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all done. [not sure which part was written here (maybe and care for you)] alright why don't you read it to us out loud? dear Mom I love you and care for you period. what about something else and I promise I will be good in school? [sighs]. mm. mm no thanks. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/LW/ctrlw5.cha = = = [Home Visit 5; Chi and Mot at kitchen table, dim light above] we have one more thing to do. what? what? wow look at that. to write a short letter. it's short. what's a short letter? [laughs]. to whoever you wanna write to. I don't have no pencil. like you could write something to me. or Greg. or something to one of the kids. or Greg. can you help me? like put words together. like for a sentence. [puts his head down on the table] think what you wanna write.
and you could ask me how to spell it. and I could help you. if you don't know how. [phone rings] answer that xxx. [on phone, phone is for Chi?] what does this say? %add: MOT huh? yeah. %add: BRO I'm hoping? %add: MOT if you're saying happy that's sposta be an ay. %add: MOT no. I... hope. yeah. so you put the e instead of a p. %add: MOT [grandmother is on the phone] tell her yeah! %add: BRO yeah. xxx this? no no no no. not this one. e here. I do it xxx.
get out of my fridge. %add: SIS? I hope... how you spell Greg? g r e g. huh? g. I wrote Greg. how do you spell come back? c o m e s. come. right. now how do you spell back? get out of the fridge! %int: high voice b... www! %add: SIS no [whines]. no. but I'm hungry [whining]. a. b. c k. k. soon... s o o n? there you go. I'm done! %int: sing-song
how much... ow watch my foot. I'm done! that's it? you wanna sign it? show xxx. do I get to... no you ain't keeping the change. %add: BRO come one xxx. a dollar. a dollar! get out of here no! I wanna buy something. can I go with him? what is this? [points to f] Mama. what does your name begin with? that's what you do last. no f r. what does your name begin with? no I'm writin' from. I know I know what you're talking about. what does your name begin with? m. right! put it down. right. now you do your name.
[puts hand over his mouth] www [laughs] silly. there you go. how about your last name? xxx w a t s o n. there you go. get up! %add: SIS? %int: angry get out! I'm done! %int: sing-song %add: SIS could you... could you read that to us? [didn't transcribe conversation between Mot and Bro] read it. would you read it xxx? go ahead. I hope Greg comes back soon. from Chi [full name]. [laughs]. alright. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/LW/maylw5.cha = = = [Home Visit 5] what it is what we were hoping to do in this one is maybe try to write a letter to s anyone you want. anyone in the whole world you want. and here's a pencil you might wanna use. I would like to use a pen!
you can use a pen if you want. this is my pen anyway. so you can try to write a letter to anyone you want. I don't know how to write a letter. well that's okay you could maybe ask your mom for some help. write. Mom. d write dear. [taps Chi's hand] dear. d. d. e. e. d. the little [lowercase] letters belong in between the lines. [Chi's e is as tall as the d] d e... [taps Chi's hand] d e a r [laughs]. d e a r? yeah. d e a r r. [apparently Chi writes two r-s] yeah. that's not the way you make an r in school. that's not Mrs Callahan's r... no! look. [takes pencil and writes for Chi]
I don't know how to make an r. look. alright would you like to write Santa? now what do I make? Santa yeah. s. I know! s h. no s a. s a r! s a n t a. it's not a it's r! %int: yelling [sighs]. [laughs]. no sh... no it isn't. it's... alright go ahead. r. okay it's s a... I mean s r a. you're playin' around now. %int: stern [slaps Chi on the leg] I don't know! %int: upset do it the right way. %int: getting upset it's s a r.
[tapping on what she wrote] s a n t a. you don't hafta say it fast. s. I know! s a e. s a n. s a n. t a. you know it gets to the point I gotta stop and think am I spelling it the right way. t. a. %int: growls it's r not a! %int: yelling alright what would you like to say to Santa? I wanna get a doll. %int: recited, giving sense of quoting what kind of a doll? one with magic jewels. how do you spell that? one with magic jewels? I know m xxx l. tryin' to spell Erin Callahan [Chi's teacher?]. [Chi changes l to e] is e. what comes after e? a? for what? 'cause I'm going to spell Erin Callahan.
I wanna write Erin Callahan's name down for my party. Erin if I'm not mistaken be starts with an a. ah e. A. Chi you're making the table squeak. [Chi shakes the table] [noises] don't! %int: angry sorry. it's a. I mean r w u y... no. y o u. you will. you will see. [MOT points to each word] s e e. you will see the. how do you write the? t. t. h. h. whoops! what's that? a backwards h. well you don't make a backward h. here's an h. %int: sing-song
alright t h e. t h e. [hits herself in the head] the A A A. well how do you how do you... A A. A A what? t t h e r. you... the. A the. no a. the A. alright. A. the A what? the wand. the what? the wand. dunno. that. how do you write that? alright wait a minute wait a minute. [taps Chi's hand] you let's start out with the you will see the... you will see. what will you see Chi? a tiger. how do you write tiger? I know.
t. you seem to be doing pretty good. go ahead. you spell it. no. no I don't know how to spell tiger. t a c? [frowns] tiger? don't go put that on your face. %int: angry [sighs]. is it t a t? can you sound it out? t A A. i. is. t! tiger. that's it. keep going. then how do you spell? er tiger [stressing second syllable]. no. you gotta get another letter before there. no not k. [Chi writes k over the r] taikA. no it's not taikA it's tiger. er.
try an e. and then the r. alright you will see the tiger. that's a nice letter. yeah. you will see the big. [points to the words] big. how you... it's b. the A big [emphasis on g]. bI I I. it's b a. no. yeahhuh. b look. [touches Chi's eye trying to indicate the letter i] argh! don't touch my eye like that. it hurts. [laughs]. [grunt] Chi it's a b i. what's that? b. b b. Chi you don't go over your letters like that. [in writing big, Chi is covering tiger] that's how you spell b b. you're bein' a clown.
now who wrote this letter? she [EXP] did. [laughs]. you hafta sign your name. s. what's your name? what's your last name? oh why do I hafta write my last name out? I don't wanna write my last name. [shakes head] okay. why? can you spell it? yeah! d e m a r c o! oh is that how you spell it? debbie [sister's name]. [laughs]. kidding. xxx the clown? d e. say it out loud. d! %int: yelling don't yell like that. [raises hand, shakes finger at Chi] say it out loud. d e b b i e. oh how do you say your las spell your last name? [laughs].
d e m a r c o. %int: muffled a. since you saw Chi last Inv... Inv she has lost her two front teeth. she sure has. playing house. you think they'll ever come back? the more fun stuff is house. more fun stuff is playing house. more house yeah. well I think you did a good job here. can I write... how you spell house? h. h I got it. o. ho ho. u s e. house. great. c e. c e e. yep. no s e. it sounds like that. it's s e. s e. you did a nice job with your mother there.
= = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/LW/carlw5.cha = = = [Home Visit 5; Chi and Mot at kitchen table, dim light above] we have one more thing to do. what? what? wow look at that. to write a short letter. it's short. what's a short letter? [laughs]. to whoever you wanna write to. I don't have no pencil. like you could write something to me. or Greg. or something to one of the kids. or Greg. can you help me? like put words together. like for a sentence. [puts his head down on the table] think what you wanna write. and you could ask me how to spell it. and I could help you. if you don't know how. [phone rings] answer that xxx. [on phone, phone is for Chi?] what does this say? %add: MOT huh?
yeah. %add: BRO I'm hoping? %add: MOT if you're saying happy that's sposta be an a. %add: MOT no. I... hope. yeah. so you put the e instead of a p. %add: MOT [grandmother is on the phone] tell her yeah! %add: BRO yeah. xxx this? no no no no. not this one. e here. I do it xxx. get out of my fridge. %add: SIS? I hope... how you spell Greg? t r e g. huh? g. I wrote Greg. how do you spell come back?
c o m e s. come. right. now how do you spell back? get out of the fridge! %int: high voice b... www! %add: SIS no [whines]. no. but I'm hungry [whining]. a. b. c k. k. soon... s o o n? there you go. I'm done! %int: sing-song how much... ow watch my foot. I'm done! that's it? you wanna sign it? show xxx. do I get to... no you ain't keeping the change. %add: BRO
come one xxx. a dollar. a dollar! get out of here no! I wanna buy something. can I go with him? what is this? [points to f] Mama. what does your name begin with? that's what you do last. no f r. what does your name begin with? no I'm writin' from. I know I know what you're talking about. what does your name begin with? m. right! put it down. right. now you do your name. [puts hand over his mouth] www [laughs] silly. there you go. how about your last name? xxx w a t s o n. there you go. get up! %add: SIS? %int: angry
get out! I'm done! %int: sing-song %add: SIS could you... could you read that to us? [didn't transcribe conversation between Mot and Bro] read it. would you read it xxx? go ahead. I hope Greg comes back soon. from Chi [full name]. [laughs]. alright. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/LW/kevlw5.cha = = = [Home Visit 4; Mot and Chi sit on the couch together] you write it. [laughs]. [laughs]. nope it's your job. [gives Chi the pad which the EXP has given to her] nope [laughs]. you hafta write a letter. who you wanna write a letter to? here. I dunno. here. you can even use a pen. me me!
%int: quietly in the background write a letter to Bro. [laughs]. there you go. how do you start a letter? write on the line. and write xxx. how do you spell dear? a r. is that it? mm. [crosses out the first r where Chi has spelled dear as derar] should I be telling him how to spell if he asks? is that alright? %add: to EXPs mhm. okay. d e a r. you know how to spell Bro xxx. d e a r. [writes] make sure it gets on the line nice and neat. do you wanna know how to spell that right? how do you spell please? oh oh. that's okay. go 'head. what's that word? do not. okay.
thought it was donut. [giggles]. go ahead. how do you spell use? u s e. I know what he's gonna write xxx. [far away] [laughs]. put it back. %add: to Bro [put back the game? is the letter to be passed immediately?] [laughs]. %int: loudly right into the microphone are you gonna say anything else in your letter? no www [laughs]. [puts cap back on pen] well how does he know who it's from? [writes] put an r in there. [point to Chi's word fom which should be from] [laughs]. return the books. and the pen. don't give xxx. %int: odd kind of accent? [laughs]. [laughs]. well can you can you read it us? I know what it says. dear Bro please do not use my game from Chi [laughing].
%int: mocking tone [laughs]. yes I'm doing it! = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/LW/clalw5.cha = = = [Home Visit 4] who do you wanna write a letter to? my teacher. your teacher? okay. what's your teacher's name? [can hear Bro in the background and also sounds like someone is banging a stick on the table] Ginny. you forgot Miss. dear Miss Ginny. we don't call her Miss Ginny. you all just call her Ginny? yeah. well okay. whatcha gonna write to her? [cries out]! Chi? huh? what kind of letter are you gonna write to her? what you gonna write? saying what? dear Ginny what? I... you what? how do you write very?
[slurs words together] huh? how do you write very? v e r y. [yells]. now what else you gonna write? much. m u c h. [sounds like a toy machine gun in the background] what are you trying to write? because? yeah. c. no put it right next to the e. c a u s e. uh how do you write are? a r e. good? because you are good. [reading the letter aloud] or a good? [offering a gramar correction] you are good to me. good okay. g g. o o d. xxx forgot the e. oh yeah. [laughs]. [laughs].
[not clear why they are laughing] now what it say? huh wait. dear Ginny I love you because you are good to me love Chi [full name]. okay. excellent. [laughs]. nice letter. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/LW/sholw5.cha = = = [Home Visit 4] do you have time to do one more little exercise because if you don't I understand completely. what is it? it's to write a short letter. okay! want Chi write a short letter? yeah. uh. if you don't we can try to make it up. how many sentences? it's entirely up you. okay Chi. you can write a sentence. alright. how many? one. one? yeah. write one sentence 'cause I know with my schedule. I hafta be at a xxx.
okay! [everyone is setting up Chi holds the pad in her lap] okay. what do you wanna write xxx? I... [writes I] no you're sposta write a sentence or xxx write a letter. so you could start off with dear. oh. I know. I know how to spell dear. don't say it to me. oh go ahead. dear. d a. hm you forgot a letter. no d e. mhm. a. r dear. what's your name? %add: EXP Rafael. oh let's see. how do you spell Rafael? what? just ask him to spell it for you. r a f. r. a f.
a f. [writes] a. a. e. e. l. l. mhm. dear Rafael. on the next xxx line we start our next sentence. dear Rafael. have. [writes lowercase h] how do you spell have? I dunno. you should know it. what do you start a sentence off with? uhoh! [makes h a capital H] mhm. have a n. no xxx... have. a. how do you spell merry Christmas? m. e r r. y. y?
yeah. um. c what else? h. r. i. s. t. m a s. thank you! = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/LW/roslw5.cha = = = [Home Visit 4] the second to last thing for you here to do is... um if you could write a letter to anyone in the whole wide world you'd like to and... xxx help you. %int: whispered um one thing we hafta [? actually] take the letter with us so... okay. %int: whispered please feel free to write whoever you want but unfortunately we can't send it. um so that's just something to keep in mind. now here is a... okay this one has got a better eraser maybe. okay. %int: softly I'm not sure actually. give it a try. it's a little more. okay who're we [? you] gonna write to?
%add: Chi hm. [Chi is thinking] hm xxx. %add: Chi Becky. %int: whispered to Mot Becky? okay. Becky Name useta be our neighbor who moved away over a year ago. and once in a great while Chi will write to her. oh. %int: softly so what do you wanna say? %add: Chi Dear Becky. %int: softly okay. how do you spell dear? d a r. the e is right... d e a r I mean. [sighs]. [erases ea and rewrites] do you know how to spell Becky? no. b e c k y. I miss you. how do you spell write? please write?
how do you spell write? w r i t e. t t. one t. one t? mhm. I thought you said there was two t-s. no. mhm. oopsie. [Chi erases, smiles after finishing the word, and then continues to write] oops. t. here. [Chi is writing] [coughs]. okay. I think that's good. do you wanna say anything else? no. you wanna sign your name? yeah! okay. can you read it to us? dear Becky I miss you please write back to me love Chi. %int: quickly [laughs]. direct. to the point. [laughs].
