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The Voices Recordings
Interviewee Nicola Drysdale

Lives: Anstruther, Fife

Time lived in area: All my life

Occupation: Secretary

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Nicola's family calls one room in the house 'the telly room'- which she feels is quite bad because it centres around the television.

Language of interview: Scots

Duration: 00:32 (mins/secs)



About the interview

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

How do you describe your accent: "Broad."

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

Do you have skills in languages other than English?: No

Other languages: None

About this interview
MARY: Just the livin room, always just the livin room. I mean...obviously it's now the sitting room, but eh, but ah still say the livin room. NICOLA: Ah say the telly room...it's the telly room. D'you no'say that? We all call it the telly room, which is quite bad that your actual room centres around the television (laugh)! We've just always said the telly room, I don't know. No-one else here says telly room? We don't have a telev...we've only got a television in the telly room... MARGARET: That could be it then, yes! NICOLA: So that's why we describe it as the telly room, maybe (laugh).
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