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FILENAME:	2854_1260_1130
TOPIC#:		323
DATE:		910511
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 sd         A.1 utt1:  <static> {D Well, } we're just starting a  family through adoption  /
 sd         A.1 utt2: {C so } I don't really have a lot of, {F uh, } concrete, {F uh, } opinions.  /
sd          A.1 utt3:   Just what I know out of my peer group, {F uh, } has gone through.  /
sv          A.1 utt4:   {C And } none of it has been good <laughter>. /  

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

ny          A.3 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          A.3 utt2:  {F Uh, } the ones that can afford  to have live-in nannies,   

b          B.4 utt1:  # Huh. # /  

+          A.5 utt1:  # They # seem to be having an okay time. /  

b          B.6 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.7 utt1:  {F Uh, } {C but } a lot of the other ones that  have, are professional, {F uh, }  /
sv          A.7 utt2: I'd say fifty percent of, {D you know, } my peers [ that  I'm, + in my ] circle of friends have tried it and then stopped working until  they're, {D you know, } going to get their children in kindergarten or first grade. /  

b          B.8 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          A.9 utt1:  {F Uh, } {C but } I, - /
sv          A.9 utt2:  there must be some good service out there # if you # --   

b          B.10 utt1:  # Right. # /  

+          A.11 utt1:  -- really look and pay for it. /  

qw          B.12 utt1:  [ What, + what ] age child are you thinking in terms of? /  

qy^d          A.13 utt1:  In terms of what they're talking about. /  

nn          B.14 utt1:  No.  /
sd          B.14 utt2: [ For, + for ] yourselves <static>. /  

b          A.15 utt1:  Oh.  /
sd          A.15 utt2:  Infant.  {F Uh } ... /  

bk          B.16 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay. /  

b^r          A.17 utt1:  # Infant. # /  

sv          B.18 utt1:  # {C So } you're # starting [ from  the b-, + <laughter> from the baseline. ] /  

aa          A.19 utt1:  <laughter> Yeah.  /
sd          A.19 utt2:  After eleven years of marriage.    {D Yeah, }  we are.  /
sd          A.19 utt3:  [ We're + {D actually, } it's ] happening now.  /
sd          A.19 utt4:  {C So, } we're just  going through the process. /  

b          B.20 utt1:  I see <bird_squawk>. /  

sd          A.21 utt1:  {C So } [ an-, + {C and } ] {D actually }  the question is, {F uh, } very appropriate.  /
sd          A.21 utt2: {C Cause } I'm not sure [ whether, + ] {F uh, } how strong the maternal  instinct is going to be.  /
sd          A.21 utt3: They tell me it's going to be strong <laughter>.  /
qy          A.21 utt4:  # Do you # --   

b          B.22 utt1:  # Right. # /  

+          A.23 utt1:  -- have children? /  

 sd         B.24 utt1:  I have one son. /  

qy          A.25 utt1:  {C And } did you put him in daycare  /
qrr          A.25 utt2: {C or } is he  older now or younger  /
%          A.25 utt3:  {C or? } -/  

sd          B.26 utt1:  {D Well, } [ he's, + he's ] now eighteen.   And [ [ in, + in, ] + ] {D you know, } has completed a couple of years of university. /  

b          A.27 utt1:  Sure.  /
sd          A.27 utt2:  {C So } he's out of daycare # <laughter>. # /  

%          B.28 utt1:  # I, - /
b          B.28 utt2: right. #  /
%          B.28 utt3:  [ {C And, } + {C and } ] {C so }  that, - /
sd          B.28 utt4: {C but } I was working full-time, # {F uh } # --   

b          A.29 utt1:  # You, - /
b          A.29 utt2: uh-huh. # /  

+          B.30 utt1:  -- when he was born.  /
sd          B.30 utt2:  {C But } I was very lucky  because I was [ a, + a ] college professor. /  

b          A.31 utt1:  Oh. /  

sd          B.32 utt1:  {C And so } I was able to, {D you know, } #  /
sd          B.32 utt2:  {C and } [  I, + it ] was # --   

