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what? [see there] how about some bananas now? want bananas with the cereal? cereal? I cake? [points to remains on birthday cake on the stove, hand extended, palm up] no that's an old cake now. Mommy's got some nice mu'. nice muffins for you. but you want some cereal first? and some juice? okay take your hand off. okay ...
[takes spoon and starts to eat] hm? [it muffles Sarah's voice and makes crackling noises on the tape] [bef puts Sarah's bib on her] oh yeah it's beautiful. [it muffles Sarah's voice and makes crackling noises on the tape] what a cute bib. yeah. that's the one she had on last week. [pours milk into Sarah's bowl,] okay. ...
she gets the food in here right side up. yeah. xxx milk. you drink your juice first and then you eat that you got milk in there. [brushes Sarah's hair while she continues to feed herself then blinks as if the brush pulls and grunts but continues eating and drinking] oh Sarah. why can't you have nice curls. hm? oh Sarah...
[repeating Mother's intonation] Messy bessy yourself. that's you you're Messy bessy. [goes out of the kitchen] [finds still another piece of banana which falls out of the bowl as she tries to get it with the spoon.] [returns with Sarah's slippers] a yyy. a yyy Mommy. huh? a yyy. [gets down] where's your slippers? [nois...
huh? Mommy 'n' Da'y. Mummy 'n' Daddy what? you don't want it alright. sit there for a minute. one. just sit there for one moment. [Sarah holds hands out while M gets wash cloth and washes her hands. Mother removes Sarah's bib and washes her face] finger? yeah. [Sarah makes a "raspberry" noise] ow. [referring to finger ...
hm? no xxx. cold. it's cold yeah. who told you it was cold out? I stay bed. you stayed in bed yeah it's cold out. col'. I s'ay in be'ie xxx. Donna what? hey Donna's got the mumps. mumps? yup. do you wanna get the mumps? [Sarah nods] you do? run xxx. what're you going to run for? [Sarah starts to go out of the kitchen b...
huh? my dog. your dog. where'd he go? gone. where'd he go? go yyy. yeah. go yyy. yeah. where's Tramp? Tramp gone. [arms extended] where'd he go? gone! he go outside? go outside. [turns to the window and looks out] huh? a rain out? no it's not raining out yet. in a little while it's going to rain. huh? xxx here rain. [a...
what? that's the airplane. airplane. [picks up plastic whistle and blows,] [blows,] [noises] don't stick it down in your mouth. be nice. who gave that to you Sarah? [blows]. who? Nana. take it out of your mouth. Nana did. Nana did yeah. when did you get that? [blows and makes noises with the whistle in her mouth]. huh?...
what? [drying Sarah's face] hand. [holds out her hand] by me. Don'. Don' xxx hit me xxx. that was a long time ago. huh? that was a long time ago. you haven't seen Donna for about two months and you keep saying that. Donna didn't hit you. where did Donna hit you? high door. where did she hit you? high door. behind the d...
xxx whistle. hm? whistle. eee dere. string. string. whistle. you do it. [blows,] [puts the whistle in Mother's mouth] I hear whistle. Mommy. hi. hi. whyn't you sing me a song? whyn't you sing happy birthday? happy to you. [singing] happy. xxx happy too. [suddenly referring to doll or toy] there's happy up there yeah. t...
[Sarah has just come in from playing and looks very dirty] just shut the back door. hello Sarah. I'm dirty. you are? you look like a coal miner. should we dump it in the washin' machine and turn on spin dry or wash 'n' wear or somethin'? c'me 'ere. how did you get that way? from the dat. what were you doing in the dirt...
you can't move. how come? you think you're gonna walk around like that? do ya? do you think that's nice? no. that's really a very good job you did. what? of getting your hands dirty. y' know you could get filthy lookin' at you. they're the best dirty hands I've ever seen. you won't be goin' out anymore today. [starts t...
neither one. huh? none of those. snowing only a little bit is it? no. a little bit it is. one two three. [washes Sarah's hands at sink] take the first layer off. [washes Sarah's hands at sink] ow. what? too hot. oh it is hot isn't it? that's good. hm? put a little more on maybe. [water running at sink makes Mother unin...
