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FILENAME:	3424_1415_1344
TOPIC#:		331
DATE:		911121
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TOPICALITY:	1
NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	4
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o          @A.1 utt1:  Okay, {F um, }  /
qy          @A.1 utt2: do you participate in family reunions? /  

na          B.2 utt1:  I did for years.   /
sd          B.2 utt2: I don't have enough family left to have them. /  

b          A.3 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          B.4 utt1:  {C But. } -/  

qy          A.5 utt1:  Did you, {F uh, } - /
qy          A.5 utt2: were they far away,  /
qy          A.5 utt3: were they close? /  

^h          B.6 utt1:  {D Well, } <throat_clearing> I come from a family that was very large in Bell County -- /  

b          A.7 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

^h          B.8 utt1:  -- [ {C and, } + {C and } ] my grandfather came to Bell County on a covered wagon --   

ba          A.9 utt1:  {F Oh, } how neat. /  

+          B.10 utt1:  -- and had ten children,  /
sd          B.10 utt2: {C and so } sometimes we would have a reunion with that group. /  

b          A.11 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.12 utt1:  {C And then, } sometimes we would go to Arkansas where they came from and have a reunion with the entire group, {D you know. } /  

sd          A.13 utt1:  {F Oh, } that would be fun. /  

aa          B.14 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^m          B.14 utt2: it was a lot of fun. /  

b          A.15 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.15 utt2: {D well, } [ we, + {F uh, } we ] have a family reunion on my mother's side of the family that's, {F uh, } {F oh, } - /
sd          A.15 utt3: it started probably about forty years ago, {F uh, } because I remember going as a teenager before I was ever married,  /
sd          A.15 utt4: {C and then } my husband and I went, {F uh, } while we were still dating,  /
sd          A.15 utt5: {C and } it's still going on,  /
sd          A.15 utt6: {C and } it used to be held at Lake Brownwood, down at Brownwood, Texas,  /
sd          A.15 utt7: {C but } now we hold it at, {F uh, } Lake Texoma so that the Oklahoma group doesn't have to drive as far. /  

b          B.16 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.17 utt1:  {C And, } {F uh, } we have had as many on a Saturday night,  /
sd          A.17 utt2: it starts on Friday and  goes through Sunday,  /
sd          A.17 utt3: {C and } we've had as many on a, {F uh, } Saturday night as about two hundred and fifty. /  

sd          B.18 utt1:  {F Um, } {D now } we would have group like that in Arkansas. /  

b          A.19 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.20 utt1:  We'd have two hundred and fifty or three hundred. /  

b          A.21 utt1:  Yes,  /
%          A.21 utt2: {C and } we took, {F uh, } - /
sd          A.21 utt3: our family all brought in food and everything. /  

sd          B.22 utt1:  {D Well, } {C so } many of us came from a long way that [ we, + we'd ] usually at a motel  /
sd          B.22 utt2: {C and } we bought food there. /  

b          A.23 utt1:  {F Oh, } uh-huh,  /
b^r          A.23 utt2: uh-huh.  /
sd          A.23 utt3:  {D Well, } I know on Sundays we all elect now to chip in  /
sd          A.23 utt4: {C and } we go get Kentucky --   

b          B.24 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.25 utt1:  -- Fried Chicken and bring out.  /
sd          A.25 utt2: [ {C And, } + {F uh, } {C but } ] we kind of take our food for three days,  /
sd          A.25 utt3: {C and, } {F uh, } now our grandchildren are participating in it  /
sd          A.25 utt4: {C and } --   

b          B.26 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.27 utt1:  -- just love that they have all this little batch of cousins that they get to see --   

b          B.28 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.29 utt1:  -- about once a year  /
sd          A.29 utt2: <clicking>  ((   ))  enthused and with it - /
sd          A.29 utt3: {C and } our children, {D you know, } thoroughly enjoy it. /  

b          B.30 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          A.31 utt1:  {C So } it's been kind of nice.  /
sd          A.31 utt2:  It started out when I was a youngster and  watching my mother.  /
sd          A.31 utt3:  Now I'm to the <clicking>  ((   ))  mother was -- -/  

b          B.32 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.33 utt1:  -- {C and, } {F uh, } I am, {F uh, } <laughter> now the older generation and doing more of the cooking and watching my daughter --   

b          B.34 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.35 utt1:  -- {D you know, } [ partici-, + ] <clicking> more and everything,  /
%          A.35 utt2: {C and, } {F uh. } -/  

sd          B.36 utt1:  {D Well, } it's something I really miss, because I had twenty-seven first cousins -- /  

ba          A.37 utt1:  {F Oh, } my word. /  

sd          B.38 utt1:  -- {C and, } {D you know, } we were very close family,  /
sd          B.38 utt2: {C but } our father's generation was enough older than I, - /
sd          B.38 utt3: my father would be a hundred now --   

b          A.39 utt1:  {F Oh, } uh-huh. /  

+          B.40 utt1:  -- that they're all dead,  /
sd          B.40 utt2: {C and, } in fact, many of my first cousins are dead -- /  

bh          A.41 utt1:  {F Oh, } are they? /  

sd          B.42 utt1:  -- {C and } of course they have their own families and grandchildren and all that,  /
sd          B.42 utt2: {C so } we {D really, } very rarely all of us get together -- /  

