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29 October 2014
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The Voices Recordings
IntervieweeSian

Born: 23 March 1989

Lives: Pwllheli, Gwynedd

Time lived in area: All my life

Occupation: School student

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Sian talks about schoolday crazes for collecting and swapping snack trinkets.

Language of interview: Welsh

Duration: (mins/secs)



About the interview

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

How do you describe your accent: "North Walian accent."

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

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

Other languages: English, Welsh

About this interview
SIAN: That's what we'd do at school, everyone had loads of them, and we were all there going through them then, as a crowd. SIAN T: You'd have about 200. SIAN MORRIS: Some would charge us 10p. Yes! At school. INTERVIEWER: Where did you get them in the first place? SIAN MORRIS: Well, just crisps, there was, there were pogs or tazos, but tazos were the popular ones. Here that is. And everyone ate Wotsits like crazy at school, in the middle of break, under the table in maths: "got a pog!" ANN: Sifian, if you see the Wotsits going down in the shop, you'll know that Sian is playing Togs! SIAN MORRIS: There were some Star Wars ones too. SIAN T: And football ones, I still have them, in those football books, swapping them for ten pence and things.
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