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FILENAME:	3801_1378_1397
TOPIC#:		312
DATE:		920119
TRANSCRIBER:	glp
UTT_CODER:	lsh
DIFFICULTY:	1
TOPICALITY:	2
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:        Speaker A had a noise <squeak> that may have been
a small dog in the background.

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qy          A.1 utt1:  {D Well, } got any problems on Mockingbird with crime  /
qrr          A.1 utt2: {C or } is that a crime free zone there? /  

nn          B.2 utt1:  No,  /
sv^e          B.2 utt2: I don't think there is any such thing,   

x          A.3 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          B.4 utt1:  as a crime free zone any longer. /  

sv          A.5 utt1:  I'm afraid you're right. /  

sd(^q)       B.6 utt1:  {F Uh, } one evening I decided to retire early and heard sirens and noises and  thought, {F oh, } {D well, } something's happens on Mockingbird and then heard yells and  screams  /
sd          B.6 utt2: {C and } the next thing I know there are policemen all around my house. /  

ba          A.7 utt1:  {F Oh, } my. /  

sd          B.8 utt1:  {C And } they had stopped [ a, {F uh, } b-, + a stolen car ] --   

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

+          B.10 utt1:  -- and caught one of the men in the hedge  /
sd          B.10 utt2: {C and then } the other one was on the roof in the back. /  

qy          A.11 utt1:  By your house? /  

nd          B.12 utt1:  [ B-, + on ] my house <laughter>. /  

ba          A.13 utt1:  {F Oh, } my goodness. /  

x          B.14 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

ba          A.15 utt1:  {F Aye, } {F aye, } {F aye } <laughter>.   

sd          B.16 utt1: {C So } I'm very much aware of, {F uh, } crime in the cities [ and the, + and the ] concern about it. /  

+          A.17 utt1:  {F Oh, } my.  /
sv          A.17 utt2:  [ That's, + that's ] got to be a frightening way to --   

sd          B.18 utt1:  It was. /  

+          A.19 utt1:  -- spend an evening. /  

sd          B.20 utt1:  [ I, + {F uh, } I ] kept hearing noises  /
sd          B.20 utt2: {C and so } [ I, + I ] knew that I was not going to sleep until I got up and went out and checked the garage,  /
sd          B.20 utt3: {C so } I got [ a g-, + my gun ] and  walked [ to the, + {D you know, } through  the house into the ] garage.  /
sd          B.20 utt4:  There was no one there,  /
sd          B.20 utt5: {C but } I wanted to be sure. /  

ba          A.21 utt1:  {F Oh, } boy. /  

qy          B.22 utt1:  <Laughter> Is Plano beginning to experience [ the, + the ] kinds of things that are more common [ in the metropolitan, + {D you know, } in the --   

ny          A.23 utt1:  Unfortunately --   

+          B.24 utt1:  -- urban ] area? /  

+          A.25 utt1:  -- yes. /  

ba          B.26 utt1:  That's --   

b          A.27 utt1:  Yes. /  

+          B.28 utt1:  -- too bad. /  

sv          A.29 utt1:  I think, {F uh, } {D you know, } as any city grows up, {F uh, } you get the hoods and the [ roof-, + riffraff ] and --   

b          B.30 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.31 utt1:  -- everybody else --   

b          B.32 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.33 utt1:  -- in there,  /
sv          A.33 utt2: {C and } I think, - /
sd          A.33 utt3: {F uh, } {D you know, } fortunately the sirens and  everything we hear are over on Spring Creek,  /
sd          A.33 utt4: {C but, }  {F uh, } [ we've been, + we've lived ] here sixteen years  /
sd          A.33 utt5: {C and } --   

b          B.34 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.35 utt1:  -- now [ you, + {D you know, } you ] can tell the change, for sure. /  

sv          B.36 utt1:  {D Well, } I was thinking, if you've been there that long, you've seen Plano grow --   

aa          A.37 utt1:  Yes. /  

+          B.38 utt1:  -- from what was really [ a, + a ] small town to a city. /  

sv          A.39 utt1:  {D Well, } [ with all the, + {F uh, } Central Expressway, {F uh, }   

x          B.40 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          A.41 utt1:  with all the  ] stores and the, {F uh, } restaurants and the --   

b          B.42 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.43 utt1:  -- {F uh, } convenience stores and all that kind of stuff, it's just prime pickings for people driving by. /  

b          B.44 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          A.45 utt1:  {D You know } {C and, } -/  

sd          B.46 utt1:  {D Well, } I was appalled to read the other day about the, {F uh, } {F uh, } shooting on the tollway. /  

sv          A.47 utt1:  [ That's, + that couldn't be ] too far from you, neither. /  

sd          B.48 utt1:  {F Uh, } {D well, } it's farther west of me. /  

bk          A.49 utt1:  Okay. /  

sd          B.50 utt1:  I live over near White Rock Lake. /  

b          A.51 utt1:  {F Oh, } yes,  /
bk          A.51 utt2: okay. /  

%          B.52 utt1:  {C But, }  {F uh, } -/  

x          A.53 utt1:  <Squeak>.   

sd          B.54 utt1:  {F uh, } it was really frightening to,   

x          A.55 utt1:  <Squeak>.   

