ASEAN — Gp5 : 803
- FIndon : female from Java, Indonesia
- FMyan : female from Myanmar
FMyan : by the way er: have you seen any (.) er pearl beads (1) at the s- shopping centre?
FIndon : bal bead what’s that
FMyan : pearl er er pearl necklace
FIndon : yeah a lot but too expensive
Intended Word: pearl
Heard as: bal
Discussion: Two features of the pronunciation contribute to this misunderstanding: there is no aspiration on the initial /p/; and the vowel is an open vowel [ɑ:] rather than the expected mid-central vowel [ɜ:].