Timestamps:
00:00 - Arthur the Rat
02:03 - KIT List and Major Players
02:41 - Extemporaneous Speech

Interview year: 2022

Collected by: Hali J.

Demographic information:

Gender: female

Race and ethnicity: African American and White

Age (at recording): 20

Birth year: 2002

Birthplace: Beloit, Wisconsin

Grew up in: Beloit, Wisconsin

Place(s) lived: Beloit, Wisconsin

Language(s) spoken: English

Education: sophomore in college

Occupation: full-time student

Occupation of caregiver(s):

Influences on accent: Beloit borders Illinois and family from Chicago. She thinks she sounds more Caucasian sometimes and it depends on if it's a more professional conversation or if it is more casual and she is speaking in “Ebonics”.

Tags: Midwest; Midwestern, Beloit, Wisconsin; Ebonics; code switching; accents; dialects