I'm sure the woman in the clip is a woman named Harriet, and she was being recorded as part of a linguistics study of people with different accents. I can't remember the researcher's name, but Harriet was being recorded without being told that it was for a study specifically for linguistics, so she was not inhibited. I know this because the story was on an NPR show called Lost & Found Sound (I think). Coincidentally, I had sampled her for one of my own songs. I didn't recognize the clip used in the song, so they must not have gotten...
I'm sure the woman in the clip is a woman named Harriet, and she was being recorded as part of a linguistics study of people with different accents. I can't remember the researcher's name, but Harriet was being recorded without being told that it was for a study specifically for linguistics, so she was not inhibited. I know this because the story was on an NPR show called Lost & Found Sound (I think). Coincidentally, I had sampled her for one of my own songs. I didn't recognize the clip used in the song, so they must not have gotten the sample from the NPR show, but from the original recordings. I saw the movie Crazy Love, and I definitely would have recognized the clip from the song while watching the movie.
Sorry, I found a link. The researcher was William Labov, and the segment is here. Harriet's part comes on at 8:00. Imagine the part in the clip comes after the part you know in "Enjoy Your Worries..." and it makes sense.
Sorry, I found a link. The researcher was William Labov, and the segment is here. Harriet's part comes on at 8:00. Imagine the part in the clip comes after the part you know in "Enjoy Your Worries..." and it makes sense.
anybody have any idea where that long sample of that woman is from, or perhaps they just created it for the song?
I'm sure the woman in the clip is a woman named Harriet, and she was being recorded as part of a linguistics study of people with different accents. I can't remember the researcher's name, but Harriet was being recorded without being told that it was for a study specifically for linguistics, so she was not inhibited. I know this because the story was on an NPR show called Lost & Found Sound (I think). Coincidentally, I had sampled her for one of my own songs. I didn't recognize the clip used in the song, so they must not have gotten...
I'm sure the woman in the clip is a woman named Harriet, and she was being recorded as part of a linguistics study of people with different accents. I can't remember the researcher's name, but Harriet was being recorded without being told that it was for a study specifically for linguistics, so she was not inhibited. I know this because the story was on an NPR show called Lost & Found Sound (I think). Coincidentally, I had sampled her for one of my own songs. I didn't recognize the clip used in the song, so they must not have gotten the sample from the NPR show, but from the original recordings. I saw the movie Crazy Love, and I definitely would have recognized the clip from the song while watching the movie.
Sorry, I found a link. The researcher was William Labov, and the segment is here. Harriet's part comes on at 8:00. Imagine the part in the clip comes after the part you know in "Enjoy Your Worries..." and it makes sense.
Sorry, I found a link. The researcher was William Labov, and the segment is here. Harriet's part comes on at 8:00. Imagine the part in the clip comes after the part you know in "Enjoy Your Worries..." and it makes sense.
http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/stories/990312.stories.html
http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/stories/990312.stories.html