Timestamps:
0:07 - Arthur the Rat
2:38 - KIT List and Major Players
7:03 - Extemporaneous Speech
12:07 - Serbian

Interview year: 2024

Collected by: Colleen C.

Demographic information:
Gender: female
Race and ethnicity: White, Serbian
Age (at recording): 28
Birth year: 1995
Birthplace: Požarevac, Serbia
Grew up in: Rabrovo, Serbia

Place(s) lived: Rabrovo until 14, Po_arevac until 18 and then Belgrade for the past ten years.
Language(s) spoken: Serbian (first language), English (learned from 8 years old - lessons and watching TV)
Education: MA in Applied Arts
Occupation: artistOccupation of caregiver(s): Mom and Dad - run an agricultural pharmacy

Influences on accent: Had to lose her regional Serbian accent when she went to University to study acting and had to take on "Belgrade / accent of the North". People made fun of her regional accent and she was self conscious. When speaking English, people do not know where she's from.

Tags: Serbia; Serbian; Belgrade; Rabrovo; Požarevac; accents; dialects