you're a beautiful girl. [tape recorder turned off while Mother finishes washing Sarah at sink] you look like xxx. [tape recorder turned off while Mother finishes washing Sarah at sink] Sarah must be under all that dirt. [tape recorder turned off while Mother finishes washing Sarah at sink] oh Sarah. [tape recorder tur...
now here's Sarah. I want a drink of water. anything else you'd like while you're giving orders? well what you have? I don't have anything. [goes to pantry] drink of water? here what are ya lookin' for? lookin' for somethin' you can... somethin' I can what? c'me on I can't hear ya. come out here. I think it's marshmallo...
a yyy. what? a yyy. what does that mean? I can't think of it. what is it for? it's for look at people inside it. when do you use it? mhm all the time. what did you do right there? [points to sore on Sarah's face] well I have a cut. how did you get it? well someone throwed a rock at my eye. no is it? no I was... when di...
scab now? a scab? do you know what a scab is? uhuh. it's when you've bled a little bit and now the blood is dried and hard and it's not bleeding anymore. just like that. well Donna had one bleedin'. mine didn't bleed one bit. 'n' we was out playin' an' there was some spots on a little... it looked like a burglar but my...
time. the same time? how could you say it at the same time? the same time as yourself? it's goin' in. [water into tea cup] [makes singing noises into her milk glass] glad you caught it. [Spoon almost dropped] do you like the way that sounds? no not quite. is there a little hair on there? [the tape recorder] where? ther...
when we get ready to turn it off you can stop it if you want. okay? okay. I'll let you stop it. if you promise not to stop it first. don't put your hands on it now. leave the mike alone. no I didn't do it. you didn't do what? I didn't put it on there. no we'll take your hand off it. there. now you can stop it when it's...
do you know what a factory is? [shakes head "no"] a factory's a big place where they make all kinds of things like machines and cars and milk bottles and clothes. is that cookies? yeah you've been dying to get your hands on these haven't ya? this mornin' then you forgot about them. I looked at em. I know it. then you f...
mhm. when is she coming back? mhm... next week? no next summer. that's just what you'd like. [hums] oh I know what I meant to ask you. I just thought of it. what? I hafta ask Gail something. now I'm all through with that cookie. what? now I'm all through with that cookie. %add: GAI now I'm all through with that cookie....
why don't you take a drink of milk? these chocolate ones are delicious. [coughs] aren't they good? cover your mouth. I did. I did it. mm. how about all your cans that you had out in the yard? what did you do with em? well Donna stealed em. hm? Betty stealed em. Sarah are you sure? mhm. yeah? who were you playin' with? ...
wait a minute. say what you're gonna say before you take another bite. well... tell me what happened before you eat that cookie. she went in the house because we were fightin' a lot. fightin' over who? Betty. who was fightin' over Betty? we. who's we? Donna 'n' me. you were fightin' over Betty? y' mean who was gonna pl...
Donna did what? well she had the broom and we wanted to play house. well then she hit her with the broom... hit who? us with the broom. y' mean you 'n' Ann Marie? yeah. Donna hit you 'n' Ann Marie. where did Betty... I didn't see Betty. I did. Donna hit you 'n' Ann Marie with the broom? huh? Donna hit you 'n' Ann Marie...
then Ann fighted over her. Ann fighted over who? Donna 'n' she was cryin' 'n' cryin' 'n' cryin' 'n' cryin'. and Auntie Gertie said come up the house and stay in bed. to Donna? yeah. did Donna go up the house? nope. she went and stand right at the stairs. then she went out again playin' Batman. then she went... oh you w...
