Basics of Phonetics & English Phonology

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

When Fantine saw that she was making her living, she felt joyful for a moment. To live honestly by her own labor, what mercy from heaven! The taste for work had really returned to her. She bought a looking-glass, took pleasure in surveying in it her youth, her beautiful hair, her fine teeth; she forgot many things.

[wɛn fɑ̃tiːn ˈsɔː ðət ʃi wəz meɪ̯kɪŋ hə ˈlɪvɪŋ | ʃi fɛlt ˈʤɔɪ̯fəl fər ə məʊ̯mənt ‖ tə lɪv ˈɒnɪstli baɪ̯ hər əʊ̯n ˈleɪ̯bə | wɒt ˈmɜːsi frəm ˈhɛvn̩ ‖ ðə teɪ̯st fə ˈwɜːk həd rɪə̯li rɪˈtɜːnd tə hɜː ‖ ʃi bɔːt ə ˈlʊkɪŋ ɡlɑːs | tʊk ˈplɛʒər ɪn səveɪ̯ɪŋ ɪn ˈɪt hə ˈjuːθ | hə bjuːtəﬂ̩ ˈhɛə̯ | hə faɪ̯n ˈtiːθ | ʃi fəˈɡɒt mɛni θɪŋz]

[wɛn fɑ̃tiːn ˈsɔː ðət ʃi wəz meɪ̯kɪŋ hɚ ˈlɪvɪŋ | ʃi fɛlt ˈʤɔɪ̯fəl fɚ ə moʊ̯mənt ‖ tə lɪv ˈɑːnəstli baɪ̯ hɚ oʊ̯n ˈleɪ̯bɚ | wʌt ˈmɝːsi frəm ˈhɛvn̩ ‖ ðə teɪ̯st fɚ ˈwɝːk həd riːli rɪˈtɝːnd tə hɝː ‖ ʃi bɔːt ə ˈlʊkɪŋ ɡlæs | tʊk ˈplɛʒɚ ɪn sɚveɪ̯ɪŋ ɪn ˈɪt hɚ ˈjuːθ | hɚ bjuːtəﬂ̩ ˈhɛr | hɚ faɪ̯n ˈtiːθ | ʃi fɚˈɡɑːt mɛni θɪŋz]