^2          A.43 utt1:  Get together any more. /  

sd          B.44 utt1:  -- [ {C and, } + {C and } ] we're a long way away,  /
sd          B.44 utt2: [ {C and, } + {C and } ] the younger generation, the next like my cousin's children, I don't know very well, {D you know. } /  

b          A.45 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
b^r          A.45 utt2: uh-huh. /  

%          B.46 utt1:  {C But } it, - /
%          B.46 utt2: {C so } it's, - /
sd          B.46 utt3:  <throat_clearing>  I doubt that that will come to be again,  /
sd          B.46 utt4: {C but } as long as my oldest aunt lived we, we got together once a year. /  

sd          A.47 utt1: [ I think, + I do think, ] now we have noticed a waning of interest, /  

x          B.48 utt1:  <Cough>.   

sv          A.49 utt1:  {C and } [ I think + [ as, + as ] parents get older and start dying off, I think ] sometimes it is hard to keep the interest going. /  

sd          B.50 utt1:  {D Well, } [ {C and, } + {C and } ] folks have gotten so mobile, - /
sd          B.50 utt2: {E I mean, } {D like } I have a son and a daughter and two nephews that are grown --   

b          A.51 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.52 utt1:  -- and a brother who has a new marriage and a younger son,  /
sd          B.52 utt2: {C but } my brother and his wife live in Nevada, my daughter lives in Colorado, one of my nephews lives in New York City, one nephew lives in Memphis --   

b          A.53 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.54 utt1:  -- and my son lives here,  /
sd          B.54 utt2: {C but } I think it's very unlikely we'll have a family reunion, {D you know. } /  

b          A.55 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.55 utt2: you probably do good just to get your immediate family together. /  

b          B.56 utt1:  <Cough> Yeah,  /
sd          B.56 utt2: {C and, } I'm divorced,  /
sd          B.56 utt3: {C and } really only immediate family I have left is [ my, + my, ] - /
sd          B.56 utt4: I have a son and a daughter. /  

b          A.57 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
b^r          A.57 utt2: uh-huh. /  

sd          B.58 utt1:  {C But } my family's really all  dead. /  

b          A.59 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.60 utt1:  {C But } it was great pleasure while we did it, {D you know.  } /  

b          A.61 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah,  /
sd          A.61 utt2: they're a lot of fun.  /
%          A.61 utt3: {D Well, } my si-, - /
sd          A.61 utt4: I have a sister,  /
sd          A.61 utt5: {C and then } we have a son and a daughter  /
sd          A.61 utt6: {C and } we have three grandchildren -- /  

b          B.62 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.63 utt1:  -- {C and } our son and daughter are both married  /
sd          A.63 utt2: {C and, } {F uh, } our son's not as interested in it as our daughter,  /
sd          A.63 utt3: {C but } [ our daughter, + our daughter ] is really interested.  /
%          A.63 utt4: {C And, } {F uh. } -/  

qy          B.64 utt1:  Does it bother you if your children are not interested in it? /  

br          A.65 utt1:  I beg you pardon? /  

qy^r          B.66 utt1:  Does it bother you if your children are not interested in it? /  

na          A.67 utt1:  {F Oh, } a little bit.  /
sd          A.67 utt2: [  I, + I ] wish that our son was --   

b          B.68 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.69 utt1:  -- {D you know, }  /
sd          A.69 utt2: [ {C and, } + {F uh, } {C but, } ] {F uh, } the cousins are closer to our daughter's age,  [ and, + ] than to our son's and just totally different,   

x          B.70 utt1:  <Cough>.   

+          A.71 utt1:  interest group,  /
%          A.71 utt2: {C and } plus, - /
sd          A.71 utt3: {C and } [ he's just, + he's ] newly married and doesn't have children -- /  

b          B.72 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.73 utt1:  -- {C and, } {D you know, } I'm hoping,   

x          B.74 utt1:  <Cough>.   

+          A.75 utt1:  that as they, {D you know, } are,   

x          B.76 utt1:  <Cough>.   

+          A.77 utt1:  married a little bit longer and have children that they may be more inclined --   

b          B.78 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.79 utt1:  -- to want to go, {D you know, } to it,  /
sd          A.79 utt2: I know that. /  

qw          B.80 utt1:  <Noise> {D Well, } what kinds of things do you do to try to get your children interested?  /
qy          B.80 utt2: </Noise>.  Just talk to them about it? /  

na^m          A.81 utt1:  {D Well, } talk to them about it,  and, {D you know, } tell them some of the things we're doing.  /
sd          A.81 utt2:  {D Now } when he was a  [ chil-, + ] {F uh, } [ a young, + ] {F oh, } preteen, {D you know, } when he was like ten or twelve --   

b          B.82 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.83 utt1:  -- he loved going,  /
sd          A.83 utt2: he had another cousin he was close to and went,  /
sd          A.83 utt3: {C but } that cousin kind of quit going,  /
sd          A.83 utt4: {C and } as he got to be a teenager, {F uh, } he wasn't quite [ as, + as ] interested.  /
sd          A.83 utt5:  He was more interested in rock and roll,  /
sd          A.83 utt6: {C and } this is more country western group -- /  

b          B.84 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.85 utt1:  -- {C and, } {F uh, } just lack of interest, -/ 
