Example 12-52

[...] the wind throw that board right off. I tell you we couldn'ta see nothing, you know, like when it get dark-dark night, we couldn'ta see nothing. The girl - the other girl, she start hollering, I say, Child, you hollering, and you better let's pray. And I start praying, and right after that, girl, I s- it come clear-clear.
[...]
[...]
when
when
it
it
get
get
dark~dark
dark.red
night
night
[...]
[...]
it
it
come
come
clear~clear.
clear.red
[...] [the wind threw that board right off (the boat).] [...] [we weren’t able to see anything] [...] as when the night turns really dark [...]. [The other girl started shouting] [...] [And I started to pray, and right away,] it became very clear.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews