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FILENAME:	3300_1421_1376
TOPIC#:		311
DATE:		911023
TRANSCRIBER:	glp
UTT_CODER:      mmab
DIFFICULTY:	4
TOPICALITY:	2
NATURALNESS:	3
ECHO_FROM_B:	1
ECHO_FROM_A:	2
STATIC_ON_A:	3
STATIC_ON_B:	3
BACKGROUND_A:	2
BACKGROUND_B:	3
REMARKS:        Speakers sounded very much alike, Speaker B mumbled
a lot.

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o          B.1 utt1:   All right,  /
qy^t          B.1 utt2: {C so, } we started recording already? /  

no          A.2 utt1:   {F Uh, } I guess, <laughter>  /
no          A.2 utt2: I don't know.  /
sd          A.2 utt3:  It's the first time I've made a phone call on it. /  

qy^t          B.3 utt1:   {F Oh, } {C so } you pressed one? /  

na          A.4 utt1:   Right. /  

bk          B.5 utt1:   Okay.  /
sv          B.5 utt2: {C So, } I guess we're supposed to start talking.  /
qw          B.5 utt3:  {F Uh } <noise>, what kind of books do you read? /  

sd          @A.6 utt1:   I read, {F uh, } a lot of Steven King, Dean R Koontz, {F uh } --    

b          B.7 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

+          A.8 utt1:   -- some Danielle Steel.  /
sd          A.8 utt2:  My aunt got me hooked on those <laughter>. /  

b          B.9 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

%          A.10 utt1:    {C So } I, -/  

qy          B.11 utt1:   {C So } it's mostly all novels? /  

ny          A.12 utt1:   Yeah,  /
sd^e          A.12 utt2: they're all novels. /  

bk          B.13 utt1:   Okay. /  

sd          A.14 utt1:   I'll read some, {F uh, } classic, too. /  

qw          B.15 utt1:   {F Oh, } like what? /  

sd          A.16 utt1:   {F Uh, } <breathing> like (( THE GRADUATE ))   by Steinbeck.  /
%          A.16 utt2:  I'll, {F uh, } -/  

b          B.17 utt1:   Yeah,  /
sd          B.17 utt2: I like that.  /
sd          B.17 utt3:  I like Steinbeck a lot. /  

sd          A.18 utt1:   [ A, + A ] ROSE FAMILY by Faulkner.    That's one of my favorites. /  

sd          B.19 utt1:   I have never read a lot of Faulkner. /  

sd          A.20 utt1:   {F Oh, } {C and } [ this, + this ] is more of a  play or something [ that, + that ] it was from, [ that, + that ] I saw  /
sd          A.20 utt2: {C and } I read the  book from that. /  

ba          B.21 utt1:   {F Oh, } cool <noise>. /  

sd          A.22 utt1:   {C And, }  by the way, my name's Bill.   /
sd          A.22 utt2: I'm from North Carolina <laughter>. /  

sd          B.23 utt1:   I'm Doug,  /
sd          B.23 utt2:  I'm from Pennsylvania. /  

%          A.24 utt1:   {F Uh, } I, - /
^h          A.24 utt2: <lipsmack> let's see.  /
qw          A.24 utt3: What kind of books do you like to read? /  

nd          B.25 utt1:   {F Uh, } {D well, } a bunch of stuff,  I guess, {F uh, } fair number of novels, but mostly shorter ones.  /
sd          B.25 utt2:  {C And, }  {D like, }   I don't really like  the, {D you know, } six hundred page long Stephen King  novels and all that. /  

sd          A.26 utt1:   I really have to be in the mood. /  

qy          B.27 utt1:   Right? /  

sd          A.28 utt1:   [ I, + I ] read one, like maybe once a year. /  

b          B.29 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

%          A.30 utt1:   <Laughter> I'm not as, -/  

b          B.31 utt1:   No,  /
sd          B.31 utt2: [ like, + I like, ] {D say, } {F uh, } Richard  Broudigan a lot.  {F Uh, } /  

sd          A.32 utt1:   I've never read anything by him. /  

b          B.33 utt1:   Okay.  /
sd          B.33 utt2: [ He's, + {F uh, } he's ] dead now,  /
sd          B.33 utt3: {C but }  he was really a pretty amazing writer.  /
sd          B.33 utt4:  He wrote books that were, {D like, }  pretty short and  pretty easy to read, {D you know, } {D like } written at a third grade level or whatever. /  

b          A.34 utt1:   Yeah. /  

sd          B.35 utt1:   {C But } they were still very heavy and philosophical, also very funny.  /
sd          B.35 utt2: {D Like, }  He wrote TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA /  

b          A.36 utt1:   Okay. /  

%          B.37 utt1:  {C So } that's, {D anyway, } - /
sd          B.37 utt2: {C and, }  {F uh, }  I read a lot of non fiction books, too.  /
^h          B.37 utt3:  {F Uh, } let's see, /  

sd          A.38 utt1:   I like to read a lot of non fiction history when --   

b          B.39 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

+          A.40 utt1:   -- Civil War era  [ and, + and ] that kind of thing. /  

b          B.41 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.42 utt1:   I found that real interesting.  /
sd          A.42 utt2:  I'm reading THE LION AND THE WIND right now.  /
sd          A.42 utt3:  {C And } that was on T V. /  

qw          B.43 utt1:   Now what's that? /  

sd          A.44 utt1:   It was, {F uh, } <lipsmack> <static> during Teddy Roosevelt's time.    