[laughs] oh I see. 'n' did she wanna take Batman then? yeah. was she willing to marry Batman? nope she wanted Robin. and you wanted Robin too? all us kids want Robin. how come you like Robin better than Batman? well Batman don't have a girl. oh. see? maybe you could be his first girl. but I'm not on television stupid. ...
can't understand what you're sayin'. you've got a mouth full of cookie. [burps and laughs] oh oh. what do you say? well... [laughs] what did Batman do? in Batman. what do you do when you play Batman? well we was goin' on the car 'n' the ship machine 'n'... what kind of machine? ship machine that says papers. mhm. doesn...
is that who you were going to marry before? mhm. but you like Robin better now? know why? why? he throwed a poodle down the stairs. that's right too. [whispers] 'n' he have a broken leg. den he went with a pr pole. now how I ever gonna talk now? it's sort of hard with your finger in your mouth. take your finger out and...
he's a little dog too. he hurt the side of his nose. sore. oh yeah? uhhuh. 'n' that's why you're not gonna marry Georgie anymore because he threw Boofoo down the stairs huh? mhm. and when Betty was outside 'n' she said I was mindin' him. then um... she was mindin' Boofoo. 'n' Georgie. then she didn't know it right? rig...
don't don't don't. I'm just shakin' my head. yeah I know it. but don't shake your head 'cause you're so... ugh. no. [whines] you're gonna get all the dirt all over the place. I'm gonna wash your hair after supper again. don't don't. yes. alright then get down off the chair if you're gonna do it. you know what you're as...
'n' Batman's on tomorrow night too. I'm gonna see Batman not you. I will put you to bed. I'll push you to bed. you're gonna put me to bed? I gave her a spanking for something yesterday 'n' she sat there crying. my mother came in. meantime she was sittin' on the chair cryin'. 'n' she said " what are you cryin' for?" 'n...
what's that? that's a new microphone. that hadta be moved. xxx things yeah. well whe''s tha' other microphone? we're not going to use this microphone today. because the machine is broken. why not? and it's being fixed. my Da' he fix it. really? you Daddy hasta fix it. [leans out and moves the microphone] so it won't fa...
oh yeah what'd you tell Daddy? uh Bobby and Ken and Midge. what'd she say? Bobby Ken and Midge and who else? and Bobby 'n' and Midge. and what else? and I think we nee' dishes. oh. oh boy. what're you going to do with the sink and dishes? play. 'n' a say man. heh... did you have any before? ![shakes her head no,] [aft ...
see I ge' a baby. I ge' ano'er one. [exits] I get the b'y. do. I go' fou' babies here. yeah alright I'll get the other one. okay. you carry day. [enters carrying Bugs] [enters with Mother]. you carry dose. I ge' the baby. these all go to bed ya know. %add: GLO xxx I ge' the baby. these four. oh my. so si'ple. did you g...
here sit down. he won't sit down. now sit down there. you rascal. ah he fall down. oh he did. there whoops. he fall down again. eee the new wonkey fa' down. you can'' fa' down now is he? no. he fa' down. does he want the little monkey? no. I don't eh... aye. %int: high and sharp did he want the little monkey? yep. why?...
yes. I go get em. okay. ya wanna get the ones up there? yep. [rises to get the cups and saucers down from a kitchen cabinet] you can't reach them. you reach them. no Mommy won't... reach em at a'. you go' to reach 'em. cups and cream. got 'a... hm? who'e bunch. let me see. [gives cups et al to Sarah. gets a small, meta...
over there. aren't they pretty. come o'. Mrs Parkers. well well well. [laughs] that's when she has her tea at night and her Mother 'n' I have she has her own little cup those cups. 'n' she puts her tea bag in and she has tea with the xxx. oh my. I got a meat in Robert's too. xxx chairs. [drowned out by Sarah's own clan...
what happened? I fill' it. how come you spilled it? yyy wa' fo' the pa'ty. huh. [highly aspirated] [exits to fill another cup] [assists]. don't get excited. jus' a li'l' water. alright. hey whe' the other one? put the cup in the saucer. huh? put the cup in the saucer. here's the cup. here's the saucer. put the cup in t...
xxx a' yyy. you what? all yyy. yeah it gets all over. that's the end of it huh? very good. [claps] [as if rewarding self in response to Gloria's "very good"] how about this one? this too much. that's fine. say... you can drink some. [drinks a bit and then returns cup to saucer] what did you just do? I drink it. [sets d...
