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and then he complains. hard habit to break. [removes the two washers from on top of the nuts] die. %int: low pitched voice, Hulk's voice [BRO is engaged in fantasy play with his magnets] [collision sound effect]. [laughs]. [sinister laugh]. [places a fourth nut on top of the three already there] okay [chuckles]. [stack...
[tries to stick a washer to the second washer in the tower, so that there will be two washers in between the top washer and the bottom washer, forming a diamond] [the top washer and the washer Chi had attempted to place fall off the tower] [picks up another washer and places it next to the second washer (which is now t...
I might get some. [continues to push the silver stick] [the washer that was stuck to the nuts on the base spontaneously jumps off the tower and onto the edge of the black base] oh! oh cool. watch that. [removes the silver stick from the top nut and begins to try to push it through the center of the diamond of washers] ...
[most of Chi's construction falls over] like a teeter-totter? what do you mean? [has removed some of the debris and is placing a silver stick straight up and down on the four nuts which had formed the base of the tower] like less. sit on the pole? [picks up a silver man and places it horizontally on the top of the silv...
okay. no. just wondering. he [silver man] doesn't stick that way. that? [the silver man is attached to the end of the silver stick, but on the side of it, as opposed to the silver stick being between the silver man's legs] you show me. [hands the silver stick and silver man to Mot] [takes the pieces from Chi, then puts...
[sticks and unsticks the silver man to the silver stick] no it [silver man] sticks. not between his [silver man's] legs. [sticks the silver man onto the silver stick such that the silver stick is between the silver man's legs] oh! oh? did it? yeah. oh. that's what I was wonderin'. oh. watch. ready? I'll take it off. [g...
I can't fit it [referent unclear] through without the magnetic force takin' it. [pulls the silver stick off the tower, causing the silver man to flip up into the air and land on the black base] which one? oh! which one can't work Bro? [begins to rearrange his tower] this. okay. [rearranges his tower so that instead of ...
I don't know. [it seems as though Chi touches the green paper clip with his index finger and wiggles it around] yeah it is. I don't have the t v schedule memorized. it's on... [laughs]. ah! [commenting on something happening with Bro's magnets] [leans a silver stick on top of the red ball and the purple star, such that...
[lifts up the silver man and with his other hand takes the silver stick off the construction] [replaces the silver stick onto the construction, perpendicular to the position it was in before] [the silver man Chi has been holding sticks to the side of the construction] [gently tries to remove the silver man without pull...
[talking about his own magnet play] [succeeds in removing the silver stick, and places it next to the tower, like a ramp leading from the top to the bottom] [laughs]. let's hope it's a soft landing. %add: BRO ah! ah! [removes some nuts from the black base that aren't part of the construction] help! [$=2 talking about h...
[the magnets are on a table; Mot and Chi are next to one another; the black base is empty and the objects are in a pile nearby] [sticks several objects to the black base; picks up the yellow wand and puts it on top of the objects on the base; attempts to pull it off] [moves the yellow wand over the pile of objects on t...
[reaches over and takes wand from Chi] [clears objects off black base; puts ball on black base] huh? will it make it move? [waves yellow wand over magnet ball on black base] hm. [takes yellow wand from Mot and moves it over the magnet ball on the black base; eventually ball sticks to wand] [vocalization]. [takes ball f...
I wanna say one thing. copper will not stick to a magnet. whoops! here you go. I'll take some of that xxx if you [? to use]... here's what we do xxx. well this looks familiar Chi. [video starts here] [magnets are set up on a table; Mot is seated at table; Chi is off camera; black base is full of objects] these [magnet ...
and horseshoes. okay. uh uh uh uh! and one of these. oh wow. I'm trying to bring it back. Chi this [yellow wand] is a strong magnet. gimme the strongest one! watch. [holds out yellow wand] I have one of those [yellow wand]. [reaches for yellow wand; Mot pulls it away] wait [? 'kay] watch. wait! let me get my own. [runs...
whoa! [takes paper clip off wand and puts it on table; waves wand over it] whoa! that thing [yellow wand] just sucked it [paper clip] right up! whoa! [puts paper clip back on black base and moves a penny onto the table; waves wand over the penny] see copper willn't um stick onto here [yellow wand]. [taps penny with wan...
