Timestamps:
0:00 - Arthur the Rat
2:15 - KIT List and Major Players
6:40 - Extemporaneous Speech
11:34 - French

Interview year: 2022

Collected by: Colleen C.

Demographic information:

Gender: female

Race and ethnicity: White

Age (at recording): 75

Birth year: 1947

Birthplace: New Bedford, Massachusetts

Grew up in: New Bedford (French section) and Falmouth, Massachusetts (Cape Cod)

Place(s) lived: New Bedford and then Falmouth, Massachusetts (for 68 years)

Language(s) spoken: French (first language) and English - bilingual

Education: master's degree

Occupation: retired language teacher

Occupation of caregiver(s): father: newspaper circulation manager; mother: retail and secretarial work

Influences on accent: New England accent. Lived in Massachusetts entire life. Both of her parents' families came from France to Canada and then to New England. Her French is more Canadian. Because she was a teacher she enunciated and aimed for clarity.

Tags: Falmouth and New Bedford, Massachusetts; Cape Cod; New England; Boston; French Canadian; accents; dialects