Table 3 Excerpt 3

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Sara:

He introduces me and Tara [tˤɑɾɑ]

2

as [sɛɹə] and [tʰɛiɹə]

3

Maisa:

“Teyra” [tʰɛiɹə]?

4

Sara:

I’m like, “No! Don’t say that!”

5

He’s like- to white people?

6

He’ll be like- Americans?

7

He’ll be like, “This is [sɛɹə] and [tʰɛiɹə].”

8

Layla:

(laughing) Who’s [tʰɛiɹə]?

9

Sara:

And I’m like-

10

And Tara’s [tˤɑɾɑ] like, “Yeah, hi. I’m [tˤɑɾɑ].”

[…]

11

A lot of people have a hard time with [tˤɑɾɑ]

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[tˤɑɾɑ] with a [tˤɑ]- [tˤ]-

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So when you say [tˤɑɾɑ] they’re like,

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“How are you doing that? [tʰɛɹə]?

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You mean [tʰɛiɹə], not [tˤɑɾɑ].”

16

And so, that’s a different name,

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But people don’t know that.

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People’re just like, “[sɛɹə] or [sɑɾɑ]?”

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I’m like, “I don’t care.”

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And they’re like, “What do you mean you don’t care?”

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But they’re different,

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and they don’t know that, so.