[places Mr Ears upon it] hm? [or spoken by Mother] look. what're you doin'? the monkey there. hey. whe' he gonna sit? on his lap. hafta sit on his lap. 'cause he's little, yeah that's fine. [drowned out] there. good. hey uh no wait a minute. I go' ge' a chair. xxx... [Sarah makes the bare beginning of an utterance whic...
oh. yeah that's it. [enters from the parlor with a small, white chair]. the cap. I si' here. okay. I go' ge' a cup. you have my cup. [gives Sarah her cup] happy birthday... [as if singing] to you. you. birthday you happy birthday. happy birthday to you. happy birthday dear... Kent no Bugs. Bugs. happy birthday to you. ...
he's tires yeah. here you better stan' up. %add: toy [rights Bugs] why is he tired? he tired lay down. what did he do today? what do you have in your cup? soda? you don't call it soda? tonic. tonic. water. [drinks] you have tonic don't you? in the yyy... [frigidaire] in the what? in the frigidaire. on the fridge... in ...
make-believe. just make-believe. make-believe there's tonic in your cup. 'n' you're giving it to the the monkey. make-believe. okay. [exits to get more water] I go' some xxx. you can wash your hands later. you just washed em. [enters yelling] tha''s a fishing rod. what? tha''s a more water. oh does he like it? [giving ...
[1-2 Slight difference in pronunciation of the blues, the second more rounded] that's right. 'n' that's pink. that's yellow. that's right. that's yellow. [Sarah was naming the colors of the smaller monkey. She made no mistakes] this black. [Sarah was naming the colors of the smaller monkey. She made no mistakes] how ma...
tell me what you're doing. I uh twist it. oh you did. oh bad luck. he's a ba' bear 'n' tha' means. I put you in 'e crib. make yyy. [paddles the bear,] in this some yyy. huh uh ow. [exits with the bear and then returns] we ge' wet em. here's a crib. make believe this a crib. here let's play a game. see if you can do wha...
[shakes her no] what does he bite? oh my back. is that where he bites you? [laughs] [indicated her hind end]. we put him back. what're you doing? what did you just do? I put her. what did you just do? tell me what you just did? what did you just do? very good. [stacked 3 saucers and 3 cups. attempts to add another sauc...
awoh your Mommy doesn't like that. oh that's not nice. you don't put your dishes on your head. um. you don't see me goin' around the house with dishes on my head. it's going to slip xxx. slipping. what're you doing? what are you doing? [makes sound as if sucking on a straw clogged with ice from the bottom of the glass]...
Donna oh San'ra. oh no not that Sandra. we weren't goin' ta go see that Sandra. this one's another Sandra way down the street. she has lots o' little boys and girls. lots o' them down there. she has seven little boys and girls. seven. I wan' go down. seven six five four three two one. tha' good. ye'. I go' feed the bab...
she does that now. come on. [Drowned out by sound of clinking dishes] this a dis'... I set out. one at a time. I reach it. come on I go' wash em. [has put the last of the dishes in the sink] no... I can... you can wash them later. now now. [picks up a blue cloth]. what ya doing? I put tha' in there. xxx with Bugs in it...
there it goes. [makes incoherent sounds. aft makes incoherent sounds] [bef exits with the blue towel. leaves. aft leaves] oh you stay in here with me Sarah. come here. in the crib. whenever it's gone in the crib. you xxx sing me a song. ssh there's a hole in the bowl. the hole it grow. yeah that's alright. [exits on th...
you're kiddin' me aren't ya. [climbs into the lap of Mother] ow that hurt. um. here. whose girl are you? [makes a long series of babyish noises]. oh okay. you're sure? how come you're not always sure xxx Daddy comes home. huh? yeah I know you. Mummy spanks ya 'n' ya call for Daddy. if Mummy and Daddy are here 'n' ya ge...
let me see your head today. hm it better? yes. yeah it's a little better. [looks at Sarah's forehead] a little black and blue. [looks at Sarah's forehead] what happened to your head? I fa' down after you. oh my. where did you fall down the stairs? I go' yyy. ya got what? I go' stitches. yeah you got stitches there. she...
