f The NIE Corpus of Spoken Singapore English : F15-e
F15-e
00 I What do you like to do ... generally in vacations
02 do you like to go abroad or do you stay at home?
05 S Erm it depends, because as you know with four children it's a bit difficult to travel ...
09 but, yup I would like to travel more often ... yeah erm
14 like last time, we did go over to the States to visit my husband's relatives ...
17 erm ... now, now with all this you know ... er trouble going around in the world, erm ...
22 our next trip will probably be in Perth ...
23 I [ Perth.
23 S [ because yup.
26 I Why in Perth?
27 S My father-in-law has a house there, he's going to migrate there ...
31 and erm ... well it's free lodging ... (ha ha) yeah.
34 I But at the moment he's in America?
36 S Er, no no he's not.
38 I But you said er that your husband's relatives are ...
39 S Oh yeah sorry erm that is my husband's erm relatives on his mother's side.