USA 36 (F, 49, North Kingstown, Rhode Island)
Timestamps:
0:00 - Arthur the Rat
1:40 - KIT List and Major Players
4:55 - Extemporaneous Speech
Interview year: 2022
Collected by: Colleen C.
Demographic information:
Gender: female
Race and ethnicity: White
Age (at recording): 49
Birth year: 1973
Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island
Grew up in: North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Place(s) lived: Majority in Southern Rhode Island (North Kingstown), Western Massachusetts for 15 years
Language(s) spoken: English
Education: college graduate
Occupation: human services supervisor, journalist
Occupation of caregiver(s): mother: social worker; father: worked for a bank
Influences on accent: Doesn't think she has a typical Rhode Island accent - more "accentless" (Northern Rhode Island from Cranston is more typical RI accent). Considered it more neutral, but being around family and co-workers who have "stronger/harder" she thinks it's changing
Tags: North Kingstown, Rhode Island: New England; General American; accents; dialects