text_original: Some occasion (so Madame Bouvet had told us) had brought a sprinkling of fashion to town that day, and it was a fashion to astonish me. There were fine gentlemen with swords and silk waistcoats and silver shoe buckles, and ladies in filmy summer gowns.
text_transcription: SOME OCCASION SO MADAME BEAUVAIS HAD TOLD US HAD BROUGHT A SPRINKLING OF FASHION TO TOWN THAT DAY AND IT WAS A FASHION TO ASTONISH ME THERE WERE FINE GENTLEMEN WITH SWORDS AND SILK WAISTCOATS AND SILVER SHOE BUCKLES AND LADIES IN FILMY SUMMER GOWNS
phonemes: sˌʌm əkˈeɪʒən (sˌoʊ mˈædəm bˈuːvɪt hæd tˈoʊld ˌʌs) hæd bɹˈɔːt ɐ spɹˈɪŋklɪŋ ʌv fˈæʃən tə tˈaʊn ðæt dˈeɪ, ænd ɪt wʌzɐ fˈæʃən tʊ ɐstˈɑːnɪʃ mˌiː. ðɛɹwˌɜː fˈaɪn dʒˈɛntəlmən wɪð sˈɔːɹdz ænd sˈɪlk wˈeɪstkoʊts ænd sˈɪlvɚ ʃˈuː bˈʌkəlz, ænd lˈeɪdiz ɪn fˈɪlmi sˈʌmɚ ɡˈaʊnz.