2: {C and } if we can't take it and use it easily, {D well, } how can you put that on, {D like, } elderly people and --   

b          B.34 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah,  /
%          B.34 utt2: it's just, -/  

+          A.35 utt1:  -- {D you know, } just people that maybe just aren't blessed with [ as, + as ] much sharpness and [ ment-, + mental ] acuity, /  

sv          B.36 utt1:  [ Or, + or ] even have had [ the ability, + {D you know, } the chance ] [ to, + to ] go to college or [ [ to, + to ] +  --     

b          A.37 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.38 utt1:  -- to ] learn about, - /
sv          B.38 utt2: I think it's still good they do cover the system.  /
sv          B.38 utt3:  I think it should still be taught in schools. /  

b          A.39 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.40 utt1:  {C And } they do,  /
sd          B.40 utt2: I know now because I, - /
sd          B.40 utt3: even when I was in elementary school years ago <laughter> --   

b          A.41 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.42 utt1:  -- [ they were, + ] {D you know, } we learned what a centimeter was and a decimeter and [ the various, +  {D you know } --   

b          A.43 utt1:  Right. /  

+          B.44 utt1:  -- basically the other ] alternate forms of measurements, things like that. /  

b          A.45 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          B.46 utt1:  [ {C And, } +  {C and } ] that's acceptable. /  

aa          A.47 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          A.47 utt2: I think it failed, too,  /
sv(^q)          A.47 utt3: {C because } like what you said [ of just, + ] {D you know, }   hey this is ridiculous.  /
sv          A.47 utt4: The thing Americans have so much stress on them right now. /  

b          B.48 utt1:  Yeah  <<faint>>. /  

sv          A.49 utt1:  {E I mean } if you look at the average family it's, like, man, they barely have time to stop and get gas, much less to try and figure out how much gas they're really getting  and --   

aa          B.50 utt1:  Really <laughter>. /  

+          A.51 utt1:  -- do all this.  /
sv(^q)          A.51 utt2:  It's like, {E I mean } come on let's take the pressure, /  

sv          B.52 utt1:  You know you need twenty gallons, but [ do + ] you need how many liters <laughter>. /  

b          A.53 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          A.53 utt2: {C and } it's just like another thing -- /  

b          B.54 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          A.55 utt1:  -- the American family doesn't need any more pressure.   /
sv          A.55 utt2: Just leave them alone,  /
sv          A.55 utt3: let them measure their  (( drinking ))  water in cups  /
sv          A.55 utt4: {C and } --   

b          B.56 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.57 utt1:  -- leave them alone <laughter>. /  

sv          B.58 utt1:  {C And } [ [ it, + it ] just doesn't, +  ((   ))  it just doesn't  ] make that much difference in the average life  /
sv          B.58 utt2: {C and } the scientific community and places where it's needed --    

b          A.59 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.60 utt1:  -- {D you know, } that's fine  /
sv          B.60 utt2: {C and } the rest of the world, {E I mean, } we are, - /
%          B.60 utt3: it's not, - /
sv          B.60 utt4: we may not be the top,  /
sd          B.60 utt5: I don't know if we're the top,  /
sv          B.60 utt6: we're one of the top superpowers of the world. /  

b          A.61 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
%          A.61 utt2:  That's, -/  

sd          B.62 utt1:  It may be arrogant,  /
sv          B.62 utt2: {C but } {E I mean, } let them come to us <laughter>. /  

x          A.63 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sd          B.64 utt1:  That's kind of the way I feel about it.  /
sv          B.64 utt2:  We can convert, /  

sv^2          A.65 utt1:  [ {C And, } +  {C and } ] if they don't like the way we do it just [ get off our, + don't worry about it. ]  {C And } I think, -/  

b          B.66 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.66 utt2: [ it, + it's  ] kind of like expecting everyone to suddenly speak German.    

aa          A.67 utt1:  Right,  /
%          A.67 utt2: it is -- /  

+          B.68 utt1:  {D You know. } /  

sd          A.69 utt1:  -- {C because } it is another language,  /
aa          A.69 utt2: yeah. /  

b          B.70 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sv          B.70 utt2:  [ {C And, } +  {C and, } ] instead of  (( saying ))  the world speak German we found out that we can translate <laughter>. /  

x          A.71 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sv          B.72 utt1:  {C And } that's what I think we ought to do with the metric system. /  

ba          A.73 utt1:  That's funny.  /
ba          A.73 utt2: {D Well, } that's good.  /
sv          A.73 utt3:  I think we kept it at real good. /  

b          B.74 utt1:  <Laughter> Okay. /  

qy          A.75 utt1:  Is that all we need to say? /  

ny          B.76 utt1:  Yeah.  /
fc          B.76 utt2:  It's been nice talking to you. /  

fc          A.77 utt1:  You, too.  /
fc          A.77 utt2:  I think that was good. /  

fc          B.78 utt1:  Okay. /  

fc          A.79 utt1:  That was the best one.  /
fc          A.79 utt2: Usually I get distracted off the topic.  /
fc          A.79 utt3: You know what I mean. /  

fc          B.80 utt1:  Yeah. /  

fc          A.81 utt1:  {C And } we'll end up, one man was telling me about his grandfather in Lithuania,  /
fc          A.81 utt2: {C and } we were talking about [ something tot-, + ] income tax or something. /  

fc          B.82 utt1:  <Laughter> <baby_crying>.  All right. /  

fc          A.83 utt1:  {C And } I just, -/  

fc          B.84 utt1:  {D Well, } good talking to you. /  

fc          A.85 utt1:  Anyway, I appreciate it.  /
fc          A.85 utt2:  Have a good day. /  

fc          B.86 utt1:  Bye-bye. / 