[laughs]. [laughs]. [laughs]. very nice! thank you very much! = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/LW/boblw5.cha = = = [Home Visit 5] have you write a story to anyone in the whole world you want. write a letter excuse me I'm mixing up. question first thing though is we are actually going to take the letter so just so you know that. letter. uh so you can write to anyone you want. and your mom can help you anyway she wants to help you. or if you want her help at all. [moves tape player (ouch!)] say I got a hot mama. hm. hm. [Chi makes some noises as he writes; also a baby is making noise] I'm gonna go do it in a different room. it's a surprise. [Chi leaves] oh. okay you don't want your mom to help you at all? no I can do it. %int: calling from a distance okay well you know what this week. you know what sir? yeah why don't you just use one piece of paper okay because um...
okay. xxx Mama. %int: sing-song got a secret letter huh? [talking to Fat] oh. I love you. Dolly Parton clue. I love you too honey. except we're getting xxx now. Mama I'm hungry. [not sure is Chi] is that your letter? is that what you feel? yep! xxx Mom! okay that was... Mom I love you. Mom I love you? yeah. well that's a lovely thought. good going. I'm gonna do my a b c. a. you wanna do your a b c well I can give you a piece of paper so you... oh that's cute. um I can give you a piece of paper you can do your a b c on but I'm going to hafta actually take the rest of this. okay? but I can give you your own piece of paper. how's that?
= = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/LW/conlw5.cha = = = [Home Visit 4] we wanted to you if you and your Mom could write a letter together. uhoh. you can write it yourself Chi. I'll just help you if you need help. I can do it. what is the letter gonna be about? who do you wanna write to? [sighs]. think of somebody far away. or somebody close. you can write to a friend in school. [sniffles]. you don't know who to write to? Chi xxx. who do you wanna write to? I don't know. Grandma and Grandpa! [BRO's letter was to Grandma and Grandpa] I got the guy in the hospital. you want Uncle David? yeah. okay. Uncle David [whispering]. okay what is it gotta be about? well how do you wanna start it? I dunno. wanna say dear Uncle David or hi Uncle David?
okay. I'm not in front of his face. %int: sarcastically [means so he can't say hi?] d. do you write dear. okay. d. a. shut up. %add: BRO will you be quiet? %add: BRO what's that? okay. oh yeah... xxx look like a u. it... Dav. look! it's a u. e e e. right? yeah e. oh you spelt it wrong. but that's alright. she just wants to see how good you do. [noises] e r xxx. it's alright.
e. just pretend you didn't make a mistake. okay then what? if you had a pencil you could fix it but that's alright. now what? [noises] r. dear. dear. ow. talk to me. dear Uncle. capital u for uncle. dear. %int: buzzing voice you wanna go to your room? %add: to Bro nope. whoa! whoa that's giant. I think you like writing with this pen. that's a felt tip you know. mhm. now what? [noises] uncle. %int: sounds out. u n c. u? n c.
kAl u. will you just get outta here Bro? l e. mm. mm. David. capital d. [BRO running around] b? d a. d. you said d a r. d. d a r. just shut up. %add: to Bro dear. dear Abe. dear. [writing] there's an e at the end. David. David [laughs]. dear Uncle David. David is easy to spell. d a... oh xxx... e! i. i d.
i. David! %int: stresses id Id. not Ed. and there's a d and... David. David. you make a d weird. he likes to make like a g [laughs]. %add: EXPs you put the y in the xxx like that. [whining softly] that's alright make a little comma now. you're supposed to go www [mark making noises]. comma. and then down here write something xxx. I dunno. he puts his d-s like this. well whatcha wanna say to him? [sound effects] you know you wanted to talk to him. I do d-s like that. yeah. [noises] messy writing mister! [tells Bro to be quiet] go dear Uncle David what? I hope you feel better? okay.
[noises] [a little farther away] you did a good idea! [laughs softly]. oh I hope. uh hope. %int: high-pitched voice uh how do you spell hope? h o. o. [sneezes]. p e. h. o. o p... p. make it into a p. p-s this one? yes. h o p e. stop it! %add: BRO [BRO has crawled under the table and is trying to tickle Chi] [each threatens Bro] e. [Chi threatens to step on Bro's foot and Mot tells Bro to get out] hope you. [BRO in background] take away! %int: high-pitched voice
[MOT takes Bro away, Chi left by tape recorder] hey! Ma! yoohoo! I want in there! [from reasonably far away] I'm goin' in there! xxx hi. feel. f e e l. f... hi! [comes back into the room] feel good. maybe you can do a picture with him [Bro] or something. %add: EXP well xxx. [clearly the EXPs are starting to give up because of the distractions] alright. good would be g o o. so you hafta squeeze another o in there. just right in there. or else it says God. there you go. I hope you feel good. xxx! [noise] good? right. I hope you feel good.
period right? there xxx. well. [gasps]. don't get that [ink] on your shirt. um I think Fran called. I didn't ask. but it sounded like her. I hope you feel good. I hope you feel good. what next? will I see you soon? okay. love Chi. will... I... in school you don't do it like that right? 'cause now your dot's connecting with that. don't you skip a line before you do that? no. whatever. go ahead. finish. [writing and breathing loudly] is it s e e? mhm. [nods] p. soon. soon.
soon how do you spell soon? oon. soo it's soon. [tv in background, Chi puts period at end of will I see you soon] he's a neat freak. %add: EXPs [laughs]. I know. that's great. can you read it back to me? okay. okay. dear Uncle David. I hope you feel good. will I see you soon. love Chi. uhoh! what? isn't that a question? will I see you soon? question. [puts question mark] great. thank you. okay just one xxx? %add: to EXPs yeah. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/LW/joylw5.cha = = = [Home Visit 4]
the last thing we want you to do is write a letter. to anyone in the world you wanna write to. letter? hm Santa Claus! Santa Claus! oh wow. hm. oh already thinkin' about that huh [laughs]? now do you wanna use um... let's see I have a marker or do you want a pencil? hm. a pencil. okay. there you go. okay. well how do we start off a letter? [noise] [leans back and thinks] hm. Dear Santa Claus. okay. good. did I spell it right? yeah you did. xxx that's right. that's [c in Claus] capital? yeah it is [nervous laugh]. [erases small c and writes capital c] nope. [Chi not spelling Claus right]
huh I don't know how to spell it. %int: whining alright erase the o s. [either whimpering or giggling] that's how it sounds. right. it's a u s. a u. okay. Dear Santa Claus. I'm just gonna ask you about the punctuation. nope not a period. question mark? no! Dear Santa Claus? %int: questioning no a comma. that's it. comma? yes. did you learn about commas yet? yes [laughs]. [laughs]. but I didn't know they were punctuation. I... [whispering to self as writes] want? no h. [giggles]. [laughs].
it's a hard language [giggles]. wh wh want! %int: sounding out to show why she had put an h in want just the w. [whispers to self as writes] power? p o w. p... you've been thinkin' this letter out for a long time haven't you? hm [laughs]. o. you know exactly what you're writing. o. w. p o w e r. mhm. exactly. good. power what? power screwdriver? wheel. oh power wheels okay. w h. [giggles]. [Chi started to spell wheels without h] I know when you put the h you don't need it. [laughs]. [erasing vigorously] and when you need it you don't put it. no [laughs].
