Data Sets

Brunei

ASEAN

Hong Kong + Taiwanese — HK2 : 845

S1 = Taiwanese female
S2 = Hong Kong male

Context: S2 is talking about senso Zen painting, and drawing a free-hand circle. He has also just mentioned the efforts of the man in Greek mythology (Sisyphus) who was doomed forever to roll a bolder to the top of hill, but was never allowed to succeed.

S2 : ... and then why you do it again again (.) and this is not about you know (.) the result it is about <coughs> the process you know

S1 : mm

S2 : so (.) it’s kinds of also to me you know related with arts too

S1 : <1> mm </1>

S2 : you know <1> sometimes </1> some artists are about (.) the result of the my painting (.) it's the process you know (.) what i (.) can er (.) get from my own painting ...

Intended Words : process, related with

Heard as : causes, a believer of

Discussion : The main problem with process is the absence of [r].

Perhaps the main problem with related with is the speed it is spoken, so that the third syllable of related is omitted, and the vowel in the second syllable is [i] rather than [eɪ]. The phrase is pronounced as [riliwɪv]. The syntax of 'related with arts' is also a bit unexpected.