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