[MOT and someone else are speaking in the background] alright. I'm makin' the marble roll. [waves yellow wand over magnet ball on table] whoa! pick up the stuff! [strange vocalizations to accompany the movement of the ball across the table]. [continues to use the yellow wand to make the magnet ball roll across the tabl...
there you go. that's the magnet inside the plastic... don't open it. other children needta use it please. [holds empty black base over objects that are scattered across the table; several nuts and washers stick to the base in a chain; Chi moves them over magnet balls and the balls stick] the balls movin' already. whoa!...
I forgot. [continues talking with Chi] now here's three people. [picks up several silver men from the table] actually four. now watch what I'm g... actually five. [picks up another silver man] found another one. how 'bout him [silver man]? you can have... actually... you can have one [silver man]. because all tho... on...
[holds a fourth silver man over the top of his construction] %int: mumbled yes honey. look at! [holds up black base with the stack of four men on it; the chain of balls that is on the table sticks to the bottom of it] 'oops! get it on tape! [attempts to pull balls from the bottom of the base; the silver men fall over] ...
[puts one silver man back on the base] then... [tries to put a second man on; he does not stack evenly because his feet are closer together than the hands of the man Chi is attempting to put him on] %int: whispered what? [pulls the second man off] it... I'm a smart kid right momma? [turns second man over and stacks him...
I remember how to do this cool thing! [places two silver men standing on the silver circle on the black base] they always xxx home and they start to die. daffodils. I don't know why. oh yeah. they do. [EXP and Mot talk about flowers and a pond behind Mot's house] he's tired today. %int: softly is there any other man? [...
there. that [Chi's construction] looks nice. yeah? watch what I'm gonna do. [pulls the silver men off the black base] watch. [stacks four silver men on top of one another on the base; then turns it over and tries to use the silver men to pick up other objects] I thought this [black base?] was a strong magnet. [picks up...
'bout that explosion? mhm. in Ohio or somethin'? Los Angeles? Oklahoma honey. Oklahoma yeah. let me try picking up something. [clears objects off yellow wand; picks up black base with yellow wand and turns it over; uses the black base to pick up a chain of objects from the table] hey mom! don't you think this [black ba...
you have two... [pushes two silver men toward Bro] I have two. [pushes two silver men in front of himself] one there. [puts a ball on the silver circle on the black base] one there. [puts another ball on the silver circle; it rolls down and sticks to the side of the black base] whoop'. [moves the ball back to the top o...
did you go in there? no. I didn't go in there. but I saw it. [Chi talks about the lock being pried open, then Mot and Chi have a conversation about whether or not it had been opened and what the lock looked like] = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV1/MT/jesmt1.cha = = = [Home Visit 1] what's that? a taperecorder. how com...
mhm. I want some ketchup myself. put some in my xxx. okay that's good. Mom. [bleah noise]. you don't hafta bang it you don't hafta bang it. just once you hafta do that. may I have a drink? after you eat. half of it. after I eat half of it. and you're not having your milk. oh yes I will. if I get done eatin'. when you a...
and if we're still eatin' when the ice cream truck came I'll just run down there. me too. and get my ice cream and come back up. well I'll get you one. and me go down. I'll get you one. no! okay Chi you wanna snow cone or a plain ice cream? huh? snow cone? yeah. 'kay I'll get you a snow cone. no get her a regular ice c...
chicken. that is it right there. that's hamburger. I want some chicken too. there is no chicken. if you eat up your hamburger you can have daddy's onion rings okay? what about me? you eat your hamburger and your corn. %int: dismissive no hamburger that's it. try your xxx Fat? no. I had onion rings today. they were lous...
keep eating Bro. just think the ice cream truck comes and you guys aren't done eatin' you don't get ice cream. [untranscribed phone conversation regarding toy purchase costing ten dollars and twenty to cents, tim..] who was that? it was Christie's mother. sit down and eat Chi come on. Christie who? Christie Magnuson. n...
Freddy! Chi leave Freddy alone. %int: 1 sing song Brother! %int: reprimanding he needs food in his dish I went through there today? he was gonna bite me so I said forget it [laughs]. I'll let Bro do it. Freddy! me? no. me? Chi. come on eat up. when xxx my corn. I'm gonna... [laughs]. Chi you want ice cream for dessert?...
