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FILENAME:	3688_1477_1478
TOPIC#:		351
DATE:		920107
TRANSCRIBER:	RDL
UTT_CODER:      MMAB
DIFFICULTY:	2
TOPICALITY:	4
NATURALNESS:	2
ECHO_FROM_B:	3
ECHO_FROM_A:	3
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	1
BACKGROUND_A:	2
BACKGROUND_B:	1
REMARKS:        Strayed off subject.

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o          A.1 utt1:  Okay, {F um, }  /
qy          A.1 utt2: do you have any pets now? /  

ng          B.2 utt1:  {D Well, } we don't right now,  /
nn          B.2 utt2: no.  /
%          B.2 utt3: We've,  {F uh, } - /
sd^e          B.2 utt4: I grew up    

x          A.3 utt1:  <Baby_talking>.   

+          B.4 utt1:  [ with, + {F uh, } with ] pets.  /
sd          B.4 utt2:  My folks and I always had a  dog and a cat,   

x          A.5 utt1:  </Baby_talking>.   

+          B.6 utt1:  # some, #   

b          A.7 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          B.8 utt1:  birds,  /
sd          B.8 utt2: {C but, }  {F uh, } right now we don't have anything. /  

bk          A.9 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay.  /
%          A.9 utt2: {F Um, } # that, # -/  

qo          B.10 utt1:  # What about # you? /  

qr          A.11 utt1:  a matter of choice, or compulsion? /  

%          B.12 utt1:  {D Well, } we've just, {F uh, } - /
sd          B.12 utt2: it seems like,    

x          A.13 utt1:  <Baby_talking>.   

+          B.14 utt1:  we've always been at a place </baby_talking> where we'd  have to go away for the summer or something  /
sd          B.14 utt2: {C and, }  {F uh, } # it was, #   

b          A.15 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          B.16 utt1:  never convenient to have anything.  /
sd          B.16 utt2:  ((   ))   we were thinking about getting a dog if we get into a house. /  

b          A.17 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.18 utt1:  {F Uh, } someplace where there,  {D you know, } - /
sd          B.18 utt2: we can  take care of it and everything.  /
sd          B.18 utt3: We've # got, #   

b          A.19 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          B.20 utt1:  some children who would just really, {F uh, } enjoy  having an animal, {D you know, } a dog, I think  /
qo          B.20 utt2: {C and, }   

b          A.21 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.22 utt1:  What about you all? /  

nd          A.23 utt1:  {D Well, } right now <breathing> I'm a student,  /
sd          A.23 utt2: {C and }  campus housing does not even allow thinking about that <laughter>. /  

ba          B.24 utt1:  {F Oh, } no. /  

b^m          A.25 utt1:  No,  /
sd          A.25 utt2: we almost got chased out of here for feeding a stray cat. /  

bh          B.26 utt1:  <Laughter> Is that right? /  

ny          A.27 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd^e          A.27 utt2: They're very strict about it. /  

qy          B.28 utt1:  {C But } [ you like, + {F uh, } you like ]  pets and things? /  

na          A.29 utt1:  {F Oh, } I love animals. /  

b          B.30 utt1:  <<Faint>>  (( {F Oh, } yeah )) . /  

%          A.31 utt1:  I was raised, - /
sd          A.31 utt2: <breathing> our house [ when I, + when I ]  was growing up there was almost never, {F uh, } at least one cat in the house. /  

b          B.32 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

sd          A.33 utt1:  # It was # [ al-, + almost ] always at least one cat,  sometimes, {D you know, } like  fifteen or twenty.  But, {F uh, } always cats in the house. /  

b          B.34 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah.  /
sd          B.34 utt2:  [ We, + # we, # ]   

b          A.35 utt1:  # Oh. # /  

+          B.36 utt1:  enjoyed them.  /
sd          B.36 utt2: [ We like, + we like ]  pets,  /
sv          B.36 utt3: {C but, }  {F uh, } {D you know, } you've got to deal with, {F uh, } taking care of them [ and, + and ]  feeding them and everything like that. /  

b          A.37 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          B.38 utt1:  {C And } our kids are, - /
sd          B.38 utt2: we've got some   children  /
sd          B.38 utt3: {C and } they're [ not, + not ] used to it, {D you know, } on a daily basis.  /
%          B.38 utt4:  [ They, + they, ] {F uh, } -/  