I xxx. [2 drowned out by Gloria] come over here and do it. go over there on the table and do it. [sits at the table and draws]. here. I'm gonna make a. hee. I ge' ho a walk. dem. de. that's very good. that is very good. what is that? = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Brown/Sarah/030202.cha = = = [Sarah is sitting at the kitche...
Bam Bam. [whispers correct name to Gloria,] oh. Bam Bam. [whispered response] what does Bam Bam do? bam. does he have a sister? eh he dirty. [plays with the doll, cleans his face with brushing strokes] I wouldn't really let 'im worry about that. where'd you get Bam Bam? hm? who bought ya Bam Bam? hey aren't ya talkin' ...
okay? hey I go ge' two pencils. Sarah what's my Daddy's name? [making doll talk] uh Flintstone. that's right Flintstone. what's my Mommy's name? um Be'y. that's right. that's right Betty. what's your Mommy's name? uh. Carol. what's your Daddy's name? uh my Daddy name Donny. that's yes that's right. Donny. where did you...
I remember. whose birthday was it. yours oh that's right. [points to self] happy birthday Sarah. happy birthday to you. [puts finger in doll's mouth] I can't it's stuck. open your mouth. [opens mouth in crocodile fashion] oh that's a nice mouth. which color is he? [slurred] I don't have any yet. I'm too little. did we ...
oh she said elephants and cows down the beach. tu'n you' head around. you don't wanna look at me huh? you don't wanna look at me? oh that's better. I like to look at you. I like you. [doll speaking, sounds hurts] cig'rettes. [holds a pkg of cigarettes against Bam Bam] where are you going tomorrow? uh go swimming. you'r...
yellowettes. " did you fin'..." matches. Sarah did you finish your Loop loops this morning? all wiped up. what else did you have? uh Kelloggs. carrots. Kelloggs. carrots. [Highly aspirated before and after Sarah says it as if mulling the possibility over in her mine] milk? did you drink all your milk? [spoken as doll] ...
[Sarah has cleaned his face with brushing motions of her hand] ho' it I go get Pebbles. [Sarah has cleaned his face with brushing motions of her hand] okay. where is Pebbles? in the room. huh? in the room. bedroom? yeah. where abouts? let's see. for goodness sakes where'd I put it. Mommy you ripped my paper. yeah that'...
hello Bam Bam. [spoken as Pebbles] hello. [Sarah as BamBam] where are you going? [as Pebbles] for a ride. [Sarah as Bam Bam,] oh wait a minute I got a twisted. [Sarah as Bam Bam, voice noticeable lowered. 9-12 Sarah as Sarah judging from the voice] yeah. oh wait a minute I go xxx. hello. [falsetto returns] hello. hello...
where? [as Pebbles] to the other room. [Sarah as Bam Bam] let's stay here. I don't wanna go away. [Sarah as Bam Bam] " okay?" yep. yup. [Sarah as Bam Bam] did Sarah give you orange juice? [Gloria as Pebbles] yep. [Sarah as Bam Bam] did you like it? say yep. %add: Bam Bam what is he doing now? say yep. what is he doing ...
you tell poor Bam Bam you're sorry. you don't want anybody stepping on you. ow. come on. hey he fall down. um. he goin' to the beach too. you turned his head around. how ya heet teeth come out. you be Pebbles... his teeth didn't come out. Pebbles is goin' a talk to ya. awoh. he too big to me. who? Bam Bam is and Pebble...
