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FILENAME:	3633_1455_1315
TOPIC#:		366
DATE:		911228
TRANSCRIBER:	RDL
UTT_CODER:		AEE
DIFFICULTY:	3
TOPICALITY:	2
NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	1
ECHO_FROM_A:	3
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	1
BACKGROUND_A:	3
BACKGROUND_B:	1
REMARKS:        Background noise on A  A whole bunch of simultaneous
speech.JSS

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o          A.1 utt1:   ((   ))  return anything. -/  

sd         B.2 utt1:  {D Well, } # really, #    

x          A.3 utt1:  # <Throat_clearing>. #   

+          B.4 utt1:  the only things that I have returned have not been faulty,  /
sd          B.4 utt2: it's been because of the size or --   

b          A.5 utt1:  # Right. # /  

+          B.6 utt1:  -- # some # problem like that.  /
sd          B.6 utt2: I really haven't had to return things because they didn't perform the way they were supposed to. /  

sv          A.7 utt1:  Most the time they have a pretty good guarantee,  /
%          A.7 utt2: yeah.  /
sd          A.7 utt3:  The only thing I've had lately is, {F uh, } my kids got all these Barbie <ringing> kind of toys for, {F uh, } Christmas  /
sd          A.7 utt4: {C and, }  {F uh, } [ i-, + it ]  takes them less than a day  /
sd          A.7 utt5: {C and } they're broken in one way or another.  /
sd          A.7 utt6: {C But } I don't know if that's just kids, or if that's, {F uh, } - /
sv          A.7 utt7:  <child> maybe those type of products [ sh-, + should ] be for older kids <child>. /  

b          B.8 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
qw          B.8 utt2:  What age are your children? /  

sd          A.9 utt1:  I have a five and a half and a three and a half year old that play with them <noise>. /  

b          B.10 utt1:  Uh-huh <breathing>. /  

sd          A.11 utt1:  {C And, }  {F uh, } I don't think they're unduly rough,  /
sd          A.11 utt2: {C but } maybe they are.   /
h          A.11 utt3: I don't know.  /
sd          A.11 utt4:  {C But, }  {F uh, } a lot of the little Barbie sets <ringing> they come with real <throat_clearing> little pieces <noise>  /
sd          A.11 utt5: {C and } they're easily lost and easily broken  /
%          A.11 utt6: {C but, } -/  

b          B.12 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

x          A.13 utt1:  #  ((   )) . #   

sd          B.14 utt1:  # {D Well, } # my daughter is twenty-one now,  /
sd          B.14 utt2: {C so } it's been a while since we've had # Barbie things <laughter>. # /  

bf          A.15 utt1:  # It's been a while since they've, {F uh, } # gone through the Barbie stuff #  ((   )) . # /  

sd          B.16 utt1:  # {C But } [ we # did have Barbies, + we did have Barbies ] and things,  /
%          B.16 utt2:  {C and } there - /
sd          B.16 utt3: seems to me [ that + that ] became a craze when she was already, {F oh, } {D like, } {D you know, }  third, fourth, fifth grade. /  

b          A.17 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          B.18 utt1:  {C So } she wasn't in it for very long before she was out of it,  /
sd          B.18 utt2: {C but, }  {F uh, } I don't remember her # breaking a lot of stuff. # /  

b^m          A.19 utt1:  # Don't remember her # breaking, {F uh, } -/  

nn          B.20 utt1:  No,  /
sd^e         B.20 utt2: I don't.  /
sd          B.20 utt3:  {C But } I also don't remember lots of little pieces #  /
sv         B.20 utt4: They've got so many different things with it now. # /  

aa          A.21 utt1:  # {D Well, } that's one thing they've got.  /
sv          A.21 utt2: They've # got every type of imaginable, - /
sd          A.21 utt3: camping on the beach,  and all of these come with, {F oh, } {D like } tiny, tiny little plates and little sunglasses.  /
%          A.21 utt4: {C And, }  {F uh } -- -/  

ba          B.22 utt1:  # Goodness. # /  

sd          A.23 utt1:  -- # my # three and a half year old has wanted this Ken doll,  /
sd          A.23 utt2: {C and so } I finally got her a Ken doll,  /
sd          A.23 utt3: {C and, }  {F uh, } less than a week later the arm was broken. /  

ba          B.24 utt1:  {F Oh, } dear. /  

sd          A.25 utt1:  {C But } they were real good about replacing it.  /
sd          A.25 utt2:  That's one nice thing, is they're real good about replacing it. /  

sv          B.26 utt1:  {D Well, } {F uh, } I guess if they'll replace them, then they assume they shouldn't have broken. /  

aa          A.27 utt1:  Right.  /
sd          A.27 utt2:  {D Well, } [ [ the, + the, ] + {D you know, } those ]  little arms are supposed to twist almost any # way  /
%          A.27 utt3:  and # -- -/  

^2          B.28 utt1:  # Any direction. # /  

sd          A.29 utt1:  -- [ she's not that strong, that I # would # -- +   

b          B.30 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          A.31 utt1:  -- she's not that big of a girl that I think could ] really <breathing> --   

b          B.32 utt1:  Right. /  

+          A.33 utt1:  -- take a grip on it like a bigger kid could, {D you know. } /  

b          B.34 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          B.34 utt2: The main thing that [ they've, + they had ] when my daughter was playing with Barbies was just clothes. /  

b          A.35 utt1:  Yes. /  

sd          B.36 utt1:  {D You know, } that was about it. /  

b^m          A.37 utt1:  That was about it. /  

b          B.38 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.39 utt1:  {C And } the Barbie doll itself is usually pretty durable and that kind of stuff  /
%          A.39 utt2: {C but, } -/  

sd          B.40 utt1:  {C And } the main thing my kids seem to be into nowadays are electronics.  /
sd          B.40 utt2: [ My, + my ] children are twenty-one and twenty-five and twenty-eight. /  

bh          A.41 utt1:  {F Oh, } is that right? /  

ny          B.42 utt1:  Uh-huh #  /
%          B.42 utt2: {C and, }  # -/  

qy          A.43 utt1:  # {D Well, } # do you see that there's a big problem with electronic things? /  

nn          B.44 utt1:  No,  /
sd^e          B.44 utt2: not really.  /
sd          B.44 utt3: We, {F uh, } haven't had that much, {D you know, } problem with things that we have bought.  /
sd          B.44 utt4: They seem [ to, + to ] last.  /
sd          B.44 utt5:  In fact, when they offer us extended warranties, [ we, + we ] don't buy them # because [ [ we've, + #   