I'm gonna get an ice cream too. me too. Brother eat over your dish please. what time's he usually come around? six. supper. [chuckle]. Brother! go 'head play go 'head. eight o'clock tonight you wanna go to bed even earlier? [scream]. you're already going to bed at eight. go ahead Chi you're not getting away from it I'l...
yes. can I have some water? yummy! yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy [sings]! gotta eat Chi. watch out Chi! aw she's already got ketchup all over it. sit down you're getting ketchup on your dress. sit down. sit! what'd I do wit' my cigarettes? we have a lot of drink to drink Chi. way lot of little cups. [panting]. get all ...
hurry up! come with me come. no you don't need nobody to go witcha I'll wait right here. go ahead. Father can see you. I want you to go with me. go ahead I can see you. he can see you. go ahead. he's not coming he can see you go. hurry up. I'll go. go ahead. I'll go. go ahead. alright you pee in your pants you're gonna...
get your hands out of there. put your hands out of there. Chi. no. you're sposta eat your hamburger aren't you? oh he xxx. oh yeah? [whistle]. I tried to go xxx. dress don't even fit her. I know too small. don't come in the bathroom! Brother! he went in the bathroom! Father I don't care if she's looking at xxx. use thi...
abcd [singing]. abcdefg hijklmnopqrxtuvwxyz [singing]. ah! no c [singing] xxx. abcdefg [singing]... one two three four five six seven eight nine ten Scoobydoo ninety nine a hundred. abcdefghijklm R [singing] ah [small scream] tuvwxy and z [sings]. now I know my abcs [singing]. one two three fifty three ninety nine a hu...
uhuh. come on you're doin' good Bro. finish up. I can't eat all that hamburger. well if you can't eat all that hamburger then I guess you can't have ice cream. where what's the bad stuff about the ah xxx? what do you mean? time up. well you're already going to bed at seven thirty so if you're not done eatin' by the tim...
A B C D E F G H I [sings] first then G... A B C D E F G [sings] then A... A B C D then G then A then S. [inarticulate singing to tune of ABC]. Mom I hope I didn't tell you this but you know what? I xxx four feet. what? I xxx four feet. I know you can. yeah but at the bumper cars I couldn't go in four feet. A B C D E F ...
alright. can I still get my ice cream then? I dunno. [belch]. [giggles]. [giggles]. no way! no let me put this on top xxx. no Bro. Brother stop. A B C D E F G... okay let's go everyone's done. that's it. that's it Chi you're not getting your ice cream. we're all getting ice cream and you're not. %int: taunting if you d...
= = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV1/MT/trumt1.cha = = = [Home Visit 1] you just leave that alone and eat your supper okay? here. Mom do we xxx... you want milk or apple juice Chi? apple juice. I don't know if there's any of those left. eah there is. here're about four left. yeah. Chi had a couple today. his is too much ...
o. om. [cries]. Chi you don't like them either? nope. a, I tell... [cries]. tell everyone my middle name's Patricia. [cries]. o everyone calls me Patricia. [fussing]. why? cause I like that name. hey all call me Patricia. I want some Ss. ep. give me some. lease? please. that's that's a big half. ant some? big half of ...
teriyaki. ake a little hole in it. I made a big hole. be careful. here here's your napkin. and here's yours. hank you. what are you doing mom? press that thing. nope just making sure. you can hear your talking. okay. them people did good to me. ho? um Debra and Michael. [referring to experimenters] ho's Debra and Micha...
what did he say? e said I could buy a husband and everything. ou don't buy one you just meet one. ou meet a husband. he means he could be a husband if he has a job. e the husband he won't be a wife. wife is a girl like mom. om and dad? ad's the husband mom's the wife. dad's the husband and mom's the wife. huh? dad's t...
a, I'm not staying in your house... you better not think about it now you're only nine. hy? what do you mean you're not staying in my house? cause you'd probably be just like you're not going out until you xxx. [crying]. sit down Sis you want some more? yeah. okay what do you want steak? yeah. you have steak honey. wha...
as xxx gots. I can give her apple... sit down Sis! that's xxx here. hat's not a gut that's xxx. alright let's eat you guys. sit down Sis sit down. what your guts? tomach. your insides. inside stomach. guts is [pretends to throw up]. [babbles]. don't like guts. anybody else want apple juice? instead of that fruit punch...
