Data Sets

Brunei

ASEAN

Indonesian + Malaysian — Ind1 : 2094

S1 = Indonesian male
S2 = Malaysian female

Context: S1 is talking about religious leaders in Brunei.

S1 : ... the advantage of all this (.) er religious elite in brunei is that they they have good strong training in islam

Intended Words: religious elite

Heard as: religiosity

Discussion: S2 cannot understand religious elite. In fact, elite is said quite quietly and is difficult to pick up. There is no clear stress on the second syllable, so it is possible that absence of lexical stress on this word plays a part in this misunderstanding.