The British Library The British Library http://sounds.bl.uk/JISC ASR IPR STATUS LIST.xls Conversation in Telford about accent, dialect and attitudes to language. 1190/29/05 BBC Voices Recordings BBC warning: this interview contains strong or offensive language. Recording made for BBC Voices project of a conversation guided by a BBC interviewer. The conversation follows a loose structure based on eliciting opinions about accents, dialects, the words we use and people's attitude to language. The seven interviewees are all neighbours on a council estate in Woodside, south Telford. [00:00:00] Interviewer introduces speakers. Discussion of words used to describe PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES. Discussion about terms of endearment, words used to mean friend/getting married/to die. Discussion of words used to describe EMOTIONS. Discussion about use of swear-words and attitudes towards swearing, insults for men/women. Words used to mean hungry/smelly/dating/having sex/being bored/being hungover/financially cheated/asking somebody to wait/getting a loan/telling on somebody/telling somebody to be quiet/to run away.[00:14:23] Discussion of words used to describe ACTIONS. Discussion of words used to mean to throw something away/to tell someone to go away/to steal/to work hard/word for something whose name youve forgotten/somebody who talks a lot/to tell someone to be quiet. Meaning of clog your logs. Words used to mean police/to kiss/homosexual/to greet somebody. Discussion about terms of endearment. Words used to mean to tell tales on someone/a fight/to go to the toilet/having a chat/insane/a drug-user.[00:26:41] Description of their mother, language they learnt from her, nicknames she called them. Discussion about words used to mean father/to play truant/to have sex/a prostitute/moonlighting/moody/making ends meet/being streetwise/gullible/lethargic/lazy/blanking people. Discussion about her grandchildren, where their names come from, bab as a term of endearment, drinks she likes.[00:37:18] Discussion about words used to mean a boring person/hungry/to be sick/a miser/tired/drunk. Use and meaning of words used in Ireland, swear-words used in Ireland. Words used to mean be quiet/keep it to yourself. Use and meaning of local words/phrases. Discussion about lending money to each other, helping each other out on the estate, how her baby speaks. 2004-09-03 Telford, Shropshire sound Gilbert, Barry John, 1984 Jan. 01- (speaker, male unemployed) Gilbert, Stephen Ernest, 1985 March 29- (speaker, male trainee soldier) Hildreth, Bernie, 1954 July 12- (speaker, female florist and party organiser) McCollum, Teresa (Biddy), 1949 Jan. 12- (speaker, female housewife) Shipperbottom, Beverley, 1974 July 09- (speaker, female) Hamill, Sonia, (speaker, female) Richard (Rich), (speaker, male) Cleere, Michael, 1960 Jan. 07- (speaker, female) Radio Shropshire 00:47:30