Data Sets

Brunei

ASEAN

Japanese + Bruneian — Jp : 1086

S1 = Brunei female
S2 = Japanese female

Context: They have been talking about watching movies.

S2: ... then three day before? i went to labuan with my friends? <1> and </1>

S1: <1> sorry </1> where?

S2: we went to labuan?

S1: oh labuan

S2: yeah

Intended Word: Labuan

Heard as: S1 could not understand this, even though the island of Labuan is close to Brunei, so S1 is certainly familiar with it.

Discussion: The initial consonant may be [r] rather than the expected [l].

The main problem is probably contextual: They have been talking about movies, and S2 starts talking about going to Labuan (because she watched a Chinese movie on the boat there). This is probably what confused S1.