[PLUG] Linguistics again

[Brian Derr]

On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 6:52 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net>wrote:

> At the risk of making everyone sick of me, I need to ask for a small
> favor.
>
> I am taking a class this term where I have been given a project to
> survey random Portlanders for their opinion of how Portlanders talk.
> This is just an opinion survey; there are no right or wrong answers. I
> am after the opinions of anyone who lives in Portland metro, or used
> to. There are three simple questions, to be answered yes or no. (The
> data needs to be binary.) You are free to make additional comments
> about the questions, as long as you come to a "yes" or a "no." This
> might mean you have to decide which predominates.
>
> This survey is actually expanding a study I did in January, 2007. So
> if, by chance, these questions look familiar I may already have your
> opinions, in which case please do not respond again.
>
> Here are the questions:
>
> 1) Is there a way of talking in Portland that's different from other
> areas in the US?


Yes
Yes

>
>
> 2) Do you think people in Portland speak correctly?


Yes ("correctly" is a funny way of saying it, but it is true. ;)
Yes

>
>
> 3) Do you like the way people in Portland speak?


Yes
Yes

>
>
> Plus I need a small amount of demographic data:
>
> What is your first language?


English
English

>
> What is your gender?


Male
Female

>
> What city did you go to high school in?*


Tigard
Tigard

>
> What is your year of birth?


1982
1982

>
> What is your ethnicity (e.g., Asian-American, European-American etc.)?


Euro-American
Euro-American

>
> What is your occupation ("computer tech" is adequate).


Computer tech
Housewife

>
>
> *If more than one city, list the one in which you spent the most time.
>
> And since your answers are a bit personal, you should respond off-list,
> because anything on the list is archived and available to anyone on the
> net. All responses will be converted to anonymous data records and the
> e-mails will be deleted.
>
> I need to collect about 80 responses, so if there are other adults in
> your presence as you reply, feel free to add their comments and
> demographics as well.
>
> Thanks in advance!
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