[bef holds Pebbles to her shoulder and makes crying sounds] Mama. who's that? oh you hurt poor Pebbles. and Bam Bam. oh. look at Pebbles she cryin'. don't lift that? poor Bam Bam. you hurt his head. I see your tonsils. [makes sounds indicating she is about to do something devilish]? I can see your tonsils. where? way d...
where did she hear it? uh well all day yesterday. bite me. [puts finger in Pebbles' mouth and then acts very hurt at being bit] ow he bite me again. uh you did it. [4 the final it being said as if coupled with a hiccup. panting noises. aft panting noises,] c'me 'ere. you're losin' your pants. heh. [A yelp] where's Bam ...
hey oh. that's very good. hey oh. ?[has just put Bam Bam in a hug with Pebbles] yeah Pebbles gave Bam Bam a hug. let Bam Bam tell Pebbles a secret. okay? what's the secret he's telling her? [proceeds to have Bam Bam whisper a secret into the ear of Pebbles, a secret which she subsequently attempts to spell out in adult...
what's his animal's name? it's a friend. Peeno. yeah Penno is Pebbles what's Bam Bam's? don't ya remember xxx. [4 drowned out by Gloria's cough] what about a hopperoo? oh? don't you do that here! no. [sucks her thumb after being criticized by Mother for pulling away from Mother] blow your nose. will ya. c'me 'ere. I do...
and what do I have here? [holds three glasses before Sarah] two glass. [last word elongated] do I? two two glasses... tree. [three] what do I have? two glasses. you sure? yeah. Sarah what do I have here? I'm putting em here. [Gloria proceeds to put glasses on the table in front of Sarah following Mother's observation] ...
tell me what do I have here? let me go see who this is. [rises and leaves the room as the knock sounds again] count them and see how many knives. three four... [2. exits following Mother] Cour'ney. hello. %add: visitor [aft Mother and Sarah re-enter] [returns to Mother's lap]. um yes. what do I have here Sarah? two pen...
that's right. uh ice. and what's over there and over there. this and this. this and this and this. [Gloria has indicated the windows in the kitchen area] is that a window? yep. and that and that what are they? a nose? that's right. what's this? [stove] the stove. [sneezes] bless you. oh. what's in your mouth? %add: SAR...
you diggin' for gold? huh? the cold season. babababoosh owa. where ya goin'? oh yyy. [exits making Indian noises] what's that? [Sarah enters with a large, stuffed monkey] oh who's that? my goodness what a pretty dress. oh isn't that pretty. bib. its got a bib too. and who who is this? monkey ears. he's xxx. Mr Ears. oh...
you did. Sarah pulled it off. [indicates bandaid on Mr Ears,] [bangs her back side against the stove] yeah. maybe Don can fix it. what happened to all those bandaids we had on em? two. [makes gasping noises,] he two on a head. [points out where the band aids had been placed on Mr Ear's forehead] hey he ha'. had on here...
what is he saying Sarah? he's got his mouth open. I bet he's talking. what is he saying to you? uh. nothing. uh you went down a beach 'n' you... [Drowned out by Gloria] when did you go down to the beach? Saturday. do you think he wants to go to the beach now? [nods yes] why? [has exited and is now speaking from her bed...
[drowned out by Gloria] [falsetto] is that her baby? what is she saying to the baby? some other baby? this baby. uh. she talkin' to her Mother. nah. what is she saying to her Mother? this 'ill be the Daddy. what? this'll be the Daddy? okay. who's this? 'n' he the Mother. [first indicated a large doll for the father and...
what are ya goin' to do when ya get big? um go to school. go to school yeah. whoa! Sarah who's the biggest? you or him. uh me. I put the monkey up. [pants] [aft hands the monkey to Gloria] " I want Sarah." [Gloria as monkey] " I want Sarah." [Gloria as monkey] " Sarah I want Sarah." [Gloria as monkey] www two. [1 makes...
mother. Mother. who's the little monkey who's he? [grabs a mop] she got ah. hello. xxx sings. um. what uh ya got there? uh a share. oh. le' me sit. oh we go' table to this. [rises, goes over to metal kitchen cabinet and gets a chair] now we go' a fable to dis. yeah you have a table to this. yeah. now sit down. oh he wa...
oh wan' a si' ri' her ya. [More suggestion of an 'r' than previously] oh da' he wan's. oh shicks. oh take a bear. oh I bring right back. oh. where ya goin'? is the baby talking to the Mother? yeah. [exits and returns with Tickles] [exiting noises] you have xxx got an imagination now. now she's startin' to... who knows?...
huh? ya two ba'ries. yeah two batteries. huh you ge' two time the. i''s broken. oh yeah two times it broken. two times it broken. si' ri' here. [drowned out by Mother] fix her legs. [Sarah is arranging Tickles on a chair] oh. she can't sit unless ya fix her leg. oh. is she talking too? yep. who is she talking to? her M...
= = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Brown/Sarah/030606.cha = = = [Sarah is exploring a kitchen cabinet as the tape began] where's the black tape? what black tape? [makes a noise] [aft takes out a box of crackers and takes them to the kitchen table] you don't like cookies do ya? tell Kent who was here today. Courtney was here. 'n'...
who that? the microphone. don't push that button. will ya hold on to it? what do ya do? sing? yeah. are you on television? I goin' do my dance. why don't ya sing a song? uh it is uh... well if ya want. hello oh! I don't know where the rest is. hole in the uh go out in uh 'n' put the music on the now. there's a hole in ...
ground. hole in the ground 'n' the... green... green yyy. green grass. green grass grew? grows. grows... all around all around. around. oh! gum. is that nice? give me a piece of paper. [points out which part of Kent's paper she would like] [picks up pencil] hey you take that part 'n' that part. oh. this one broke. wher...
hey you forgot Sarah. %add: KEN a. I know it yyy Mommy. is it all there? %add: microphone you still there? %add: microphone it still there. hey! look at that Mommy. I goin' make a o. [scribbles on a piece of paper] how 'bout an o? hey. sharp' this Mommy. I got nothin' to sharp' this. [takes out the alphabet cards]. wha...
what's this? d. d. yyy s. [holds up e] this got three of them. e. e. [holds up f] that only has two. what's this one? I don't know that one. it's an f. it's an f. oh. what's this one? e g. g. h! I don't know what one. it's an i. an i. an l. a loop. [holds up j] a loop. yeah. what letter's that? a yyy. what is it?
an l. it's not an l. think. uh. j. j. j. [holds up the letter k] Sarah I mean x. that's a Sarah you're right. [holds up l] uh x... no. y? wee wee r... what is it? that's an l. an l. what is it? an l. uh m. n. [holds up N] end uh. n. n. oh my pencil. [drops her pencil to the floor] Mommy... [retrieves it for her]?
o. what's that one? [holds up p] one leg? one leg. that's right. that's the um good pencil? what's that letter? [makes a noise]. take your hand out of your mouth. I don't know that one. oh yes you do. that's one of your favorites. [runs a series of letters together as she rapidly runs through the alphabet] o... o! that...
does that look like that? no. what's this? a c a d... what is it? a yyy. that's an s. an s. t. [sneezes] t. e. u. u. [holds up V] a. no what's that? an x. that's a v. a v. you're gettin' terrible. oh! that's a w. um. I mean x. x. what's that? um. make em that way 'n' that way. [draws the Y with her motions]
mhm. what's that? k. what is it? I'm disappointed with you. [grunts]. I think you do. y. y. what is it? y. 'n' x... that's an x. a y. a e. yeah. that? it won't write. is it xxx. I know it. uh yyy. I singin' my letters. [makes a noise] huh? uh. Mommy who's that in the... hm? a bunny. [looks through the cards] [coughs].
I don't have a wide pencil. uh. hey there's one in the bathroom. a what? [exits to the bath+room then returns with a pencil] hm. here's one. here's one Mommy. I get a pencil. I get two pencils. no. I got a sing mine Mommy. what? have my um uh my alphabets. this xxx listing thing is all messed up. hm? uh yyy. a piano. '...
c is for? [The card shows ear of corn] c was banana. not banana. what's that? the picture? yeah. you know it. I know it. but do you know it? a banana. no it's not a banana. it's corn. it's corn. stop for the a. d is for dog. for dog that's look like Chantilly. e is for... f... f for the flag. g... g for the uh grape. g...
