Assignment # 15 Conversation.

Assignment # 15

Conversation
Stressed = /
unstressed=U

Me: Hey how are you doing? (Hey-/, how- U, are-U, do-U, ing-/)

Greg: Not bad shelb (Not-U, bad-U, Shelb-U)

Me: Nice that’s good! Nice-/, that’s- /, good -U.)

Me: how was work? (How-U, was-U, work- U)

Greg: work was pretty easy today (work- U, was- pretty-/, easy -//, today-U/.)

Greg: Rodney asked for cookies and I said no I’m sorry we don’t have any. (Rodney-U/, asked-/U, for –U, cookies-U/, and-/, I -/, said-U, no-U, I’m-/, sorry U/, we-/, don’t –U, have-U, any-/.)

Me: oh, poor Rodney. He sure loves cookies. (Oh, - U, poor-U, Rodney, U/, he-/, sure –U, loves –U, cookies -U/.)

Greg: Yes he does like his cookies. (Yes-/ he-/ does-U, like-/, his-/, cookies U/.)

Me: I love you. (I -/, love-U, you-U.)

Greg: I know you do. (I - /, know-U you –U, do /.)

Greg; I get a three day weekend to play x- box all day. (I - /, get-/, a-/ three-/ day -/weekend-/U, to-U, play/ x- box- /U, all –U, day-U.)

Me: really that’s cool. (really-U/, that’s –U, cool-U.)

Greg: ill be drinking Mountain due and be sitting on the couch. (Ill -/U, be -/, drinking-//, Mountain-U/, due-U, and-U, be -/sitting-//, on –U, the-U, couch-U.)

Greg: are you busy on the 22^nd? (Are-U, you-U, busy-U/, on –U, the- U- 22^nd.-U)

Me: I’m not really sure why? (I’m-U, not –U, really –U/, sure-U, why -U/?)

Greg: because you can come over and hangout. (because-U/, you –U, can-U, come- U, over-U and-U hangout-/ U.)

Me: um I am not sure what I’m doing but sounds good. (Um-U, I-U am –U, not –U ,sure –U, what-U, I –am-U- doing-U/, but-U sounds-U good-U.)

While talking to Greg, his rhythm was more like Trochee (U/). There was a combination though of UU/- anapest or //U. There were also words that had both unstressed and stressed such as going, really, doing, and weekend. I believe that we all use unstressed and stressed symbol words while we speak.