%          A.33 utt1:  #  (( Flex )) . # -/  

+          B.34 utt1:  -- walking distance [ from, + # from ] # --   

b          A.35 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

 +         B.36 utt1:  -- my apartment.  /
sd          B.36 utt2: {C So } I went up  there  /
sd          B.36 utt3: {C and } I sort of left him [ with, + with ] a neighbor. /  

b          A.37 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.38 utt1:  {C And } I left him in a carry cot when  he was very little <noise>.  /
sd          B.38 utt2: {C And } I said, {D you know, } he doesn't need anything except, {D you know, }  look at him if he cries.  /
sd          B.38 utt3: {C But, } {D you know, } don't pick him  up [ and, + # and ] # --   

b          A.39 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          B.40 utt1:  -- this sort of stuff.  /
sd          B.40 utt2:  {C Because } I was gone  only an hour at a stretch or an hour and a half. /  

ba          A.41 utt1:  {F Oh, } that's wonderful. /  

sd          B.42 utt1:  {C And } I was able to, {D you know, } get,  his schedule just, {F uh, } cooperated. /  

b          A.43 utt1:  Right. /  

%          B.44 utt1:  {C And } ... -/  

ba          A.45 utt1:  That's wonderful.  /
b          A.45 utt2: # Yeah. # /  

b          B.46 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

sv          A.47 utt1:  [ {C And, } + {C and } ] I guess, {F uh, } [ th-, + ]  because of [ your, + {F um, } your, ] {F uh, } profession. - /
sd          A.47 utt2:  {E I mean, } [ I, + {F uh, } I'm ]  in corporate communications.  /
sd          A.47 utt3: {C But } I've done free-lance  writing in the past, /  

 b         B.48 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

 sd         A.49 utt1:  {C so } what we're hoping is that, {F uh, } - /
sd          A.49 utt2:  {E I mean } my husband thinks I can do it.  /
sd          A.49 utt3: I've just never worked out of a domestic base, {D you know. }  /
sd          A.49 utt4:  # I've always # --   

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

+          A.51 utt1:  -- been in a corporate, {F uh, } environment.  /
sd          A.51 utt2: {F Uh, }  {C but } I'm hoping that possibly I can do something where I can go flextime or part-time  /
sd          A.51 utt3: {C or }  if they don't have that, {F uh, } - /
%          A.51 utt4: my boss, - /
sd          A.51 utt5:  I'm very lucky though, again too, my boss is very akin to family building.  /
sv          A.51 utt6: {C So, } I think that's [ som-, + th-, something ]  that couples need # in going # --   

b          B.52 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          A.53 utt1:  -- into this. /  

b          B.54 utt1:  Right. /  

h          A.55 utt1:  {F Uh, } I don't know.  /
sd          A.55 utt2:  I do think there's  good daycare out there.  /
qw          A.55 utt3: What part of the country are you in? /  

sd          B.56 utt1:  I'm in Maryland. /  

sd^m          A.57 utt1:  You're in # Maryland. # /  

sd          B.58 utt1:  # [ {C But, } + # {C but } ] I was out of the country  when, {F uh, } [ my, + my ] son was little.  /
sv          B.58 utt2:  [ {C But, } + {C but } ] the thing is, if you have this  flextime and that, you might be able to do something similar to what I did.    

b          A.59 utt1:  # Right. # /  

+          B.60 utt1:  # Which # is --   

sd          A.61 utt1:  That's what I'm hoping. /  

+          B.62 utt1:  -- {D you know, } be there short times  /
sd          B.62 utt2:  {C and then } later on when he was, {D you know -- } -/  

b          A.63 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          B.64 utt1:  -- {E I mean } this, - /
sd          B.64 utt2:  we're talking about, {F uh, } I  went back to work [ and, + or ] taught [ some, + some ] classes {D like } a week after he was born. /  

ba          A.65 utt1:  {F Oh, } my goodness.  /
sv          A.65 utt2: # You were # --   

%          B.66 utt1:  # {C And so } # ... -/  

+          A.67 utt1:  -- fortunate.  /
b          A.67 utt2: Yeah. /  

b^r          B.68 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          B.68 utt2:  {C And so } that's when # I was # --   

b          A.69 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          B.70 utt1:  -- saying, {D you know, } [ don't, + don't ]  pick him up and stuff.  /
sd          B.70 utt2:  {C But } then later what I did was I brought a woman into the house. /  

b          A.71 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
b          A.71 utt2:  Sure. /  

sd          B.72 utt1:  {C And } [ she, + she ] was supposed to help  me a little bit with cooking and doing the baby's laundry and this sort of stuff. /  

