Data Sets

Brunei

ASEAN

Hong Kong + Taiwanese — HK2 : 1596

S1 = Taiwanese female
S2 = Hong Kong male

Context: S2 is talking about what you can do to reduce wastage and pollution.

S2 : just individual you know er to me it’s kinds of you know (1.2) awareness

Intended Words : kinds of

Heard as : counsel

Discussion : S2 tends to say kinds of when other people might instead say a kind of. It is possible that this unexpected use fo the plural kinds has contributed to the misunderstanding, as there seems nothing in particular problematic with the pronunciation.