DARE Interview : Miami, Florida; Primary Informant FL004

Fieldworker

Porter, Ruth

Date

• 1966

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• FL004: White; female; age: 45 (middle-aged); education: high school; community type: large city
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: FL004 (3:39)
• Full Interview (Tape 0239-S1). [Additional speakers: Informant's husband, Daughter]
• Content:
• 00:20 Father moves to area with railroad, gets local job helping with building supplies. Loses money and house after 1926 hurricane and land crash
• 03:40 Ethnic composition of area, and tourist development
• 07:10 Use of area in WWII—German prisoners of war, target areas, soldiers on leave
• 10:00 Early development, naming of Ojus, local stone
• 13:50 Local building materials, shift to concrete after 1926 hurricane. Types of soil (sand and muck)
• 17:50 Arthur the Rat
• 23:25 Tape end