Data Sets

Brunei

ASEAN

Hong Kong + Malaysian — HK1 : 350

S1 = Hong Kong male
S2 = Malaysian female

Context: S1 is talking about the situation in Bulgaria.

S1 : ... you know in no matter what they not really blend in with you know (.) russian culture

Intended Words : no matter what

Heard as : the middle war

Discussion : The word matter has a flapped /t/, as is the norm in the USA where S1 spent many years. As a result, it sounds like [d]. In addition, there is no [t] on the end of what.

One further problem seems to be the insertion of in before no matter what, though it is spoken quite fast, so it is hard to be sure.