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FILENAME:	3320_1413_1353
TOPIC#:		312
DATE:		911028
TRANSCRIBER:	glp
UTT_CODER:		AEE
DIFFICULTY:	2
TOPICALITY:	2
NATURALNESS:	3
ECHO_FROM_B:	2
ECHO_FROM_A:	1
STATIC_ON_A:	2
STATIC_ON_B:	3
BACKGROUND_A:	3
BACKGROUND_B:	2
REMARKS:        Speaker A had a television on in the background.

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sd^t          @A.1 utt1:  We're supposed to talk about crime in the city. /  

b          B.2 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

qy^g          A.3 utt1:  {C And, }  {F uh, } seems like all big cities have plenty of that nowadays, doesn't it? /  

%          B.4 utt1:  {D Well, } {F uh, }  I, - /
%         B.4 utt2: that's,  - /
na          B.4 utt3: sure.  /
%          B.4 utt4: {F Uh, } [ I, + I ] think it's - /
sv          B.4 utt5: [ [ s-, + st-, ] + statistics, ] obviously, vary greatly.  /
sv          B.4 utt6:  I always thought of Dallas as being a fairly safe place. /  

aa          A.5 utt1:  {D Well, } it is,  /
sv          A.5 utt2: {C but } our crimes up here, {F uh, }  as I think it must be in most cities now,  /
sd          A.5 utt3: {C but, }  {F uh, } I was listening to the news the other day  /
sd          A.5 utt4: {C and } they said they thought [ a lot of it, + ]  the reason it was up so was because [ of the, + ] {F uh, }  so  many people are without work nowadays,  /
sd          A.5 utt5: economy's so bad <noise>. /  

qy          B.6 utt1:  Do you really believe that?  /
sv          B.6 utt2: {E I mean, } [ it, + it's ]  been up every year for many years  /
qy^g          B.6 utt3: {C and } the economy hasn't been,   

x          A.7 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          B.8 utt1:  this bad for so long, has it? /  

ba          A.9 utt1:  That's a good point <noise> <laughter>.  /
sd          A.9 utt2: That's just what they quoted over the news. /  

b          B.10 utt1:  Yeah. /  

no          A.11 utt1:  I don't know if I believe that or not,  /
sv          A.11 utt2: {C but, } [ it, + it  ] does seem up  /
%          A.11 utt3: {C and, } -/  

qw          B.12 utt1:  What kind of newspaper do you get down there? /  

qw^h          A.13 utt1:  What kind? /  

ny          B.14 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.15 utt1:  {D Well, } [ we got a, + I think we got a ] pretty good newspaper.  /
sd          A.15 utt2: {F Uh, }  we have two, the MORNING NEWS and the, {F uh, } TIMES HERALD. /  

b          B.16 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.17 utt1:  MORNING NEWS seems to have the largest circulation.  /
sd          A.17 utt2: I think it's a pretty good, - /
sd          A.17 utt3: it's a locally owned paper. /  

b          B.18 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.19 utt1:  The HERALD is owned, I think, by the TIMES out of, {F uh, } L A, or somewhere. /  

b          B.20 utt1:  Yes. /  

%          A.21 utt1:  {C But, } -/  

qy          B.22 utt1: [ [ D-, + do  they, ] + do they ] play up the local crime angles  /
%          B.22 utt2: [ {C or }  d-, +  {C or }   do ] they, -/  

ng          A.23 utt1:  {D Well, } they don't,  /
nn          A.23 utt2: no,  /
sd^e          A.23 utt3: not really, {F uh, }  /
sd          A.23 utt4: they don't play it up,  I don't think.  /
sd          A.23 utt5: {F Uh, } <lipsmack> {C but } [ there, + there ] is too much of it, {D you know, } {F uh } --    

b          B.24 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.25 utt1:  -- too many homes broken into. /  