b          A.73 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.74 utt1:  {C And then, } I also came home and sort of was  able to see from a distance what she was doing. /  

b          A.75 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.76 utt1:  {C And, } {D you know, } in a sense [ she, + she ]  carried him around a lot, too much.  {F Uh, } {D you know } --    

b          A.77 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.78 utt1:  -- [ for, + for ] my taste. /  

b          A.79 utt1:  Right. /  

sv(^q)          B.80 utt1:  It was constantly, {D no, } # I don't want him, #   

x          A.81 utt1:  # <laughter>. #   

+          B.82 utt1:  to explore anything.  /
^q          B.82 utt2:  [ He might, + {F uh, } he might ]  hurt himself # <laughter>. # /  

qy          A.83 utt1:  # <laughter> # {C So } [ do you think that, +  {E I mean, } do you think that ] that was in a way though, [ good ob-, + good objectivity ]  that, that doesn't really, - /
sd          A.83 utt2: that's not a correct English #  /
qy^d          A.83 utt3: {C but }  ((   )) , {D you know } # --   

x          B.84 utt1:  # <laughter>. #   

+          A.85 utt1:  -- in a sense, you see what I'm saying though.  /
qy^d          A.85 utt2:  From a mother's standpoint, {E I mean } in a way, [ i-, + it ]  was quote and unquote good [ ob-, + objectivity. ] /  

na          B.86 utt1:  I think it worked out very, very well.  /
sd          B.86 utt2: {C Because }  what he learned to do by the time he was --   

b          A.87 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.88 utt1:  -- two or so, he would sit next to the desk  where I was grading papers # or # --   

b          A.89 utt1:  # See. # -/  

+          B.90 utt1:  -- writing lesson plans. /  

b          A.91 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.92 utt1:  {C And } he had asked for a paper and, {D you know, }  sort of scribble  /
sd          B.92 utt2: {C and then } he realized that # there # --   

b          A.93 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          B.94 utt1:  -- were quiet times  /
sd          B.94 utt2: {C and } there were active times. /  

b          A.95 utt1:  Right.  /
sd          A.95 utt2:  {C And then } [ he learned he, + he also learned ]  that, {F uh, } there were times that you had to be gone, so you   probably minimized, - /
sd          A.95 utt3: {D well } [ we're actually, + {F uh, } we're ] getting ready.  /
sd          A.95 utt4:   {E I mean, } you're far enough away now I can tell you <laughter> since this is locally, I make sure, we're going to Romania in a few weeks. /  

b          B.96 utt1:  Oh. /  

 %         A.97 utt1:  {C And } that's, {F uh, } #  (( just )) . # -/  

qr         B.98 utt1:  # Did you # say Romania --   

sd          A.99 utt1:  [ R-, +   

+          B.100 utt1:  -- or Armenia? /  

+          A.101 utt1:  Romania. ] /  

bk          B.102 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay.  /
b          B.102 utt2: # Yeah,  /
b^r          B.102 utt3: yeah. # /  

sd          A.103 utt1:  # As in, # {D like, } what Twenty Twenty  {C and, } {F uh, } {C but } [ we, + we're ] real excited because we've just developed a contact.    

ba          B.104 utt1:  {F Oh, } good. /  

+          A.105 utt1:  Through professional people  /
sd          A.105 utt2: {C and }  it's private  /
sd          A.105 utt3: {C and } it's hospital.  /
sd          A.105 utt4:  [ It's, + we're ] just very excited <laughter>.  /
^h          A.105 utt5:   # {F Uh } # ...   

ba          B.106 utt1:  # {F Oh } # great. /  

+          A.107 utt1:  {C And } [ [ [ w-, + i-, ] + i-, ] + what's ]   the  word I'm looking for.  /
sv          A.107 utt2: When you deal with issues like that, {F uh, } in terms of family building  through adoption, {F uh, } and then you have people responding to you, {D well } if you go  through that why would you put them in daycare. /  

bd          B.108 utt1:  {F Oh } # that's silly. # /  

sd          A.109 utt1:  # {F Uh, } # issues are being raised  prematurely in my mind.  /
sd          A.109 utt2:  {C But } I guess they're not because it's something I'll have to deal with sooner than later.  /
sd          A.109 utt3:  {F Uh, } {C and } [ I, + what I've ] learned to do is just tune  out everybody's opinion.  /
sd          A.109 utt4:  I feel that if the child is healthy, {F uh, } and as long as we make it  feel secure, I'd love to do something like with what you did. /  

b          B.110 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.111 utt1:  {F Uh, } I don't think I could be dumper  where I could take it from, {D you know, } eight in the morning till nine at night or six at  night and leave it there. /  

b          B.112 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          A.113 utt1:  {F Uh, } maybe after two or three [ or, + ] [ y-, + years ]  old.  /
h          A.113 utt2:  I don't know.  {F Um. } /  

