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This is [Interviewer]. Today is the 22nd of July, and I'm here in [Town] for an interview with one of our community members. Before we begin, I'd like to get verbal consent for the form we went over, could you please say I consent to being interviewed and audio recorded for this study?

Thank you. To get started, can you tell me about how you came to live in [Town]?

I was born here. Uhm- My parents were in- uh- had a retail store.

Oh, wow. Is that, uh- still around today? Or have they retired it?

Oh, wow. Could you tell me a little bit more about this community? How would you describe it to someone who doesn't live here?

Yeah, I will say I've met a lot of, uh- people just out and about. It seems like everywhere we go, we find somebody who's from [Town], has family in [Town]. How do you- would you say, uh- the community has changed throughout your time living here?

What would you say are the strengths of this community?

And, uh- what would you say are the weaknesses?

Could you tell me about your roles and relationships you have in this community?

Are you a member of a church maybe?

And, uh- you mentioned that you guys were teachers, are you part of any social boards or something like that?

So you mentioned that you do kind of wholesale furniture. Is that still what you do for work?

Do you think your connections in the community influence your working with furniture?

That's interesting. I'd like to talk a little more about that. Uh- You said you bought the furniture store from your parents right? Was it a furniture store then?

So you've pretty much been doing this your whole life, right?

What aspects of, uh- furniture construction bring you the most joy or satisfaction?

And so would, uh- Would that and kind of like the change in prices be the biggest challenge you face in your work?

And have you seen the like, that rise in the cost to live? Do you think that's affected the community at all?

You said you're semi retired. So what does the typical day look like for you?

Going to [Central Texas Community] every Thursday?

Yeah, I gotta roll through [Central Texas Community] on my way to school, and that is just an insane drive. Yeah, I'm part of [An Organization], and I still like gripe about having to make like the journey a week early before school starts.

What type of music do you like?

Going off of that, uh- A lot of people think the 1990s as the, uh- golden decade of pop music. Would you agree?

Ooh.

You know, Maybe. All right. Now let's talk a little bit more about your experiences as a resident of this community. For this first set of questions. I'll read a statement to you and I'd like you to indicate the extent to which you agree with each one. I'll give you an- a- Have you give your answer on a scale of one to four where one is completely disagree. Two is somewhat disagree. Three is somewhat agree. And four is completely agree. The first phrase is: I consider myself to be an American.

Using the same scale, how would you rate the following statement? I consider myself to be a Texan.

Okay, which of the following statements do you agree with the most strongly? One: I am American first and Texan second? Two: I'm Texan First and American second. Or three: Being Texan and American are equally important to me.

Next phrase is, uh- To be a true Texan, you must know how to speak English.

How about: To be a true Texan you must know how to speak Spanish.

The next phrase is: In my community, you can do everything you want and get everything you need, even if you don't speak English.

All right. And finally: In my community life has been pretty stable over the last 40 years. Things haven't changed much.

Hm. Now I'd like to hear from you about the community itself. These are all free response. What are some of the things that have changed in this community over the past few decades?

Overall, would you say this is a good community to live in?

You said you grew up here, right?

What is or was the best part about being a kid in [Town]?

Sounds like fun. Do you feel that the traditional way of life of this community is going away?

What do you think is changing things?

Alright. Some more fun questions. What's your favorite sports team?

So, uh- I haven't really been keeping up with Tech sports. How are they doing lately?

You have household chores when you were younger?

What was the- Was there any that you particularly didn't like?

And what about a chore you didn't mind so much? Or maybe even liked?

So you never got caught maybe pretending to do a chore but not really doing it?

Some people think it's hard for boys and girls to be friends. What do you think?

Have you ever told a story about another person thinking they weren't around but then turned around and saw that they were close by?

I understand. Uh- Is there anything else you'd like me to know about the community or your work with furniture?

Um- That's the extent of the questions I have. Thank you for- so much for taking the time to talk to me. Would it be okay if I asked just one more thing before we concluded the interview?