b          B.26 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          A.27 utt1:  We had [ our, + our, ] fact about, {F uh, } - /
sd          A.27 utt2: last year sometime our home was broken into. /  

bh          B.28 utt1:  Really? /  

%          A.29 utt1:   We, -/  

qy^d          B.30 utt1:  {C So } this is a topic of personal interest. /  

ny          A.31 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          A.31 utt2: we, {F uh, } {F uh, } - /
sd^e          A.31 utt3: I  didn't think ours ever would be [ burgled into, + burgled, ]  /
sd          A.31 utt4: {C but, } so many in our neighborhood had been,  /
sd          A.31 utt5: {C and, } {F uh, } because we live on a corner --   

b          B.32 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.33 utt1:  -- and back up to a real, {F uh, } highly traveled main street. -/  

b          B.34 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          A.35 utt1:  {C But, }  {F uh, } we were, so, {F uh, } -/  

bf          B.36 utt1: [ {C So, } + {C so } ] you saw this happening in your neighborhood  /
bf          B.36 utt2: {C and } you figured it wouldn't happen to you. /  

aa          A.37 utt1:  Sort of, yeah.  /
sd          A.37 utt2:  {C And } I never did get a security system,  /
sd          A.37 utt3: {C but } since that happened, I certainly have. /  

b          B.38 utt1:  Yeah,  /
qw          B.38 utt2: what kind of system do you have? /  

sd          A.39 utt1:  It's, {F uh, } <throat_clearing> {F uh, }  I guess <lipsmack>, {E excuse me, } just a standard.  {F Uh, } <sniffing>, <lipsmack> with [ the, + {F uh, } all the ] doors and the, {F uh, } infrared [ thing, + {D you know, } motion detector.  ] /  

b          B.40 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.41 utt1: [ Pre-, +   

qy          B.42 utt1: [ [ Is, +   

+          A.43 utt1:  Pretty ] standard. /  

+          B.44 utt1:  Is ] this, + is this ] one with some company [ that, + that ] services you  and --   

ny          A.45 utt1:  Yes,  /
ny^r          A.45 utt2: yes. /  

+          B.46 utt1:  -- takes your calls and all that stuff? /  

sd^e          A.47 utt1:  It's monitored and all that. /  

b          B.48 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          A.49 utt1:  {C And, } -/  

qy          B.50 utt1:  {D Well, } is that a necessary feature to have somebody, {D you know, } at the other end of the line  /
qrr          B.50 utt2: {C or } is it enough just to have a thing that makes loud noise? /  

sv          A.51 utt1:  I think, {F uh, } the thing that makes a lot of noise [ would, + would ] suffice. /  

b          B.52 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          A.53 utt1:  I really do.  /
sd          A.53 utt2: {C But, }  {F uh, } this deal that was part of it for, {D you know, } three years or so --   

b          B.54 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.55 utt1:  -- to pay the unit off or whatever. /  

b          B.56 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          A.57 utt1: [ {C And, } + {F uh, } {C but } ]  it,  {F uh, } - /
sd          A.57 utt2: the   monitoring is not that bad, though  /
sd          A.57 utt3: {C because, } {F uh, } {F uh, } we've goofed it up, {D you know, }  /
sd          A.57 utt4: several times you'll hit the wrong key, not intentionally or something  /
sd          A.57 utt5: [ {C and } + <sniffing>, {C and } ] they call back pretty quickly,  /
sd          A.57 utt6: {C so } [ I guess it's, + {D you know, } I think it's ] all right.  /
%          A.57 utt7: {C But }  I, - /
sv          A.57 utt8: to answer your question,  [ I think, + {F uh } --   

b          B.58 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.59 utt1:  -- {F uh, } I think, ] {F uh, } that is a pretty good deterrent in itself,  /
%          A.59 utt2: whether it, -/  

qy^d          B.60 utt1: [ [  {C S-, } + {C s-, } ] + {C so } ] you got a sign up there that says you got this alarm system <noise>. /  

