Timestamps:
00:00 - Arthur the Rat
02:10 - KIT List and Major Players
06:28 - Extemporaneous Speech
07:44- Spanish

Interview year: 2022

Collected by: Colleen C.

Demographic information:

Gender: male

Race and ethnicity: Latino, Black/African American

Age (at recording): 35

Birth year: 1986

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York

Grew up in: mostly in NYC (Brooklyn and Manhattan) and then Georgia

Place(s) lived: Brooklyn and other places in NY, Georiga, Salamanca Spain

Language(s) spoken: English and Spanish

Education: University graduate

Occupation: Hospitality, restaurant management, biblical studies, university campus minister

Occupation of caregiver(s): Mom - hotel cleaning rooms; Dad - accountant

Influences on accent: New York, Georgia, General American. Tried to "neutralize" accent as he got made fun of for his New York accent when he moved to Georgia as a child. When teaching English to ESL learners he enunciated more and spoke more slowly.

Tags: New York, Georgia, General American; accents; dialects; accents on Camino de Santiago