Okay, one of our, uh- overarching research questions through the Home to Texas program is about linguistic changes in Texas. As a part of this project, a linguistics researcher is asking that interview participants read a brief passage. It should only take a couple minutes. It's a short made up story about life in Texas, that was created in the 1980s, and then- and since then, linguistics, researchers have recorded a few 100 Texans reading it, and they use these recordings to kind and- to, uh- try to track how speech in Texas varies over time. Would you be willing to read, uh- this brief passage out loud?

All right, whenever you're ready.

Thank you for contributing your voice to the collection. And again, thank you so much for talking to me. Uh- I know this is really short notice, and I appreciate your time and generosity. If you don't have any other questions or comments, would you feel comfortable if I ended the recording now?

This is Emiliano Lopez, today's date is 7/20/2024. And I'm here in [COMMUNITY NAME], for an interview with one of our community members, before we begin, I'd like to get verbal consent for the form that we went over. Could you please say, "I consent to being interviewed and audio recorded for this study?"

Thank you. To get started, can you tell me about how you came to live in this community? 

Could you tell me a bit more about this community? How would you describe it to someone who doesn't live here? 

How do you think this community has changed throughout your time living here?

What would you say are the strength of this community? 

What would you say are some of the weaknesses of this community? 

Could you tell me about the roles and relationships you have in this community? 

How do you, how do you think your connections in this community influence your work as a retired um member of the city of [COMMUNITY NAME]?

Now, I would like to talk more about your work as a member of the city of [COMMUNITY NAME]. Could you tell me about how you got into this role?

How long have you worked there? How long did you work there for?

What are the typical workday look like for you?

What does it mean to be um, a member of the city in this community? What did, what did it mean for you? 

What aspects of your job brought you the most joy or satisfaction? 

What were some of the biggest challenges you faced in your work? 

Now let's talk more about your experience as a resident of this community. For this first set of questions, I'll read a statement to you and I'd like you to indicate the extent of your agreement with each one. I'll have you give your answer on a scale of one to four or one is completely disagree. Two is somewhat disagree. Three is somewhat agree and four is completely agree. If you'd like to comment on that any of these statements for you please feel free to. The first phrase is I considered myself to be I consider myself to be an American. Would you say that you one completely disagree? Two somewhat disagree, three somewhat agree or four completely agree or agree on a scale of one to four?

On a scale of one to four, would you say four?

How would you rate the following statement? I consider myself to be a Texan.

Which of the following three statements do you agree with most strongly? I am American first and Texas, Texan, Second. I am Texan first and American second. Or being Texan and American are equally important to me. 

The next phrase is to be a true Texan, you must know how to speak English. What would you rate this one using the same scale we started with?

How about to be a true Texan, you must know how to speak Spanish. One, one is completely disagree. 

The next phrase is in my community you can do you can do everything you want and can act and get everything you need, even when you don't speak English. 

Three?

Mhm. Finally, in my community, life has been pretty stable over the last 40 years things haven't changed much. What would you say?

In my community, life has been pretty stable over the last 40 years, things haven't changed much. 1 would be completely disagree, 2 would be somewhat disagree, 3 would ble, 3 would be somewhat agree and 4 would be completely agree.

Three? Somewhat agree?

Now I'd like to hear from you about the community itself. What are some of the things that have changed in this community during the last few decades? 

Overall, is this a good community to live in? 

What was or is the best part about being a kid or a young person in this community? 

Do you feel that the traditional way of life in this community is going away? 

If no, what do, what do you think keeps things the same? 

What is your favorite sports team? 

Mhm. How have they, How have they been doing lately?

Did you have to do chores when you were younger? Or now?  

What was the worst chore? 

What was a chore you don't mi--you don't mind so much. 

Did you ever get caught pretending to do a chore but not really doing it?

Some people think that it's hard for boys and girls to be friends. What do you think?

Did you ever tell a story? Did you ever tell a story about another person thinking the other person was not near you? But then turned around and saw the person was standing right next to you? 