qy          A.61 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

qw          B.62 utt1:  {C And } what if a burglar comes along and cuts your phone line? /  

sd          A.63 utt1:  <Lipsmack>  {D Well, } it's got a back up system that doesn't work supposedly.  [ Tha-, + {F uh, } that ] if it's cut supposedly it notifies them anyway <noise>.  Supposedly. /  

qw          B.64 utt1:  How does it do that? /  

no          A.65 utt1:  Who knows, {D you know. }  /
sv          A.65 utt2:  {C But } that's a selling point.   /
sd          A.65 utt3: {C And } [ I think they're probably, + I think it probably ] does these things [ or + ] <breathing> [ sur-, + supposedly ] pretty good. /  

b          B.66 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.67 utt1:  <Lipsmack> Boy,  they sure advertise [ them, {D you know, } + so many of them ] nowadays. /  

aa          B.68 utt1:  Sure. /  

qy          A.69 utt1:  {C But, }  {F uh, } {D well } [ don't, + don't ]  you all have a pretty high crime rate up there? /  

ny          B.70 utt1:  {D Well, } yeah, {F uh, } /  

sd          A.71 utt1:  I'm not saying it's any higher than anybody else's.  /
sd          A.71 utt2: Down here, we seem to, - /
%          A.71 utt3:  [ {C or, } +  {C or } ]  not here, - /
sv         A.71 utt4: {C but } the statistics seem to say that.  /
h          A.71 utt5: I don't know. /  

sv          B.72 utt1: [ I, + I ] think it's the murder capital of the country now. /  

bh          A.73 utt1:  Is that right? /  

ny          B.74 utt1:  Yes. /  

sv          A.75 utt1:  I would gather probably from drugs. /  

aa          B.76 utt1:  Absolutely. /  

sv          A.77 utt1:  {C And } I think that's the reason it's so high everywhere. /  

b          B.78 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          A.79 utt1:  {C But, }  I don't think there's anyplace, - /
%          A.79 utt2: used to, - /
sv(^q)          A.79 utt3: years ago, you thought, {D well, } these little small cities and all, <lipsmack> wouldn't have that problem,  /
sv          A.79 utt4: {C but } they do. /  

b          B.80 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.81 utt1:  We've had relatives that their children were just as involved in it, {F uh, } as anyone, {D you know. } /  

qh          B.82 utt1: [ [ {C S-, } +  {C s-, } ] + {C so, } ] what's the solution? /  

ba         A.83 utt1:  That's a good question.  /
no          A.83 utt2: I don't know,  /
no          A.83 utt3: I don't know what the solution is.  /
no          A.83 utt4: I really don't. /  

sv          B.84 utt1:  {C And } all these politicians [ make, + make ] hay over, {D you know } --   

b          A.85 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.86 utt1:  -- being anticrime,  /
sv          B.86 utt2: {C but } --   

b         A.87 utt1:  Yep. /  

+          B.88 utt1:  -- they haven't seemed to have changed anything. /  

%          A.89 utt1:  Th-, - /
sv          A.89 utt2: {C and } nothing seems to change.  /
sv          A.89 utt3: {C And, }  {F uh, } I'm not sure that anything will because [ these, + if something could happen to make these ] people not want to buy it -- -/  

b          B.90 utt1: Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.91 utt1:  -- {F uh, } {C but, }  they want to buy it,  /
%         A.91 utt2: {C so, } -/  

b          B.92 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          A.93 utt1:  Supply and demand.  /
sv          A.93 utt2:  Long as somebody wants to buy it,  somebody going to provide it for them <noise>.  /
sd          A.93 utt3: {C So, } [ [ I don't know, + I don't got, ] + {D you know, } I don't know ] what the solution is,  /
sd          A.93 utt4: I really don't <sniffing>. /  

b          B.94 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          A.95 utt1:  I don't think anyone does, in fact. /  

b          B.96 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          B.96 utt2: what, -/ 