[blows away eraser dust]. [taps pencil to teeth, thinking] k. %int: whispering to self or. d t. d e. accordion? you want an accordion? [laughs]. a kid accordion. really? yeah you are spelling it right. there's just another c in there. a c c. i a n. [points to word to help Chi fill in remaining letters] i... a n? [doorbell rings] [indeed, it should be an o] [gasps] God. the door's unlocked it's Jordan to pick xxx up. [dog barking] what if it's Dad! %add: dog [asks EXPs if they want to shut tape off for a minute (they do); context notes say Chi finishes letter ' as Mot goes to answer door] = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/LW/geolw5.cha = = = [Home Visit 5]
what I would like is... here's some nice paper. and... [someone says excuse me] Chi you're getting carried away here. anyways um. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz [laughing]. now I know my A B Cs next time willn't you sing with me. %int: singing very good. anyway what we'd like you to do is um. a b c d e f g www [laughs]. Chi. I can't hear xxx. %int: whispering is to write a letter to anyone you wanna. and actually we're gonna tell you the first thing is that we're gonna take the letter. so that's... name. name right. so anyways what we'd like to try to do is try to write a letter to anyone you want and your mom can help you out. okay? uhuh. does that sound okay to you? uh! uhuh. %int: whiny here you go. here's a pencil. %int: funny voice
and here's some paper. and there's your mother. a. [starts writing or copying the alphabet] you're gonna take it with you? %add: EXP mhm. b. how 'bout a letter Chi? they know you can do that. [points to the alphabet] let me see you write a letter. remember we wrote a story about the book? the bear book? no. something like that. just a short letter. pretend. the bear? the bear letter? who do you wanna write a letter to? somebody you haven't seen in a while? hm. someone like um Brian or Christopher? I forgot him. hm? okay. wait wait wait wait wait wait wait. [Chi has an idea, then he stops to think] do you wanna erase this or start a new page?
[Chi had started writing alphabet on first page] yeah unfortunately I need a better eraser. so if you want... no just do a new page. okay. thank you. come on. wait wait wait wait! how do you start a letter Chi? wait there. b for Brian. c for Chris. and n for Nikki. that's okay. we can scribble it out. can't we. now what did that mean? b for Brian. yeah I know but why did you put those there? c for me. what? um their initials. I don't know. [shrugs] what's that for? I thought I'd just write it. people that you're thinking about writing to? yeah. okay. now which one are you gonna write to first?
Brian. Brian? okay. well let's start. where do you wanna start writing? there. okay. write dear Brian. come on you know how to do it. [tries to move Chi's hand] start there. [points to beginning of line] right? d. capital d. is it the first letter? you hafta spell it for me. okay. then write a capital d. I xxx like this. that's a capital? [the final result is an erased lowercase d and Dear written with a capital, indented from the erased part] d. e a r. e a r. comma. what's that? a comma. you be silly [laughs]. Chi you're being silly now.
[comma looks like apostrophe?] comma. come on. let me see. [MOT takes the pencil] you know how the comma... what is that? you know where the comma starts? what? starts with the same place you have a um... oh God [laughs]. like this. gimme. [takes the pencil back] wait. no wait wait wait! I know how to do it. I thought you were doing a comma xxx. wait a minute no. [laughs]. that's an apostrophe. [takes the pencil and then gives it back] okay. you hafta write [laughs] Brian and then we put the comma. right? [clears throat]. let me xxx. dear Brian. do you have an eraser? how do you spell Brian?
capital b. b. don't write messy. write it the way you know you can. b. here's an eraser. okay [laughs]. b what? um write it neat so he can read it Chi. [erasing extra letter b?] xxx me me me. [begins to erase] okay? [noises] [Chi erasing and blowing it away] what's that? b. you erased part of the r. why don't you fix it? okay. b r. you don't hafta write fast 'cause they'll wait for you to do it. r. i a n. i a n. I wanna do it xxx. xxx good. now you put the comma. and you start it the same place you start a period. [points]
where do you put the period? here. very good good. dear Brian. now um down here? you wanna start... see where the d is? d. wait wait wait wait. no. xxx erase that. [starts to grab the pencil] e. what are you doing? saying dear. to who? uh Chris. we're going to write the letter now. oh! oh. you wanna write to all of them in one letter? okay why don't we write all their names right after dear. like dear Brian Chris and Nicholas. how about that it will save space? no? dear. how do you spell Chris? same as you. d a h. r i.
s t o p h. e r. okay. now you wanna do it. Christopher. dear Christopher. now d e a r. very nice. dear d. Nicholas. he spells it n i. Nikki. i. k k i. k k. k k i. i. that's right. now you wanna put the comma in the same place. n i k k i. now put the comma in the same place you did for Brian. after Chris and then Nikki. y y y. well he spells it that way. y. [laughs]. yeah but that's how he spells it. Nikki. okay. even though sometimes it sounds a different way a person likes to spell it the way they like to spell it.
so that's how we wrote it. okay you wanna to put a comma after their names? [points] [noise] [plays with the eraser] hm? yes. [clears throat]. okay now you write the letter part. right? what letter part? [laughs]. the part you wanna tell them. like you know about your new school or your new teacher or friends. what's that? 'cause you haven't seen them in a while. this time we can write it look. look it that. look it. look it what you wrote. [takes away the eraser from Chi] can you read it to me? yeah. dear Brian dear Christopher dear Nikki. okay good. next time we write to all of 'em do you think there's an easier way to do it? what? can you think of one? no. instead of saying dear three times?
how else can you write that? dear Brian Christopher and Nikki. right? we can write dear once and then we'll save that space. okay? dear Brian and Christopher and Nikki. right. so next time we'll do it like that okay? and it'll save a little time. okay now what do you wanna tell them? you can tell Brian you've seen Nikki but Brian and Christopher what do you wanna say? like if you were on the phone right now and you were talking to them what would you say? you'd say hi instead of dear but what would you say? how do you spell hi? h i. capital h. you know what? start in a little bit. [points] 'cause when you start the sentence after you write dear you write in. yeah right here. just a little bit more. [erasing and then blowing] that will do it. wait wait wait. put it... see where this starts? you wanna put it in a little bit. okay? wait.
because this... what? dear. what are you doin'? I'm writing dear. why? you gotta write the letter Chi. dear Lauren. no. that's okay. yeah. yep. you gotta write the letter part. okay you finished that part. we'll write La Lauren afterwards. now you start the sentence a little bit farther in like the second letter in from dear okay? [tries to show Chi how to indent] okay. can you do that? so where do you start the h? where you gonna put the h? no. what did I just say? you put it one letter in at least from the d. so you start it below the e. okay? how come you start below the e? because that's just the way that it works. it's called indenting. you indent it a little bit out so that way they know it's the beginning of your letter.