Uhuh, Could you tell me about that? What happened? 

A lot of people think of the 1990s as the golden decade of pop music. Do you agree? 

If no, what was the best decade in pop music and why? 

Thank you so much for your answers. I really appreciate you taking the time to talk with me today. If you have the time. I just have one last request from you before we conclude our interview. One of the overarching research questions through the Home to Texas program is about linguistic changes in Texas. As part of this project, a linguistic researcher is asking that interview participants read a brief passage which should only take a couple of minutes. It's a short made up story about life in Texas that was created in the 1980s. And since, and since then, linguistic researchers have recorded a few 100 Texans reading it. They use these recordings as samples of people standard way of speaking as they tried to track how speed, how speeches in Texas varies and changes over time. Would you be willing to read a brief passage out loud?

Great. Thank you so much. Whenever you're ready, could you please read this passage out loud? 

Yes.

Thank you for contributing your voice to the collection. And thank you so much for taking the time to share your experiences with me. I really appreciate your time and generosity. If you don't have any other questions or comments. I'll go ahead and stop the recording now.

This is [INTERVIEWER'S NAME]. Today is June 2, 2024, and I'm here in [COMMUNITY NAME] for an interview with one of our community members. Before I begin, I'd like to get verbal consent for the form that we went over. Could you please say, I consent to being interviewed and audio recorded for this study?

[TURNING PAPER NOISE] Great! To get started, can you tell me about how you came to live in this community? 

Could you tell me a bit more about this community? How would you describe it to someone who doesn't live here? 

How do you think this community has changed throughout your time living here?

What would you say are the strengths of this community? 

Great, thank you. What would you say are some of the weaknesses of this community? 

Great. What did you do for work? 

Great! How do you think your connections in this community influenced your work as a teacher? [AIR CONDITIONING TURNS ON IN BACKGROUND] 

Great, thank you for all your responses. Now, I'd like to talk more about your work as a retired teacher, or what your work was like when you were a teacher. 

Could you tell me about how you got into this role? 

Role. 

What did a typical workday look like for you? 

Great!  

Great, thank you. What does it mean to be a teacher in this community? 

What aspects of this job brought you the most joy or satisfaction?

Wow, that's amazing. What are the biggest challenges you faced in your work?

Great, thank you for sharing! Now, let's talk more about your experiences as a resident of this community. For this first set of questions I'll read a statement to you, and I'd like you to indicate the extent of your agreement with each one. I'll have you give your answer on a scale of one to four, where one is completely disagree. Two is somewhat disagree. Three is somewhat agree and four is completely agree. If you'd like to comment on any of the statements please feel free to. The first phrase is, "I consider myself to be an American". [FLIPPING PAPERS IN BACKGROUND] Would you say that you one, completely disagree? Two, somewhat disagree? Three, somewhat agree or four, completely agree? 

Using the same scale, how would you rate the following statement? "I consider myself to be a Texan." 

Which of the following three statements do you agree with most strongly? "I am American first and Texas second." "I am Texas, Texan first and American second", or "Being Texan and American are equally important to me." [DISTANT TV NOISE IN BACKGROUND] 

The next phrase is, "To be a true Texan, you must know how to speak English." What would you rate this one using the same scale we started with? 

How about, "To be a true Texan, you must know how to speak Spanish." 

Thank you for that. The next phrase is "In my community, you can do everything you want and get everything you need, even when you don't speak English." 

So for that one would that be completely disagree or somewha- 

Thank you. Finally, "In my community, life has been pretty stable over the last 40 years. Things haven't changed much." 

So then for that statement, would you select somewhat disagree? 

Now I'd like to hear from you about the community itself. What are some of the things that have changed in this community during the last few decades? 

No worries. That was great, thank you! So overall, would you say this is a good community to live in? 

Great. What was or is the best part about being a kid or young person in this community? 

Do you feel that the traditional way of life in this community is going away? If yes, why do you think that's the case? And if no, what do you think keeps things the same? 

