Data Sets

Brunei

ASEAN

Indonesian + Taiwanese — Ind2 : 2098

S1 = Taiwanese female
S2 = Indonesian male

Context: S2 is talking about living in Brunei.

S2 : ... so meaning there are so many rule and so on but when you live HERE actually (.) it’s very open in a sense so they are giving us niche meaning they’re giving us opportunity to (.) to have your life

Intended Words: niche

Heard as: needs

Discussion: There are two problems with this word. First, it is pronounced as [nɪtʃ] rather than the expected [ni:ʃ]. And second, S1 is not familiar with the word, so even if the standard pronunciation had been used, she would not have understood it.