ichelle. Michelle what? Full House? ull House yeah. t's on Friday. om Friday get... riday. Mom when people comin'? om is dad getting me L A Gear friday? who is? ad? yeah. can't wait. lus I go to xxx ship anyway. mhm. one more minute Sis. when you going? when you going Ss? sit down. riday. Friday? sit. e and Nanna that...
it's not your birthday now! he second. yeah but we didn't have a party for her yet. yeah [fusses]. t's my birthday. [babbles]. I knew it. there's a stick back there with that stuff on it. there is? yes I dropped one way down there. way back of the stove. alright go sit down I hafta get it out. you don't wanna get burne...
ow come I'm never here when they come Mot? they just started xxx they only came twice they're not gonna come again until... Friday? Chi's in school. no no sit down Sis. uhoh. hey! they been coming at my school and everything. o they aren't. yes they are coming at my school [frustrated crying]. honey they are don't teas...
here was it? it was on my bureau remember? eah but remember you lost it again? no I got it. oh! I forget where it was when I lost it I think in my blanket xxx. robably like 'cause I remember you put it under the covers like xxx. Mom look at her. ome here. it was in my pocketbook xxx... hey! sit down! you wanna get out ...
Ss hurry up he's on his head. oh. e was putting little things over his face and he was crying. [laughing] that's not funny Ss. laughs] he looked like he was dead he was [dissolves into laughter]. like this? crying little demon. I don't know why you laugh over things like that. t was funny. are you done eating Chi? no....
three. hurt. even hurt. xxx hurt in the fire. et out of my food Mot she's eating my food. Ss? hat? om she just go to eat her while she's eating now she's eating mine. Sis. Sis sit down. it's time for bed. say good night to the kids. good night Sis. [piercing shriek of protest]. say good night Ss. Sis? ay Ss. say good n...
uh people in there. what in that radio? yeah. you can't hear them they can hear you. let me see this you. she wants the ketchup she wants to eat. [laughs]. want some corn? yes. thank you watch out for her Ss watch her back she's gonna fall off. et out of there. [screams]. instead of making her yell you can be nice to h...
ut them in. lright Mot I don't want any alright? om she's eating them all like she's taking a bite out of one of... out of what the cookies? eah. take them away from her I don't want her to have those. here Sis look what I got for you. come on let's go to sleepy bye you're probably tired. she thinks she's not going to ...
shh! hi my name is Sis. hi my name is stupid. no Chi. xxx her name is Chi. and that's my sister Chi. that's my brother Bro. Bro a bit shy. how 'bout Daddy and Mommy? and my mom's name is Mot. and my dad's name is Fat. we're about to start eat supper! did you know that? okay. [something is cooking in hot oil] I bet she ...
thank you Mom. you're welcome. [family member pushes chair away from table and masks some of the conversation as they get up] can I've some chicky? I am. Mom will you give me the foot? the leg? yeah. want me to cut it? and can I've the other leg Mom. no. I'm going to cut it. he can cut both of them. there's two of 'em?...
isn't funny Sis. oh. oh oh ah. Mom you said you give me a big leg! no I didn't. I really can't have it. with this? Mom? I'm going to give myself my chicken. come on. you want me to just give it to you xxx? you hid that from me? yes. he's weird. [laughs]. yeah he is. he is weird. Bro what've you been doing all day? watc...
dog did a mess on the floor? yep. what? why were you in the house? in the dish. for me? in case the dog xxx. I was hopin' that was for me. %int: whining and dissapointed [could be a letter] well it's not. Chi where are you goin'? oh Chi. %int: sing-song Chi! yeah. what are you doin'? my name's Bro. I don't like that. I...
that I was in the house. Mom? what? yes. so I could watch xxx. they're all hot. Momma? these things are so hot. they're not hot. they're just warm. these chickens are. mhm. it's not that hot now. not hot. I don't wanna eat 'em yet. oh. [sighs]. Ma? why do I hafta eat it all xxx? of course you hafta eat what? how was yo...
I eat this this. you didn't eat anything. watch! I don't wanna watch you take one bite. I want you to eat at least half of what you got. I am! so you wanna xxx. Mommy! and xxx when asked. what? could I have some more meat? yeah I'm tryin' to cut it. me too please. the other half still xxx. and some skin. Mom! %int: yel...
