English, Passage Reading
Description
Vocal Characteristics
Language
EnglishVoice Age
Young Adult (18-35)Accents
British (General) North American (Canadian-General) North American (South West - Texas)Transcript
Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
Is everything? Ok? I said, oh, very nice. Am I not allowed to give my only daughter a ring? Now on that, his voice wandered up and down the tonal scale. When he spoke, his drunkenness made me feel unclean. I wanted to shower or eat a fresh piece of fruit. I wandered a little away from the others then, but I didn't want to leave them behind completely. Instead I lingered near a lamppost while everyone else discussed whether to get ice cream or not. No, obviously you can. I said, so how are things? How is work? You know, I'm in France, right? What's that? He said, I'm in France. I was self conscious about repeating such a simple sentence even though I didn't think anyone else was listening. Oh, you're in France, are you? He said that's right. Sorry. How's it going out there? It's been very nice. Thanks. Great stuff. Listen, your mother's going to give you the allowance next month. Ok. For college? Ok, fine. I said that's fine. Bobby signaled to me that they were going inside the ice cream shop and I smiled, what I felt was probably a manic looking smile and waved them away. You're not stuck for money. Are you said my father? What? No, the saving. You know, it's a great habit to get into. Yeah, I said through the windows of the shop I could see a long display of ice cream flavors beneath the glass. An Evelyn silhouette at the corner gesticulating. How much do you have saved? Now? He said, I don't know. Not a lot. Great habit. Francis. Hm. That's it. Saving the phone call ended shortly after that. When the others came out of the shop, Bobby was holding two ice cream cones, one of which she gave to me.