text_original: "It might be useful some day." "I don't see how it should. We never had oysters before, and perhaps we never shall again." "You might go a missionary to some South Sea island, and be obliged at times to live upon oysters." "I am not going to be a missionary." "That is more than you know." "But I know what I like, and what I think." "At present.
text_transcription: IT MIGHT BE USEFUL SOME DAY I DON'T SEE HOW IT SHOULD WE NEVER HAD OYSTERS BEFORE AND PERHAPS WE NEVER SHALL AGAIN YOU MIGHT GO A MISSIONARY TO SOME SOUTH SEA ISLAND AND BE OBLIGED AT TIMES TO LIVE UPON OYSTERS I'M NOT GOING TO BE A MISSIONARY THAT IS MORE THAN YOU KNOW BUT I KNOW WHAT I LIKE AND WHAT I THINK AT PRESENT
phonemes: "ɪt mˌaɪt biː jˈuːsfəl sˌʌm dˈeɪ." "aɪ dˈoʊnt sˈiː hˌaʊ ɪt ʃˈʊd. wiː nˈɛvɚ hæd ˈɔɪstɚz bᵻfˈɔːɹ, ænd pɚhˈæps wiː nˈɛvɚ ʃˌæl ɐɡˈɛn." "juː mˌaɪt ɡˌoʊ ɐ mˈɪʃənˌɛɹi tə sˌʌm sˈaʊθ sˈiː ˈaɪlənd, ænd biː əblˈaɪdʒd æt tˈaɪmz tə lˈɪv əpˌɑːn ˈɔɪstɚz." "aɪɐm nˌɑːt ɡˌoʊɪŋ təbi ɐ mˈɪʃənˌɛɹi." "ðæt ɪz mˈɔːɹ ðɐn juː nˈoʊ." "bˌʌt aɪ nˈoʊ wʌt aɪ lˈaɪk, ænd wʌt aɪ θˈɪŋk." "æt pɹˈɛzənt.