^2          A.45 utt1:  # Don't # buy them because you don't need them. /  

+@          B.46 utt1:  We don-, ] + we find ] we don't need them. /  

b          A.47 utt1:  Yes. /  

sv          B.48 utt1:  {C And, }  {F uh, } it seems like it's just [ a, + an ] added tack on.  /
sv          B.48 utt2: {C Plus } a lot of the credit cards now, {D you know, } will guarantee,  /
sv          B.48 utt3: if you purchase on your credit card --   

b          A.49 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah. #  ((   )) . # /  

+          B.50 utt1:  -- # {D you know, } # then they put an extended warranty on it if it doesn't work or if you have a problem with it in a certain period of time,  /
sv          B.50 utt2: {C so } it # seems # --   

b          A.51 utt1:  # Yes. # /  

+          B.52 utt1:  -- like it's a waste of money. /  

sv          A.53 utt1:  {D Well, } you almost assume if you're going to have problems with it,  it's usually [ bef-,  + before ] that warranty would expire  /
%          A.53 utt2:  any, - /
%          A.53 utt3:   the  first one. -/  

aa          B.54 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
sd          B.54 utt2: {C And } {D like } [ I've even bought, + on a recliner once I bought, ] {D you know, } [ [ a, + a, ] + an ] extended warranty for cleaning and stuff like that,  /
sd          B.54 utt3: {C and } I never used it. /  

b         A.55 utt1:  You  never [ nee-, + even needed ] it. /  

sv         B.56 utt1:  {C And so } it seems ridiculous.  /
sd          B.56 utt2:  {C And } {D like } <breathing>,     

x          A.57 utt1:  <Child>.   

+          B.58 utt1:  washers and dryers and things like that, I've never had one go out.  /
%          B.58 utt2:  In fact, they usually, - /
sd          B.58 utt3: when they do go out, it's either something my husband can buy the part and fix  /
sd          B.58 utt4: {C and } we don't even have a repairman come,  /
sd          B.58 utt5: {C or } it means it's old enough that it's time to replace # the whole thing. # /  

b^m          A.59 utt1:  # It's time to # replace it. /  

b          B.60 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

b          A.61 utt1:  Yes. /  

%          B.62 utt1:  {C So, }  {E I # mean, } # -/  

sv          A.63 utt1:  # I # think these extended warranties are gimmicks, really. /  

aa          B.64 utt1:  I do too. /  

sv          A.65 utt1:  A lot of it.  /
sd          A.65 utt2: [ We bought, + when we first married, we bought ]  one on our T V  /
%          A.65 utt3: <lipsmack> {C and } that there's, - /
sd          A.65 utt4: [ it was a five year, + after the first five years, ] - /
sd          A.65 utt5:  {C and } it was ridiculous. /  

b          B.66 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
sv          B.66 utt2: {C And } they charge you a pretty good price for them # too. # /  

aa          A.67 utt1:  # Yes. #  /
sv          A.67 utt2: They're a pretty healthy price,  /
sv(^q)          A.67 utt3: {C and } you're trying to think {F oh, } maybe I'll need this.  /
sv(^q)          A.67 utt4: [ You never, + you always ] think gosh, if I say no, then I won't, {D you know. } /  

b          B.68 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          A.69 utt1:  {C But, } -/  

sd          B.70 utt1:  {D Well, } # my husband # --   

h          A.71 utt1:  # I don't know. # /  

+          B.72 utt1:  -- finally just put his foot down  /
sd(^q)          B.72 utt2: {C and } he said we're not going to buy any of these anymore,  /
sd(^q)          B.72 utt3: {C and } if it goes out, {D well } --   

sv          A.73 utt1:  You # probably # --   

+          B.74 utt1:  -- # {D you know. } # -/  

+          A.75 utt1:  -- got your worth out of it anyway. /  

aa          B.76 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
sd          B.76 utt2: [ {C and, } + {F uh, } {C so }  ] we really have been fairly happy [ wi-, + with ] things,  /
sd          B.76 utt3:  {C but } {D now } we take good care of things  /
sd          B.76 utt4: {C and } we don't, {F uh, } run out and buy a lot [ of, + of ] things either.  /
 sd         B.76 utt5: {C And } since our kids aren't little anymore, I'm not buying a lot of  those little things # <laughter> that can get broken. # /  

b          A.77 utt1:  # Yes,  /
%          A.77 utt2: the little, # - /
qy^d          A.77 utt3: {D well, } you probably are real careful of the brands you buy  /
qy^d          A.77 utt4: {C and } [ the, + ] when you do buy things, you <child_yelling> probably watch what [ kind of, + # type of ] ((   )) . # -/  

nd          B.78 utt1: # {D Well, } # you look at the consumer guide. /  

b          A.79 utt1:  # Yes. # /  

sd          B.80 utt1:  # {C And, }  # {F uh, } you go around  /
sd          B.80 utt2: {C and } you look at the different ones and find the ones that have the, -/ 