[laughs]. okay? [giggles]. okay. h. capital h. it's the first one. h. first letter of the sentence right? mm. do you know how to make a lower case h capital? capital h. [erasing] yep. you can just put the line high and what does it say? h. h. how do you spell hi? what does it sound like? say it. A A. say the word. a. no say the word. hi. hi. what's the last sound? I don't wanna sound it out. what's the last sound? it's really easy.
you xxx know it. just close your eyes for a second and think about it. [covers Chi's eyes] y [? why]. then you'll get it. hi. sounds sort of like a y but what's another uh letter that you xxx... yeah. i. good. that's right. h i. and then you wanna put an exclamation point? do you know what that means? mhm. what does it mean? uh xxx. no that's not how you do it. who taught you to do that? hm? that's nice but you know what you wanna do? hi. you wanna make sure that point is the same place where your period would be. so you start it way up here. oh. okay? [making exclamation point for Chi?] so they go up there. yeah yeah yeah. and then xxx.
okay? yep. okay. now what else do you wanna say? hi. [lays his head on the table] hi Chris. hi! how about saying something else because you already got their names up there. they know that you're talking to them. say hi how are you or... how do you spell how are you? or I miss you or... how do you spell I miss you? well what do you think? say it slowly. no. [bef hits the paper.] %int: whiny say it slow. no I wanna... what's the first word? real [laughs] easy. come on. I know it's xxx. i. good! that's how you spell it. capital. oh.
oh now I know. the first letter in the sentence. all it is is i. see how easy it is when you think about it. all it is is i? right? i yep. then what do you... what's the next word? i what? miss. miss. what does it begin with? m. good. why don't you sit up and do it? [Chi has laid head back on the table] no. you gotta sit up. no. %int: whiny come on Chi. sit up 'cause you gotta finish. put the thing there. what thing? the part that's in it. now you're acting like a baby. come on. don't be silly. just sit down.
okay miss. what is the rest of it called? miss. you just learning that in school. good! excellent. and then what's the last sound? hm? [Chi writes] excellent. now this word has twos. okay? go all the way down to the bottom. you know how to do it. I miss you. how do you spell you? y o. oh I made a heart. [points to the o and smiles at EXP] looks like a heart [laughs]. I made a heart. I made a heart when I was doing o. goody. [laughs]. 'cause you miss him. [laughs]. what's with you. y o u www [laughs]. is that the end of the sentence? yep.
what do you put there? very good. so read it to me so far. what do you have? a dear Brian dear Chris dear Nikki. hi I miss you. okay what else you wanna write? anything? that's it. oh that's it? yep. okay so sign it. what? how do you wanna sign it? what? w how do they know who it's from? love Chi? Chi 'cause his name is Christopher. well you gotta... wait a minute wait wait let me see. [laughs]. okay. you want you wanna say from or love or see you later? very nice. comma. [points] there. okay how 'bout making a capital c. [erases c and writes a capital c] now just put the comma in and you're all done.
okay comma. no no no [laughs]. put it after the love. love Chi. erase that. there. very nice. you wanna read it to us? one more time? dear Brian dear Chris dear Nikki. hi I miss you. love Chi. great. super. you did a good job. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/LW/sarlw5.cha = = = [Home Visit 5] what we'd like you guys to do is try to write a letter to someone anyone that you want. okay. does she get to look at this? [possibly talking about the cover to the pad of paper that has letters on it] you can use that as much as you want. you wanna write a letter to Dad before he comes back? yeah. okay but what I hafta tell you though is that we take the letter. so if you wanna write a letter to your dad that's great but he's not necessary going to see it unless he comes back before we're done. [laughs]. so we could write it and I could copy it down what you wrote and then you could give him the copy of it. look it.
who do you wanna write a letter to? Dad. alright. so how do we write a letter? dear Dad. okay you can use this. you can use the letters. do you wanna use a marker or pencil? [coughs]. pencil. pencil. okay. dear. [coughs]. ugh! e. I hope you have a good hunting trip. okay. a. [coughs]. ugh! r. [coughs]. good job. [coughs]. yeah yeah. %int: sighs [coughs]. I know. you okay?
okay. ah. now you know how to spell Dad. make sure you leave a little space between. d. a. a d. okay. right. okay. what do you wanna say hope? hope. do you wanna... okay now you wanna go down to the next line here. [points to the drop line] no. yeah. I gotta fill in this whole space. no 'cause it says dear Dad that's the beginning of the letter. and then you start on the next line. when you're writin' a letter to someone. and you start with a capital. [coughs]. the first w... yeah honey I wouldn't lie to you. no. the very first one is capital. okay. yeah. but Dad?
hope. hope is capital. you know how to spell hope? h. capital h. o. that's good. that's fine. [Chi erasing] h. o. o. [coughs]. xxx this xxx. yeah. yeah. push 'em up. p. like to look at this [letters]? [coughs]. where's the p? I know how to make a lower case p. p. alright e. hope. yeah hope. okay you. leave a little room and write you. you. y o u.
[writing] okay leave a little space have. h h h. little h. lower case h. lower case. you know how to spell have? h e. h a v e. a v e. [writing] now just a space and the letter a. hope you have a. no right here! you can finish it. leave a little space and write good. g o o d. I know how. oh! [laughs]. [1.1 sec] come. come close 'is 'frigerator. [2.8 sec] no-no? [overlapped by D] y' 're jus' standin' here. I wan' close it now. [snap] okay?
[1.1 sec] Daddy hasta defrost it because it gets so much ice. I'm closing it. [S murmuring a protest] I'm closing this 'frigerator. [firmly; 4.3 sec silence; evidently S is still there] I am closin' this 'frigerator. [.5 sec] I'm squash you like a bug, Weener? [S makes a noise of protest] get out o' that damn refrigerator! [1 sec] oh Weener. [exasperation] come. [16 sec; silence then starts really crying] oh come see Daddy. [softly] listen come see Daddy. [softly; 6.4 sec; S lets out another wail, evidently D picks him up] ntuu? [wants down; 1 sec, D patting him] ntuu? [4 sec silence] tikatika. [wants door opened again] Weener, I'm gonna let you win. you can get in there if you wanna. [opens door; 17.5 car passes; S makes pleased sounds] kokowk.
