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Description: | Connie recalls her childhood growing up on a smallholding in Ripon in the 1920s. She reminesces fondly about the horses, the self-sufficient way of life, her schooldays and the privilege of being the oldest child of eight.
lexis
lass = girl; eldest = oldest
phonology
/r/ ® [r/ > 4]; Yorkshire assimilation (I said to [sE?t t@] the children; huge tub [hjUu:tS t@b]; the last two things we would part [w@?t pA:t] with; they tended to [tEndI?t t@] look upon me; I could play [kU?t ple:] the piano; I’d followed [a?t fQl8:Ud] it)
NORTH [Q:]; GOAT [8:U]; FACE [e:]; PRICE [a: ~ aI]; STRUT [@]; GOOSE [Uu:]; happY [I]
note also often [Qft@n], because [bIkQs], aunt [ant], very [vE4I], ones [wQnz], hierarchy [hI@4a:kI], February [fEb4@4I] and poor [pU@}
grammar
have as full verb (I have on my bed …; we have a huge bag of down; they hadn’t any children)
inverted verb phrase as tag (it had intrigued me, had this journey)
note also use and phonetic quality of utterance final discourse marker you know [j@ n8:U] | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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