Data Sets

Brunei

ASEAN

Nigerian + Bruneian : 2031

S1 = Bruneian female
S3 = Nigerian male

Context : S3 is talking about the level of qualifications, and how some people are able to get promotion to a high position without a university degree. (This is the theme of their discussion: whether a university degree is useful or not.) Charter Bank refers to Standard Chartered Bank, one of the main banks in Bandar, the capital of Burnei.

S3 : ... then for what you say during that time even if you go to charter bank (.) in bandar

S1 : mm?

S3 : some of them has rise to (.) supervisor level also

Intended Words: has rise, supervisor

Heard as: are try, supervise a

Discussion: The absence of [h] at the start of has seems to be the biggest problem. We might also note that there is a central or back open vowel in has instead of the [æ] or [ə] that might be expected in the perfective auxiliary has. Finally, the use of the base form of the verb rise, rather than the past participle risen, as one might expect after the perfective auxiliary, also contributes to the misunderstanding.