%          B.114 utt1:  {F Oh, } [ I + <laughter>, in my ] opinion,  it's even than. - /
sv          B.114 utt2: {E I mean } --   

b          A.115 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          B.116 utt1:  -- # your # kids need you <bird_squawk>. /  

sv          A.117 utt1:  {D Well, } they need a schedule I think.  /
sv          A.117 utt2:   I don't think the United States, - /
qw          A.117 utt3: what country were you, {F uh, } in Europe when you were {F uh, } {F uh? } -/  

ar         B.118 utt1:  No,  /
sd          B.118 utt2: I was in the Middle East. /  

%          A.119 utt1:  {F Uh, } that's <laughter>. - /
sv          A.119 utt2: {D Well, }  that's the same thing.   /
h          A.119 utt3: {E I mean } I don't know how they are there  /
sd          A.119 utt4: {C but, } {F uh, }  in eastern Europe, - /
sd          A.119 utt5: my stepfather's from England,  /
sv          A.119 utt6: it just seems the United States does  not provide for either  child care [ or geriat-, + or elder ] care, as I call it. /  

b          B.120 utt1:  Right,  /
b^r          B.120 utt2: right. /  

sv          A.121 utt1:  {F Uh, } {C and } we're just not set up for that.  /
%          A.121 utt2:   {F Uh, } #  (( with the )) . # -/  

%          B.122 utt1:  # I, - /
b          B.122 utt2: yeah. # /  

ad          A.123 utt1:  Go ahead. /  

ar          B.124 utt1:  No,  /
sd          B.124 utt2: I was just going to say, I guess, {F uh, }  my sensitivities [ are, + are ] much more with the, {D you know, } to be at home.  /
sd          B.124 utt3:  {C Because }  {D actually, } I had --   

b          A.125 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.126 utt1:  -- my grandmother with me [ from the time  she was + from the time she was ] ninety-two until she died at ninety-seven. /  

ba          A.127 utt1:  {D See, } I think that's wonderful. /  

sd          B.128 utt1:  {C And, } {E I mean, } that was recently after  my son, <laughter> was going off.  /
%          B.128 utt2: {C And } {E I mean, } yes,  /
sd          B.128 utt3: in a sense, I went to work  /
sd          B.128 utt4:  {C and } she was at home alone some of the time.  /
sv          B.128 utt5: [ {C But, } + {C but } ]  still, {D you know, } it was much better than  being shipped # to # --   

%          A.129 utt1:  # To. # -/  

+@          B.130 utt1:  -- a daycare center.    

b          A.131 utt1:  Right. /  

+@          B.132 utt1:  {D You know, } which is much my <laughter>  feelings on kids and the elderly.  /
sv          B.132 utt2:  I think [ we're t-, + we're ] [ too, + too ]  much # towards it's somebody # --   

^2          A.133 utt1:  # We cast off. # /  

+          B.134 utt1:  -- problem, {D you # know. } # /  

b          A.135 utt1:  # Right, #  /
b^r          A.135 utt2: # right.  /
%          A.135 utt3: Th-, - /
sd          A.135 utt4:  I'm that way.  /
%          A.135 utt5: Yeah. # /  