[grunt] do you know what? I'm not playing of this game. [MOT coughs] [various noises] could anyone here this xxx xxx? one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven xxx fifteen eighteen nineteen. %int: quickly sixteen eighteen xxx. [babbling] I'll xxx that! %int: yelling I'll count to a hundred Mom. [noises] o...
mommy mommy yummy yummy. %int: sing-song what caused that? help I'm in trouble! %int: screaming mommy yum yum yummy! fine. whoo whoo! mommy yummy! yummy yum yummy. what did Andrea want last night? huh? yummy yum yummy! what did Andrea want last night? xxx... [BRO still making noise] what's her name? Amanda. Amanda. how...
oh shit. [in kitchen] this leg broke. Mommy can I xxx. it needs a new elastic? hm? oh. Mom see the elastic I broke? yeah but it doesn't take long to eat. I ate my coins [potato coins?]. and I'll eat my meat up. Mom! [nonsense syllables] %int: singing see what I ate? what? nothing. now I eat my meat. [grunt] really? Gum...
Gummy the dummy? fundy. fun. f u n fun. %int: quickly %int: singing Gumby they go on your head. right here. fun. what a fundy. Mom see what I ate? it looks... I xxx again. so don't I. so don't I. Chi would you sit up please. [grunts]. can I some cake now? you didn't eat very much. do you want some corn? yeah. %int: whi...
Mommy we have this teacher. same one as the last time. www yes! [noises] %int: singing do they? yes. y t m! %int: singing how do you know? I don't remember! s y q. %int: singing I remember. I want corn! Mommy. can I have some beer. did you buy rootbeer? no. oh. I bought Pepsi. well I want root beer. %int: pouting why d...
%int: deep [laughs]. [laughs]. I didn't hear you say excuse me. Mom you needed another plate. for what? for the corn. can I say something? you can say anything you want. 'cept for naughty words. I'll think of words. I'll think... Chi. will you please sit down. wait a minute. [singsong] I'm gettin' another plate. xxx th...
I'm looking for something. %add: Chi when the boys came out to play. %int: singing [mumbling words of the song after Sis] Georgie Porgie ran away! %int: singing Georgie Porgie. %int: sing-song are you gonna leave the rest of them on? yeah! where? kissed the girls and made 'em cry! %int: sing-song, very high-pitched voi...
[counting along as the counter on the tape recorder move] three. where should I... please just go around this way. four. four. Chi. five six seven eight nine ten. put the cup in. now please? come on! I didn't do nothing. eight. no eight nine ten! I counted to ten! and that's all of them xxx! [singing] and that's all of...
and Mom's. are they coming down? yeah. after work. mhm. why'd they hafta come down? why not? why not? why not. I mean like every two days or something. so what? Chi want the pink one or the blue one? %int: shouting, high-pitched voice what kind of thing was that to say? the pink one. %int: loud whisper why xxx be upset...
those are my corn holders! you've invited them? I don't hafta invite them. Mom! %int: whining those are my corn holders! %int: whining Bro please put them down. I'm not ready to do that now. these are mine! %int: whining mine! no these are mine. Chi there's more right here. these are mine here. give 'em to me. hm. here...
xxx I have it. no it wasn't. but give me the plate. I had it. is there another tape in here? mhm. a different tape. and so you're taping over the other tape. I'm not taping over. Mommy! can I still get a snack? nanoo nanoo! %int: sing-song Mommy can I still... but Bro may not be here for the rest of the tape if he does...
please don't listen to him. and... lot of people are upset. who me? your brother. I'm always saying xxx. but they willn't shut up. I love it for you [singing]. well... I have a little story about Wom and Lis. and my brother. come here sweetheart. my whole family actually. your whole xxx? and a couple cousins. guess who...
Mommy. ah. you can give me another plate if you want. Mommy xxx Mommy. I'll give you... what? Mommy I'm allowed to come but Bro's not. [banging silverware or something] Bro's not allowed to come. who used that. %int: screaming that's okay I'll use this one. Mom this one's hot www. [noises] Chi! how hot is this one now....
xxx oh gosh. now xxx... they're not here. yes they are! how dare they get here? yeah they are! %int: excited yes yes! %int: shrieking [runs out] get back here please! they are here! they are here. get back here! %int: snaps [all the children have run away angrily] Bro! Chi! Sis! come back here! I'm xxx... now please! n...
