DARE Interview : Somerset, Pennsylvania; Primary Informant PA209

Fieldworker

Sloan, Timothy

Date

• 1969

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• PA209: White; male; age: 40 (middle-aged); education: high school; community type: village
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: PA209 (3:07)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1442-S1).
• Content:
• 00:25 Arthur the Rat
• 03:40 U.S. Civil War—what interests Informant, misconceptions taught in high school, great generals, Informant’s favorite battle
• 08:35 Description of Battle of Gettysburg—reasons Lee lost the battle
• 14:35 Partnership between General Lee and Stonewall Jackson
• 19:20 Informant is planning to move to Colorado—reasons why
• 23:05 Opinion about Vietnam War, opinion about President Nixon, opinion about the space program, opinion about protests on college campuses
• 30:55 Community description
• 32:20 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1442-S2).
• Content:
• 00:05 Community description—local industry
• 04:35 Local attitudes during the U.S. Civil War
• 06:15 Reason U.S. Civil War was fought—states' rights
• 07:20 Media distortion in politics and history
• 10:30 Political opinion
• 12:40 Tape end