^q          B.136 utt1:  # I want to work.   /
^q          B.136 utt2: Shove # them [ in, + in ]  some school for twelve hours a day. /  

b          A.137 utt1:  Right.  /
sv          A.137 utt2:  It's easier  /
sv          A.137 utt3: {C and } I agree with that.  /
%          A.137 utt4:   That's why I --   

b          B.138 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.139 utt1:  -- y-, {D you know, } - /
sv          A.139 utt2:  what is amazing to me is now your son is already grown  /
sv          A.139 utt3: {C but } you can probably empathize with this.  /
sd          A.139 utt4:  It's amazing to me how forthcoming people are with their opinions and thoughts <laughter>. /  

b          B.140 utt1:  Right,  /
b^r          B.140 utt2: right. /  

sd          A.141 utt1:  In terms of what to do.  {F Uh, }  /
sv          A.141 utt2: {C and }  I just don't think there is [ a day, + a good daycare ] system.  /
sd          A.141 utt3: {F Uh, } my company, I'm particularly  fortunate that [ they have, + they're in ] tune with that.  /
sd          A.141 utt4:  {C But } I've been at  companies where, {F uh, } {D you know, } [ the, deci-, + [ the, + the ] trend ] is, or  the definite mood is, {D well } we made conscious decisions not to have children. /  

ba@          B.142 utt1:   (( {C And } ))  that's sad.    

%          A.143 utt1:  {D You know. }  /
%          A.143 utt2: {C And } in, - /
sd          A.143 utt3: {C and }  a couple like us building through adoption, there, it's almost radical to some people. /  

+@          B.144 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          A.145 utt1:  {C And } what you just learn to do is  tune everybody else out  /
sd          A.145 utt2: {C and, } {F uh, } I respect, there are some women that I know that are  divorced or on their own or  in single parenting and men that [ they, + {D you know, } they ]  may have the need for child care like that. /  

b          B.146 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

ba          A.147 utt1:  {C But } I agree with you, that it's just,  I call it dumping <laughter>. /  

b          B.148 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          A.149 utt1:  [ I, + # I ] # ... -/  

b          B.150 utt1:  # No,  /
sv         B.150 utt2: # [ I, + I ] think that certainly  there is a role, {F uh, } for this type of help. /  

b          A.151 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          B.152 utt1:  [ {C And, } + {C and } ] as long as one [ can, + can ]  supervise it [ and, + and, ] {D you know, } make it work [ in, + into ] one's own schedule without it  seeming like dumping [ [ or + --   

b          A.153 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.154 utt1:  -- or, ] + or, ] {F uh, } giving it, {D you know, }  the whole job to somebody else to take care of. /  

^2          A.155 utt1:  Then, yeah,  /
sv          A.155 utt2: # it's [ ar-, + ] # --   

o@          B.156 utt1:  #  ((   )) . #   

+          A.157 utt1:  -- in tandem then. /  

b          B.158 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b^r          B.158 utt2: # yeah  /
x          B.158 utt3: <noise>. #   

%          A.159 utt1:  # I just, # {F uh, } - /
sd          A.159 utt2: {C and } there are  trade-offs too I think.  /
sv          A.159 utt3: One of the things that is a problem is [ that, + ] {F uh, } in terms of compensation  to some of the child care providers. /  

b          B.160 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.161 utt1:  {F Uh, } it's just, {D you know, } it's so low  /
sd          A.161 utt2:  {C but } yet the overall cost for somebody doing it on a daily or even a weekly basis,  it's prohibitive.  /
sd          A.161 utt3: {C And } some people that are not making more than twenty thousand a year --   

b          B.162 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.163 utt1:  -- {F uh } ... /  

sd          B.164 utt1:  {D Actually, } there seems to be an  alternative in my neighborhood.  /
%          B.164 utt2:  # Is # -- -/  

b          A.165 utt1:  # Really. # /  

 sv         B.166 utt1:  -- [ there seem, + there are ]  several, [ [ [ u-, + u-, ] + m-, ] + mothers ] who stay home. /  

b          A.167 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          B.168 utt1:  {C And } they take, {D you know, } - /
sv          B.168 utt2:  it's probably not completely legal <noise>.  /
%          B.168 utt3:  {F Uh, } I, - /
sv          B.168 utt4: maybe it's legal up to one or two additional kids. /  

b          A.169 utt1:  Sure. /  

sd          B.170 utt1:  {C But, } {C and } [ they, + they ]  take care of another child  /
sd          B.170 utt2: {C and } [ I, + I ] [ can actually n-, + could name ] five or six people around my neighborhood  that really do a good job on this. /  

b          A.171 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
%          A.171 utt2:  # {C And } they, - /
b          A.171 utt3: yeah. # /  

sv          B.172 utt1:  # <swallowing> {C And } {E I mean } that's #  another possibility  /
sv          B.172 utt2: {C and, } {D you know, } you might want to stay home one year  /
sv          B.172 utt3: {C and } some other lady  might want to stay home for [ a, + a ] few years  /
%          B.172 utt4: {C and } ... -/  

