[PLUG] Linguistics again

Brian Derr bderrly at gmail.com
Mon Nov 3 04:29:02 UTC 2008


And apparently hitting "reply" doesn't reply to the sender these days.... :(
I guess I should look in the address bar before sending.
Carry on.

On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Brian Derr <bderrly at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 6:52 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net>wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Here are the questions:
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>> 1) Is there a way of talking in Portland that's different from other
>> areas in the US?
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> Yes
> Yes
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>> 2) Do you think people in Portland speak correctly?
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> Yes ("correctly" is a funny way of saying it, but it is true. ;)
> Yes
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>> 3) Do you like the way people in Portland speak?
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> Yes
> Yes
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>> Plus I need a small amount of demographic data:
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>> What is your first language?
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> English
> English
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>> What is your gender?
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> Male
> Female
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>> What city did you go to high school in?*
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> Tigard
> Tigard
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>> What is your year of birth?
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> 1982
> 1982
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>> What is your ethnicity (e.g., Asian-American, European-American etc.)?
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> Euro-American
> Euro-American
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>> What is your occupation ("computer tech" is adequate).
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> Computer tech
> Housewife
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>> *If more than one city, list the one in which you spent the most time.
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>> 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.
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>> 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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