+          B.56 utt1:  think that, {F uh, } it's not even safe to drive onto the tollway,   

x          A.57 utt1:  <Squeak>.   

+          B.58 utt1:  or for those people in the tollbooth. /  

x          A.59 utt1:  <Squeak>.   

sd          B.60 utt1:  {F Uh, } I never thought about someone robbing those,  /
sd          B.60 utt2: {C but, }  apparently, they do. /  

sd          A.61 utt1:  I don't know, {F uh, } how a few bucks can be worth shooting somebody  /
%          A.61 utt2: {C but, } -/  

aa          B.62 utt1:  Yeah,  /
qy^g          B.62 utt2: it just doesn't seem possible, does it. /  

qy^g          A.63 utt1:  It's [ kind of, + kind of ] stupid, isn't it. /  

ny          B.64 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv           A.65 utt1: {C But } I guess when people do those things, they don't really give a thought of the consequences at the time.   /
sv          A.65 utt2:  It's, looks like --   

aa          B.66 utt1:  No. /  

+          A.67 utt1:  -- easy pickings  /
qy^g          A.67 utt2: {C and } away you go, right. /  

ny          B.68 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv^e          B.68 utt2: {C and } I think the drugs play a tremendous part in, {F uh, } the theft and  [ the, + the ] violence that we see. /  

aa          A.69 utt1:  I think you're right,  {F uh, } although I think that may be an excuse for people, too. /  

qy^g          B.70 utt1:  [ It, + it ] is convenient, isn't it? /  

na          A.71 utt1:  Right. /  

^q          B.72 utt1:  I didn't know what I was doing. /  

aa          A.73 utt1:  Right. /  

%          B.74 utt1:  That kind. -/  

aa          A.75 utt1:  Right,  /
sd          A.75 utt2: just like the old alcohol idea  /
sv          A.75 utt3: {C and } --   

b          B.76 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.77 utt1:  -- [ I think people, + {F uh, } I think when you ] have haves and have nots, you're always going to find people that are too lazy to figure a way to earn money and find it's easier if you can get a gun to go out and hold something up --   

b          B.78 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.79 utt1:  -- than it is to figure out a way to legitimately earn the money. /  

aa          B.80 utt1:  {D Well, } yes,  /
sd          B.80 utt2: {C and } I work in South Dallas for the Dallas School System. /  

ba          A.81 utt1:  # {F Oh, } boy. # /  

%          B.82 utt1:  # {C And, }  {F uh, } # {F uh, } -/  

qw          A.83 utt1:  Where do you work? /  

qy          B.84 utt1:  {F Uh, } do you know where Oakland and Hatcher are? /  

ny          A.85 utt1:  {F Uh, } yes,  /
sd^e          A.85 utt2: I think I do.  /
qy          A.85 utt3: [ That, + {F uh, } is that ] Amelia Earhart, [ -hart + ] School there? /  

nn          B.86 utt1:  {F Uh, } no  /
sd^e          B.86 utt2:  this is over near Lincoln High School.    

bk          A.87 utt1:  Okay. /  

+          B.88 utt1:  {F Uh, } [ just, + ]  not far off South Central Expressway. /  

qy^g          A.89 utt1:  That's a pretty rough area there, isn't it? /  

na^m          B.90 utt1:  It is a pretty rough area.  /
sd          B.90 utt2:  We're over by Fair Park. /  

ba          A.91 utt1:  {F Oh, } my goodness. /  

sd          B.92 utt1:  {C And, }  {F uh, } {D you know, } you watch the people.  /
sd          B.92 utt2:  There are marvelous B M W -s and  Mercedes and Cadillacs and everything parked all up and down the street outside these awful taverns. /  

%          A.93 utt1:  {F Huh. } /  

sd          B.94 utt1:  {C And } the kids see that  /
sd          B.94 utt2: {C and, }  {F uh, } they know that they can earn several hundred dollars in a day [ where, + ] {F uh, } {D you know, } running for, {F uh, } drug dealers if, -/  

sv          A.95 utt1:  Definitely that area, [ that, + that's ] big time. /  

b          B.96 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv^r          A.97 utt1:  Big time there, sure is. /  

aa          B.98 utt1:  It surely is. /  

sd          A.99 utt1:  I don't think I'd go to work without a bulletproof vest on myself  ((   )) . /  

sd          B.100 utt1:  <Laughter> {D Well, } I'm careful. /  

ba          A.101 utt1:  Gee-,  /
sv          A.101 utt2: that's the worst neighborhood in the whole [ c-, + area. ] /  

aa          B.102 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.102 utt2: it's, {F uh, } a little scary sometimes  /
sd          B.102 utt3: {C and, }  {F uh, } I manage the, -/ 
