Indonesian + Taiwanese — Ind2 : 1359
S1 = Taiwanese female
S2 = Indonesian male
Context: They are talking about interesting places to visit in Indonesia.
S1 : and the other place i like is erm lombok
S2 : wow yeah lombok right <1> yes </1>
S1 : <1> it's a kind </1> of poor (.) poor cousin of bali
S2 : correct yeah
S1 : @
S2 : and especially still virgin in the sense then (.) not mu- pol- not much (.) POLluted by the tourists
Intended Words: still virgin
Heard as: in the region
Discussion: S2 pronounces virgin with [ɪr] rather than [ɜ:] in the first syllable (in what might be described as a spelling pronunciation). In addition, use of still virgin to describe an unspoilt tourist destination is perhaps not usual terminology.