%add: MOT? [other children come back] you're early. about an hour and a half? right [laughs]. I just want xxx. xxx what? why can't xxx? well we're taping this over now. where is it [tape player]? right there. we're doing the kind of thing that xxx. Wom [squeals]. I just put the chicken in. what's in there? you did? Chi...
I'm gonna wait before I go. xxx see them? here Bro. wanna see them again? Bro please. can I have some cake for supper. I'm ready. you can't do that while people are eating. you hafta eat supper first. shh shh shh shh shh. %int: sing-song [children making shh noises] yes maam! I'm sorry! but you hafta eat supper first. ...
I'm going to get it. 'cause I'm um... I gotta... getting the same one. never mind. Mom! this is hot! yes it is. that's why you have corn holders. xxx I burn my tongue xxx. you hafta pay like before they put your order in right? no. what? no. you hafta pay by July tenth. oh. but I'm thinking of maybe not even sending it...
is there any pizza left? yep. so if we have a piece of pizza can we have some cake? you still hafta eat your chicken. come on. %int: whining it's in the oven! it willn't be done 'til six thirty! I told you xxx. xxx till six thirty. alright. well go ahead I'll xxx. where's your pocket book? you can sit here and just tal...
good eat some xxx! wanna heat it up? but that piece is cold! would you like to put it in the microwave? I'm going to put mine in the microwave. you're weird. you're weird. Lis you're weird! no I'm not! yes you are. yes you are. here's your xxx. how long thirty three? you don't want it too hot right? so just do it xxx. ...
no. called him yesterday. it's too hot. %int: whining Mommy xxx. Sunday I believe. she has xxx... I can. xxx cut it. you wanna cut it? xxx spread it like that. she has some orders over there. people offering her a job. if she still has xxx. um can you set the tables and may I have corn after she's done with it? yes I a...
I figured out the Zayres thing. mine's thirty one something. will you guys be quiet on this tape? xxx hadta figure it out. how come? can we watch Pee Wee Herman's Play House? you did. no we didn't. we watched Pee Wee Herman's xxx. didn't we? yeah. can you go in there and tell Chi that we needta eat? Chi! Chi be quiet! ...
did they? I know. and I was the one who was helping. and I went in this pool this year. by myself. me too! really? so did I. really. standing on my tippie toes. wow! and I went in my underpants. [giggles]. we made it whirl pool twice. I'll show you. hey have you eaten Chi? no. my corn is hot. alright. it's not that hot...
I called the xxx. and they xxx the refrigerator. and you'll hafta come and get it. I got some calls from there. and I called all the social services the day before for somebody to come and take it. yeah! [far away] 'cause people always need refrigerators. and nobody started calling back 'til yesterday. the guy from som...
it's important that she's here... she has got headphones on. shh! Chi go eat! both of you. go eat. [moving out of room] go eat. I already ate. go eat. hi Mom. [running in] I don't want you to leave again until you're done eating. Mom it's hot! %int: whining is there anything cold in here [fridge]? it's not hot. Coke is...
but supper will be ready around quarter past five. quarter past six. what? we'll be back. Mom! by quarter past six? say please say please! please. okay. sure. if she eats anything xxx. Mom! Mommy! what. will you wipe this off please? I don't want this. I don't want it! Mommy. well leave it there! Mommy xxx... get out o...
xxx will you put a little butter on it? yes I am done! [running toward or away from Mot and tape] [not only do I not know who's talking, I don't even know who is present!] will you put butter on it? [lots of noise] please. on my plate. put butter on it. xxx on it. would you um press stop? alright. [most of the children...
%int: quietly you do want some? mhm. how come you don't want no steak and rice? %int: 6 lengthened 'cause I don't like steak. %int: quietly you don't like steak? no. why? you have never eaten it how can you say you don't like it? 'cause I don't. %int: 3 stressed how 'bout some shrimp? no. you don't want no shrimp neith...
if you have cereal you can't have dessert. I could eat cereal. but you can't have dessert. I could have dessert too. no you gotta eat meat and stuff to have dessert. I want lobster. know why? you want lobster? no I want a hot dog. hot dog? you want a hot dog? hot dog and beans? okay we'll have hot dog and beans. want h...
