DARE Interview : Houston, Texas; Primary Informant TX085

Fieldworker

Ruff, Dale

Date

• 1970

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• TX085: White; female; age: 71 (old); education: grade school; community type: large city
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: TX085 (3:07) [Traffic noise quite loud at times]
• Full Interview (Tape 1664-S1).
• Content:
• 00:10 Cotton Carnival
• 01:05 Neighborhood, street paving, streetcars
• 03:00 School in past
• 04:15 First ride in car, oyster shell paved roads, local sights, Astrodome
• 08:20 Port channel, monument
• 10:20 Stores, shopping malls
• 12:05 Seasons, hurricanes, weather
• 15:30 Trees
• 18:50 Arthur the Rat
• 22:00 Tape end