DARE Interview : Charleston, South Carolina; Primary Informant SC005

Fieldworker

O'Cain, Raymond

Date

• 1966

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• SC005: White; female; age: 86 (old); education: some college; community type: small city
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: SC005 (2:50)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1477-S1).
• Content:
• 00:20 Expressions for parts of town
• 01:35 Local land, land fill areas of city (past)
• 04:55 Family
• 06:45 Speech in Charleston; class effect on speech; regional speech
• 13:15 DARE interviews; Fieldworker's college
• 15:20 Grandson
• 19:45 Learning to drive, driving test [1920s]
• 22:05 Childhood: stores, food delivery, summertime, beaches, Army post on Sullivan's Island
• 30:50 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1477-S2).
• Content:
• 00:05 Sailing when she was young
• 03:55 Relatives and local people
• 11:20 Rice plantations in her family since 1600s; grains
• 13:45 World War I food
• 15:30 Butter, baking, ice
• 19:50 Servant with the family since he was 8 years old
• 23:20 Earthquake
• 27:40 Arthur the Rat
• 30:30 Tape end