sd          A.173 utt1:  I haven't thought about that.   /
b          A.173 utt2: Yeah.  /
sd          A.173 utt3:  {C And }  {D actually } my neighbor has an eighteen month old  /
sd          A.173 utt4:  {C and } she's at home part-time paralegal.  /
%          A.173 utt5:   {C So } I'm thinking, {F um } - /
x          A.173 utt6:  # <laughter>. #   

b          B.174 utt1:  # Yeah,  /
b^r          B.174 utt2: yeah. # /  

sd          A.175 utt1:  {C And } we get along fantastically  /
%          A.175 utt2:  {C so } I'm thinking, {D you know. } - /
sv          A.175 utt3: {C And } that's the way you have to, {F uh, } - /
%          A.175 utt4: how wa-, - /
sd          A.175 utt5: I'm just real curious.  /
qo          A.175 utt6:   How was the Middle East in terms of that with children?  /
qy          A.175 utt7:   [ Is that, + is child ] care or that type of idea completely foreign to them? /  

nn          B.176 utt1:  No.  /
sd          B.176 utt2: {D Well, } actually there was a  daycare center, {F uh, } where my son did go for a year.  /
sd          B.176 utt3:  I think from when he was two to three. /  

b          A.177 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.178 utt1:  {C But } then he actually started kindergarten at age three. /  

b          A.179 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.180 utt1:  {C And so, } {C and } [ i-, + {D you know, } it ]  wasn't like prekindergarten,  /
sd          B.180 utt2: it was real kindergarten. /  

b          A.181 utt1:  {F Oh, } really.  /
sv          A.181 utt2:  He must be # smart.  /
b          A.181 utt3: Yeah. # /  

aa          B.182 utt1:  # Yeah.  /
sd          B.182 utt2:  {C So } [ he, + # he ]  was ready [ to, + to ] go to school at that point. /  

b          A.183 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

ny          B.184 utt1:  {C But, } yeah,  /
sd^e          B.184 utt2: [ they're, + they ]  do have such facilities.  /
sv          B.184 utt3:  {C But } for the most part, {F uh, } [ th-, + ] with the extended family, {D you know, }  you can usually find somebody. Which is much like our neighbor --   

b          A.185 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.186 utt1:  -- {D you know, } [ to, + ] sharing responsibility.   /
sd          B.186 utt2:  [ {C And } I'm, + {C and } ] also there aren't that many women [ [ who, + who d-, ] + # who ] work. # /  

sd          A.187 utt1:  # The professional. #  /
b          A.187 utt2:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.187 utt3: I was wondering  about # that. # /  

b          B.188 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

%          A.189 utt1:  {F Uh, } there, - /
sd          A.189 utt2: I'm in Dallas  /
sd          A.189 utt3:  {C and } there was just a very big, {F uh, } series about Moslem women  /
sd          A.189 utt4: {C and } --   

b          B.190 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.191 utt1:  -- there were enlightening things that broke  some of my stereotypical thoughts.  /
sd          A.191 utt2: I'm digressing here  /
qy^d          A.191 utt3: {C but, } {F uh, }  I was just real curious when you said Middle East, # if you # --   

b          B.192 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          A.193 utt1:  -- didn't mind me asking. /  

nn          B.194 utt1:  No,  /
nn^r          B.194 utt2: no.  /
sd          B.194 utt3: {C And } I didn't mean Israel.  /
qy^d          B.194 utt4:  {C So } #  [ you, + you ] assumed right <laughter>. # /  

nn          A.195 utt1:  # {F Oh, } no  /
bd          A.195 utt2: that's okay <laughter>.  /
sd          A.195 utt3: #  {D Well, }  even if you did, that's okay actually.  /
%          A.195 utt4:  # I think # ... -/  

nd          B.196 utt1:  # {D Well, } no #  /
sd          B.196 utt2: {C because } at first  thought, when [ I s-, + {D you know, } I said ] that not many people work, [ I'm, + I'm ]  thinking {F oh, } {D well } she's going to, {D you know, } because certainly in Israel the women do work # <laughter>. # /  

b          A.197 utt1:  # Right.  /
b^r          A.197 utt2:  Right.  /
sd          A.197 utt3:  They fight,  /
sd          A.197 utt4: they work. # / 
