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The Voices Recordings
Interviewee Maya

Born: 25 August 1987

Lives: Sleaford, Lincolnshire

Time lived in area: All my life

Occupation: Student

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Maya talks about being one of the relatively small number of Indian people in Sleaford.

Language of interview: English

Duration: 00:29 (mins/secs)



About the interview

The participants were asked to describe how they spoke in their own words.

How do you describe your accent: "Quite good, mixed, use some slang a lot."

Have there been other influences on the way you speak: Not Given

Do you have skills in languages other than English?: Yes

Other languages: Gujarati, French

About this interview
Because there's not that many ethnic minorities here, you tend to know who is... sort of thing 'cos I'm Indian and if I go - if I'm walking down, if I'm walking down Sleaford or something, if there's another Indian person I just walk past them normally basically but they'll sort of look at me and say you know "Oh look it's another Indian person" and I'm just like "Oh God leave me alone" sort of thing. But you go up to I dunno maybe Birmingham, Bradford or London or somewhere and just I dunno it's just like it is here basically you just walk past everybody, you don't fear.
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