Do you want to be a nameless drone in my excel spreadsheets?

[schmerica]

Dear livejournal,

Today I am running the experiment for my sociolinguistics project, and I need several volunteers in order to conduct it and get all my data to write up. If any of you felt like participating, I would be very grateful!

Here is what I need:

+ 1 woman in her 30s, preferably from a middle class background. I would ask you to write a paragraph or so on a topic I will give you. Found, thank you!

+ 8-10 women in their 20s. I would give you several small pieces of text to read, and then ask you a question about your opinion of the authors. All set!

If you feel like pitching in for either of these things, go ahead and comment to this post, and I will email you later today with your exact instruction. Neither of these tasks should take longer than ten minutes or so.

Thanks, Livejournal!

love,
Pearl-o

Comments

[agarttha.livejournal.com]

I'm in my 20s. agarrthahlade at hotmail dot com

[ellen-fremedon.livejournal.com]

I'm 31, from a middle class (though not a white-collar class) background (child of an electrician and an English teacher.) I'm also linguistically trained, though, so if you need someone with uncorrupted intuitions, I'm probably not your girl *g*.

[ellen-fremedon.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I'm just me @ lj.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

I don't *think* your linguistic knowledge would negatively affect this, but I think it would be easier if I went with someone closer to the middle of their thirties, for what I'm looking for. Thank you, though!

[cimmerians.livejournal.com]

Aw. Now I feel all old and low-class :-)

*snerk*

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

*grins* You are just too much of a unique snowflake for this experiment! You would confound all my variables.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm 30, and from an upper-ish middle-class background (*generations* of lawyers...).

lomedet at earthlink dot net

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

I think it would be easier if I went to someone in their mid-thirties, rather than at the edges either way. Thank you very much, though!

[kirbybits.livejournal.com]

Hi hi! I am in my 20s and just *bursting* with opinions. ;)

[kirbybits.livejournal.com]

and durrrh, it's girlcakes at gmail dot com

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

I am in my twenties and bored! caia at earthlink dot net.

[cereta.livejournal.com]

I'm in my 30's, middle-class background.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Perfect! I will email you in a few minutes with what I need.

[derryderrydown.livejournal.com]

I'm 29, middle class on my mother's side and working class on my father's! I'm also UK, though, if that might cause trouble.

[jacquez.livejournal.com]

Eh, I'm in my 20s, if you still need folks in that age range.

[brynnmck.livejournal.com]

I'm 28, and willing. ;) If you still need people.

[juleskicks.livejournal.com]

I'm in my twenties, working-class background but currently lower-middle-class. I should warn you, though, that I'm going to be working from two to six, so if you need it by a certain time you probably don't want me. If you do, though, I'm twinkledru at mistsandmellow dot net!

[ubixtiz.livejournal.com]

I am twenty-two and love long walks on the beach and being a mindless drone in people's excel spreadsheets, if you still need people. (winged_child_hiding at yahoo.co.uk) (I'm Canadian; the UK e-mail is an anomaly.)

[cal-j-fielding.livejournal.com]

Hi I'm 22 from England, if I'm suitable and you still need people I'd be happy to help. Email: miyl05@dsl.pipex.com or JenAlcock:gmail.com

[ilyena_sylph]

Woman in twenties, sign me up!

[zeenell]

If you still need help, I'm in my 20's (seriously, 20 counts as being ini the 20's, yes?) and I have nothing to do but refresh ds_harlequin.

zeenell @ gmail.com

[http://users.livejournal.com/_swallow/]

I'm 20 and interested and _swallow@you can figure it out.

*perks* text?

[kerrypolka.livejournal.com]

Me like read make good words.

silver_queen1013[at]yahoo.com!