TQ 018 Pam from Boston, the U.S.

Pam, in her late fifties, is an ESL teacher from the city of Boston. Boston is one of the major cities on the East Coast of the U.S., along with New York and Washington, D.C. Pam speaks with a strong Boston accent and I am so pleased that she agreed to do this interview. It's great for the listeners to hear such a wonderful accent! The very first thing she says is, "Glad to be here". In that first sentence, you can already tell that she speaks differently from me, because she pronounces her "here" without an  "r". Later I tell a story about a basketball player from Boston who was a "guard" and Pam says a common sentence to show how Bostonians say words with "ar": "Park the car in Harvard Yard." Also listen for the phrases "wannabe chef", "I vaguely remember" and "Oh, you poor thing!" We laugh quite a lot in this interview. It was fun to make.

I must apologize for the noise in about the sixth minute. In the interview with Madina from Kazakhstan I noticed a buzzing sound in the background. I think it was the overhead light in my living room. I started this interview without the light on, but in about the sixth minute it was getting too dark for me to easily see the list of questions. I decided that it was a good idea to get out of my chair and walk over and turn on the lamp by my computer. I don't know why I thought I could do that without being heard on the recording!