Basics of Phonetics & English Phonology

Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

However, the egg only got larger and larger, and more and more human: when she had come within a few yards of it, she saw that it had eyes and a nose and mouth; and when she had come close to it, she saw clearly that it was Humpty Dumpty himself. Humpty Dumpty was sitting with his legs crossed, like a Turk, on the top of a high wall - such a narrow one that Alice quite wondered how he could keep his balance - and, as his eyes were steadily fixed in the opposite direction, and he didn't take the least notice of her, she thought he must be a stuffed figure after all.

[haʊ̯ˈɛvə | ði ˈɛɡ | əʊ̯nli ɡɒt lɑːʤər ənd ˈlɑːʤə | ənd mɔːr ənd mɔː ˈhjuːmən ‖ wɛn ʃi həd kʌm wɪðɪn ə fjuː ˈjɑːdz əv ɪt | ʃi ˈsɔː | ðət ɪt həd ˈaɪ̯z | ənd ə nəʊ̯z ənd ˈmaʊ̯θ ‖ ənd wɛn ʃi həd kʌm ˈkləʊ̯s tu ɪt | ʃi sɔː ˈklɪə̯li | ðət ɪt wəz hʌmpti dʌmpti ˈhɪmsɛlf ‖ hʌmpti ˈdʌmpti | wəz sɪtɪŋ wɪð hɪz lɛɡz ˈkrɒst | laɪ̯k ə ˈtɜːk | ɒn ðə ˈtɒp əv ə haɪ̯ ˈwɔːl | sʌʧ ə ˈnærəʊ̯ wʌn | ðət ælɪs kwaɪ̯t ˈwʌndəd | haʊ̯ hi kʊd kiːp hɪz ˈbæləns | ænd əz hɪz aɪ̯z wə stɛdɪli ˈfɪkst ɪn ði ɒpəzɪt daɪ̯ˈrɛkʃn̩ | ənd hi dɪdnt teɪ̯k ðə liːst ˈnəʊ̯tɪs əv hɜː | ʃi ˈθɔːt | hi mʌst biː ə stʌft fɪɡər ˈɑːftər ɔːl]

[haʊ̯ˈɛvɚ | ði ˈɛɡ | oʊ̯nli ɡɑːt lɑːrʤɚ ənd ˈlɑːrʤɚ | ənd mɔːr ənd mɔːr ˈhjuːmən ‖ wɛn ʃi həd kʌm wɪðɪn ə fjuː ˈjɑːrdz əv ɪt | ʃi ˈsɔː | ðət ɪt həd ˈaɪ̯z | ənd ə noʊ̯z ənd ˈmaʊ̯θ ‖ ənd wɛn ʃi həd kʌm ˈkloʊ̯s tu ɪt | ʃi sɔː ˈklɪrli | ðət ɪt wəz hʌmpti dʌmpti ˈhɪmsɛlf ‖ hʌmpti ˈdʌmpti | wəz sɪtɪŋ wɪθ hɪz lɛɡz ˈkrɔːst | laɪ̯k ə ˈtɝːk | ɑːn ðə ˈtɑːp əv ə haɪ̯ ˈwɔːl | sʌʧ ə ˈnæroʊ̯ wʌn | ðət ælɪs kwaɪ̯t ˈwʌndɚd | haʊ̯ hi kʊd kiːp hɪz ˈbæləns | ænd əz hɪz aɪ̯z wɚ stɛdɪli ˈfɪkst ɪn ði ɑːpəzɪt dəˈrɛkʃn̩ | ənd hi dɪdnt teɪ̯k ðə liːst ˈnoʊ̯tɪs əv hɝː | ʃi ˈθɔːt | hi mʌst biː ə stʌft fɪɡjɚ ˈæftɚ ɔːl]

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