b          B.45 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

+          A.46 utt1:   And, {F uh, } about a American woman that  got kidnapped in, {F uh, } <noise> Morocco. /  

b          B.47 utt1:   Yeah. /  

sd          A.48 utt1:   {F Uh, } this is when they were having their revolution --   

b          B.49 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

+          A.50 utt1:   -- or whatever  /
sd          A.50 utt2: {C and } Teddy Roosevelt sent  troops over and really portrays him as a, <static> kind of a crazy man, {D you know. } /  

b          B.51 utt1:   Yeah <laughter>. /  

sd          A.52 utt1:   <Breathing> Surprised me.  /
sd          A.52 utt2:  I had no idea that  he was like  that. /  

b          B.53 utt1:   Uh-huh.  /
qw          B.53 utt2:  [ What, + how ] crazy? /  

sd          A.54 utt1:   {D Well, } just like [ [ s-, + some, ] +  one ] quote  that he had was that he thought the America's emblem was stupid because it was an eagle, /  

x          B.55 utt1:   <Breathing>.   

sd          A.56 utt1:   {C and } it should be a grizzly bear because -- -/  

bk          B.57 utt1:   {F Oh, } sh-, <breathing>. -/  

sd          A.58 utt1:   -- [ you, + ] {D you know, } {D like } the  [ t-, t-, + ] grizzly and stuff like  that.  /
%          A.58 utt2: {C So } it's, - /
sd          A.58 utt3: I saw the movie  /
sd          A.58 utt4: {C and } that's what  made me want to read the book. /  

b          B.59 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.60 utt1:   Candice Bergen was in the movie.  /
sd          A.60 utt2: I'm a real big fan of hers  /
%          A.60 utt3: {C so, } -/  

b          B.61 utt1:   Yeah.  /
ba          B.61 utt2: Cool,  /
sd          B.61 utt3: {D see, } I also read a lot of books about music because I'm interested in that and fair number of stuff about science and also philosophy things. /  

b          A.62 utt1:   Uh-huh.  /
sd          A.62 utt2: [ I like, + I like ] to read --   

%          B.63 utt1:   {D Like, } -/  

+          A.64 utt1:   -- some of the philosophy stuff. /  

b          B.65 utt1:   <Music> Uh-huh.  /
^h          B.65 utt2: {D Like, } let's see,  /
sd          B.65 utt3: {C and } even like  reading some new age things, things that I don't quite believe in,  /
sd          B.65 utt4: {D like } here on my shelf I have a book called JOURNEYS OUT OF THE BODY. /  

b          A.66 utt1:   Yeah,  /
%          A.66 utt2: I think that, -/  

sd          B.67 utt1:   It's all about --   

sd          A.68 utt1:   I'm fascinated by that. /  

+          B.69 utt1:   -- how to have out of body experiences and all that. /  

b          A.70 utt1:   Yeah,  /
sd^r          A.70 utt2: I'm fascinated by that. /  

b          B.71 utt1:   Uh-huh, <breathing>  /
b          B.71 utt2: yep. /  

%          A.72 utt1:   That, - /
sd          A.72 utt2: [ {C and, } + {C and, } ]  {F uh, } even stuff  about, not like ghost stories, but real encounters with ghosts and --   

b          B.73 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

+          A.74 utt1:   -- supposedly haunted houses.  /
%          A.74 utt2: I like, - /
sd          A.74 utt3: I'm kind of a doubting Thomas  /
sd          A.74 utt4: {C and } I like to read stuff like that.  /
sd          A.74 utt5:  Some of it really --   

b          B.75 utt1:   Yeah. /  

+          A.76 utt1:   -- freaks me out <laughter>. /  

aa          B.77 utt1:   Uh-huh <breathing>.  /
aa          B.77 utt2: Right,  /
aa          B.77 utt3: <noise> definitely <<pause>>.  /
%          B.77 utt4: {F Uh, } -/  

sd          A.78 utt1:   {C And } [ I like to read, {F uh, } + <breathing> I like to read ] some self help books {D like, } {F uh, }  /
sd          A.78 utt2:  I read DIANETICS [ once, + once ] I got past all the gibberish on it. /  

qy          B.79 utt1:   {F Uh, } did you like it? /  

no          A.80 utt1:   It was okay.  /
sd          A.80 utt2: [ [ [ It, + it, ] + it, ] + it ] took me a  while to really get into it.  /
sd          A.80 utt3:  [ It, + it ] didn't help me that much <laughter>. /  

bk          B.81 utt1:   Uh-huh.  /
bk          B.81 utt2: I see. /  

sv          A.82 utt1:   {C But, }  {F uh, } I think once you're set in your  ways, you're set in your ways. /  

b          B.83 utt1:   Yeah <laughter>. /  

%          A.84 utt1:   {F Uh, } then I, - /
sd          A.84 utt2: one [ in-, +  real  interesting ] book I read recently was, when I was looking for a job,  /
sd          A.84 utt3: I read, HOW TO GET THE JOB THAT YOU WANTED  /
sd          A.84 utt4: {C and, }  [ it, + it ] had real good tips  /
%          A.84 utt5:  {C and } it, - /
sd          A.84 utt6: {C and } --   

b          B.85 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

+          A.86 utt1:   -- I got the <laughter> job that I wanted by applying [ the, + the ] methods [ that, + that, ] -/ 