[.8 sec] kokowk. how about the light switch. [the one inside the fridge] push the light switch. show me. [.5 sec] light. [2.3 sec; soft click] good for you! good for you. how well you did that. [3.9 sec] gagaa. [.9 sec] gagaa. [click; 28 sec quiet, then S sneezes at 2] gesundheit. [1 more sec quiet] gagaa. I'm 'onna shut this tape off, Weener. [overlapped by S] not much happening. [tape OFF/ON at 217] [Sunday afternoon] now it 's Sunday afternoon on the fifteenth. [2 sec] chip. [1.2 sec] and we went everywhere today.
we went to the beach? [.7 sec] beach. [3 sec; then S and D overlap] trunk! an' we went to the hospital. [the folks at Kapiolani Hospital were letting BW use their video equipment to record S periodically] an' we played with toys there. [overlapped again by S] trunk. and they had a block. and I did n't even know you knew how to say block. [1 sec] block. [.6 sec] but you walked over and picked it up and said block. [2 sec] block. [1 sec] and you showed me where your teeth were. [1.4 sec] teeth. [overlapped by D] I d' n't know you knew about your teeth. [they talked about teeth at the end of 18.4a] where are your teeth. [overlapped by S] teeth. [.5 sec] where 're your teeth.
teeth. teeth! [1.2 sec; phone rings in distance] where 're your teeth. show me your teeth. [2.4 sec] teeth. [1 sec] well? [accepting S's attempts for now] and the other thing I found out was your belly button. [2 sec] show me where is your belly button. [brightly; 4.6 sec silence] Weener, you're not doin' nothin'. [1.4 sec] button. [attempt at 'button'? long pause between syllables; 2 sec] bellybutton. [still a pause, but better integrated;.8 sec] an' we crumbled up some cookies. [.8 sec] and got birds around us. [speaking slowly and clearly; 2 sec] we got lots o' birds. [3.5 sec] at the beach? we had birds. [3.4 sec] bird.
[1.9 sec] bird. [5.7 sec; clapping] can you clap your hand? [1.6 sec; clapping, then Mommy arrives] Bob? oh hi, babe. hi, Seth. [tape stops and starts again at 2153] [new episode, midnight, same day.] let 's turn on the tape recorder. [.7 sec] it 's Saturday night. still the fifteenth. it 's midnight, Weener? it 's so late? [1.2 sec] an' we jus' got up. [S overlaps D] bird! an' we swang in the swing? bird! [overlapping D] we swang in the swing? [2.5 sec] bird. [.7 sec] bird. [not sure what S is saying; imitating] what is it.
where. show me. [.5 sec] where is it. [1.3 sec] I don't know what you're talkin' about. [1 sec] bird. [1.5 sec] n bird? [.7 sec] yes? [still not understanding;.7 sec] go get it. [.6 sec] where is it. [.7 sec] you wan' 'o get down and get it? [.7 sec] show Daddy. [.6 sec] bird. [1.4 sec; S makes a small sound] chih. [overlapped by D] oh you want back up. well then come back up? well. why did n't you say so. chip.
there 's Daddy's tape recorder. [4.5 sec, rustling] what was that word you said a while ago. you said it in the swing. you said it so well. an' I can't think what it is now. [overlapping D] trunk! [1.6 sec, then S and D speak together] trunk. no. I believe you said that already this weekend already. [overlapped by S] bark! [S and D speak together] trunk and bark! bark. [1.5 sec] leaves. an' leaves. [5 sec] and if you put the whole thing together? you have... tree. [overlapped a bit by D] a tree. [1.9 sec; car goes by] car. [.6 sec] there goes a car outside.
[2.5 sec] trunk. trunk. [1.2 sec] trunk. knock knock. [S and D speak together] Teddy. knock knock. [imitating S] Teddy. [pronouncing it the way he thinks S does] where 's your Teddy. [1.1 sec] oh. I see 'im. he 's over here on the floor. I gonna get him. I got 'im. here 's that Teddy? [2.2 sec] there it is. [2.2 sec] oh! hand 'im to me. well thank you. [S starts to make insistent fussy sounds] thank you, Weener? [S makes 2 more insistent sounds, silence; 3.4 sec] y' wan' 'im back?
[1.7 sec] d' you wan' 'im? [2.7 sec] no-no. you don't! we' then you do n' hafta. [laughing at S; 1.8 sec] trunk. trunk. [imitating S's pronunciation, initiating a sound play; 1.6 sec] bark. bark. [latching; 1.6 sec] trunk. trunk. [latching; 1.5 sec] trunk. [.8 sec] bark. trunk bark. [1.3 sec] I never saw a little boy love trees like that. [overlapped twice by S] leaves! leaves. [S and D speak together] leaves. leaves. yes. [1 sec]
I never saw a little boy love trees like that. [overlapped once by S] bark. [1 sec] yes. [simultaneous with S] bark. [1 sec] bark. [1.6 sec] listen we 're gonna go out tomorrow an' we 're see all those things again. we 're gonna go to the beach tomorrow. [1 sec] trunk. we 're gonna go to the beach. [1.1 sec] trunk. and we 're gonna get in the water. [5.3 sec] you're givin' me that look that you don't like what 's happenin'. can we get in the water? [3 sec] squint your eyes down real hard. [5.8 sec] you wan' 'o go to the beach? [3.2 sec] beach. [1.1 sec] and see birds. [2.9 sec]
bird. [.7 sec] yes. [.6 sec] bird. [8.9 sec; they exchange puffs of air] gung! gung and hit bumps. [2 sec] Teddy. there 's your Teddy. there is. [.8 sec] oh well thank you! [S starts to fuss to get Teddy back as D speaks] you always hand me your Teddy? an' then you start to hoot an' stomp. [1.6 sec] what does that mean. [softly; 3 sec] does it mean you want your Teddy back? [1.1 sec] d' you want it? [3.6 sec] there he is. and then you hand 'im back to me. alright! [1.5 sec; S fusses a little, then stops] ninight! ninight.
on Daddy's chest. [pats S; 3 sec] n ball? [2.8 sec] where is your ball. [4.5 sec] chip. there 's the chip. there 's the tape recorder. [5.8 sec; S starts playing with tape recrder] y' gon' push it open? [1.3 sec] yes. [sotto voce; 2 sec] is n't it pretty? [.6 sec] is n't it a nice tape recorder. [2.2 sec; S pushing on cover] you wan' push the buttons on it? [8 sec; S starts to pant-fuss; D echos] una button? [.7 sec] yes it has buttons. [3 sec] n button. [3.4 sec; S pushes something on recorder] show me where are your chichi buttons. [2.8 sec] where 's your chichi buttons. [1 sec]
buttons. bump. [echoing S] well you got your hand on your chest an'... where 's your belly button. [1.5 sec] where 's your belly button. [2.6 sec] your Mommy must ha' taught you that. [.8 sec] 't you don't seem to know it right now. [17 sec, silence and a fussy sound from S] trunk. [6 sec during which S makes fussy sounds] grabbin' that tape recorder... [1.4 sec] [7.2 sec; S is fussy] well I understand why you're fussy. it 's so late? [22.5 sec; S fusses some more, small clicks as he plays with recorder] close it down? close the leather down an' snap the snaps on this nice tape recorder? [1.2 sec, l snap] oh it 's so nice. [it's a new one; silver colored with a leather cover that snaps] Daddy loves his tape recorder. [23 sec; S fusses off and on; struggles with recorder] junk, Weener. why are you bein' fussy. 'cause it 's late.
