Data Sets

Brunei

ASEAN

Hong Kong + Taiwanese — HK2 : 2033

S1 = Taiwanese female
S2 = Hong Kong male

Context: S2 is talking about tertiary university in America.

S2 : ... that is a business (.) and you have to buy this meal plan (.) and accommodation you know you know dorm (.) for your kid you know because (.) you know

S1 : what is dorm

S2 : dorm is dormitory

S1 : okay

S2 : is short term for you know

Intended Words : dorm

Discussion : S1 is not familiar with the term dorm, because it mostly occurs in America, not in the UK (and she is more familiar with the English of the UK). She lets it pass the first time S2 uses it (see HK2 : 1969), but this time, when he uses the word again, she asks about it.

It is worth noting that S1 understands plan this time, even though she did not uderstand it earlier (see HK2 : 1969, because this time it has a clearl [l] in it.