DARE Interview : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Primary Informant PA248

Fieldworker

Saunders, Gladys

Date

• 1970

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• PA248: Black; female; age: 40 (middle-aged); education: college; community type: urban
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: PA248 (3:24)
• Full Interview (Tape 1463-S1). [Additional speakers: Informant's young child]
• Content:
• 00:25 Arthur the Rat
• 04:00 Job history—music teacher
• 04:45 How Informant learned piano
• 07:15 Education—music school, college
• 08:30 Music group Informant plays with
• 09:50 Informant’s favorite type of music
• 10:50 Job description—elementary music teacher
• 12:40 Reputation of Philadelphia’s school music system
• 14:15 Hobbies—knitting
• 16:50 Education
• 17:10 Job description—self-contained classroom
• 18:25 Family—description of Informant’s two children
• 18:40 Tape end