USA 23 (F, 19, Eden Prairie, Minnesota)

Timestamps:
00:00 - Arthur the Rat
02:11 - KIT List and Major Players
07:01 - Extemporaneous Speech
10:30 - Somali

Interview year: 2022

Collected by: Hayley F.


Demographic information:

Gender: female

Race and ethnicity: Black, African American; Somali

Age (at recording): 19

Birth year: 2003

Birthplace: Somalia

Grew up in: Mainly Minnesota

Place(s) lived: Somalia (first 5 years), Ethiopia (2 years), Eden Prairie, Minnesota (suburb of Minneapolis)

Language(s) spoken: Somali (first) and English (at 7 years old when she moved to the US)

Education: 2nd year college

Occupation: full-time student

Occupation of caregiver(s): Mom - carer; Dad - architecture


Influences on accent: Some influence especially when learning English (hard to say r's), th was hard to say


Tags: Midwest; Midwestern, Minneapolis, Eden Prairie, Minnesota; Somalia; Somalian; accents; dialects

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