qw          A.39 utt1:  How old are your kids? /  

sd          B.40 utt1:  {F Oh, } from fourteen down to seven. /  

bk          A.41 utt1:  Okay. /  

qo^d^c          B.42 utt1:  You sound like you've got some small ones in the background. /  

sd          A.43 utt1:  One. /  

bh          B.44 utt1:  Is # that right? # /  

sd          A.45 utt1:  # Our # first.  /
sd          A.45 utt2: He's about [ te-, + ] eleven weeks now. /  

ba          B.46 utt1:  {F Oh, } great. /  

b          A.47 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

ba          B.48 utt1:  # Congratulations. # /  

b          A.49 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

qw          B.50 utt1:  # Where are # you from? /  

qy^h          A.51 utt1:  {F Uh, } originally? /  

ny          B.52 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.53 utt1:  West Virginia. /  

bk          B.54 utt1:  Okay. /  

qy^d          A.55 utt1:  {F Um, } I don't know how familiar you are with that  area of the country  /
%          A.55 utt2: {C but, } -/  

sd          B.56 utt1:  I've been to Charleston. /  

qy          A.57 utt1:  Charleston, West Virginia? /  

ny          B.58 utt1:  Yes,  /
ny          B.58 utt2: uh-huh. /  

bk          A.59 utt1:  Okay,  /
qy          A.59 utt2: that's pretty much the south end of the state,  or the southern quarter of the state, anyway? <noise>. /  

ny          B.60 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

bk          A.61 utt1:  Okay,  /
sd          A.61 utt2: in the north end of the state, you've got that  little narrow strip of West Virginia going up between Ohio and Pennsylvania <noise>. /  

b          B.62 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.63 utt1:  Right at the base of that northern peninsula --   

b          B.64 utt1:  Uh-huh <<faint>>. /  

+          A.65 utt1:  -- is my hometown. /  

ba          B.66 utt1:  {D Well, } [ that's, + {D yeah, } that's ]  interesting.  /
bf          B.66 utt2: {C So } it's really up north in the country, really, #  ((   )) . # /  

aa          A.67 utt1:  # Yeah, # /  

b          B.68 utt1:  I guess # so. # /  

aa^r          A.69 utt1:  # yeah. #  /
%          A.69 utt2: It's, - /
sd          A.69 utt3: {D well, } {F um, } my parents'  house is like three miles south of where the Mason-Dixon Line would have hit the Ohio River had it --   

ba          B.70 utt1:  Gosh. /  

+          A.71 utt1:  -- continued that far. /  

b          B.72 utt1:  I see. /  

%          A.73 utt1:  {D So, } -/  

qy          B.74 utt1:  It's pretty nice country up there? /  

na          A.75 utt1:  {F Oh, } it's beautiful. /  

qy          B.76 utt1:  Hills, or what? /  

sd          A.77 utt1:  {F Uh, } {D well, } from my neck of the woods, it's hilly. /  

b          B.78 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

sd          A.79 utt1:  # {F Um, } # {D you know, } {F uh, } maybe [ three  hundred, +  four hundred ] feet elevation, # {F uh, } #   

b          B.80 utt1:  # Uh-huh # <<faint>>. /  

+          A.81 utt1:  type variations from the valleys up to [ the hills, +  the hilltops. ] /  

qy          B.82 utt1:  Is it farmland? /  

ng          A.83 utt1:  {F Um, } not a lot of farmland there.  /
%          A.83 utt2:  Mostly  it's, {F uh, } - /
sd          A.83 utt3: {E I mean, } {D you know, }   there's, {D you know, } individuals [ with their [ own, + own ]   f-, +  {F uh, } growing their own  food. ]  /
sd          A.83 utt4: {F Uh, } most of the agriculture, it's more in the  way of, {F uh, } sheep and  cattle. /  

b          B.84 utt1:  {F Oh, } yes. /  

sd          A.85 utt1:  {C And } even that's, {D you know, } small time mostly. /  

b          B.86 utt1:  Sure. /  

sd          A.87 utt1:  {F Uh, } the biggest chunk of what's going on  there [ is, + is, ] {F uh, } industry. /  

b          B.88 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

sd          A.89 utt1:  # It's # coal mines and chemical plants and power plants. /  

