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DARE Interview : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Primary Informant PA239

Fieldworker: Saunders, Gladys
Date: 1970
Publisher: Dictionary of American Regional English
Summary: Informant Data:

PA239: Black; female; age: 27 (young); education: high school; community type: urban

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Arthur the Rat. Speaker: PA239 (3:35)

Full Interview (Tape 1459-S1).

Content:

00:05 Arthur the Rat

03:45 Job history—IBM key puncher for many companies—description of her training

10:45 Personal history—Informant was married with one child before she started working

11:50 What Informant doesn’t like about her job, reasons she resigned

16:00 Description of a programmer’s job

16:50 Opinion about Philadelphia

18:45 Description and opinion of ghettos

20:30 Tape end

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Arthur the Rat
Full Interview

Fieldworker: Saunders, Gladys
Publisher: Dictionary of American Regional English
Date: 1970
Format: Sound recording
Language: English
Collection: Fieldwork Recordings—Dictionary of American Regional English

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