[palatalizes the n] ink. j... [the card shows a jam jar] j for the ink. no it's jam. jam. jam. like jelly. yeah. k is for. key. key. l is for... uh lamb. lamb. m is for... uh monkey. n is for... [card shows nest with eggs] uh eggs. no. what's that? for... that's a nest. a nest. um. that's where the birdies live. that's...
yeah. a nest. nest. [correcting] neck. what's that? orange. um. pumpkin. p is for pumpkin. [card shows bed with a quilt on it] q is for... [card shows bed with a quilt on it] uh bed. quilt. quilt. see quilt? like Mommy's going to put on your bed. uh x. no that's r. r a bunny. a rabbit. a rabbit. s... s for the kangaroo...
for Christmas tree I mean... tree... tree. u is for... for umbrella. [laughs] a what? umbrella. umbrella. umbrella. umbrella. what's this? I bet you don't know what that is. an x. [an utterance was omitted here] that's a v. v... a v is for a violin. a violin. a fish for w. w is for... for fish. whale. a whale. k I mean...
yeah. say yarn. yarn. like yours. mhm. and z... z for the beaver. zebra. zebra. zebra. that's enough school for today huh? yeah. you been here a long time. you forgot Sarah. a d a k... yeah. %add: KEN yeah. watch it or you'll fall right off that chair. now ya won't get a piece of paper. c a r e v. [watches Kent write t...
what's kind o' of kooky around here? what's go in Kent up Kent 'n'... what's goin' up in stairs. 'n' down stairs. ow! 'cause he don't wanna play school here. that's right. I'm the nurse. you're a nurse? yeah. who's sick? you are. oh am I. what's the matter with me? I'm gonna you're not sick now. oh. not sick. I gonna b...
yeah. who's going to make the supper? I am. oh. who ya going to have for supper? I gonna have roast beef. roast beef. ya can't today's Friday. I cook easy. you do? what else ya goin' to have besides roast beef? roast beef and what? roast beef 'n' alten. a what? an alten. an alten? what's that? that will means come here...
um no. how would you like to take a nap? for Kent? hm? 'n' you uh? we'll see. when Kent goes home maybe why don't we take a nice nap. would you like that? in Mummy's bed. take a nice nap. 'n' Kent 'n' Gloria 'n'... it would be awful crowded. 'n' Kent 'n' Gloria 'n' Courtney. oh. why? why Mommy? 'n' who goin' fix us? hm...
yeah. but you cheat. um yeah. [takes game from top of refrigerator and readies it for play] ya haven't played this in a long time have ya? nope. we haven't. I think ya lost one. didn't ya? yeah. you lost the yellow one. what yellow one? how do ya play the game? huh? don't throw em. which one you want? I'll take the blu...
put em there. now here way you play the game. um yeah. let's see who goes first. seven. %add: SAR now you turn it. %add: SAR seven. no no. turn this one first. that's not yours yet. turn this. yyy so better big. did cha forget how? five. let's see what Kent will have. [spins the dial] hey. two. two. how about that? so ...
two. one two. now it's Kent's turn. four. he's right with Mama. now it's my turn. yeah you went ahead. five. one two three four five. how about that? now it's your turn. seven. one two three four five six seven. you're up with Mama now. now it's Kent's turn. three. [laughs] oh let's see. [lands on a black square] what'...
your turn. four. one two three four. now it's Kent's turn. oh no. you're sposta be there. four. oh this is a close game. huh? you went... two. oh. one two. one two [counting]. your turn. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Brown/Sarah/030820.cha = = = [Sarah and Mother are seated at the kitchen table eating lunch, Ann Marie is w...
eat the sandwich right. ?[makes a noise] I goin' make another one. ?[makes a noise] [takes a piece of bologna out of the sandwich and rolls it into a cylinder] I goin' make another one. how ya goin' make sandwich? come on. don't play with it. eat it. wanna drink some orange juice or milk? I want some. eat up right. I'm...