About where? in or near what place, part, situation, or position?
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Interviewer: I always find that- I'm not from Toronto I'm from B-C, and if this weather were already there in B-C, it would be there to stay, but kind-of have to expect the worst here, don't you? Speaker: Whereabouts in B-C you come from? Interviewer: Vancouver-Island. Speaker: Oh okay, 'cause my friend's sister's down from Vancouver Interviewer: Oh okay. |
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Interviewer: And does your Dad still live in Orillia? Speaker: He lives outside Orillia now, he's remarried and he has two kids um... whereabouts? Literally just outside Barrie. |
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Speaker: So whereabouts do you live in Victoria? Interviewer: In Nanaimo actually; it's North of Victoria. Speaker: Oh Nanaimo? Yeah, I know Nanaimo. It's awesome. |
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... I see her on the path and I'm like "Susy!", that's her- that was her name. And I'm like "Susy!." She's like "Hey!." I'm like "So whereabouts in College do you live?" And she's like "Oh I live on Clinton." I'm like "No way, I live on Bathurst. I used to go to Harbord Collegiate." And she's like "Oh wow, well maybe I'll see you around some time." |
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Interviewer: ... about that Queen-Street area, have you been to Jeff-Healey's club? Speaker: No, I keep hearing about it- Interviewer: yeah Speaker: I love Jeff-Healey. I love his music. Interviewer: He plays there every Thursday. So you- no matter what, you can see him. Speaker: Now that's what people say. Yeah, whereabouts is he on Queen-West? Interviewer: He's right at Queen-and-Bathurst. Speaker: Right at Queen-and-Bathurst. Interviewer: Yeah, it's the- Speaker: 'Cause I know where the Black-Bull is. That's a couple over. Interviewer: Southwest corner. |
About where? in or near what place, part, situation, or position? |
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Interviewer: It's a week and they go crazy. They just go drunk for a week. Speaker: Yeah. Speaker 2: That's cool. Speaker: It's carnival. Interviewer: Yeah. It's- it's like- yeah, it's like Mardi-Gras but German dress-up. Speaker: Yeah. Whereabouts in Germany? Interviewer: My dad's from Ulm. Speaker: Where 's that? Interviewer: South-central-Germany. |
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And ah one of the members of the band was going out with a girl and ah so we got talking and ah I said, "Oh, are you from Toronto?" She said, "Yeah. I live in Toronto." I said "Well, whereabouts do you live?" And she said, "Oh, the High-Park area." And I said "Oh, I used to live in the High-Park area." And I said, "What street did you live on?" She says, "Quebec. You know where Quebec-Avenue is?" |
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Speaker: Are you living in Toronto? Interviewer: Yup. Speaker: Yeah do you like? Whereabouts? Interviewer: Um close to where you used to live in East-York. Speaker: Yeah. Interviewer: Ah Saint-Clair and O'Conner. Speaker: Oh yeah I know where that is. Used to be a race-track up there. Interviewer: Not in my time. |
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Interviewer: 'Cause I've only been back ten years. I've been, I was in England before then. Speaker: Is that right? Whereabouts? Interviewer: York. Speaker: Okay. My family's from Scotland. Interviewer: Whereabouts in Scotland? Speaker: Lilliesleaf. And Glasgow. |
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