just me and you have hot dogs. oh. me and Melissi [the baby]. no Melissi gets her hot dogs in a roundabout way. first I gotta eat 'em. she gets 'em by way of her booby milk. huh Melissi? say I get hot dogs in a roundabout way. I get hot dogs maybe a day later. but Mama I don't want no hot dog bun! huh? I said I don't w...
one hot dog left. nope no we got a whole lot of hot dogs in here. [MOT far in background] we love hot dogs. we got more than one hot dog left. [MOT coming back into room] zzz. [singing along with television] I'll cook. now be careful putting it in the pot. see don't splash the water! zzz. [high pitched noise, possibly ...
but if it had o' been hot water and you had o' threw it in there the hot water would o' scalded you. you know that. no. %int: lengthened yessa. don't we always tell her to put it in there easy Melissi? huh? see she just doesn't like to listen too often that's all. %add: baby I do too! no you don't. you don't listen as ...
say we'll eat leftovers huh Melissi? Mom you know what? what? when I was sad xxx xxx that they can. 'cause 'cause xxx give me a hug 'cause I was sad. why? 'cause I was crying 'cause I didn't go to the bathroom 'cause I was xxx at school! you was crying because you couldn't go the bathroom? 'cause I was zzz. [crying sou...
not all of us. they only send one at a time right? this many. two? yeah two. not all of us. no not everybody? no just two. well when you say you hafta the bathroom tell 'em that you hafta go the bathroom then go... no! no no no! me and Kathleen! you and Kathleen went to the bathroom? yeah. I thought you said you didn't...
and you forgot? yeah I forgot but I already called Miss Allen and told her that they hafta let you go to the bathroom. because you got problems going to the bathroom and if I give you that medicine and you hafta go you're going to go to the bathroom on yourself. I'm gonna hafta go bathroom go pee pee. yeah well I want ...
%add: baby %int: high-pitched, cooing oh yeah? %add: baby %int: cooing [baby cooing in response barely audible] oh yeah? %add: baby %int: sing-song I see you. %add: baby %int: drops voice somewhat oop god bless you punkin. [child sneezes] %int: MOT resumes normal, non-motherese tone yeah bless you baby. %int: 4 stresse...
huh? huh? can I take one? after you eat. I don't want you're making for dessert. I... [sings] what dessert? chair! what we having for dessert? chair. where? chair! you're having a chair for dessert? one of these? that's a chair. it has xxx in it. huh? it has these in it. sit up I can't understand what you're talking ab...
'cause I guess I wanted sherbert. well you have sherbert after you eat your dinner. mommy after I eat. after... Melissa gonna get her sherbert tomorrow. oh. they always get everything last zzz. [laughs] %int: 5 lengthened I have xxx. I will get today. yeah you get yours today and Melissi hasta wait for hers to be proce...
%int: said without urgency help me. %int: sotto voce what are you doing? [baby begins to cry] is this xxx up of the body? [baby begins to cry louder] is she down there messing with you Melissi? I ain't. I went down there and hid the top of Melissi's body. you went down and hid the top of Melissi's body huh? [baby fusse...
what's the matter we choose Spaghetti O's you want Spaghetti O's xxx? and I want spaghetti too. no you can't have spaghetti. I'm only going to open one can at a time. [banging can on counter] why? because it'll end up sitting in the 'frigerator and you don't wanna eat it. so we'll have I'll put pineapples in it! want p...
[baby's crying subsides] xxx Melissi you are a cry baby. Melissi ain't a cry baby all babies cry naturally a cry baby is when you cry for everything. anything and everything. mm. %int: very small voice you cry when somebody tell you no for something when you're not s'pposed to have it. that's being a cry baby. I know. ...
I did cook. hm? I thought you said I didn't cook. no I'm cooking. %int: 3 first syllable emphasized Melissa would know xxx cooking. no I said Chi you don't know what you're missing 'cause the taste is good. %int: 1 both syllables pronounced clearly oh. the seasoning is going to soak into the meat and they look very ung...
very humid. yeah let's eat. and she hasta... zzz! [exasperated exclamation] xxx zzz. [hoarse laugh] she said do the xxx xxx self about. %int: 3-8 Chi is singing to herself quietly I don't hear no singing. a Hokeypokey. %int: 3 lengthened and stressed you put your feet in put your feet out put your feet in put your feet...