Basics of Phonetics & English Phonology

Dubliners by James Joyce

Few people passed. The man out of the last house passed on his way home; she heard his footsteps clacking along the concrete pavement and afterwards crunching on the cinder path before the new red houses. One time there used to be a field there in which they used to play every evening with other people's children. Then a man from Belfast bought the field and built houses in it - not like their little brown houses but bright brick houses with shining roofs.

[fjuː piːpl̩ ˈpɑːst ‖ ðə ˈmæn aʊ̯t əv ðə lɑːst ˈhaʊ̯s | ˈpɑːst ɒn hɪz weɪ̯ ˈhəʊ̯m | ʃi hɜːd hɪz ˈfʊtstɛps | klækɪŋ əlɒŋ ðə ˈkɒŋkriːt peɪ̯vmənt | ənd ˈɑːftəwədz | krʌnʧɪŋ ɒn ðə ˈsɪndə pɑːθ | bifɔː ðə njuː rɛd ˈhaʊ̯zɪz ‖ wʌn ˈtaɪ̯m | ðɛə̯ juːst tə bi ə ˈfiːld ðɛə̯ | ɪn wɪʧ ðeɪ̯ juːst tə ˈpleɪ̯ ɛvri iːvnɪŋ | wɪð ʌðə piːpl̩z ˈʧɪldrən ‖ ðɛn ə mæn frəm bɛlˈfɑːst bɔːt ðə ˈfiːld | ənd bɪlt ˈhaʊ̯zɪz ɪn ɪt | nɒt laɪ̯k ˈðɛə̯ lɪtl̩ braʊ̯n haʊ̯zɪz | bət braɪ̯t ˈbrɪk haʊ̯zɪz | wɪð ʃaɪ̯nɪŋ ˈruːfs]

[fjuː piːpl̩ ˈpæst ‖ ðə ˈmæn aʊ̯t əv ðə læst ˈhaʊ̯s | ˈpæst ɑːn hɪz weɪ̯ ˈhoʊ̯m | ʃi hɝːd hɪz ˈfʊtstɛps | klækɪŋ əlɔːŋ ðə ˈkɑːnkriːt peɪ̯vmənt | ənd ˈæftɚwɚdz | krʌnʧɪŋ ɑːn ðə ˈsɪndɚ pæθ | bifɔːr ðə nuː rɛd ˈhaʊ̯zɪz ‖ wʌn ˈtaɪ̯m | ðɛr juːst tə bi ə ˈfiːld ðɛr | ɪn wɪʧ ðeɪ̯ juːst tə ˈpleɪ̯ ɛvri iːvnɪŋ | wɪθ ʌðɚ piːpl̩z ˈʧɪldrən ‖ ðɛn ə mæn frəm ˈbɛlfæst bɔːt ðə ˈfiːld | ənd bɪlt ˈhaʊ̯zɪz ɪn ɪt | nɑːt laɪ̯k ˈðɛr lɪtl̩ braʊ̯n haʊ̯zɪz | bət braɪ̯t ˈbrɪk haʊ̯zɪz | wɪθ ʃaɪ̯nɪŋ ˈruːfs]

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