What is your favorite sports team? How have they, in this case the team, been doing lately? 

Yes, thank you. Did you have to do chores when you were younger? Or now? What was the worst chore? 

What was the worst chore? 

What was a chore you didn't mind so much? 

Did you ever get caught pretending to do a chore but not really doing it?

Thank you! Some people think that it's hard for boys and girls to be friends. What do you think? 

Did you ever tell a story about another person thinking the other person was not n- near you? But then turned around and saw that person was standing right next to you? Could you tell me about that? What happened? 

A lot of people think of the 1990s as the golden decade of pop music. Do you agree? 

Great, thank you so much for your answers! I really appreciate you taking the time to talk with me. If you have the time, I just have one last request for you before we conclude our interview. One of the overarching research questions through the Home to Texas program is about linguistic changes in Texas. As part of this project, a linguistic researcher is asking the interview participants read a brief passage, which should only take a couple of minutes. It's a short made up story about life in Texas that was created in the 1980s. And since then, linguistic researchers have recorded a few hundred Texans reading it. They use these recordings as samples of people's standard way of speaking, as they try to track how speech in Texas varies and changes over time. Will you be reading- will you be willing to read a brief passage out loud?  

Great, thank you so much! Whenever you're ready, could you please read this page out loud? [FLIPPING PAGES NOISE IN BACKGROUND] 

Thank you for contributing your voice to the collection. And thank you so much for taking the time to share your experiences with me. I really appreciate your time and generosity. If you don't have any other questions or comments, I'll go ahead and stop the recording now.  

Thank you. 

This is Kylee Puga. Today is the 17th of June and I'm here in [COMMUNITY NAME] for an interview with one of our community members. Before we began, I like to get the verbal consent for the form that we went over. Could you please say I consent to being interviewed and audio recorded for this study? 

Okay. To get started, can you tell me about how you came to live in this community? 

Could you tell me a bit more about this community? How would you describe it to someone who doesn't live here? 

How do you think this community has changed throughout your time living here? 

Is there any cultural differences you've seen? 

What would you say are the strengths of this community? 

What would you say are some of the weaknesses of this community? 

Could you tell me about the roles and relationships you have in this community? 

So what do you do for work? 

How do you think your connection to this community influence you staying at home like your work at home?  

Now it might seem repetitive. I like to talk- 

-more about your work. [LAUGHS] 

Do tell me about how you got into this role like as a stay, stay at home? 

And how long have you been working as a stay? What does a typical workday look like for you? 

What does a typical workday look like for you?

Can you give examples of like, what it is like what's needed? 

And what does it mean, to be this in your community?  

Do you believe it's normalized in [COMMUNITY NAME] to stay at home?  

What aspects of your job bring you the most joy or satisfaction? 

And what are the biggest challenges you faced with getting [INAUDIBLE]? 

I'm curious how did COVID kind of change the way you worked? 

Thank you.  

No that's great, thank you. Now let's talk more about your experiences as a resident of this community.  

For the first set of questions, I'll ead a statement to you and I'd like you to indicate the extent of your agreement with each one. So have you given answer on a scale of one to four where one is completely disagree, two is somewhat disagree, three is somewhat agree, and four is completely agree.  

If you'd like to comment on any of these statements, then please feel free to- 

-further. The first phrase is "I consider myself to be an American". Would you say that you completely disagree, somewhat disagree, somewhat agree, or completely agree?  

Do you want to expand on that? 

Using the same scale, how would you rate the following statement? "I consider myself to be a Texan". 

Which of the following three statements do you agree with most strongly? "I'm an American first and a Texan". Second, "I'm a Texan first and American second". Or "being Texan American are equally important to me". 

The next phrase is "to be a true Texan, you must know how to speak English." What would you rate this one using the same scale? 

Neutral? 

How about "to be a true Texan, you must know how to speak Spanish."

So out of one through four? 

One is- 

Yes.

"You must know how to speak Spanish to be a true Texan".  

The next phrase is "in my community, you can do everything you want and get everything you need, even when you don't speak English."

Finally, "in my community life has been pretty stable over the last forty years, things haven't changed much." 

It's for Texas.  

Now I like to hear from you about the community itself. What are some of the things that you have changed in this community to, that have changed in this community during the last few decades?

Overall, is this a good community to live in? 

What was or is the best part about being a kid or a young person in this community? 

Do you feel that the traditional way of life in this community is going away? 

I assume it's how you think the traditional way of [COMMUNITY NAME] is.  

So if you want to explain-  

what you believe- 

-that is. 

What is your favorite sports team? 

If you have one. 

Did you have to do chores when you were younger?  

What was the worst?  Oh the worst uh carrying out the trash. I had to carry out the trash [LAUGHS]. Always there was a spider on the fence would wait to jump on me [LAUGHS]. What was a chore you didn't mind so much? 

Why why would you say that you don't mind that one. Is it easy or? 

Did you ever get caught pretending to do a chore but not really doing it? 

Some people think that it's hard for boys and girls to be friends. What do you think? 

Did you ever tell a story about another person thinking the other person was not near you, but then turned around and saw that person was standing right next to you? Could you tell me about that if it happened? 

A lot of people think of the 1990s as the golden decade of pop music. Do you agree? 

Thank you so much for your answers. I really appreciate- you taking the time to talk with me. If you have the time. I just have one last request for you before we conclude our interview.  

One of the overarching research questions through the homeland Texas program was about linguistic changes in Texas. As part of this project a linguistic researchers asking the interview participants read a brief pass passage, which should only take a couple of minutes. It's a short made up story about life in Texas that was created in the 1980s. And since then, egoistic researchers have recorded a few 100 Texans reading it. They use these recordings of samples of people's standard way of speaking, as they tried to track how speech in Texas varies and changes over time. Would you be willing to read it?  

Thank you c- for contributing your voice to the collection [LAUGHING IN BACKGROUND]. And thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with me today. I really appreciate your time and generosity. If you don't have any other questions or comments, I'll go ahead and stop the recording. 

This is [INTERVIEWER NAME], today is June 21, 2024, and I'm here in [COMMUNITY NAME] for an interview with one of our residents. Before we begin, I'd like to get verbal consent for the form that we went over. Could you please say "I consent to being interviewed and audio recorded for the study"? 

Alright, thank you. So first question, to get started, could you tell me about how you came to living in [COMMUNITY NAME]? 

Okay,  

And then just so you know, um I'll be trying to not interrupt the recording, so I'll be giving you like nonverbal affirmations like nodding my head.  

Alright, next question. Uh, could you tell me more about [COMMUNITY NAME]? How would you describe it to someone that doesn't live here? 

And uh also, just so you know, your identity will be completely anonymous. So if you say any, like people names or place names, I'll just take it out of the recording.  

So you don't have to worry about that.  

And then how would you say that [COMMUNITY NAME} has changed throughout [DESK NOISE] your time moving here? 

Okay. 

Mhm. I completely agree with that.  I haven't been here long, but still. Um, and then what would you say are the strengths of [COMMUNITY NAME]? 

Okay. [LAUGH] 

Yes, yes. 

And then what would you say on the other side are the weaknesses of [COMMUNITY NAME]? 

Yeah. 

[INAUDIBLE] And then, could you tell me about some of the roles and relationships that you have in [COMMUNITY NAME]? 

Or--roles and relationships. Like for example, like if you're a mother, or,  If you're like in a church or something like that? 

Okay. And then like, how, like deeply involved would you say are you like, in the community? 

Okay, that's fair. [LAUGH] And then, um, what do you do for work? 

Oh. 

Okay. And then how would you say that your connections in [COMMUNITY NAME] influence your work as a bookkeeper? 

I guess your involvement, would you say that they influence your job? 

Okay. And then now we're gonna talk more about your job as a bookkeeper.  

So could you tell me about how you got into this role? 

Alright. 

Alright, great. And then how long would you say you've been working here?  

