ON MEMBER'S TIME

Graham Button Plymouth Polytechnic

In the following extract of conversation Shirley is concluding an account about how Wendy, a mutual friend of Shirley and her co- participant, is upset because her mother is terminally ill1. Shirley draws the conclusion however, that Wendy is not upset because of the impending death but for other reasons, for Shirley maintains that the mother's death is not untimely.

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Shirley: .hhhhhh So when I see Wendy getting so upset I feel that it comes

fťm Wendy's feelings about 'er mother, .hhnot so muchen ; /osing her.

yihknow, .hhh not so much ez .hh ez (.)los'/ime er anything like tha:L

(C) Graham Button