WMN: FM8_18

Type: WMN: other

Meaning: situated meaning

Context: Spoken interaction

Corpus: British National Corpus

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License: http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/docs/licence.html

Dialogue: FM8

[FM8PSUNK]

not his hair , not other things about him , obvious things about him .

[FM8PSUNK]

His colour .

[PS1SG]

What colour was he ?

[FM8PSUNK]

Erm white .

[PS1SG]

Good lad . He was white . Obvious things about him again that you might forget , obvious things .

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He had a moustache .

[PS1SG]

He had a moustache , yes , but I 'm talking about really obvious things that we might forget . Policemen would remember but you might forget , obvious thing he was white

[FM8PSUNK]

Slim .

[PS1SG]

Good girl . He was slim . And we have done this before have n't we ? Yeah he was slim , what else was he ? Was he right at the back .

[FM8PSUNK]

Quite tall .

[PS1SG]

He was quite tall . Obvious things about him you forget , right ? He was white slim and quite tall , yeah ? Then you can give him the clothes , right [UNCLEAR] I want the clothes .

[FM8PSUNK]

Erm dark no light brown leather jacket .

[PS1SG]

Light brown leather jacket , we 'll see in a minute on the video [UNCLEAR]

[FM8PSUNK]

He had black jeans on and white

[FM8PSUNK]

Cords .

[FM8PSUNK]

shoes .

[PS1SG]

Black jeans and white cords , we 'll see if you 're right , it 's gon na be on in a minute .

[FM8PSUNK]

Black shades .

[PS1SG]

Black shades , when do you mean black shades , like mirror shades yeah ?

[FM8PSUNK]

Yeah .

[PS1SG]

Right , well done .

[FM8PSUNK]

Erm he was in his thirties .

[PS1SG]

He was in his thirties , I would put him in his early thirties , yeah , I 'd say he was younger than me . Yeah [UNCLEAR]

[FM8PSUNK]

He had brown hair .

[PS1SG]

He had brown , see if you 're right in a minute . See if you 're right .

[FM8PSUNK]

He had a moustache .

[PS1SG]

He had a moustache , yes .

[FM8PSUNK]

He had a blue car and

[PS1SG]

He had a blue car , stop it there , I 'll stop it there , he had a blue car . What is important about the car ? You 've got ta remember .

[FM8PSUNK]

Oh [UNCLEAR] !

[PS1SG]

Yeah , what have you got to remember about the car ?

[FM8PSUNK]

Registration .

[PS1SG]

Good girl , the registration number , yeah we had [UNCLEAR] before once or twice . Right all hands down and no guesses , no guesses , what was the number ?

[FM8PSUNK]

Oh ! Oh !

[PS1SG]

No guesses , what was the number ? There you go my man .

[FM8PSUNK]

M J B three six seven X.

[PS1SG]

Is he right or is he wrong ?

[FM8PSUNK]

Right .

[PS1SG]

Who says he 's right ?

[FM8PSUNK]

[UNCLEAR]

[PS1SG]

Who says he 's wrong ? Top of the class , well done . M J B three six seven X. Cos I 've caught you out on that before , yeah . What else do you remember about the man ?

[FM8PSUNK]

He had a deep voice .

[PS1SG]

He had a deep voice , yeah . I think we 've got all of it have n't we ? But the important points , what ?

[FM8PSUNK]

His shoes were like plimsoll [UNCLEAR] .

[PS1SG]

His shoes were like plimsolls , fair enough , yeah , we 'll [UNCLEAR] But the impoi important things to remember , if you can , was his car his number plate , yeah ? He was white he was slim and he was a tall man . Yeah ? Very important . Okay you may not have ever seen him , he may just have been sitting in the car , then remember his colour maybe his moustache and then the type of car he had . Can anyone , top of the class , what kind of car was it ?

[FM8PSUNK]

Oh !

[PS1SG]

Shh shh shh . What type of car was it ?

[FM8PSUNK]

Volkswagen .

[PS1SG]

Volkswagen what ?

[FM8PSUNK]

Polo ?

[PS1SG]

No , you 're guessing .

[FM8PSUNK]

[FM8PSUNK]

It was a hatchback .

[PS1SG]

[UNCLEAR] It was a hatchback . You 're gon na see it again [UNCLEAR]

[FM8PSUNK]

No it 's not it 's the other one in n it ?

[FM8PSUNK]

It was blue .

[PS1SG]

Blue , yes , blue . If you did n't see it , it 's a tricky one but there 's a good way , we 've brought up a good point as well , if we look at the car when the car comes up , who said Polo ? Cos it 's not a Polo , it 's a Jetta , it 's the one with the boot but if you ca n't remember what it is you can either , did you know the difference between a car with a boot and a car with a hatchback ? Do you know the difference ? Do you know the difference ? If you do n't say , say you do n't know the difference and I 'll explain .

[FM8PSUNK]

I do n't .

[PS1SG]

You do n't ? A hatchback is where all the back comes up here like a Fiesta yeah ? And where a boot is where only the booty bit comes out the , the , the glass window does n't come up as well . Understand that ? Yeah ?

[FM8PSUNK]

Yeah .

[PS1SG]

A hatchback is where it all comes up and it all swings up , the whole back swings up does n't it ? What 's that , like a Ford Fiesta ? A little , little Peugeot

[FM8PSUNK]

A Sierra .

[PS1SG]

No , a Sierra , a Sierra the whole lot comes up , yes , but they 've now changed to a Sapphire and the Sapphire is just the boot , yeah ? So you can explain , if you do n't remember the car remember if it was a hatchback or a boot . It comes in handy , [UNCLEAR] know a blue car and I think it has a boot , I ca n't tell you the type of , do n't make it up , if you do n't kn know , do n't make it up . White , slim , early thirties , very tall man , yeah ? Very . Would you have said he was slim or very slim ?

[FM8PSUNK]

Slim .

[FM8PSUNK]

I thought he was very slim actually .

[PS1SG]

I 'll go with you , I 'd say he was very slim , he was a very slim man .

[FM8PSUNK]

Thank you

[PS1SG]

No it 's not being horrible to anyone , skinny was n't he ? Yeah ? [UNCLEAR] . We 'll see how well we got on and how we did n't . See what we 've got . Whitey type trainers , plimsolls , yeah that 's close enough in n it ? Who said black trousers ? Are they black ?

[FM8PSUNK]

No , grey .

[PS1SG]

Grey [UNCLEAR] you could say they were dark , if you did n't know for definite you could say they were dark trousers . If you do n't know do n't make it up , do n't guess . Who said moustache ? Well done . [UNCLEAR] yeah ? The glasses , well done . Whitey type , I do n't know what they are casual shoes . M J B three six seven X , well done . It 's a Jetta , a V W Jetta . Right , when you start your holiday been coming here now years and years and years and every year I show you that video , you know that video off by heart , you should do so when you play , play safe , that 's all I 'm saying , play safe . Enjoy yourself but play safe . If someone approaches you and you do n't know them , someone you do n't know is a stranger . Did you see how nice the man was when he started to talk to Jason oh I 'll go and help you how friendly he was he was conning him , he was tricking . Just remember play safe , someone you do n't know is a stranger , yeah ? Now I 've frightened you , all have a nice holiday , but play safe . Yeah ? Will you do that for me ?

[FM8PSUNK]

Yeah .

[PS1SG]

Good stuff . I 'll see you later . Take care .

[FM8PSUNK]

Thank you .

[FM8PSUNK]

[UNCLEAR]

[PS1SG]

You 're getting too good , I 've got ta che