Okay.  

And then what does a typical workday look like for you?  

Alright. And then uh what would you say? I guess what does being a bookkeeper in [COMMUNITY NAME] mean to you? [BACKGROUND NOISE] 

Alright. 

And then what would you say, uh what aspects of your job bring you the most joy or satisfaction? 

Okay. And then what would you say are the biggest challenges that you face in your work? 

Alright. And then now we're gonna move on and talk more about your experiences as a [COMMUNITY NAME] resident.  

So um, I'll read you a statement. And then I'd like you to indicate how much you agree with each one. [BACKGROUND NOISE] And so I'll have you give your answer on a scale of one to four. One is completely disagree. Four is completely agree.  

And then uh if you want to have any comments or relevant thoughts [BACKGROUND NOISE] on those statements, you can just say so,  

So the first statement is, "I consider myself to be an American". [FLIPPING PAPER NOISES] 

You say you uh, I guess number four, completely agree or somewhat agree. 

Okay. [FLIPPING PAPER NOISES] And then the next one, um. "I consider myself to be a Texan". 

Mhm. And then which of these statements, I'll give you three statements  

That you agree with the most strongly. First one being "I am American first and Texan second". Number two, "I am Texan first and American second", or, "Being Texan and American are equally important to me". [BACKGROUND NOISE] 

Okay. 

[LAUGH] Yes. 

All right. And the next one. [BACKGROUND NOISE] Um, this one, you will just rate it using one to four, "To be a true Texan, you must know how to [BACKGROUND NOISE] speak English". 

Okay.  

Would you say like a one, completely disagree then? Or two? 

Okay. And then the next one, "To be a true Texan, you must know how to speak Spanish". 

Okay. The next one, "In my community, [BACKGROUND NOISE] you can do everything you want and get everything you need even when you don't speak English". 

Okay, so would you say like three, like somewhat agree? 

Okay. And then last statement, "In my community, life has been pretty stable [BACKGROUND NOISE] over the last four years, things haven't changed much". 

Mhm. No I completely, um, I'm sorry to hear that.  

And then, um now we'll be moving on to talking about the community itself.  What are some of the things that have, oh, well, I guess I've already asked you this, but any like major things that have changed in [COMMUNITY NAME] during the last few decades. 

I totally agree with that. And then uh do you think overall, [COMMUNITY NAME] is a good community to live in? 

Mhm. And, 

Alright. And then, what do you think is or was the best part about being a kid or young person in [COMMUNITY NAME]? 

Yeah. 

And then um, next question, do you feel that the traditional way of life in [COMMUNITY NAME] is going away? 

Mhm. And then why do you think, um, or what do you think keeps things the same then? 

Yeah. I, I can like see that, yeah.  

And then uh it's a little random, but do you have a favorite sports team? 

[LAUGH] 

[LAUGH] No, that's fine. 

[LAUGH] 

Oh. 

Okay. 

Okay. And then uh did you have to do chores when you were younger? 

And then what would you say was the worst chore? 

Okay. 

Okay, and then what was a chore that you didn't mind so much? 

[PAPER NOISE] 

Okay. And then um, A lot of people think of the 1990s as a golden decade of pop music. Do you agree? 

[LAUGH] 

Okay. All right, and that is the end of all the interview questions. Thank you so much for your answers, um.  

And there is a reading passage part, um. There is a part of this project where um, a linguistic researcher is asking that interview par--participants read a brief passage. Uh it's very short, it's on the back of this page.  

They basically use it to analyze how Texas people's way of changing, way of speaking has  

Changed over time.  

Um. So would you like to read it? 

Um, yeah. Would you like to read it? 

[PAPER NOISES] 

[LAUGH] [HANDS READING PASSAGE] There you go.  

Alright, thank you so much. [LAUGH] 

And then um, if you don't have any uh questions or comments, I'll go in and stop the recording now.  

Alright. 

