DARE Interview : Mobile, Alabama; Primary Informant AL009

Fieldworker

Hausmann, Robert

Date

• 1967

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• AL009: White; female; age: 22 (young); education: college; community type: large city
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: AL009 (3:01)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 0010-S1). [Additional speakers: Adult male (husband of AL009)]
• Content:
• [Fieldworker reported different ages] 00:40 Jubilees
• 02:25 Mardi Gras
• 02:30 Debutantes
• 03:30 Parading societies
• 15:17 Costumes
• 18:40 Catholicism and racism in Mobile
• 23:00 Blacks' own Mardi Gras parade
• 25:14 Junior Miss
• 29:20 Cousin's Christmas party
• 32:00 Informant recites song written for her
• 34:05 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 0010-S2). [Additional speakers: Adult male (husband of AL009)]
• Content:
• 00:00 Informant's family; grandfather's house: description
• 03:33 Drapes vs. curtains: distinction between. Fieldworker speaks of Informant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; anecdotes
• 06:34 Mobile society: family
• 08:07 Usage of "Negro," "nigger," "colored people"
• 11:12 (Pronunciation of "Negro" in U.S. North and Alabama)
• 11:57 Lima vs. butter beans
• 15:32 Alabama terms and pronunciations
• 28:35 Education
• 32:00 Public vs. private schools
• 34:15 Tape end
• Full Interview 3 (Tape 0011-S1).
• Content:
• [Fieldworker reported different ages] 00:24 Arthur the Rat
• 03:21 AL009 Completes Arthur the Rat and a second voice appears, reciting the last line of Arthur the Rat
• 03:32 Fieldworker terminates the interview
• 03:32 Tape end