bk          B.90 utt1:  Okay. /  

sd          A.91 utt1:  {F Uh, } aluminum plants.  /
sd          A.91 utt2:  There's like two  aluminum plants #  ((   )) . # /  

qw          B.92 utt1:  # [ What are you, + # <throat_clearing> what are you ]  studying there at (( Heidelberg )) ? /  

sd          A.93 utt1:  Computer engineering. /  

b          B.94 utt1:  <<Faint>>  {F Oh, } yeah.  /
qw          B.94 utt2:  What year? /  

sd          A.95 utt1:  {F Uh, } just finished up my fourth semester. /  

ba          B.96 utt1:  {D Well, } great. /  

b          A.97 utt1:  Yeah. /  

b^m          B.98 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          B.98 utt2: I hope that works out well. /  

b          A.99 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.99 utt2: it's a big change. /  

b          B.100 utt1:  <<Faint>> Yeah. /  

sd          A.101 utt1:  # I spent, #   

%          B.102 utt1:  # What's, # -/  

+          A.103 utt1:  twenty years as a mechanic  /
%          A.103 utt2: {C so, } -/  

bh          B.104 utt1:  {F Oh, } did you? /  

ny          A.105 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          B.106 utt1:  {D Well, } you've got some experience behind you in the work force. /  

aa          A.107 utt1:  Yeah. /  

b^m          B.108 utt1:  Yeah.  /
qr          B.108 utt2: Are you, {F uh, } shooting for a bachelor's  now, or a master's, or what? /  

sd          A.109 utt1:  I'm working on a bachelor's degree. /  

bk          B.110 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay,  /
ba          B.110 utt2: good. /  

sd^r          A.111 utt1:  I'm working on a bachelor's # degree.  /
%          A.111 utt2: It'll be compu-, # -/  

qy^d          B.112 utt1:  # Hope it's a good program # there. /  

br          A.113 utt1:  Pardon? /  

qy^d^r          B.114 utt1:  Hope it's a good program there. /  

na          A.115 utt1:  {F Uh, } it seems to me, from what I've been able to find out. /  

b          B.116 utt1:  # Yeah,  /
ba          B.116 utt2: good. # /  

sd          A.117 utt1:  # That's # considered a pretty good program.  /
sv          A.117 utt2:  It's nice and small, which means, {D you know, } if you don't get the class this semester,  then you've got to wait [ or  three or four s-, + {D you know, }  anywhere from two to four ] semesters to # get, #   

b          B.118 utt1:  # {F Huh } # <<faint>>. /  

+          A.119 utt1:  it again.  /
sv          A.119 utt2: {C But, }  {F uh, } [ i-, + it's ]  worth it once you get it. /  

aa          B.120 utt1:  {D Well, } yes,  /
ba          B.120 utt2: that's good.  /
qy^d          B.120 utt3:  {C And } probably a good, {F uh, } student teacher ratio and things. /  

ny          A.121 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah,  /
ny^r          A.121 utt2: # yeah. # /  

b^m          B.122 utt1:  # Yeah # <<faint>>. /  

sd^e          A.123 utt1:  Most the class are pretty small. /  

ba          B.124 utt1:  Good. /  

sd          A.125 utt1:  That works out real well. /  

qw          B.126 utt1:  {D Well, } [ I, + I ] was wondering what, if you all  were to get a pet, like if you were to move into an apartment  /
qw          B.126 utt2: {C or } a house somewhere,  what would you get? /  

sd          A.127 utt1:  {F Uh, } {D well, } {F um, } first off we'd probably  wind up with [ a, + a ] cat or maybe a puppy. /  

b          B.128 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.129 utt1:  [ [ I, + I, ] + I'm ] partial towards the larger dogs. /  

b          B.130 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.131 utt1:  {F Um, } our last, [ we've, + we've ] had a couple of  cats before we moved on campus. /  

b          B.132 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.133 utt1:  {F Uh, } had a hamster or two,  /
sd          A.133 utt2: {C and } [ they, + # they ]  got, #   

b          B.134 utt1:  # A hamster. # /  

+          A.135 utt1:  to be a lot of fun. /  

b          B.136 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah. /  

sv          A.137 utt1:  {F Uh, } it's amazing how much character, -/ 
