DARE Interview : Gladstone, Michigan; Primary Informant MI031

Fieldworker

Reddington, John

Date

• 1966

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• MI031: White; male; age: 59 (middle-aged); education: university; community type: village
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: MI031 (3:10) ["Tape recorder wasn't working properly"; most of Arthur inaudible, except for some near the end]
• Full Interview (Tape 0682-S1).
• Content:
• 00:15 Family history
• 03:23 Community life
• 04:40 How Informant got into teaching and Informant's teaching experiences
• 11:34 Anecdotes of Informant's performing experiences
• 14:51 Community inhabitants
• 15:36 Informant's family's interest in languages
• 17:05 Tape inaudible—beginning of Arthur
• 18:30 Arthur the Rat
• 20:25 Tape end