DARE Interview : Tionesta, Pennsylvania; Primary Informant PA178

Fieldworker

Sloan, Timothy

Date

• 1969

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• PA178: White; male; age: 64 (old); education: 8th grade; community type: rural
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: PA178 (5:18)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1423-S1).
• Content:
• 00:30 Arthur the Rat
• 06:00 Personal history
• 06:15 Slaughterhouse—on Informant’s farm, types of animals killed
• 08:50 Farming—animals, vegetables
• 10:15 Hunting—rabbits, deer, turkeys
• 14:20 Informant’s pet dogs
• 15:00 Changes in community over Informant’s lifetime
• 17:55 Family—Informant has 2 children
• 20:10 Difference between a day's work when Informant was young, and today
• 27:40 Jobs Informant has had
• 29:45 Family history—parents' jobs
• 32:15 Education—favorite subject was math
• 33:55 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1423-S2).
• Content:
• 00:05 Description of every car Informant has ever owned
• 07:45 Family gatherings—holidays, reunions
• 08:20 Informant got a gun for Christmas that he still uses
• 09:10 Informant’s best day deer hunting ever
• 16:20 Tape end