WORK OVERLOAD: AN ANALYSIS OF WOMENS CONVERSATIONAL SHITWORK
TRANSCRIPTED RECORDING (EXCERPT)
LEGEND:
W- Wife D1- First Daughter
H: Husband D2- Second Daughter
Changing of topic- yellow
Self-disclosure- pink
Listening and attentiveness-pink
Agreement vs. Dissent- blue
Term of endearment- red
SCENARIO: ARRIVAL OF THE HUSBAND FROM WORK
*SOUND FROM THE TELEVISION*
1 D2: Gutom na ko pa! Hilo na ko pa! Bingo! Bingo! Sige. Kailangan ko nang
magpaload ng aking ano. . . . ( Pa, Im hungry. I feel dizzy. Bingo! Bingo! Whatever! I
need to reload my. . . .)
2 H: Ayan na! Halika na Tingkeringking, tara na! (Here it comes! Come here
Tinkeringking, come here!)
3 D2: Bingo! Bingo! Di na ko makaalis. (Bingo! Bingo! I cant leave!)
4 W: Lulay yung bunganga mo! ( Lulay, shut your mouth!)
5 D2: Ma, nagugutom na ko. . . . . . Walang guard? (Ma. Im hungry. . . . . . Theres
no guard?)
6 W: Oh magsikain na kayo. ( Eat up everyone.)
*SOUND FROM THE TELEVISION*
7 W: Lika na be. Kain na tayo nandyan na si papa. Di rin nag-ano to. . . . . Kanina
ko pa kasi sinasabi sa yo. ( Lets go be, Lets eat papas here. This didnt. . . . . I have
already told it to you before.
8 H: Nasan na yung kalamansi? Pengeng isang kalamansi. ( Wheres the
calamnsi? Give me a calamnsi)
*SOUND FROM THE TELEVISION*
9 D2: Super pabango pa yan si mama. ( Mama used a lot of perfume.)
10 W: Anong pabango? ( What perfume?)
11 D2: Naamoy ko nga! Ay hindi! Nag-master ka no? ( I already smelled it! Wait,
you have used Master right?)
12 W: Master? ( Master?)
13 D2: Ganyan yung amoy ng master eh. ( That is how Master smells.)
*SOUND FROM THE TELEVISION*
SCENERIO: EATING OF DINNER
14 W: Ano nang balita? Oh magsandok ka na. Ano asawa ang balita sa biyahe mo?
( What are the news? Oh, serve our dinner already. What happened in your trip
husband?)
15 H: Ano? (What?)
16 W: Ano nang biyahe mo? Kamusta naman ang biyahe mo? ( What is your trip?
How is your trip?)
17 H: Gutom. (Hungry.)
18 W: Gutom ka na? (Are you hungry?)
*SOUND FROM THE TELEVISION*
19 W: Kaya nga nagmamadali akong maghain. (Thats why I made my preparations
quick.)
20 H: Gutom na gutom. Oh, nasan na? (Very hungry. Oh, where is it?)
21 W: Eto oh! (Here!)
*SOUND FROM THE TELEVISION*
22 D2: Ay ang sarap! (Oh! Its delicious)
23 H: Balak daw bus na raw ang mag-aano eh. . . (They are planning that the bus
will . . .)
24 W: Bus? Sinong gaga-? Sinong magmamaneho? ( Bus? Whos going to-? Whos
going to drive?)
25 H: Ewan ko nga kung sinong ano eh. (I dont know who will.)
26 W: Ano kaya yun? Mawawalan ka pa ng trabaho? (Hows that? Youll lose your
job?)
*SOUND FROM THE TELEVISION*
27 W: Papahiram sa yo o balikan ng Valenzuela? (They will let you borrow it or
youll be returning to Vlenzuela?)
28 H: Hindi ko alam. (I dont know.)
29 D2: Aigooo. . . . (Aiggooooo. . . .)
30 W: Pinagpe-pray natin na mapunta sa yo yung biyahe na yan . . . . oh, lagay
mo dyan. (Were praying that this trip will be given to you. . . . Oh, put it there.)
*SOUND FROM THE TELEVISION*
31 W: Kain ka pa asawa. (Eat some more husband.)
*SOUND FROM THE TELEVISION*
32 D2: Kain ka pa, pa. (Eat some more pa.)
33 W: Ano ba tong, makati na to? ( What is this that itches?)
*SOUND FROM THE TELEVISION*
34 W: Yung radyo mo. Kulang tong kanin ng papa mo. Dagdagan mo pa. (Your
radio. This rice is not enough for your papa. Get some more.)
35 D2: Mag-kanin na lang ulit. (Get some rice again later.)
*SOUND FROM THE TELEVISION*
36 D1: Ikaw ba ang kukuha? Hindi naman. ( Will you be the one to get it? No you
wouldnt)
*SOUND FROM THE TELEVISION*
37 W: Oh, Nano meron na namang ano, meron na namang. . . . . sa anti-destractive
chorvenes. (Oh, nano there is, there will still. . . . in the anti-destractive whatever.)
38 D2: Anti-distracted law. ( Anti-distracted law.)
39 W: Bawal na naman uli yung alin? ( What will again be prohibited?)
40 D2: Ikaw lang naman yung tumatawag eh. ( Youre the only one who keeps
calling.)
*SOUND FROM THE TELEVISION*
