ASEAN — Gp2 : 16
- FSing : female from Singpore; ethncially Indian
- FMyan : female from Myanmar
FSing : she wanted to get the erm (.) chinese drums for her son?
FMyan : yeah
FSing : um and <1> er </1>
FMyan : <1> chinese </1>
FSing : the drums the drums
FMyan : drum drum
FSing : es <2> yes </2>
FMyan : <2> drum </2> oh oh
FSing : and er
Discussion: It is hard to see any issue with pronunciation here, as FMyan has no problem repeating drum correctly. It is possible that she is not familiar with the concept of Chinese drums, so this is a collocational misunderstanding, or else a limited knowledge of local cultural artifacts.