This is [INTERVIEWER], Today is June 23, 2024. And I'm here in [COMMUNITY NAME] for an interview with one of our community members. Before we begin, I'd like to get your verbal consent for the form that we went over. Can you please say I consent to being interviewed and audio recorded for this study?

To get started, can you tell me a bit about how you came to live in this community?

Can you tell me a bit more about this community? How would you describe it to someone who doesn't live here?

How do you think this community has changed throughout your time living here?

What are the strengths of this community?

What would you say are some of the weaknesses of this community?

Can you tell me about your roles and relationships you have in this community?

Your roles and relationships you have in the community?

Uh, what do you do for work?

How do you think your connections in this community influenced your work as a chiropractor?

Now, I'd like to talk a bit more about your job as a chiropractor. Can you elaborate on how you got into this role?

So how long have you been working here?

What does a typical workday look like for you?

What does it mean to be a chiropractor in this community?

What aspects of this job bring you the most joy or satisfaction?

Uh, what are the biggest challenges you face in your work?

Great now let's talk about your experience as a resident of this community. For the first set of questions I'll read you a statement and I'd like you to indicate, uh, to what extent you agree with it. I'll have you give your answer on a scale of one to four where one is completely disagree two a somewhat disagree three is somewhat agree and four is completely agree. I'd like you to comment on any of the statements please feel free to. The first phase is I consider myself to be an American would you say that you one completely disagree, two somewhat disagree, three somewhat agree or four completely agree.

Using the same scale, how would you rate the following statement? I consider myself to be a Texan.

Which of the following three statements do you agree with most strongly one, I'm an American first and Texas second. Two, I'm a Texan first and American second, or three being Texan and American are equally important to me.

The next phase is to be a true Texan, you must know how to speak English. What would you rate this one using the same scale we started with?

Uh, to be a true Texan, you must know how to speak English. What would you rate this one using the same scale we started with?

How about to be a true Texan, you must know how to speak Spanish?

The next phrase is in my community, you do everything you want, and get everything you need, even when you don't speak English

Um, so you would just rate it using the same one to four scale, uh, completely disagree to completely agree. And so the phrases in my community, you can do everything you want, and get everything you need, even when you don't speak English.

Finally, in my community life has been pretty stable over the last 40 years, things haven't changed much.

Okay, now, I'd like to hear from you about the community itself. What are some things that have changed as community during the last few decades?

Overall, is this a good community to live in?

What was or is the best part about being a kid or a young person in this community?

Do you feel that the traditional way of life in this community is going away?

Why do you think that's the case? Can you elaborate a bit more?

Okay, now a slightly different change. What is your favorite sports team?

How have they been doing lately?

Did you have to do chores when you were younger? Or now?

What was the worst chore?

What was the chore? You didn't mind so much?

Did you ever get caught pretending to do a chore but not really doing it?

Some people think it's hard for boys and girls to be friends. What do you think?

Did you ever tell a story about another person thinking the other person was not near you? But then turned around and saw that the other person was standing right next to you?

Could you tell me about it?

A lot of people think the 1990s as the golden decade of pop music. Do you agree?

What was the best decade in pop music?

Why?

Ok, thank you so much for your answers. I really appreciate you taking the time to talk with me. If you have the time. I have one last request for you before we conclude our interview. One of the overarching research questions about the home to Texas program is about linguistic changes in Texas. As part of this program, a linguistic researcher is asking the interview participants to read a brief passage that should only take a couple of minutes. It's a short made up story about life in Texas created in 1980s. And since then, linguistic researchers have recorded a few 100 Texans reading it. They use these recordings as samples of people standard way of speaking as they try to track how Texas speech varies over time. Would you be willing to read this passage out loud? [SHIFTING PAPERS] Great, I'm gonna hand this over to you and [BUMPS RECORDER] whenever you're ready.

Thank you for contributing your voice to the collection. And thank you so much for your time to share experiences with me. I really appreciate your time and generosity. If you don't have any other questions or comments. [RESIDENT SHAKES HEAD] I'll go ahead and stop the recording.