Timestamps:
00:04 - Arthur the Rat
2:10 - KIT List and Major Players
6:08 - Extemporaneous Speech
9:25 - Korean (Daegu accent)
11:07 - Korean (Seoul accent)

Interview year: 2025

Collected by: Colleen C.

Demographic information:

Gender: female

Race and ethnicity: Asian, Korean

Age (at recording): 21

Birth year: 2003

Birthplace: Daegu, South Korea

Grew up in: Daegu, South Korea

Place(s) lived: Daegu, South Korea until she went to Seoul for university. 2 years in Seoul. She lived in Michigan, from 5-7 years old

Language(s) spoken: Korean (first language), English (learned as a child - lived in USA for 2 years from 5-7 years old)

Education: in college

Occupation: full-time student

Occupation of caregiver(s): both parents are dentists

Influences on accent: Daegu; She switches her accent depending on circumstance. Uses Seoul dialect when speaking to people from there or in formal situations and Daegu accent with her family and friends from home. Describes the Seoul accent as "kind" and "friendly", and Daegu as more "honest, direct, and thta people will think they are fighting with each other even when they aren't". Daegu accent is identifiable and well known. She believes people and mass media make fun of the Daegu accent and judge it.

Tags: South Korea; Daegu, Seoul; accents; dialects