Background: The informant is a woman in her late fifties who grew up in downstate New York in Queens and on Long Island before moving to upstate New York for college. In her mid 20s, she moved out to Southern California and she had lived there ever since. She comes from a large family of… Continue Reading »
Y: New York is just one of those places where when it’s cold… it’s COLD cold. But in New York, we don’t say it’s cold outside, we say it’s brick outside. This is definitely one of those slang terms that is practically branded by the region that uses it. It’s possible that the reason New… Continue Reading »
Main Piece: A New York Baptism is either the first time you get badly splashed by a taxi in NYC or the first time mysterious droplets (which might not be water) from above trickle onto your forehead. Context: The informant (OC) is half Paraguayan and half American, and she speaks both Spanish and English. Her… Continue Reading »
The interviewer’s initials are denoted through the initials BD, while the informant’s responses are marked as NC. NC: Another tradition we have is Christmas morning. We have a very specific routine on how to like—attack the day. So first, everyone had to, like, wait for everyone else to get up. We normally had a preassigned… Continue Reading »
Nationality: American Primary Language: English Other Language(s): None Age: 71 Residence: Margaretville, NY USA Performance Date: April 12, 2017 (telephonically) Allote is a 71 year old woman, born and raised in Catskill, New York who lives and owns a farm in upstate New York. She was a high school graduate and raised three children. She… Continue Reading »