DARE Interview : Little Compton, Rhode Island; Primary Informant RI015

Fieldworker

Ehrenkranz, Jean

Date

• 1969

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• RI015: White; female; age: 59 (middle-aged); education: college; community type: rural
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: RI015 (3:40)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1472-S1). [Additional speakers: Informant's husband, Son]
• Content:
• 00:20 Local baseball
• 02:35 Children
• 03:05 Family land
• 05:55 Community description: employment, population, buildings
• 09:15 Local history—settlers
• 10:40 Town and village divisions in the state
• 11:15 Fishing locally (commercial), beaches, river
• 13:45 Interest in nature
• 14:40 Political affiliations, politics
• 16:05 Mill towns, Portuguese immigration, nearby city
• 21:10 Shopping malls
• 22:10 Local schools
• 24:20 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1472-S2). [Additional speakers: Informant's son]
• Content:
• [RI015] 00:15 Arthur the Rat
• [son (no separate Arthur clip made)] 04:00 Arthur the Rat
• 07:00 Pronunciation of words in Arthur
• 08:40 Tape end