[4 sec] Daddy jus' tryin' to run the tape out. well we can do that in the morning. le' 's do it in the morning. [tape stops and starts again at 283] tell me more about that. what is that. [.7 sec] a swing? [very softly; 1.1 sec] swingswing? no. [firmly] no way. no. we 're not gonna swing. [7.3 sec] unthinkable. [1 sec, silence, paper crinkling] you said that word so well a couple o' minutes ago. I don't know if you can get you to say it again. [2.8 sec; loud tearing sound in middle] what is that. [3.4 sec] what is that. [tapping on diaper; 7 sec, D changing S's diaper] what is it, Weener. smells like fifteen winos. what is it. [5.3 sec]
it 's a diaper. can you say diaper? [2 sec] diaper. [.6 sec] yes. good for you. [1.5 sec] chih? [1 sec] oh thank you. hand me that Teddy. [S starts to fuss and kick his feet] no-no? no-no. [imitating S] hoot stomp and say no. you wan' 'im back? [2 sec; D still working with diaper] you want this Teddy back? [.9 sec] no-no. [.7 sec] no? [imitating S] I guess not? [1.4 sec] turn your head and crawl away. n shoes on. [.6 sec]
shoes on. yes that 's Daddy's ol' running shoes. [3.2 sec] shoe. [5.3 sec; moving around; S throws something] nuuw. nuuw. [echoing S; 8.2 sec, whistle] hey you know what? loveyou. [1 sec] love you. [14 sec silence] bee. [clunk] m bee? [clunk] n bee? [.8 sec] n bee? [2.1 sec] bee. ngl bee? n please? [2.8 sec; muttering] you putting the sole of those shoes up to your mouth? [2.8 sec; clunk] nuuw. [3 sec] you do have a lot of character, Weener.
[2.6 sec, clunk] character. [attempt to imitate D;.8 sec] that 's right. character. those are ol' shoes. [2.8 sec] character. [1.3 sec] a shoe? [1.7 sec; door closes] nuuw. [silence till end at 3137] = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Peters/010410a.cha = = = [S at D's house; early morning; breakfast; S has an ear infection and a stuffy nose; tape 16.1a] it 's about six thirty in the morning. [sounds sleepy; 7.4 sec rustling] hot. [1.5 sec, clicks] ntuu? [4.6 sec, moped goes by; more clicks; S gasps or inhales] no you wait. you hang on a minute. I'm gonna... [2.9 sec, another click] this 's Febuary twenty eighth. [.8 sec] [4 sec, another click, breathing] you wan' 'o come lie on Daddy's chest?
[1 sec] chih. [they speak together] come on. chih. [5.3 sec rustles and S may whisper chih once more] okay. [1.6 sec] now. [2.5 sec] chih. [1.6 sec] ntuu? [3.8 sec silence] ntuu? [1.1 sec] is that what you want? you want down? [3.7 sec silence, breathing] ntuu? [2.7 sec] you wan' 'o pittypat? [1.3 sec] y' 'an' pattycake? [5.7 sec, silence and clapping] c'n you clap your own hands? [2.4 sec] bang Daddy's elbows together. [8.8 sec silence] wha' do you think.
[1.6 sec] wha' do you think about breakfast. babaa? [breakfast is the source of ba/baa meaning 'meal'; 1.5 sec] 're you ready? [1.7 sec] ready? [1.3 sec] ready? [2s silence, then S starts to screech good naturedly, perhaps making animal sounds?, more silence] ackack. [raspy;.7 sec] ackack. [raspy; 2.6 sec, then S laughs, silence] you wan' to go get breakfast together? [2.6 sec] y' wan' 'o? [1 sec silence] d' you wan' to get down? [2.7 sec] d' you wan' to get down let Daddy fix breakfast? [1.6 sec] babaa. [2.4 sec silence, rustle] come on get down then. [2.7 sec] nuuw. [6.3 sec, rustles, murmur] ntuu? [the /n/ is separated from the rest; 6.7 sec, rustles]
babaa. [then they speak together] babaa. yes. wha' do you want for breakfast. cereal and fruit? [1 sec rustles] ntuu? [3.4 sec silence] ackack. [animal noise, glottal; 1.6 sec] tu! [imploded; rooster sound; 1.4 sec] ss! [snake sound; 6 sec rustling] let Daddy put a shirt on. cold. still dark. [8.7 sec silence] loveyou. [2.3 sec silence] didldow. [1 sec then S screeches for 2 sec, 2.7 sec silence] ntuu? [5.5 sec rustling] come on. come on in here. le' 's go. [1.2 sec rustling] le' 's go get your breakfast ready.
come on. [3.9 sec moving around] turn on lights. [droning tone; 2.8 sec moving around] c'n you see the light? [.7 sec] can you see the light come on? [3.9 sec] hot. [1.1 sec] hot. [.7 sec] come you wan' to get up an' see the light bulb? [.5 sec] there it is. [2.8 sec; loud click] there 's the light? [6 sec; S makes 4 small humming or cooing sounds] hot. [6.3 sec] 's Jenny. [whispered; 7 sec, S breathing] come on. le' 's get breakfast. [7.7 sec; S crawling; D moving around] you already pulled your highchair halfway out. [.9 sec; clatter] you must 'a' been hungry. [.9 sec; clatter] babaa.
yes I know. [2.7 sec; clatter] babaa. [6.7 sec; silence, clatter] le' me get you some... I hope I got some orange juice? [1.5 sec] [4.8 sec; D moving things in fridge] peach juice? [21 sec; S fusses, stamps, fusses, stamps] well shit. there 's no orange juice. an' then you're allergic to the peach juice. [.8 sec] how 'bout some Tab. d' you want some Tab? [2.5 sec] here. come. [.6 sec] come feigele. [lifting S] sit 'n your highchair. [6.9 sec while D puts S in highchair] okay. babaa. [21 sec; D finishes putting S in highchair; silence; S hoots and kicks impatiently] it 's comin'. [calling out; 1 sec] here you can have Tab.
drink Tab. [1.2 sec] Daddy 's gonna fix you cereal an' fruit. [3 sec] here. drink Tab? an' let Daddy fix your cereal. [68 sec; D clinking; S drinking; and fusses at 717] y' want some more? [9 sec; D moving around; S clears his throat] y' ready for more? no you have plenty. [16 sec, silence, then S hoots impatiently, D is stirring] it 's comin'. [18 sec; D continues to stir, then silence] Daddy 's gonna stir it all up real well. plums... [1 sec] plums an' cereal an' milk? [overlapped by S] babaa. yes good breakfast. [6.5 sec, silence then S hoots impatiently] an' then I'm gonna put it in the microwave for about a minute. get it warm for you. [7 sec; D is stirring, soon S makes impatient hoots] drink your Tab. drink. [2.5 sec; D still stirring] that 's good?
[2 sec, stirring, birds, then S fusses] y' 'ant more? here. [.7 sec] have some more Tab. [1 sec] here. [3.5 sec, can sound] your Mommy 'd have a fit 'f she saw me give you Tab. [22 sec, silence, birds, D moving around; bangs; S makes impatient noises] only a minute. [calling out] it 's goin' in the microwave now. [13 sec clatter, silence, birds, microwave noise] okay. it 's in the microwave. [1 sec] now it 's cooking. [1.1 sec] hot. [.6 sec] you see the light? [2.2 sec] straight up there. [11 sec silence, rustles, bang] babaa. [3.4 sec] you all ready for your breakfast? [1 sec, D drags chair] I'm ready too.
[2.4 sec] sit over here by the tape recorder. [loud clack. 4 sec, more chair dragging] babaa. [3.4 sec] Daddy get the chair all ready. [2.9 sec; S burps] big burp! [2.2 sec; microwave beeps] there it is. it 's ready. [4.4 sec] ready? [11.4 sec; D moving around] okay here it comes. le' me stir it up so it does n't burn you. [2.3 sec silence] didldow. [overlapped by D] can I have this cup. [.9 sec silence] thanks. [1.5 sec, 2 clicks] nuuw? [2.4 sec silence] is that what you say when somebody takes it away from you. here. here 's a bite. [2 sec] of cereal.
[4 sec, D feeding S, birds cheeping] cheep? [not sure what this is; 1.8 sec] good cereal. it 's so good. it has plums in it. sweet. [13 sec feeding, silence] you did n't let Daddy sleep? you stayed up late? we got up early? [1.2 sec] Daddy's tired. [8.8 sec] hot. [first syllable is voiceless;.9 sec] there 's th' light. [.6 sec] big bite. [2 sec] you got runny nose. [5.7 sec, silence, moped beep outside] there 's Andreas and 'is moped. [8.3 sec] doing 'is paper route. here. [.6 sec] take a bite. good bite. [7.3 sec, silence, voices outside, birds]
d' you hear Andreas out there talkin'? [9.3 sec, silence, birds] is it good breakfast? is it good fruit? [6.6 sec, silence, birds, voice outside] hot? tu. [tape OFF/ON at 1235 ; more silence, birds, voices] you hear the birds singin' outside? [voice outside; more silence, birds] cheep? [8.1 sec, silence, birds] hot. [1.4 sec, silence, birds] hot. [silence, birds, S sighs] knock knock. [fried] who 's there. da. da who. [.8 sec] knock knock. [fried] here. take a bite. [overlapped by S] tu! [imploded;.5 sec] take a bite.
tu! [imploded] eat. [5.4 sec silence] knock knock. [3 sec] knock knock. [4.3 sec] eat. eat cereal. [2.8 sec] knock knock? [fried] who 's there. [.7 sec] da. da who. [3.4 sec] da. da who. [2.5 sec] da. [1.6 sec] big bite. [very soft; 4 sec] 'nother bite. [.6 sec] shovel it in. [3.2 sec] shovel.
[4.8 sec silence] didldow? [conversational; 2.6 sec silence] yes? [soft; 1.7 sec] have a good bite. [1.5 sec] [3 sec] did you learn to say okay las' week? [slowly and clearly] okay. [.6 sec] okay. [carefully] that 's good. [5 sec] 's 'at what your Mommy says. [1.5 sec] Ditn. [his word for Mommy; 1.2 sec] Ditn. [2.2 sec, S coughs] Ditn. [4.4 sec silence] your nose is stopped up, is n' it. [1.4 sec] can't make nasals. [1 sec feeding] is it good cereal. [.5 sec]
is it good breakfast? [5.2 sec] okay. [carefully] you wi' n't talk about breakfas' when you've eaten breakfas'. you talk about breakfas' when you want it. [2.1 sec] ntuu? [17 sec; feeding sounds, then S laughs or coos ar 154] good breakfast. [very soft2.5 sec] good breakfast! Daddy 's gonna finish your breakfast? an' put you on the floor with your Busybox and go back to sleep. [35 sec, feeding; D sniffs, birds] ready for bite? [1.1 sec] mm. mm. [echoing S; 12 sec, D makes silly sounds, S laughs three times] you funny feigele! [.5 sec] here. [14 sec feeding] but you have a bug bite right on the end o' your nose. [1 sec] can you say nose? [2 sec] [1 sec] pretty close.
[1.1 sec] here. [1.7 sec] big bite. [1.4 sec] good. [5.3 sec] you have a flea bite on your nose. did the doggie give you a flea? [1.2 sec] aah. [growly dog sound; 1.8 sec] what does Lady say. [S pants, followed by silence; 7.7 sec] did Lady give you fleas on your nose. you got flea bites on your legs too. [4 sec, rustles] we don't care. it 's nice to have a doggie. [4.5 sec silence] a Zach? [4 sec, silence, sniff, birds, scraping sounds, a little reciprocal soundplay] what 's the duck say. tell me. [.8 sec] quack. [2.2 sec] ackack. that 's the stork. [very soft; 4.3 sec]
wha' does the snake say. [softly; 4.3 sec] ss. [.6 sec] an' the rooster. [1.3 sec] tu. [4.2 sec] ss. says the snake. [1.3 sec] oh take a good bite. yes. [1.8 sec] 'nother big bite. [1.4 sec] poor little nose is so stuffy. I'll give you your medicine. soon as breakfast is over I'll give you your medicine. [2.5 sec] some of it 's good? an' some of it 's not as good. [5.6 sec] least your fever 's gone. [4.4 sec] ntuu? yes. soon 's we finish breakfast you can get down. [4.8 scraping sounds] ntuu?
[1.2 sec] 'ke a bite. big bite. [feeding, S breathing] here. 'nother big bite. [1 sec] 'kay? [8 sec; tape OFF/ON at 225; 7 sec silence, clunks] sit up straight. that 's good. [2.4 sec] 'nother big bite. [8 sec, S clinks buckle on highchair and laughs in delight] you make your highchair ring like a bell? [overlapped by S's laugh] can you? [1.3 sec; S dings it again] i' n' it funny? [3 sec; S dings it, then silence; D speaks as S dings it again] ding. [high pitch;.5 sec] ding. [higher pitch; 1.7 sec, another ding] it goes ding. [high pitch on ding; 3.7 sec] ding. [.8 sec, then S squeals] good bite. [.9 sec, another ding]
almost finished. [.9 sec] almos' all gone. [4.4 sec, silence, several more dings, scrapes] jus' three more bites. an' then we'll have medicine. [33 sec, no talk, birds, scraping dish, S fusses at 2141, silence] ntuu? [2 sec] yes wait. I wan' 'o get medicine and a napkin? [14 sec, S squeals and dings, D moving around] okay. it 's coming. here 't comes xxx. [11 sec, S breathing] and here 's the xxx. [2.8 sec] le' 's do the penicillin first. it 's the worst one. shake it. shake it all up. [1.8 sec, crackling sound] get a whole teaspoon out o' here. [11 sec] smells like licorice to me. [3.2 sec, clunk] okay then? I'm gonna hold your arms down now. here an' I want you ta drink it all down.